Each year at 213 we look through the Non-Roster Invitees to spring training and get to know them a bit. Are they in camp to get a look at big league hitting/pitching to aid their development? Are the Mets just trying to get a better look at a future rookie? Are they a veteran trying to get back to the major league level? What can we expect from them this season?
Some of these non-roster invitee articles are more fun to write than others and this is one of the more fun ones – Brett Baty! Baty was the first pick by the Mets in the 2019 draft and was not traded away by the BVW general manager era of the Mets – thus the corner infielder is still with us and is also usually considered around the third top prospect in the Mets system currently.
His presence in camp, like Matt Allan, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Francisco Alvarez, Ronny Mauricio, etc, is to get a glimpse at the future of the Mets beyond 2021. There are very few scenarios that have Baty making the team at any point in 2021. He is also part of that group of players that make you go “ooooh” when looking at a lineup card for an early in the season spring training game. Here’s a link to MLB.com’s profile on him and his grades are below:
- Hit: 50
- Run: 45
- Power: 60
- Arm: 60
- Field: 50
- Overall 55
MLB.com’s profile has one of my favorite Baty stats – in his senior year of high school he batted .615! In 2019 he actually playe across three different levels because of his hitting ability. Starting off in the Gulf Coast League, he hit .350/.480/.650 and was out of there after 5 games. He then spent the majority of his season in Kingsport where he hit .222/.339/.437 over 186 PA’s before a stint In Brooklyn where he hit .200/.500/.300 (an odd batting line that can only make sense when there are 10 AB’s and 6 BB’s).
We were denied a year of Baty stats last year and I’m so excited to see what he does this spring and what he does the rest of the season.
