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NY Mets minor league storylines to look forward to in 2021

By Tim Boyle

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL - MARCH 11: Ronny Mauricio #2 of the New York Mets in the dugout before a spring training baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Clover Park at on March 11, 2020 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL - MARCH 11: Ronny Mauricio #2 of the New York Mets in the dugout before a spring training baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Clover Park at on March 11, 2020 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 28: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) New York Mets 2019 third round draft pick Matthew Allan greets team majority owner Fred Wilpon during batting practice prior to a game against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field on Friday, June 28, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. The Braves defeated the Mets 6-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

These three minor league storylines could get New York Mets fans’ attention in 2021.

The absence of minor league baseball in 2020 felt strange. As a person who grew up going to minor league games on an almost weekly basis, it was a blow to my baseball fandom. When it comes to covering the New York Mets, it meant a lack of excitement about the future.

Fortunately, there’s a possibility we do get some minor league baseball in 2021 in some capacity. If so, Mets fans will be treated to some intriguing storylines.

Assuming all goes well and we do get to see the team’s minor leaguers take the field, these three storylines are all worth paying attention to.

Are top prospects like Matthew Allan and Francisco Alvarez the real deal?

Matthew Allan and Francisco Alvarez are two of the best prospects in the Mets system. However, neither has played a whole lot of professional baseball.

Allan is a pitcher the Mets built their entire 2019 draft around landing. By drafting mostly college players after selecting him in round number three, they were able to pay him enough of a bonus to convince Allan to skip college and go straight to the pro rankings. At just 19-years-old, there’s a whole lot of baseball in his future.

Alvarez’s journey to the franchise is much different. He’s an amateur free agent signing and catcher with a very high ceiling. If there’s one minor league bat to watch in the coming years, it’s his.

This isn’t the first time we have heard a lot about how great Mets prospects will become. If you’re anything like me, you might still have a few Alex Escobar cards sitting in your closet.

Allan and Alvarez—or the Double-A Battery as I’m sure they could end up being called in the future when the former pitches to the latter—have a few years before they reach the big leagues. In 2021, we should hopefully get to learn a little bit more about how good each of them can become.

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