{"id":24803,"date":"2025-02-10T03:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T03:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24803"},"modified":"2025-02-10T03:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T03:21:48","slug":"new-report-reveals-next-new-york-yankees-and-mets-prospects-with-superstar-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24803","title":{"rendered":"New report reveals next New York Yankees and Mets prospects with superstar potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new MLB.com report makes a prediction that will appeal to diehard New York Yankees and New York Mets fans: Who will be their next big-time prospect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-incontent-ad-container advertisement-label hasDskAd hasMobAd special\">\n<div id=\"dsk-box-ad-c\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"tpd-fallback-tag-dsk-box-ad-c\">\n<div id=\"headlines_plus_widget_3\" class=\"headlines_plus_widget\" data-data-model=\"sports\" data-similarity-top-k=\"3\" data-internal-articles=\"2\" data-view-style=\"view-grid\" data-widget-title=\"Explore More\" data-logo=\"long\" data-search-algorithm=\"most_recent\">\n<div class=\"headlines-plus-related-articles view-grid\">\n<div class=\"widget-title\">\n<p>This has been a very eventful offseason for the Mets and Yankees. To kick off the fall the New York baseball clubs went toe-to-toe in a historic bidding war for outfielder Juan Soto. In the end, the team from Queens won the battle to the tune of a historic $765 million deal.<\/p>\n<p>However, since their fight for Soto the two teams have made a slew of moves to improve their rosters for 2025. The Yankees made some of the best, including landing All-Star pitcher Max Fried and adding former NL MVP award winners Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt.<\/p>\n<p>Both clubs are always willing to spend big. However, the ultimate goal would be to build a championship team with players developed internally. Much like the Pinstripes did during the 1990s when they created a dynasty team that featured Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and Bernie Williams. The pair of teams are always on the hunt for a young prospect that could be their next big star.<\/p>\n<p>Well, over the weekend various\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/projecting-each-mlb-team-s-top-prospect-in-2027?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage#aleast\">MLB.com<\/a>\u00a0asked their minor league experts who will be each team\u2019s No. 1 prospect in two years, including for the Yankees and Mets.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-george-lombard-jr-and-elian-pena-expected-to-be-new-york-yankees-and-mets-no-1-prospect-by-2027\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">George Lombard Jr. and Elian Pena expected to be New York Yankees and Mets No. 1 prospect by 2027<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mets Sign Record-Breaking International Free Agent Elian Pe\u00f1a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aQ3wSZ8pgRY?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe son of former big leaguer and current Tigers bench coach George Lombard, he inherited his father\u2019s athleticism and developed a high baseball IQ while growing up around the game,\u201d the site wrote about Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA quality defender at shortstop who could develop solid or better tools across the board, he batted .231\/.338\/.334 with five homers and 39 steals in 110 games between two Class A levels last season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the Mets, their next great prospect is one whom the team shelled out big money for in the international free-agent market this offseason. A player many baseball analysts felt was the second best in his class behind new Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPe\u00f1a signed with the Mets for $5 million last month \u2014 the largest bonus handed to an international player not named Roki Sasaki,\u201d MLB.com wrote. \u201cHe could be an instant sensation in the New York system as a left-handed hitter with a knack for finding the barrel and potentially massive power.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"tpd-incontent-ad-container advertisement-label hasDskAd hasMobAd\">\n<div id=\"dsk-box-ad-z-split\" class=\"dsk-box-ad-z\">\n<div id=\"dsk-split-box-ad-z-1\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"tpd-fallback-tag-dsk-split-box-ad-z-1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rssapp-carousel-container\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"carousel\">\n<div class=\"horizontalSlider___281Ls carousel__slider carousel__slider--horizontal\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"listbox\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-label=\"slider\">\n<div class=\"carousel__slider-tray-wrapper carousel__slider-tray-wrap--horizontal\">\n<div class=\"sliderTray___-vHFQ sliderAnimation___300FY carousel__slider-tray carousel__slider-tray--horizontal\">\n<div class=\"slide___3-Nqo slideHorizontal___1NzNV carousel__slide carousel__slide--visible\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"option\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-label=\"Winners, Losers from Super Bowl LIX: From Patrick Mahomes to Cooper DeJean, Howie Roseman\">\n<div class=\"slideInner___2mfX9 carousel__inner-slide\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"rssapp-gallery-card-content\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"rssapp-gallery-card-collapse\">\n<div class=\"rssapp-card-title\">\n<p>\u201cEvaluators are split on whether he\u2019ll stick at shortstop long term, though he\u2019s shown improved athleticism, or move to elsewhere on the dirt, but everything offensively is tracking like a potential top prospect in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new MLB.com report makes a prediction that will appeal to diehard New York Yankees and New York Mets fans: Who will be their next big-time prospect&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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