Note on the Series: A tradition at 213 Miles From Shea is walking through Baseball America’s Top 30 Mets prospects, one year after the list comes out. The BA printed book is generally out of date immediately when it’s published, especially when BVW was at the helm trading away prospects. Our goal with this series is to check in with how the prospects are doing. Some of them have been traded away. Because of the pandemic, minor league games did not happen last year, so we are also missing stats. Staying on top of the Minor League camp was not something I did last year, so when appropriate, I’ll link to the actual experts.
Scott Ota! The Mets selected Scott in the 10th round of the 2019 draft. The outfielder had a tremendous minor league debut in Kingsport hitting .273/.355/.519, collecting 50 hits over 183 AB’s with 21 walks and 7 bombs. BA wrote about how he showed gap power to all fields, and his that his “processional approach to hitting that helps him produce at a level above his average overall tool set.” He has a BA Grade of 40 with High Risk level.
So where is Scott now? Good News: He’s still with the Mets! Bad news: there’s a real dearth of information online about what’s happening with him.
Scott is 23, and last year would have probably played in either Brooklyn or Columbia. With the reorganization of the minor leagues, I’m assuming he gets placed in St. Lucie – which will be the Mets low-A team next year.
All in all, what sticks out to me his discipline at the plate which allows him to over perform against his skill set. Without seeing 2020 games, it’s difficult for me to get a sense as to where this leads Ota in his future. I’m definitely keeping my eye on him in 2021.
