While the New York Mets system includes several high-profile prospects like Nolan McLean, Jett Williams, Ryan Clifford, and 2025 first-rounder Mitch Voit, sometimes there are guys who you've never heard of before that put up surprising numbers.
That's the case with Trace Willhoite, an undrafted free agent out of tiny Lipscomb University. Willhoite signed in March, making him the afterthought of afterthoughts, and was brought in mostly to fill out the roster down in St. Lucie.
Yet when the minor league season began, Willhoite got an opportunity, and he started to hit, and then he hit some more.