There are only three more players left in the our planed NRI series. After these next three players we need to go back and add in players who were signed since the start of spring training and players who became NRI’s because they got removed from the 40-man roster.
All three players we are going to look at over the next three days were cut from major league came on Tuesday 3/4, which makes sense because the Mets already have a crowded outfield. They’ll still see some time in games over the next couple of weeks and there is a chance we see them in major league games at some point this season.
Drew Gilbert is the last of the top prospects the Mets brought to camp this year. He came to the Mets with Ryan Clifford in the 2023 Justin Verlander trade. Gilbert was not on any top-100 prospect rankings going into this season but last year was the #91 prospect in baseball according to Baseball America, #29 from Baseball Prospectus and #53 from MLB Pipeline.
Gilbert was crushing it in high A ball in 2023 slashing .361/.421/.686. He got promoted to the Astros AA team and took a step back, and slashed .241/.342/.371. Then he got traded to the Mets who sent him to Binghamton where he finished the season .325/.423/.561. It was this ending of the season that turned heads from all the national prospect ranking lists.
Last season was a bit of a struggle for Gilbert. He was dealing with a hamstring injury that led to him only playing in 62 games with a .205/.313/.371 slash line. As of writing he didn’t get into any major league games as the team is taking things slow with him coming off of the injury.
The Mets have already seen that Gilbert is a gamer and plays with intensity. If he stays healthy, there is a significant chance that we see him with the Mets this season! When he comes, expect more hits and athleticism than just raw power, which is a profile the Mets system right now is loaded with.
