Ever since Steve Cohen bought the New York Mets in 2020, the one thing he's continued to preach is sustain success. To be a team that year in and year out makes the playoffs and contends for a World Series. Essentially, he wanted to replicate the Dodgers' approach. A team that is willing to spend in free agency, but the core of the team is developed in the farm system and comes to the majors and makes an immediate impact.
On Tuesday, the Mets took a big step towards that goal when ESPN Insider Kiley McDaniel ranked the Mets' farm system as the best in baseball.