Which New York Mets Top Prospect Will Be Called Up Next?

[@michaelmeenan5522]

First thing Mets should do is hire Daniel Murphy as hitting coach. For the time being, the most sensible move is to send Brett Baty to AAA to work on his swing and promote Jose Iglesias. Rylan Bannon should also receive consideration. None of the young prospects from last summer's trades are ready. The best candidate, Drew Gilbert, is on the IL and will need AAA reps. Acuña is not ready. Using talented AAA arms in the Mets MLB bullpen is sensible, depending on the pitcher. It is premature to assess who, if anyone, should be traded at the deadline.

[@ericB3444]

You don’t know his demeanor if he’s good for that. Murphball is controversial when he opens his mouth.

[@billywright8252]

How many chances does Baty get? Love the kid, but he seems like a AAAA player at this point. Maybe some time working on his new swing will help, I sure hope so.

[@billywright8252]

@@ericB3444 Mruphball! LOL! Seems to me Murphy perfected the Mets personnel strategy: let solid players move on to rival teams and flourish. And come back to Queens to beat up on the Mets. Come to think of it, best thing for Baty would be to trade him to Atlanta or Philly. He'd turn into an all-star!

[@benjaminwatlers1848]

Mets front office doesn't always make the best decisions about things which affects the time. Case in point they got rid of Short and kept Wendle. Now Short is in Atlanta and being playing really good defensive at third base with riley out. M Not every player who was good in the majors can coach

[@ericB3444]

@@billywright8252 murphball could be the Mets mascot in a donkey suit for 100k per game. Why not? Murphball’s ball skill set has no further value.

[@nonameanon9368]

I agree Bauer is the "Answer"...get a cheap 2 year deal with incentives....

[@ovadiasetti6768]

Bring them both up what do we have to loss...more game we are losing as it is

[@alandesgrange9703]

What??? Common sense?

[@nonameanon9368]

I agree with Baty going back to triple A to work on getting pop on his swing....but they should bring up 3 more most notably a "New Backup Catcher" , a new starting pitcher and a new Relief pitcher!

[@benjaminwalters7800]

So Atlanta just signed Joey Wendle to a major league deal. If wendle plays solid in Atlanta than someone have to think that the Mets have a major culture issue

[@miguel.ledesmaledesma1790]

Hayden Senger needs to come up for catching defense. He is a stud defensively.

[@benjaminwatlers1848]

If he is a catching stud defensively should the Mets think about moving Alaverez out from behind the plate? The Astros moved Craig Biggio from catcher to second base and made a hall of fame career with him. The Cardinals moved Todd Zeile from behind the plate to infield and he had a good career.

[@miguel.ledesmaledesma1790]

@@benjaminwatlers1848 No way.The problem with Hayden is that he is a liability offensively. This is why he is a career minor leaguer(he is 30).But defensively,as it pertains to catching runners attempting to steal,he has an excellent pop time and a rocket 🚀 for an arm. Alvarez is not bad defensively,but Senger is no doubt better. Senger would be an outstanding backup.

[@manuelromero2128]

I’m so sick and tired of seeing mediocre baseball being rewarded. There was a time when a prospect would never be brought up to the Show hitting under .250. This game is so watered down that it makes me sick. MEDIOCRITY lives and breathes in Major League Baseball.

[@ericB3444]

Sign pete moss for 10 years and don’t worry about winning. He’s a charitable man.

[@arcadeperfectreviews2653]

Yup. I remember when the batting title champ was hitting .370 not .245. The ol' tony Gwynn days

[@LockedOnMets]

It’s definitely a different game now. Batting average isn’t as significant as it used to be and guys just aren’t hitting at the same rate as they used to.

[@vincentsebastiano1058]

Too many teams in all professional sports have created a diluted talent pool

[@benjaminwatlers1848]

@@LockedOnMets I think the game goes in stages; discussing batting average comments in 2023 the American League batting title winner average was .330 and the National League average batting title winner average was .354; yet you look at things in 1991 Terry Pendelton won the National League batting title with .319 average while Tony Gwynn only batted .317. So that is going mean that in 1991 very players batted over .300.

[@pokermik]

Forget about Acuna. His name is the only thing keeping him in pro ball.

[@fredflintstone1485]

They need Superman. Anyone less just aint gonna help :) PS:Vientos "has" to be the new Regular 3B ! He can hit and Baty is a poor hitter.

[@doncambareri3162]

Don't forget about Rony Mauricio

[@cky5573]

Iglesias is 34 years old, give Luke Ritter a chance. He’s been hitting HRs since last year. People are always focused on the top prospects instead of actually looking at who is producing even if they are producing more than the “top prospects.”

[@ericB3444]

Next man up is Robbyball Bonilla with the earplugs and the deferred pension.

[@ny_sportsmania7210]

So Acuna is like Mcneil except with more speed?

[@GeraldM_inNC]

OK, granted my gushing predictions for Acuna were premature. And I do agree that he will have to average .280 to earn a starting job. But I don't agree with you about his low ceiling. Acuna = Jose Reyes or Mookie Wilson, both of whom were Mets stars and foundational pieces despite their inability (and lack of desire) to draw a walk. Based on his performance below AAA, I still believe Acuna will have a better lifetime b.a. than either Reyes or Wilson. And, if I recall (correct me if I'm wrong), Reyes did NOTHING in AAA to earn promotion, and he was an automatic out the first half of his time in the Majors until catching fire the second half. Some guys do their learning at the Major League level. I would also suggest that as an analytics fanatic (like all the hosts at "Locked On") you greatly undervalue stolen bases, hit & run, bunting, and the running game in general. I would concede that Acuna's skill-set would shine more brightly at shortstop than second, even though I still believe he would be the best second-baseman longterm the Mets have ever had. I would love to move him to shortstop if we could unload Lindor for nothing upon a sucker in return for paying off half his outrageous contract.

[@benjaminstopper8401]

Reyes was also 19 years old when he came up

[@benjaminwatlers1848]

Would anyone even be playing attention to him if his name wasn't Acuna? So many people see the name Acuna and think your getting a stud prospect when he may never be at that level

[@GeraldM_inNC]

@@benjaminwatlers1848 He dominated every level of the Minors below AAA. Don't you read stats before you mouth off?

[@EliteAstro_OfficialChannel]

​@@GeraldM_inNC no, Met fans love to be haters, complaining even on 21 year old prospects.

[@benjaminwalters7800]

@@GeraldM_inNChe hasn’t dominated since he arrived with the Mets; he is sitting at about a .243 average with little power. Usually you’re looking for a player to be tearing it up before you call them up. If his name was something other than Acuna he won’t be getting the attention. More people are excited over the name than the actually stats he is putting up

[@maxschuldes913]

Trevor Bauer

[@manuelromero2128]

Hey Max. I struggle with this guy. He’s incredibly talented and would help us but he’s somewhat eccentric.

[@lordt78]

Free Trevor B!

[@bootydoo42]

Bauer is better than Senga who Finkelstein swears is going to come back and save it season

[@maxschuldes913]

​@manuelromero2128 MLB is begging desperately for personality. He is someone who loves baseball and shares it. Justin Jefferson in the NFL does the griddy in his rookie season, and it explodes every kid knows it... meanwhile, in the MLB, someone flips their bat and watches their homerun for 3 seconds. They end up getting beamed their next AB. Shit is SOFT. Personality is what the sport needs

[@benjaminwatlers1848]

If Bauer hasn't been signed by now with 30 other teams, etc. his chances of low this year

[@susancrawford6074]

Hey Mets fans don't look now but the Marlins are only 3 games behind you in the win column and 5 in the loss column and we won 3-0 completer game shutout by Braxton Garrett GO Fish !!!!!!!

[@Marcus-jb1cp]

Or can Stearns man up and admit the mistake and figure out a trade for Guillorme? That would work as well. Ryan - off topic - if you don't mind me asking, are you related to the professor?

[@benjaminwatlers1848]

If the mets wanted Guillorme he would be traded probably just for cash considerations. Guillorme last what about a month with the Braves as he is a okay player at many positions but no great. Surprisely; the Braves thought that Zack Short the guy released by the Mets would be a better player for them. Short has played fairly well with Riley being out.

[@billywright8252]

I don't think Stearns has made any "mistakes": I think this is exactly what they expected. The front office just lied about this being a "bridge" year. 2024 is the teardown to start rebuilding NEXT year, to compete (maybe) in 2026. Hence all the one-year bargain-bin deals.

[@Marcus-jb1cp]

@@billywright8252 The mistake was to get rid of Guillorme to begin with. There is no credible backup 2B / SS on the 40 man roster now. Mets need to be able to sit Lindor or McNeill for a few games next time either one of tjose guys gets into another deep slump.

[@billywright8252]

@@Marcus-jb1cp No question Guillorme had more value than anyone they could replace him with. For my money, #Stearnsisabust. Just like this team.

[@marcrapaccuiolo2406]

Acuna ? Come on Lindor goes on streaks too .....0 for 20 ....0 for 25

[@stephendilcher9006]

ryan they should callup jett williams and accuna jr and drew gilbert and trade jeff mcneil and lindor

[@Justin-tu4fk]

Carnival Uniforms from the mummers parade! No history too rely on. You should charge them, too root for this bunch bad news bears!

[@edgardoosorio6139]

Not a single team of 30 wants Bauer and reasonably so, he's a snob.

[@Marcus-jb1cp]

Houser needs to be sent down. Bring back Butto. Can we bring up a utility / middle infielder? We need one.

[@benjaminwatlers1848]

The mets need someone who can play shortstop on the club. They should send Baty down, give third base full time to Veintos and bring up a back up short stop

[@alandesgrange9703]

This team changes managers at the drop of hat, but then keeps the same, lame core, expecting different results. NEWSFLASH! It ain't the manager!

[@LockedOnMets]

At this point, Stearns will be able to construct the team how he wants. Nimmo and Lindor are long-term pieces but outside of that, Stearns has the ability to build a different core around them.

[@shaunsneddon8797]

Get rid of Marte McNeil Alonso and all the 1 year contracts and bring in Killers

[@TK0_23_]

That lame core is still healing from the Wilpons. The only way to find out your core is lame, or not, is to play them. So thats what they are doing. It started in earnest last July This year they are learning what they have and they will try and improve at the deadline. Come off season, all the 1 year contracts and dead money comes off the books and $150m is there to add some real cornerstones. Patience. They are not trying to win now. They are loading up for 2025 and beyond.

[@JoelC724]

Acuna, get rid of McNeil.

[@benjaminwatlers1848]

McNeil is owed a lot of money and Acuna is not destroying things in the minors

[@fr2ncm9]

I agree with you about McNeil. Tommy Pham said last year that the position players on the team lacked competitive fire. This team needs a do-over. Trade Alonso, McNeil, Davis Ottavino and Manaea for some talented young players.

[@JoelC724]

@@benjaminwatlers1848 McNeil is hardly owed anything. Cohen can easily eat that contract like he did Sherzer and Verlander.

[@JoelC724]

@@fr2ncm9 McNeil is useless unless he hits 320. He's been crap now for 2 years. His attitude stinks. He rather play golf than baseball. I have no doubt he's a albatross in the club house.