1. SS Jefferson Rojas | 21 | AA | 2027
A lot of prospects stumble with their new organization after headlining a deadline deal, but Rojas hasn’t missed a beat with the Mets. He has, however, continued to play at Double-A despite spending 159 games there over the last two years. He’s been particularly good for Binghamton, posting a 137 wRC+ with nine home runs in 29 games. Listed at 5’11” 150 pounds, Rojas is much bigger than that these days and features significant thump from the right side. The defense may not allow him to play much shortstop, but he’s already been playing a lot of second and third base and hits well enough to claim either spot as his own.
2. SS Mitch Voit | 21 | AA | 2027
The 38th overall pick in the 2025 draft, Voit can do just about anything you could ask on a baseball field, including pitching while playing everyday through his sophomore season at Michigan until an elbow injury that required internal brace surgery put an end to that. New York suspected Voit could make big gains with the bat after setting pitching aside, and that’s happening right now in Double-A, where the right-handed speedster is slashing .351/.435/.526 with two home runs and nine stolen bases in 28 games while cutting his High-A strikeout rate by two percentage points. He’s not a small guy at six-foot, 201 pounds and he’s got bat speed to burn, so he might tap into even more power than the 13 home runs he’s hit in 104 games across two levels this year.
3. SS Wandy Asigen | 17 | DSL | 2030
Wandy signed for $3.9 million on January 15, 2026 and looked like a smart investment during his first look at professional pitching in the Dominican Summer League, slashing .279/.470/.525 with three home runs and six stolen bases through 23 games. I like the on-base percentage and downplay the batting average a bit because strike-throwers are rare at that level. A left-handed hitter with a quick, efficient swing from the left side, the six-foot, 180-pound Asigen figures to do even more damage in stateside leagues next year. Might be the last change to buy-lowish this off-season.
4. SS Elian Pena | 19 | A+ | 2030
Perhaps the top hitter in his class at 5’10” 180 pounds, Pena signed for $5 million in January of 2025 and has played his way to High-A in less than two professional seasons. A left-handed hitter with plus plate skills, Pena posted a 111 wRC+ in 96 Low-A games to earn the promotion to Brooklyn, where he’s scuffling to a .164 batting average in 16 games. No big deal, though. Ideally, he’ll add some strength this winter and head back to High-A to open the 2027 season, where we hope he’ll hit more than the eight home runs he managed this year.
5. SS Sammy Stafura | 22 | A+ | 2028
A big-money second-rounder ($2.5 million) out of high school in 2023, Stafura developed with Cincinatti for a couple years before being shipped to Pittsburgh in the Ke’Brayan Hayes trade. He tapped into some fresh power with the new organization and found himself traded again at the 2026 deadline, this time for Luke Weaver. Sometimes, we see a kid get traded a couple times and can’t help but knock his value a little bit, but that’s not the case with Stafura. He’s just exactly the type of prospect you ask for when making a big trade: an up-the-middle defensive talent with present power and upside beyond that. In 81 games across two levels this year, he’s hit 22 home runs and stolen 22 bases.
6. LHP Jonathan Santucci | 23 | AA | 2026
At 6’2” 205 pounds with a quick but smooth delivery from the left side, Santucci looks like a prototype rotation mainstay when he’s spotting his fastball and burying his 89 mile per hour slider. Throw in a mid-80’s changeup on a good day, and he’ll make easy work of most minor league lineups. That’s not what happened early in his Triple-A tenure, but he settled in over his last three turns and recorded 19 strikeouts across 15 innings while posting a 3.00 ERA. I thought he might have a shot at the rotation late this season, but his control waxed and waned, and the Mets had no reason to rush him. I suspect they’ll add a pile of pitchers this winter, but Santucci has the skills to challenge for a chance early in 2027.
7. OF Nick Morabito | 23 | MLB | 2026
Power will never be Morabito’s calling card, but he’s added loft and carry throughout his minor league career and slugged a career high 13 home runs 114 Triple-A games this year before being promoted to New York. He also stole 42 bases in 46 attempts, eclipsing 40 stolen bases for the third straight season. It’s a sneak fantasy profile for a 5’10” 185 pound center fielder. He’s probably a fourth outfielder for a first-division club, but the Mets might not have a first-division outfield for the next couple years, and Morabito could certainly swipe us some bases in the meantime.
8. OF Aiden Robbins | 22 | A+ | 2028
Some guys just hit like they were born to do it. The 6’2” 205-pound Robbins prioritized contact and plate skills early in his college career but tweaked his approach after transferring to Texas before 2026 and smashed 24 home runs in 60 games with the Longhorns, 18 more than his previous career high. The Mets were happy to see him still on the draft board in the third round, so they scooped him up and sent him to Low-A St. Lucie. He hit four homers in 20 games there and got the green light to hit the gas toward the next step in his professional career: no sleep til Brooklyn! In six games for the Cyclones, he’s got a .416 on base percentage. I think we’ve got a fast mover on our lists here.
9. RHP Jack Wenninger | 25 | AAA | 2027
A broad-shouldered righty at 6’4” 215 pounds with a big fastball, Wenninger is another ready-soon prospect who might’ve made his major league debut this year if the Mets played a bit better a bit earlier. He didn’t dominate in Triple-A, recording a 4.21 ERA with 122 strikeouts in 113.1 innings pitched, but that’s good enough to retain the optimism we brought into the season.
10. 2B Emilien Pitre | 24 | AAA | 2027
A second-round pick out of Kentucky by Tampa in 2024, Pitre raced through the minor leagues before packing his bags for New York as part of the Freddy Peralta trade this summer. The Mets left him in Double-A for just ten games before promoting him to Syracuse, where he’s got a .371 on base percentage with just 11 strikeouts in 17 games. Plate skills like these will be the key for Pitre to carve out a major league career because he doesn’t generate much power from his 5’11” 185 pound frame. We can envision a scenario where he trades a little contact for power, but it’s gonna be a fine line to walk.
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does everyone just draft SS ?Then all 2B and 3B are just failed SS