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Benge's Breakout and Eight Fall League Arms and Bats: Where the Mets' Next Wave Stands
Carson Benge made the All-Rookie Team with a 20-homer, 22-steal season, and eight Mets prospects are now in the Arizona Fall League. Here's who to watch.
Mets fans are spending October in a familiar way, with a long offseason ahead and a lot of questions. While the front office sorts out the coaching staff and the winter market, some answers are already playing baseball in Arizona.
A rookie year worth building on
Right fielder Carson Benge just made MLB Pipeline's 2026 All-Rookie Team. The 23-year-old debuted on March 26 and finished the year at .282 with a .346 on-base percentage and a .776 OPS. He added 20 home runs, 65 RBI and 22 stolen bases, and he did it mostly in right field, with time in left and center too. A 20-20 season from a first-year player gives the Mets something they can plan around, even in a year that ended 74-88.
The Arizona Fall League group
Eight Mets prospects are playing for the Surprise Saguaros, in the league's 34th season. Games stream free on MLB.com and MLB.TV.
Cole Mathis (1B/3B): the Mets' No. 13 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. He came over on June 25 in the trade that sent David Peterson to the Cubs. He was on the injured list with a sore left wrist when the deal happened, and the Mets sent him to Port St. Lucie to rehab. He played just 52 games across two organizations this year, so these at-bats are about making up lost time. He opened the Fall League on October 3 with a 99 mph RBI single and a walk.
Bruin Agbayani (SS): the No. 28 prospect and the son of former Mets outfielder Benny Agbayani. The Mets got him from the Twins in the A.J. Minter deal. Injuries held him to 13 games in 2026.
The pitchers: right-handers Irving Cota and Peyton Prescott from High-A St. Lucie, Brendan Girton and Calvin Ziegler from Double-A Binghamton, and Ryan Lambert from Triple-A Syracuse.
Boston Baro: an infielder from High-A St. Lucie.
What to watch
The Fall League is not about stats on the board. For Mathis and Agbayani, it's about health and reps after seasons that were cut short. For the arms, it's a test against some of the best hitters in the minors. For a team that's about to make big decisions on hitting and the roster, seeing which of these players show up healthy could shape how aggressive the Mets need to be this winter.
