Predicting how many games these 4 Mets prospects will play in 2023

2) NY Mets prospect: Mark Vientos

Of all Mets prospects, Vientos is the most likely to crack the opening-day roster. I believe Vientos will play close to 80 games in the MLB this season. Unlike the other Mets prospects, Vientos does not have an obvious future position, which should make the Mets comfortable using Vientos as a designated hitter.

Vientos is competing with Tommy Pham and Darin Ruf for the right-handed designated hitter role, and has outperformed both this spring. Vientos is hitting .288/.321/.500 with two mammoth home runs this spring, while Pham is hitting a porous .167, and Ruf is hitting a dreadful .150.

The Achilles heel of the Mets 2022 season was their lack of power. Vientos could help solve that problem. Vientos hit 24 home runs in Triple-A in 2023. Over the course of five professional baseball seasons, Vientos has cranked 77 home runs.

Vientos strikes out a lot, but provides an element the Mets lineup desperately needs. To put it simply, Vientos can flat-out hit. The young prospect's wRC+ has been above league average at every stop he has made in his minor league career.

Daniel Vogelbach will DH against right-handed pitching, but Vientos should see the bulk of the time against lefties.