Suero, Morabito Highlight Mets Prospects Heading to Arizona Fall League

The 2025 edition of the Arizona Fall League will begin on October 6, and the Mets are sending seven prospects to compete. Of the seven, the three position players—Chris Suero, Nick Morabito and D’Andre Smith—are the most interesting.

Suero enjoyed somewhat of a breakout 2025, hitting 16 home runs and 33 extra-base hits overall with a .786 OPS across High-A and Double-A. He can draw walks and has a ton of power in his bat, but also has swing and miss concerns. He struck out at a 29.3% clip in 2025, way up from 22.1% in 2024.

Despite being a catcher, Suero is easily a plus runner, and his athleticism allows him to move out from behind the plate and play first base and left field. In 2025, Suero played 619 innings at catcher, 141 1/3 innings at first base and 181 innings in left field. He’ll probably be the second of two catchers on the roster, but he’ll still play plenty. With only four players listed as outfielders on the roster, there should be opportunities for Suero in left field as well.

Morabito is probably the biggest name of all Mets prospects heading to the desert. A second-round pick out of high school in 2022, Morabito has been around for a little while at this point. He’s a prototypical contact hitter, hitting for a solid average, stealing a ton of bases and playing a solid center field.

Even though he was at Double-A for the first time, his 2025 was definitely a step back. His batting average dropped nearly 40 points, his on-base percentage dropped more, and his slugging percentage dropped a tick (though he’s never been a power hitter). His strikeout rate also jumped over 20%, a big eyebrow raiser. The Fall League is an opportunity to get back on the right track.

This is an important offseason for Morabito. He’s Rule 5 eligible, and the Mets will need to decide if he’ll be placed on the 40-man roster to protect him or if they’ll leave him exposed. He hasn’t played above Double-A, but a team could be tempted to take a shot on his speed, defense and contact and give him an opportunity. He’s likely a fourth outfielder in the big leagues if he makes it, and the question becomes if that’s worth protecting for the Mets.

Smith, a fifth-round pick in 2022, had a nice bounce-back season after an injury-riddled 2024. He started the year at High-A but spent most of it at Double-A, and posted an OPS in the mid-.700s with 30 extra-base hits.

Still listed as an infielder, Smith actually spent the vast majority of his time in the outfield in 2025, spending over 300 innings in each corner as well as a handful in center. Smith will also be Rule 5 eligible, though he’s at less of a risk to be selected than Morabito.

The Mets are also sending four pitchers: Brett Banks, Bryce Jenkins, Austin Troesser and Wyatt Hudepohl. Banks had a strong year that finished at High-A. Jenkins only threw 12 innings at Single-A. Troesser, similarly, only threw 16 innings. Hudepohl is the only starting pitcher the Mets are sending, and he didn’t pitch at all in 2025 due to injury. They’re using the AFL to get these guys more reps.

The Mets are affiliated with the Scottsdale Scorpions this year, along with the Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants. Of the rest of the Scorpions roster, Tigers prospect Kevin McGonigle is easily the highest-profile player on the roster. McGonigle is one of the best prospects in baseball and could end up as the No. 1 overall at some point next season.

Other interesting prospects include infielder Max Anderson (Tigers), infielder Seaver King (Nationals), catcher Walker Janek (Astros), outfielder Zach Cole (Astros), and pitchers Anderson Brito (Astros) and Sean Paul Liñan (Nationals).

The AFL season starts October 6 and runs through November 15. Teams typically have Mondays off, mirroring the minor leagues. View the full schedule here.

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