Surprising former NY Mets prospect traded to the Brewers cracks a top 100 list

Everyone has their top prospect list including factions with places like FanGraphs. One called OOPSY had some unique takeaways with New York Mets prospects.

Jonah Tong ranks 6th in MLB even ahead of Nolan McLean at 19th. Chris Suero even creeps in there at 76th overall. It’s a different way to look at some young players who might not otherwise get attention the scouts have overlooked.

Brandon Sproat is one of several Milwaukee Brewers prospects on the list. He is joined by, of course, Jett Williams. There’s another ex-Mets prospect who never actually played a game for the organization up there, too.

Once upon a time Mets prospect Coleman Crow ranks 81st on this list

Ranking in at number 81 is Coleman Crow. You might remember him coming over from the Los Angeles Angels for Eduardo Escobar. He was later traded to the Brewers as the lone player the Mets parted with for Tyrone Taylor and Adrian Houser. Injuries kept him out from ever pitching an inning in the Mets minor leagues.

Curiously, Crow ranks a few spots higher than Sproat at number 90. Robert Gasser, who has already had some big league success for Milwaukee, trails at 93. Traditional prospect lists are meant to be wrong. This kind of outrageous one has as much of a chance as any to be right.

Crow has thrown only 59 innings over the past two seasons, 9 coming in the Arizona Fall League in 2024 and the other 50 this past year. He pitched well in Double-A before a rough 7 innings in Triple-A.

The Brewers have already added him to their 40-man roster for the sake of protecting him in the Rule 5 Draft. He’ll play this entire season at 25, putting him about on track with his peers as long as there are no setbacks.

The ranking focuses on a peak projected WAR at around age 28, which Crow is closer to than many of the others on this list. It’s a different way of looking at minor league players. In this instance, an easily forgotten prospect the Mets held briefly comes out looking good.