Baseball America has posted its list of the top 100 prospects in baseball.  There were four Mets.  The indented number and commentary is original to BA.

#30 Fernando Martinez

0: Players in Double-A younger than Martinez last season.

#47 Wilmer Flores

0: Players younger than Flores (who turned 17 on Aug. 6) in full-season ball last season.

#77 Jonathan Niese

178: Innings pitched last season, including 14 in three big league starts.

#94 Brad Holt

1.87: ERA at short-season Brooklyn, one of four categories in which he led the New York-Penn League.

2B

1. Greg Veloz 2B
2. Josh Satin 2B
3. Alzonzo Harris 2B
4. Garcia, Emmanuel 2B

Notice that only Veloz made the top 41.  Satin was #42 and Harris wasn’t far behind.

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3B

1. Jefry Marte 3B
2. Aderlin Rodriguez 3B
3. Zach Lutz 3B
4. Shawn Bowman 3B

A really observant reader will notice that I’ve flipped Lutz and Bowman (now Lutz is on top) from my top 41 and added A. Rodriguez.  I decided that Lutz’s youth pushes him in front of Bowman.

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1B

1. Ike Davis 1B

2. Stephen Welch 3B/1B

3. Lucas Duda 1B

Not much to add here other than it’s really hard to be a super prospect at 1B because MLB 1B are expected to hit so darn much.

1. Francisco Pena C
2. Josh Thole C
3. Dock Doyle C
4. Jordan Abbruzzo C

It’s getting harder to ignore Thole, who’s in big league camp.

In case you’ve been away from the blog for a few hours (always a bad idea) I’m breaking down my top prospects by position, which has turned into an enlightening experience.

LHP

1. Jon Niese LHP
2. Robert Carson LHP
3. Angel Calero LHP
4. Michael Antonini LHP
5. Roy Merritt LHP
6. James Fuller LHP
7. Eric Niesen LHP

This list is a little shorter and thinner than that RHP list, isn’t it?  Here, it’s only the top four guys who have starter potential.

RHP

1. Brad Holt RHP
2. Jenry Mejia RHP
3. Scott Moviel RHP
4. Gee, Dillon RHP
5. Bobby Parnell RHP
6. Eddie Kunz RHP
7. Rustich, Brant RHP
8. Eric Beaulac RHP
9. Jeurys Familia RHP
10. Steven Clyne RHP
11. Nicholas Carr RHP
12. Tobi Stoner RHP
13. Kyle Allen RHP
14. Ramirez, Elvin RHP
15. Scott Shaw RHP
16. Eduardo Aldama RHP
17. Owen, Dylan RHP

The first four have a chance to start in the big leagues, whereas I view Parnell and Kunz as bullpen guys. A similar dance snakes its way through this ordering weaving bullpen arms around starting candidates.

SS

1. Wilmer Flores SS
2. Reese Havens SS
3. Ruben Tejada SS
4. Jose Coronado SS
5. Juan Lagares SS

Easy enough to explain these: Flores has Havens on ceiling and the other guys haven’t really hit much.