Mets Top 50 Prospects for 2026: 10-6 Features Young Infielders, Right-Handed Starters
Next up in our countdown of the New York Mets’ top-50 organizational prospects are No. 6 through 10. The previous 40 prospects can be found via the links at the end of this article.
The below will consist of a couple newer bats to the organization, a few exciting arms, and a prospect that has started to breakthrough to some outlets’ top 100 lists.
Mitch Voit. Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
No. 10: Mitch Voit, 2B
B/T: R/R, Age: 21
Height: 6-0, Weight: 201 lb
Acquired: Drafted in the 2025 MLB Amateur Draft (1st round; 38th)
Position: 2B/SS/3B
2025 Stats (A): 99 PA, .235/.343/.294 (.638 OPS), 1 HR, 8 RBIs, 20 SB
ETA: 2028
Player Profile
The New York Mets drafted infielder Mitch Voit out of the University of Michigan in the 2025 MLB Draft. Voit had an explosive final season with Michigan, slashing .346/.471/.668 (1.140 OPS). He walked (40) more than he struck out (34) and drove in 60 runs via 14 homers and 35 extra-base hits. This was an improvement on his 2024 season with Michigan, where he had a .945 OPS and struck out 61 times compared to only 23 walks.
Interestingly, prior to an injury that needed offseason surgery, Voit pitched in 2023 and 2024 for Michigan. He topped out at 93 mph and also featured a slider, curveball, and changeup. He had a 3.25 ERA in 2023 before that figure ballooning to 5.49 in 2024. He is just focusing on hitting going forward.
Voit, the 38th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, made his professional debut in 2025 with Single-A St. Lucie. He struggled at the plate through 85 at-bats, slashing .235/.343/.294 (.628 OPS). He was only able to muster three extra-base hits. Voit did, however, impress on the bases, stealing 20 bags with only one caught stealing. He only had 19 stolen bases across his collegiate career.
It will be a big first full professional season for Voit in 2026. It looks like he will begin the 2026 season with High-A Brooklyn.
Standout Stat
Voit’s 95% stolen base success rate after making his professional debut with Single-A St. Lucie was impressive. As mentioned, he had only 19 stolen bases across his college career and stole 20 in 99 plate appearances in his first taste of professional action.
Will Watson. Photo by Sam Johnston/Brooklyn Cyclones
No. 9: Will Watson, RHP
B/T: R/R Age: 23
Height: 6-1, Weight: 180 lb
Acquired: Drafted in the 2024 MLB Amateur Draft (7th round)
Position: RHP
2025 Stats (A/A+/AA): 121.1 IP, 28 G/23 GS, 2.60 ERA, 142 SO, 58 BB
ETA: 2027
Player Profile
Will Watson’s final season of collegiate baseball was played with Southern California in the then Pac-12 Conference. Watson’s 3.93 ERA across 50 1/3 innings that season was enough to get him drafted by the New York Mets in the seventh round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Watson had a cup of coffee with Single-A St. Lucie to end that 2024 season, allowing one run with three strikeouts across 2 2/3 innings.
In 2025, his first full professional season, Watson quickly made his way through the ranks of the organization, beginning in St. Lucie (Single-A) and ending the season with Binghamton (Double-A). After 39 1/3 innings with a 3.66 ERA and 43 strikeouts, he was promoted to High-A Brooklyn. With the Cyclones, Watson posted a stellar 1.70 ERA across 63 2/3 innings, striking out 77. He then ended the season in Double-A Binghamton, posting a 3.44 ERA across 18 1/3 innings with 22 strikeouts.
Across those three levels of appearances, Watson primarily served as a starter (28 appearances with 23 starts). Watson began as a relief pitcher at NCAA’s Division III level in 2022 (1.82 ERA across 34 2/3 innings) before slowly transitioning to a starter’s role with USC in 2024.
A key for Watson will be decreasing the walk rate. After issuing 27 walks across 50 1/3 innings with USC in 2024, he lowered it to a 11.6% BB% in 2025. Continually decreasing that figure will be big in his development.
Standout Stat
Among 236 pitchers to throw at least 50 innings in High-A last year, Watson’s 1.70 ERA ranked sixth-lowest.
Elian Peña.
No. 8: Elian Peña, SS
B/T: L/R, Age: 18
Height: 5-10, Weight: 180 lb
Acquired: International free agent
Position: SS/2B
2025 Stats: (DSL): 221 PA, .292/.421/.528 (.949 OPS), 9 HRs, 33 RBIs, 21 SB
ETA: 2030
Player Profile
The New York Mets dished out a $5 million bonus to Elian Peña, giving him the largest bonus for a Latin American during the 2025 signing period. In what started out as a very encouraging 2025 season started very poorly as Peña started his professional career 0-for-26, but finished with a bang, hitting .342 to end the year.
Overall, despite the slow start, Pena still posted a .949 OPS and a .421 on-base percentage across 221 total plate appearances for Mets Orange of the Dominican Summer League. He walked just as much as he struck out (36 each) and stole 21 bases (caught stealing four times).
Notably, Peña posted a three-home run game twice in 2025. According to Brendan Samson, “Peña became just the third player since 2005 to tally two three-homer performances in the same season before turning 20 years old, joining Travis Denker (2005) and Joey Gallo (2013).” Additionally, “Peña is the only player to notch two three-homer games in his first season as a professional since such stats started being archived in 2005 — and just the sixth player 18 or younger to record even a single three-homer game over that span.”
Positionally, Baseball America projects Peña to move over to third base at some point due to, “questionable hands and range.” He played second base and shortstop in 2025. Peña will make his stateside debut in 2026.
Standout Stat
Among 304 qualified hitters in the Dominican Summer League last season, Peña’s 149 wRC ranked 12th.
Jack Wenninger Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
No. 7: Jack Wenninger, RHP
B/T: L/R, Age: 24
Height: 6-4, Weight: 210 lb
Acquired: Drafted in the 2023 MLB Amateur Draft (6th round)
Position: RHP
2025 Stats (AA): 135.2 IP, 26 GS, 2.92 ERA, 147 SO, 42 BB
ETA: 2026
Player Profile
Jack Wenninger began his college career with Murray State in the Ohio Valley before transferring and concluding his career with Illinois in the Big-10 Conference. The New York Mets drafted him in the sixth round of 2023.
Wenninger’s first full professional season was 2024, when he split time between Single-A and High-A, posting a 4.30 ERA across 115 innings. He struck out 140 over that time. Wenninger took a huge leap in 2025, breaking out, as he posted a starling 2.92 ERA across 135 2/3 innings with 147 strikeouts. The analytics backed up his strong season, as he posted a 3.05 xFIP alongside a 2.92 ERA.
Wenninger relies on a mid-90 mph fastball and an elite changeup/splitter to get batters out. He also features a slider and a new-look curveball. Importantly, Wenninger excels at throwing strikes as his 7.6% BB% is well below the minor-league average.
Standout Stat
Wenninger struck out 10 batters on 6 2/3 innings this spring in big league camp.
Jacob Reimer. Photo by Binghamton Rumble Ponies
No. 6: Jacob Reimer, 1B/3B
B/T: R/R Age: 22
Height: 6-0, Weight: 205 lb
Acquired: Drafted in the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft (4th round)
Position: 3B/1B
2025 Stats (A+/AA): 522 PA, .282/.379/.491 (.870 OPS), 17 HRs, 77 RBIs, 15 SB
ETA: 2027
Player Profile
Jacob Reimer hit .265 in his first full professional season in 2023, but lacked power as his .375 slugging percentage showed. Unfortunately, he missed all but 25 games in 2024 due to a hamstring injury. Healthy, Reimer broke out in a big way in 2025.
With High-A Brooklyn, Reimer posted a .887 OPS across 229 at-bats in 2025. He was subsequently promoted and finished the season at the Double-A level, continuing his strong play at the next level with a .843 OPS. Overall, he drove in 77 runs with 17 homers and 32 doubles.
To continue growing, Reimer will need to cut down on his strikeouts. He struck out 112 times across 444 at-bats, 25% of the time, which is on the higher end of the average in the minor leagues. Reimer also committed 16 errors at third base in 2025.
Standout Stat
Reimer’s 77 total RBIs across the High-A and Double-A levels ranked 62nd among 3,620 minor leaguers at any level last season.
Previous rankings: 50-46, 45-41, 40-36, 35-31, 30-26, 25-21, 20-16, 15-11
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