New York Mets minor league players

Below are some of the minor-league baseball players in the New York Mets organization.

Players

Justin Armbruester

Justin David Armbruester (born October 21, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Armbruester attended Eastside Catholic School in Sammamish, Washington, and played on their baseball team. He played two years of college baseball at Pacific Lutheran University before playing two seasons at the University of New Mexico. During his senior year in 2021, he started 13 games and went 5–2 with a 3.58 ERA and 101 strikeouts over 77 innings, and was named the Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 12th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.

Armbruester signed with the Orioles and made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Orioles before he was promoted to the Delmarva Shorebirds. Over 9+1⁄3 innings, he posted a 1.93 ERA with 16 strikeouts. He opened the 2022 season with the Aberdeen IronBirds and was promoted to the Bowie Baysox in mid-June. Over 26 games (22 starts) between the two teams, he went 6–2 with a 3.85 ERA and 126 strikeouts over 117 innings. Armbruester returned to Bowie to open the 2023 season and was promoted to the Norfolk Tides in mid-June. Over 26 games (25 starts) with the two teams, he went 6-6 with a 3.56 ERA and 109 strikeouts over 121+1⁄3 innings. He returned to Norfolk in 2024 and made 26 starts for the team, going 5-11 with a 7.54 ERA and 131 strikeouts over 119+1⁄3 innings. Armbruester appeared in three games for Norfolk in 2025 before being placed on the injured list.

On December 10, 2025, the New York Mets selected Armbruester in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft.

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Ryan Clifford

Ryan Andrew Clifford (born July 20, 2003) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the New York Mets organization.

Clifford attended Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, before transferring to Crossroads Flex High School in Cary, North Carolina. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Astros rather than play college baseball at Vanderbilt University.

Clifford spent his first professional season with the Florida Complex League Astros and Fayetteville Woodpeckers. He started 2023 with Fayetteville.

On August 1, 2023, Clifford was traded alongside Drew Gilbert, to the New York Mets in exchange for Justin Verlander.

After the trade to the New York Mets Clifford was assigned to the Brooklyn Cyclones and finished out the rest of the season there. Clifford returned to the Cyclones to start the 2024 season he was promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in mid-May of that season

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Corey Collins

Corey Joseph Collins (born October 10, 2001) is an American professional baseball catcher and outfielder in the New York Mets organization.

Collins attended North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia. As a junior, Collins hit .483 with 16 home runs, before committing to play college baseball at the University of Georgia. In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

As a senior, Collins hit .354 with 20 home runs, in addition to leading the NCAA in on-base percentage. He was named a second-team All-American at the end of the season.

Collins was selected in the sixth round, with the 173rd overall pick, by the New York Mets in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft.

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A. J. Ewing

Andrew Joseph Ewing (born August 10, 2004) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the New York Mets organization.

Ewing attended Springboro High School in Springboro, Ohio. As a senior in 2023, he hit .464 with 37 RBI. He originally committed to play college baseball at Wright State University, but later flipped to the University of Alabama. Ewing was selected by the New York Mets in the fourth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Mets for $675,000.

Ewing made his professional debut after signing with the Florida Complex League Mets, playing in seven games. He played the 2024 season with the FCL Mets and St. Lucie Mets, hitting .233 with ten home runs and 49 RBI over 90 games. Ewing opened the 2025 season with St. Lucie before being promoted to the Brooklyn Cyclones in May. In August, he was promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Over 124 games between the three teams, Ewing hit .315 with three home runs, 55 RBI, and 70 stolen bases.

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R.J. Gordon

Robert Gordon (born October 26, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Gordon attended West Ranch High School and played college baseball at the University of Oregon for the Ducks. In 2024, as a redshirt junior, Gordon started 17 games for the Ducks and pitched to a 7-6 record, a 5.13 ERA, and 87 strikeouts over 94+2⁄3 innings. He was selected by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft and signed with the team.

Gordon made his professional debut in 2025 with the Brooklyn Cyclones and was promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in July. With Binghamton, he was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Month for August. Over 26 games (21 starts) between both teams, Gordon went 11-3 with a 3.36 ERA and 147 strikeouts across 128+2⁄3 innings.

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Daviel Hurtado

Daviel Hurtado (born January 26, 2005) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He was named to the Cuba national baseball team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Hurtado left Cuba, along with his parents, for the Dominican Republic in 2022. On January 15, 2023, Hurtado signed for $640,000 as an international free agent with the New York Mets.

Hurtado went through Tommy John surgery in 2023 and did not pitch for the Mets. He pitched for the Florida Complex League Mets in the 2024 season and struggled; pitching to a 6.32 ERA in 15.2 innings. In 2025, Hurtado again began the season at FCL but had a 0.47 ERA. He was later promoted to the Single-A St. Lucie Mets. In 13 games in 2025 for St. Lucie, Hurtado had a 2.70 ERA.

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Ryan Lambert

Ryan Patrick Lambert (born September 2, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Lambert attended Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and played college baseball at North Iowa Area Community College, Missouri State University and the University of Oklahoma. In the summers of 2022 and 2023, he played for the Minnesota Mud Puppies of the Northwoods League.

Lambert was selected by the New York Mets in the eighth round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut with Brooklyn Cyclones and started 2025 with Brooklyn before being promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

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Nathan Lavender

Nathan James Lavender (born January 20, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Lavender attended El Paso–Gridley High School in El Paso, Illinois, and played college baseball at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.

Hartwig made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Mets. In 2022, he played for the St. Lucie Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones. He started 2023 with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies before being promoted to the Syracuse Mets.

On May 17, 2024, Lavender underwent a variation of Tommy John surgery in which an internal brace was added to his elbow ligament. He subsequently missed the remainder of the season as a result of the procedure.

On December 11, 2024, Lavender was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays eighth overall in the Rule 5 draft. He missed the entirety of the 2025 season in recovery from surgery. Lavender was designated for assignment by the Rays on November 6, 2025.

On November 12, 2025, Lavender was returned to the Mets organization.

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Nick Morabito

Nicholas Anthony Morabito (born May 7, 2003) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Morabito attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.. As a senior in 2022, he was the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for Washington, D.C. Morabito was selected by the New York Mets in the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Mets rather than play college baseball at Virginia Tech.

Morabito made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Mets. He played 2023 with the Florida Complex League Mets and St. Lucie Mets and started 2024 with St. Lucie.

On November 18, 2025, the Mets added Morabito to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Morabito was optioned to the Triple-A Syracuse Mets to begin the 2026 season.

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Jacob Reimer

Jacob Lee Reimer (born February 22, 2004) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the New York Mets organization.

Reimer attended Yucaipa High School in Yucaipa, California. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the fourth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut that year with the Florida Complex League Mets.

In 2023, Reimer played for the Florida Complex League Mets, St. Lucie Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones. He split the 2025 season between the Cyclones and the AA Binghamton Rumble Ponies, improving his fielding and hitting 17 home runs with a batting average of .282, an on-base percentage of .379 and a slugging percentage of .491. After the season he was rated the Mets' 6th best prospect by MLB.com.

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Dylan Ross

Dylan Winton Ross (born September 1, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is currently a phantom ballplayer, having spent two days on the Mets' active roster without making an appearance.

Ross attended Georgia Premier Academy in Statesboro, Georgia, and played college baseball at Eastern Kentucky University, Northwest Florida State College and the University of Georgia. He underwent Tommy John surgery during his junior year at Georgia in 2022. Despite the injury, he was selected by the New York Mets in the 13th round (389th overall) of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.

After undergoing a second operation on his UCL, Ross missed the 2023 season. He made his professional debut in 2024, pitching in one game with the St. Lucie Mets. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. Ross started 2025 with the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones, and was promoted to the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies and Triple-A Syracuse Mets during the season.

On September 27, 2025, Ross was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He did not appear for the Mets during the team's final two games of the season, and subsequently became a phantom ballplayer.

Ross was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse to begin the 2026 season.

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Chris Suero

Christopher Antonio Suero (born January 27, 2004) is an American professional baseball catcher in the New York Mets organization.

Suero was born in The Bronx, New York and attended All Hallows High School in the South Bronx for one year before moving to the Dominican Republic when he was 15. He signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent in March 2022. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Mets.

Suero played 2023 with the Florida Complex League Mets and 2024 with the St. Lucie Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones in May. He started 2025 with Brooklyn before being promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

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Zach Thornton

Zachary Charles Thornton (born January 17, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Thornton attended Lawrence Free State High School in Lawrence, Kansas. He played two seasons of college baseball at Barton Community College before transferring to Grand Canyon University for the 2023 season. In his lone season at Grand Canyon, he started 15 games and went 9–2 with a 3.87 ERA. After the season, he participated in the MLB Draft League. He was then selected by the New York Mets in the fifth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. Thornton signed with the team for $350,000.

Thornton made his professional debut in 2024 with the St. Lucie Mets and was promoted to the Brooklyn Cyclones in August. Over twenty games (12 starts) between the two teams, he went 5–4 with a 4.10 ERA and 54 strikeouts over 68 innings. He returned to Brooklyn to open the 2025 season and was named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Month in April. He was promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in late April and earned Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honors in May. Thornton made 14 starts between the two teams, going 6-2 with a 1.98 ERA and 78 strikeouts over 72+2⁄3 innings before an oblique injury ended his season in June.

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Will Watson

William Joseph Watson (born November 7, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Watson attended Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Washington, and played college baseball at California Lutheran University in 2022, San Joaquin Delta College in 2023, and the University of Southern California (USC) in 2024. He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 20th round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. In 2024 for USC, Watson appeared in 16 games and went 5-2 with a 3.93 ERA and 46 strikeouts.

Watson was selected by the New York Mets in the seventh round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team and made his professional debut with the St. Lucie Mets, appearing in two games. Watson was assigned to St. Lucie to open the 2025 season and was promoted to the Brooklyn Cyclones in June. In August, he was promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Over 28 games (23 starts) between the three teams, Watson went 3-9 with a 2.60 ERA and 142 strikeouts over 121+1⁄3 innings.

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Jack Wenninger

Jonathan Andrew Wenninger Jr. (born March 14, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Wenninger attended Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Illinois, and played college baseball at Murray State University and the University of Illinois. As a junior at Illinois in 2023, he started 14 games and went 6–4 with a 4.71 ERA over 80+1⁄3 innings. After the season, he was selected by the New York Mets in the sixth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $225,000.

Wenninger made his professional debut after signing and played with both the Florida Complex League Mets and St. Lucie Mets, appearing in two games total. He returned to St. Lucie to open the 2024 season and was promoted to the Brooklyn Cyclones in early July. Over 25 games (19 starts) between both teams, he pitched to a 4–6 record, a 4.30 ERA, and 140 strikeouts over 115 innings. Wenninger was assigned to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies to start the 2025 season and was named the team's Opening Day starter. He spent the whole season with Binghamton and started 26 games, going 12-6 with a 2.92 ERA and 147 strikeouts over 135+1⁄3 innings.

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Calvin Ziegler

Calvin William Ziegler (born October 3, 2002) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Ziegler was born in Canada and attended TNXL Academy in Ocoee, Florida, his senior year due to Canadian travel restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the second round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.

Ziegler made his professional debut in 2022 with the St. Lucie Mets. In 16 starts, he went 0–6 with a 4.44 ERA and 70 strikeouts across 46+2⁄3 innings pitched.

In March 2023, Ziegler underwent surgery to remove bone spurs from his right elbow. While recovering from the procedure, he suffered a torn right quadriceps tendon and was ruled out for the season. However, on September 8, Ziegler was activated to make his season debut.

Ziegler began the 2024 season with High-A Brooklyn. On April 18, 2024, it was revealed that Ziegler would undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his season.

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