Mets prospects

According to this, it sounds like our "prospects" are the laughingstock of the league. I have to say, I definitely was very concerned with the performance of both Pelf and Humber last year; neither really showed any signs of progress over the season. On the other hand, one has to wonder whether the Mets are shooting themselves in the foot by bringing up their rookies a season too early (almost certainly true for Joe Smith, Pelfrey, Gomez, Milledge, ...) This has two negatives: first, it almost certainly hinders proper development of the players, which in turn causes negative feedback. Second, it provides a negative showcase of our talent as potential trade bait, since they underperform expectations. Or, perhaps Pelf and Humber are just highly overrated busts like Pulsipher and Wilson.

Given the age of this team, assuming no major trades this offseason by Mets, we need at least three of Pelfrey, Humber, Mulvey, Smith, Gomez, and F-mart to become legit MLB talents if the Mets are going to be competing in the next 3-5 years. Otherwise, they are going to have to trade a premier player like Wright, Reyes, or Beltran to pick up a bunch of young prospects in return.