A Full Breakdown of the New York Mets prospects headed to the Arizona Fall League

The Arizona Fall League rosters have been released this week with a lot of intriguing prospects on each team. There are six teams full of prospects from Major League teams that will play starting October 6th. I’ll be writing an article and making Twitter posts about each team’s roster. This will cover the prospects on the New York Mets who will be on the Scottsdale Scorpions this fall. The team will consist of players from the Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, and the Detroit Tigers as well.

New York Mets:

Brett Banks RHP: Drafted out of UNC Wilmington in the 11th round Banks has been great out of the bullpen in his second professional season. After the 2024 season where Banks struggled with an injury after 11.1 innings in High-A he was out for basically the rest of the season only pitching in 0.2 of an inning in Low-A at the end of August. He started this season rehabbing making one appearance in the Complex League at the start of May and 10.1 innings to a 0.87 ERA in Low-A before making his return to High-A in late June. He pitched 25.1 innings out of the bullpen to a 2.49 ERA and 3.27 FIP. He struck out 25.2% of batters and walked 10.7%. He also got a great amount of ground balls at a 45.6% rate. Banks has a big fastball that sits in the mid 90s with 16.6” of induced vertical break. He’s been able to throw that for a strike often but with his new cutter he struggled to find the zone at least during his stint in Low-A. It sits in the high 80s and had a 50% chase. He also has a great slider with tight movement that sits in the mid 80s. A solid bullpen prospect who will look to rise up to AA next year in his age 24 season.

Wyatt Hudepohl RHP: Taken in the 4th round in the 2023 draft along with other Mets top prospects Hudepohl has not been as quick of a riser as them. After starting the 2024 season in Low-A he made his last start in mid May and was injured for the rest of the season. That carried over to the year 2025 where Hudepohl didn’t make a single start. During the 2024 season he threw 29 innings before the injury to a 4.03 ERA and 4.18 FIP. He has a longer arm action that leads to him hiding the ball better. His fastball only sits in the low 90s with good ride. His two secondaries are a splitter and slider. His splitter is a solid offering and he’s able to throw it for a strike decently well. His low 80s slider doesn’t have enough bite but is another solid offering. I’m interested if he’s been working on anything the last year during his rehab and we’ll see this fall. 

Bryce Jenkins RHP: Another pitcher who’s been recovered from injury Jenkins was drafted in the 17th round of the 2023 draft and after 4 innings in the Mets organization after the draft he missed the entire 2024 season with injury. Jenkins was back at the end of June in the Complex League throwing about once a week for 2.2 total innings and being promoted to Low-A in late July where he sporadically made outings to eventually pitch 9.1 innings to a 5.79 ERA. He couldn’t throw strikes walking 27.1% of batters. With not much velocity his fastball sits in the low-mid 90s but has great spin and shape. The problem with that pitch was Jenkins only threw it in the zone 39.4% of the time. He also throws a sinker that's around 90 mph but is one of his weaker offerings. His curveball that sits in the low 80s is his best pitch and the pitch he threw in the zone the most. He also threw a slider at times in the mid 80s with some sharp movement but he only threw one in the zone in his Low-A innings. It seemed like Jenkins was experimenting too, throwing a pitch that looked like a changeup and three that seemed to be high 80s cutters I believe. He’ll look to hammer out his arsenal this fall before starting back in the lower minors next season. 

Austin Troesser RHP: After being drafted in the 4th round compensation part of the 2023 draft Troesser had a solid first professional season between Low-A and High-A pitching a total of 48 innings to a 4.50 ERA. In his 4 starts in High-A Troesser struggled to get strikeouts but had a 34.4% rate in Low-A. This season Troesser was taking things slow after injuries held him out for two months in 2024. He was only pitching in 1-2 inning spurts the entire season and again after his first 5 appearances he was put on the injured list and was out 3.5 months making his return to High-A in mid August and pitching 10 more innings to end the year striking out 9 and not giving up a single run. I’m interested to see what Troesser’s arsenal is this fall because using the public data I have from how outings in Low-A in 2024 and his 1 outing in Low-A this season it seems like Troesser velocity jumped from the low 90s to 95 mph. His slider also jumped from the low 80s to 87 mph and got tighter movement. In his 1 Low-A outing he also didn’t throw his high 70s curveball or mid 80s changeup. Not sure where Troesser goes next season as he’s barely pitched since getting drafted. 

Chris Suero C: A very weird path to organized baseball for Suero he was born in the Bronx and levied there until moving to the DR at 15 years old. This made it so that instead of being drafted out of college or high school Suero could sign as an international free agent early which he did at 18 years old in 2022. After two solid seasons in the Dominican and at the Complex League Suero played his first state side season in 2024. He hit really well between 25 games at Low-A and 87 in High-A slashing .236/.361/.369 for a 130 wRC+. This season has been his breakout starting in High-A where he slashed .240/.382/.455 for a 154 wRC+ in 74 games. He showed some great pull side power with 15 homers and knowledge of the zone with a 13.6% walk rate. He cooled off a bit in 41 games in AA where he hit .221/.374/.324 for a 118 wRC+. He was walking more but the power fell off a bit. He has a very unique makeup as well, only standing at 5’11” Suero has above average speed and stole 35 bases this season. With his athleticism he’s also been able to play more than just catcher getting time at first and in left field the last two seasons. He has a big arm and some underrated athleticism that’s allowed him to excel behind the plate and in the field despite his size. Suero still isn’t making enough contact at the plate to show he’ll excel at the next level but he makes good swing decisions and has shown enough power to be able to project as a fun multi position bench bat at least.

D’Andre Smith UTL: Drafted in the 5th round out of USC in 2022 Smith has shown off some positive things at the minor league level. He’s really broke out this season after spending the first month in High-A where he hit .302/.415/.462 for a 165 wRC+ Smith was promoted to AA where he played in 87 games and continued to hit slashing .279/.334/.411 for a 121 wRC+. He showed more power than ever and stole the most bases in his career by a wide margin while continuing to put up high contact rates. He doesn’t have plus power but he pulls the ball a good amount with the ability to still take a pitch oppo. Even though Smith doesn’t walk a lot he makes a good amount of contact and swings at an above average rate. That’s maybe not something that is sustainable when he eventually gets promoted but this season it’s working. 2025 is the first season since after the draft in 2022 where Smith put up an above 100 wRC+ mostly because he was hitting the ball harder and he tightened up his swing. Smith has shown the ability to make adjustments between seasons by cutting down his strikeout rate which was up to 30% in 2023 down to 18.7% this season. He also has raised his walk rate which dropped down to 3.4% in 2024 up to 6.7% this year. In the field he’s playing everywhere. At USC he played short but in the minors the Mets have moved him around everywhere playing games at every outfield spot as well as second base. 

Nick Morabito OF: Drafted out of high school in the 2nd round compensation picks of the 2022 draft Morabito has been surprisingly great at the plate so far at the minor league level. After a solid 27 games to end his 2023 season he broke out in 2024 starting in Low-A where he hit .397/.530/.513 for a 199 wRC+ in his first 24 games earning a promotion to High-A where he continued to hit slashing .294/.373/.374 for a 135 wRC+. This season he spent all in AA and continued to hit well again slashing .273/.438/.385 for a 119 wRC+. Marbito isn’t going to hit for a ton of power and hits the ball on the ground way too much but can get away with that due to his tremendous speed. In 2024 he stole 59 bases and in 2025 he stole 49. Marbito is constantly beating out infield hits and can take an extra bag at any time. He also has shown some feel for the zone with a 11.4% walk rate in 2024 but it dropped to 9.6% in AA this season. Even though Morabito is making great contact with a 28.8% rate he had a higher strikeout rate of 23.4% this season. This is mostly due to him taking too many strikes as he only swung at 44.8% of pitches in AA. He played short in high school but has spent his minor league career playing the outfield mostly in center. Even though he can take slow jumps at times his speed easily makes up for it. His arm is still below average but has been getting better every year he spends out there. This is a big Fall League for Morabito as he’s now Rule 5 eligible and might’ve shown enough to make the Mets 40 man roster next season. 

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