Earlier this week, Adam Rubin posted the rosters for the two Mets Instructional League league teams which now play in the Dominican Republic.  Essentially, Team 1, which has 44 players, is composed of guys from Savannah and down, top draft picks, or those who might well see A-ball next year, while Team 2 is mostly Dominican teenagers.

Team 1 has lots and lots of interesting pitching talent.
Kyle Allen, Yohan Almonte, Eric Beaulac, Robert Carson, Jeurys Familia all had success this past season, and will find their place in any ranking of the Mets top pitching prospects.  The roster also features the Mets three most interesting amateur mound additions from this past year: LHP Juan Urbina, LHP Steven Matz and LHP Zach Dotson.

Team 1 is carrying six (!) catchers ranging in age from 23-year old Dock Doyle to 18-year olds Jeffrey Glenn, Nelfi Zapata and Camden Maron.
On the infield, Team 1 looks like 2010′s St. Lucie and Savannah infields.  The hotcorner is particularly well stocked with 3B Jefry Marte joined by 3B Zach Lutz, who’s probably the most accomplished hitter on the team, Richard Lucas and Aderlin Rodriguez.  It says something about Lutz that even after graduating St. Lucie for AA for a week at the end of the season, he chose to go work out in the DR for two months in the fall rather than work out at home.  Or maybe the choice between weather in Pennsylvania and the DR this time of year actually makes that a rather easy choice.  He’s also listed as a 3B/1B.  A move to 1B in 2010 would damage his prospect status.
2B Alonzo Harris is the only listed second-baseman, but the team is carrying four SS including Wilmer Flores.

The OF has everyone who should be there: the young athletes, led by Darrell Ceciliani, Julio Concepcion (the Sterling winner in the GCL this year, and an impressive 6’4″ 200lber), Chase Greene, RJ Harris, Cesar Puello and Javier Rodriguez.

It appears as though the move from St. Lucie to the DR has not harmed attendance at all.  The prospects who should be getting their work in will do so.  And just to pre-empt the next question, no, do not expect to see stats from instructional league games at all.  Really, they’re closer to scrimmages than full-fledged competitive games anyway.