John Sickels of SB Nation’s Minor League Ball released his list of the Top 200 prospects, and as can be expected with the depth of the farm system, there were several Mets named to the list:
#5 SS Amed Rosario
2016 Level: St. Lucie & Binghamton
2016 Stats: 120 G, 479 AB, 65 R, 155 H, 24 2B, 13 3B, 5 HR, 71 RBI, 19 SB, .324/.374/.459
Sickels’ Grade: A/A-
MMN Rank: #1
#59 RHP Robert Gsellman
2016 Level: Binghamton, Las Vegas, & New York Mets
2016 MILB Stats: 20 G, 4-9 W/L, 3.99 ERA, 20 GS, 115 IP, 113 H, 58 R, 51 ER, 31 BB, 88 K, 1.25 WHIP
2016 MLB Stats: 8 G, 4-2 W/L, 2.42 ERA, 7 GS, 44.2 IP, 42 H, 12 R, 12 ER, 15 BB, 42 K, 1.27 WHIP
Sickels’ Grade: B+
MMN Rank: #3
#107 1B Dominic Smith
2016 Level: Binghamton
2016 Stats: 130 G, 484 AB, 64 R, 146 H, 29 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 91 RBI, 2 SB, .302/.367/.457
Sickels’ Grade: B
MMN Rank: #2
#153 LHP Thomas Szapucki
2016 Level: Kingsport & Brooklyn
2016 Stats: 9 G, 52 IP, 4-3 W-L, 1.38 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, .145 BAA, 86/20 K/BB
Sickels’ Grade: B/B-
MMN Rank: #4
#155 RHP Justin Dunn
2016 Level: Brooklyn
2016 Stats: 11 G/8 GS, 30 IP, 1-1 W-L, 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, .227 BAA, 35/10 K/BB
Sickels’ Grade: B/B-
MMN Rank: #6
#160 OF Brandon Nimmo
2016 Level: Las Vegas & New York Mets
2016 MiLB Stats: 97 G, 392 AB, 72 R, 138 H, 25 2B, 8 3B, 11 HR, 61 RBI, 46 BB/73 SO, 7 SB, 8 CS, .352/.423/.541
2016 MLB Stats: 32 G, 73 AB, 12 R, 20 H, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 6 BB/20 SO, .274/.338/.329
Sickels’ Grade: B-/B
MMN Rank: #8
#164 CF Desmond Lindsay
2016 Level: Brooklyn
2016 Stats: 37 G, 122 AB, 21 R, 37 H, 6 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 26 BB, 31 K, 3 SB, .303/.433 /.451
Sickels’ Grade: B-/B
MMN Rank: #5
#166 INF Gavin Cecchini
2016 Level: Las Vegas
2016 MiLB Statistics: 117 G, 499 PA, 446 AB, 71 R, 145 H, 27 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 55 RBI, 4 SB, .325/.390/.448
2016 MLB Statistics: 4 G, 7 PA, 6 AB, 2 R, 2 H, 2 2B, 2 RBI, .333/.429/.667
Sickels’ Grade: B-/B
MMN Rank: #7
While the group was in a different order, Sickels and MMN agree in principle on who are the top 8 prospects in the Mets farm system. One thing that really stands out is how low Smith was on his list. Smith is still just 22 years old, is great defensively, and he started to display power.
Another surprise was how high Gsellman ranked. Gsellman’s high ranking is indicative of the extra gear on his fastball Gsellman showed when he reached the major leagues.
It is also interesting with a list so deep Sickels kept Andres Gimenez and Tomas Nido off his list especially with both players having had such outstanding minor league seasons. If Gimenez and Nido repeat their success of last year, they should not only be on next year’s list, but they should be ranked fairly high.
