MMO’s Mets Prospect List 2026 Preview

Every year, I go back and forth on how many New York Mets prospects we rank at MMO, because the traditional approach is a Top 30, but that never feels like enough. We’ve tried to do Top 50 a couple of times over the years to give a better account of players you will likely see in the news over the upcoming year due to trade, promotion, and/or breakout. I believe we even did a Top 80 Mets prospect list one year, but that was more for fun and was somewhat unusual.

For 2026, MMO is going to do a top 50 list and Mets Minors is going to do a Top 30. The MMO list will be almost exclusively my rankings after watching, looking at data, talking to scouts and Mets folks. The MMN list will be compiled by about eight writers, who will vote on their Top 30 and then come together to finalize it.

Back to why I don’t think Top 30 is enough! First, I believe going beyond 30 gives fans more information about players they might not know much about or may never have heard of. Second, the Mets’ system is strong right now, despite multiple trade-deadline deals and the recent trades of Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat. When you have a strong farm system, there are going to be guys outside of the Top 30 who end up contributing to the team in one way or another.

To better illustrate that, I took a look at our Top 50 Mets prospect list from July of 2024. Right at No. 32, you will see A.J. Ewing. That name might sound familiar now because he’s a consensus Top 100 prospect in baseball and was recently ranked as the No. 28 prospect by ESPN.

Two spots after Ewing on our list was right-hander Paul Gervase. The Mets traded him for Tyler Zuber five days after I published the article. Chris Suero was No. 37, and he’s now a top 20 guy in the Mets system. Jack Wenninger was No. 40 and is now a top-15 guy. Rhylan Thomas was No. 42 and was traded for Ryne Stanek the day after my list came out. No. 45 was Eric Orze, a reliever the Mets traded for Jose Siri, and Orze now has 43 big league innings under his belt. Right after him was recent draft pick Will Watson, who is now in the 10-15 range in the Mets system.

That’s another benefit of an expanded list: it can introduce fans to more recent draft picks or international free-agent signings. While it’s important to identify the top prospects in the farm system, it’s also key to recognize players who can provide the organization value through trade or even a few innings out of the bullpen during an important stretch.

As briefly noted above, the Mets traded Williams and Sproat to the Brewers for ace Freddy Peralta and swingman Tobias Myers. Williams and Sproat are both Top 100 MLB prospects and I’m sure in the top 7 or 8 of all Mets lists. I was going to have Williams at No. 5 on my list with Sproat right after him at No. 6.

The Mets have added three players during the offseason who will be in my top 50: SS Wandy Asigen, OF Cleiner Ramirez and RHP Yordan Rodriguez. The Mets recently signed Asigen ($3.9M million) and Ramirez ($1.37M) to headline their 2026 international free agency class. Rodriguez was the return when the Mets traded veteran Jeff McNeil to the Athletics.

The top two names on any Mets prospect list will be Nolan McLean and Carson Benge, though after that, I’m sure my list will differ from others’ to finish out a strong Top 10. I believe the Mets still have an impressive Top 20, and overall, I’m pretty excited about the Mets’ minor league system going into the 2026 season.

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