Prospect depth sounds like a blessing until it starts feeling like a balancing act. For the New York Mets, that balance might soon tip with Nick Morabito, a gifted outfielder who’s done just enough to matter and not quite enough to fit. His solid minor league career has turned heads across the league, and now his name hovers in that uneasy space between “valuable asset” and “possible departure.”
The Arizona Fall League isn’t what’s defining him; it’s merely extending the question. Morabito has the skills teams covet — speed, defense, and an eye that gets him on base — but he’s tucked behind a logjam of outfield prospects about to make their own push.