The New York Mets are next on our Players Likely to Debut series. In case you missed it, here’s a look at all the teams that we have covered so far.
AL East: Red Sox — Yankees — Orioles — Blue Jays — Rays
NL East: Marlins — Braves — Phillies
Below, you will find a list of three prospects from the respective organization. Each prospect will have a number score next to their name — this number will represent the estimated amount of time we anticipate that player seeing at the big-league level. Players that have already made their big-league debut will not be included on this list.
BREAKDOWN OF TIME ON ROSTER SCORES:
1 — September call-ups / guys that are likely to see less than 20-25 games on the roster
2 — 1/4 of the season (roughly 40 games on roster)
3 — 1/2 of the season (roughly 80 games on roster)
4 — 3/4 of the season (roughly 120 games on roster)
5 — Full season on the MLB roster
New York Mets
Position — Name (Time on Roster Score)
LHP-Thomas Szapucki (4)
Szapucki came back from Tommy John to post some solid strikeout numbers between three levels in 2019, and was healthy in 2020 at the team’s alternate camp. He features a fastball, a sweeping slurve, and a changeup that he has been working on. There’s a strong chance he could make the rotation out of camp, but if not, he would be a good arm out of the bullpen with a fastball that can touch 95mph.