The Mets were poised to claim six Top 100 prospects ahead of our reveal last Friday until the organization traded infielder/outfielder Jett Williams (No. 51) and right-handed pitcher Brandon Sproat (No. 100) to the Brewers in the Freddy Peralta/Tobias Myers deal. That’s just part of the business when you’re trying to contend and win the organization’s first World Series since 1986.
With graduations and in-season market corrections, we’re always adding new names to the Top 100 as others come off. For example, McLean will graduate off the Top 100 within his first week back as a Major Leaguer. As we consider those replacements, the Mets will have a few Top 100 candidates, along with others who could break out into that status with strong 2026 seasons.
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Here are five candidates we could see jump into future editions of the Top 100:
Ryan Clifford, 1B/OF
As the No. 5 first-base prospect on our 2026 positional Top 10, Clifford is the highest-ranking player on that list also outside the Top 100 entering 2026 -- still just his age-22 season. The 6-foot-3 left-handed slugger’s power has been evident since he was drafted in 2022, and he’s coming off a 2025 campaign in which he set a new career high with 29 homers over 139 games at Double-A and Triple-A. He’s run into contact issues in the upper Minors, susceptible to breaking balls in the lower third. If Clifford can find his way to a hit tool that’s closer to a average, he’ll have enough of a bat to be valuable at first base or the corner outfield spots, wherever he’s needed most in Queens.
Jacob Reimer, 3B/1B
Reimer slated in at No. 2 on our Top 10 3B rankings, so he’s another one already knocking on the door of Top 100 status. After a hamstring injury really affected his 2024, the corner infielder blossomed in his third full season, with a .282/.379/.491 slash line, 17 homers, 54 total extra-base hits and 15 steals in 122 games at High-A and Double-A. Reimer did an improved job of lifting and pulling the ball when healthy, aiding a potential plus power projection, and he overcame early contact issues at Double-A to end his time in Binghamton on a higher note. He might have to move across the diamond full-time down the road, and that’ll be a tougher fit for Reimer than Clifford as a righty hitter and thrower. The trend lines are promising, and he could be a candidate for the Majors before he turns 22.
Jack Wenninger, RHP
Wenninger’s results in his age-23 season were all solid: a 2.92 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP, with 147 strikeouts in 135 ⅔ innings, all with Double-A Binghamton. But the way he accrued those numbers adds plenty to the intrigue. After sitting 91-94 mph in 2024, the 6-foot-4 righty was more like 93-96 mph last season, occasionally scraping the upper-90s even late in the year. His fastball isn’t even his most effective pitch. That remains a mid-80s splitter that was a weapon against both righties and lefties. Wenninger’s mid-80s slider also took a nice step forward to be a weapon versus same-side bats. The fact that he didn’t sacrifice control (7.6 percent walk rate) for sharper stuff adds to the encouragement. You could take fellow righty Will Watson or southpaw Jonathan Santucci here, too, given New York’s ability to squeeze out the most from its pitchers system-wide.
Elian Peña, SS
Peña signed with the Mets for $5 million in January 2025, making him the highest international signee not named Roki Sasaki in last year’s class, and proceeded to begin his career in a 0-for-26 funk in his first nine games in the Dominican Summer League. He hit .342/.463/.618 with nine homers in 46 contests the rest of the way and enjoyed not one but two three-dinger games (the only two in the DSL in '25). The real current version of Peña is likely somewhere between those peaks and valleys: a left-handed hitter with good swing decisions for his age and decent power. That would play on future Top 100 lists, especially if he can stick at short. The Mets internally are confident he has the right actions for the six spot, while external evaluators are more skeptical, thinking he may need to slide to the corner of the dirt. Peña heads stateside for his age-18 season this spring.
Wandy Asigen, SS
We’ve recently had two prospects make the Top 100 after strong turns in the DSL: Jesús Made in 2025 and Josuar Gonzalez this year. Could Asigen – New York’s $3.9 million signing this month – join them just as quickly? That’s still very much up in the air ahead of his professional debut, but the individual traits are intriguing. He has a quick bat from the left side that helps him already touch 110 mph and above in his exit velocities, and his plus wheels give him a favorable power-speed combo. That quick-twitch athleticism could also help him stick at shortstop. He needs to prove the bat can translate against pro-level arms, but the upside is undeniable.