The New York Mets system could have been so much better had the club not traded away two of its best prospects for Robinson Canó and Edwin Díaz. But the international scouting department keeps finding potential stars with seven-figure bonuses, and New York had one of the highest-upside draft classes in 2019.



The Top 10



1. Ronny Mauricio, SS (Top 100 rank: No. 17)



From the Top 100: Mauricio signed with the Mets in 2017 for $2.1 million, then the largest bonus the team had ever given a player in the international free-agent market, and made his full-season debut less than two years later at age 18. He was the youngest regular in the Sally League last year — the only qualifying position player in the league born in 2001 — and held his own against older competition, finishing above the league median in batting average and contact rate, although he also had a ground ball rate of nearly 53 percent. Mauricio is a very athletic shortstop...