Top prospects among those sent to minor league camp

The Mets made their first round of roster cuts this afternoon, sending 13 players to minor league camp. The full list, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, is:

RHP Ty Adcock
RHP Adbert Alzolay
RHP Dom Hamel
RHP Oliver Ortega
RHP Brandon Sproat
RHP Blade Tidwell
INF Ryan Clifford
OF Drew Gilbert
OF Rafael Ortega
C Kevin Parada
OF Alex Ramirez
INF Luke Ritter
INF Jett Williams

None of these names should come as any surprise, as all of them are young players who the Mets likely wouldn’t expect to start the year in the majors. Although names like Sproat, Williams, and Tidwell have been discussed as being part of the 2025 club, all of them would likely start the year in Triple-A Syracuse, both to get some additional reps in and also to manipulate playing time in a way to gain the team an extra year of control.

This also doesn’t mean that you’ll stop seeing these players in spring training games; the Mets will likely call any number of them over to big league camp when the need arises.