Brett Baty

The Mets had a breakout season at third base in 2024, but it came from Mark Vientos, not Baty, who was the club's Opening Day starter at the hot corner. Vientos took over as the club's everyday guy at third base by the end of May, while Baty found himself back at Triple-A Syracuse. Baty did manage to cut his strikeout rate to a manageable 24.6 percent and upped his walk rate to 9.4 percent during his 50 games with the big club, but he also saw his hard-hit rate dip from 44.3 percent to 33 percent. The Mets had Baty play some second base at Syracuse and they've talked about giving him run in the outfield, but it seems unlikely he'd start at either spot. Baty will play the entire 2025 campaign at 25 years of age, so it's too soon to give up on the former top prospect, but he might face an uphill battle for playing time on a Mets team with World Series aspirations. Read Past Outlooks