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Updated top 10 prospects list, via Baseball Prospectus
How did the R.A. Dickey trade affect the Mets’ farm system? Baseball Prospectus today offered this new top 10 prospects list:
1. Zack Wheeler, RHP
2. Travis d’Arnaud, C
3. Noah Syndergaard, RHP
4. Michael Fulmer, RHP
5. Wilmer Flores, INF
6. Gavin Cecchini, SS
7. Domingo Tapia, RHP
8. Jeurys Familia, RHP
9. Brandon Nimmo, OF
10. Rafael Montero, RHP
Obviously there is some difference in opinion here from last week’s Baseball America list, which was published before the Dickey trade, and ranked Fulmer seventh and Luis Mateo fourth. But the industry consensus seems to be that d’Arnaud and Syndergaard are now the Mets’ clear second- and third-best prospects behind Wheeler.
On d’Arnaud, Baseball Prospectus called him “ready for prime-time” and described him as a “.275-plus batting average” guy with “17-25 HR power potential.”
On Syndergaard, BP wrote that his ceiling is as a “high-end no. 2 starter” and that “he could be a monster.”
You can read the full scouting breakdown here (subscription required).
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Is Travis d’Arnaud a “difference-maker?”
The Mets are in serious talks to trade R.A. Dickey. This has become clear. But who might they receive in return?
If the Blue Jays are indeed the second team involved, then catchers Travis d’Arnaud and J.P. Arencibia, along with outfielder Anthony Gose, are the obvious targets. d’Arnaud the highest-rated player of the bunch, but is he the so-called “difference-maker” that Mets general manager Sandy Alderson has been seeking? Check out MLB.com’s Prospect Watch bio (click below for the full page), and decide for yourself.
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