Many of the top prospect sites view the New York Mets as a bottom of the barrel farm system. They’re rated as low as 27th in baseball, a ranking that doesn’t seem right.
Considering the team has had four prospects in the top 100 bottom-three in the league is flat-out wrong. That isn’t to say the Mets have one the best farm systems in the league, though at least one MLB executive thinks the Mets have the best farm system in MLB.
When prospect evaluators take a deep dive into the Mets tops prospects they often come away impressed.