Starting Pitcher Depth Chart, 2017

[Edgy MD]

While they've gone deeper at the top level the last two years, they're still pretty deep, perhaps impressively so, depending on what they've found in Wilk and Boscan, two guys who may (or may not) fit the profile of high-contact guys who struggle in Vegas but bloom in the bigs.

They've got some interesting comers throughout the top of the system, and Conlon and Crismatt may come fast. Scarlyn Reyes has been leapfrogged by several guys, and I have him lined up to take a step backwards. That's unlikely, and if he doesn't at least pitch his way back to St. Lucie this spring, he'll probably be released.

Justin Dunn, I have as starting at Columbia, but he may be join the Scarlyn jumpers and reach St. Lucie soon.

Guys invited to big league camp are shown in red.

	NEW YORK
=#0040FF] Rk.	=#0040FF]Starting Pitcher	=#0040FF]2017 Age	=#0040FF]2016 Pos.	=#0040FF] MLB	=#0040FF] AAA	=#0040FF] AA	=#0040FF] A+	=#0040FF] A	=#0040FF] SS A+	=#0040FF] SS A	=#0040FF] Rookie
1	=#BF0000]Noah Syndergaard	24	sp, rp	14-9, 2.60, 183.2 IP, 43 BB, 218 SO			.222 / .222 / .333 // .556 in 9 PA
2	=#BF0000]Jacob deGrom	28	sp	7-8, 3.04, 148.0 IP, 36 BB, 143 SO
3	=#BF0000]Steven Matz*	26	sp	9-8, 3.40, 132.1 IP, 31 BB, 129 SO
4	=#BF0000]Matt Harvey	28	sp	4-10, 4.86, 92.2 IP, 25 BB, 76 SO
5	=#BF0000]Robert Gsellman	23	sp, rp	4-2, 2.42, 44.2 IP, 15 BB, 44 SO	1-5, 5.73, 48.2 IP, 16 BB, 40 SO	3-4, 2.71, 66.1 IP, 15 BB, 48 SO
	LAS VEGAS
=#0040FF] Rk.	=#0040FF]Starting Pitcher	=#0040FF]2017 Age	=#0040FF]2016 Pos.	=#0040FF] MLB	=#0040FF] AAA	=#0040FF] AA	=#0040FF] A+	=#0040FF] A	=#0040FF] SS A+	=#0040FF] SS A	=#0040FF] Rookie
6	=#BF0000]Seth Lugo	27	sp, rp	5-2, 2.67, 64.0 IP, 21 BB, 45 SO	3-4, 6.50, 73.1 IP, 20 BB, 62 SO
7	=#BF0000]Adam Wilk	28	sp		2-8, 3.61, 87.1, 13 BB, 75 SO
9	Wilfredo Boscan	27	sp, rp	1-1, 6.46, 15.1 IP, 7 BB, 8 SO	6-9, 4.16, 93.0 IP, 21, BB, 58 SO
9	=#BF0000]Sean Gilmartin*	27	sp, rp	0-1, 7.13, 17.2 IP, 7 BB, 11 SO	9-7, 4.86, 107.1 IP, 31 BB, 94 SO
10	=#BF0000]Rafael Montero	26	sp, rp	0-1, 8.05, 10.0 IP, 16 BB, 20 SO	4-6, 7.20, 80.0 IP, 40 BB, 68 SO	4-3, 2.20, 49.0 IP, 19 BB, 40 SO
	BINGHAMTON
=#0040FF] Rk.	=#0040FF]Starting Pitcher	=#0040FF]2017 Age	=#0040FF]2016 Pos.	=#0040FF] MLB	=#0040FF] AAA	=#0040FF] AA	=#0040FF] A+	=#0040FF] A	=#0040FF] SS A+	=#0040FF] SS A	=#0040FF] Rookie
11	Ricky Knapp	25	sp, rp		0-1, 5.50, 18.0, 7 BB, 11 SO	4-1, 2.90, 40.1 IP, 10 BB, 40 SO	9-4, 2.14, 105.1 IP, 22 BB, 64 SO
12	Tyler Pill	27	sp		1-1, 5.60, 27.2 IP, 6 BB, 22 SO	9-10, 4.02, 138.2 IP, 34 BB, 110 SO
13	Casey Delgado	25	sp, rp			4-5, 4.84, 57.2 IP, 20 BB, 46 SO	8-3, 3.39, 87.2 IP, 26 BB, 67 SO
14	=#BF0000]P.J. Conlon*	23	sp, rp				4-1, 1.41, 63.2 IP, 14 BB, 51 SO	8-1, 1.84, 78.1 IP, 10 BB, 61 SO
15	=#BF0000]Chris Flexen	22	sp				10-9, 3.56, 134.0 IP, 51 BB, 99 SO
	ST. LUCIE
=#0040FF] Rk.	=#0040FF]Starting Pitcher	=#0040FF]2017 Age	=#0040FF]2016 Pos.	=#0040FF] MLB	=#0040FF] AAA	=#0040FF] AA	=#0040FF] A+	=#0040FF] A	=#0040FF] SS A+	=#0040FF] SS A	=#0040FF] Rookie
16*	=#BF0000]Zack Wheeler (Rehab)	27	sp
17	Corey Oswalt	23	sp, rp				4-2, 4.12, 67.2, 18 BB, 68 SO				0-0, 0.00, 1.0 IP, 0 BB, 3 SO
18	Nabil Crismatt	22	sp, rp			0-1, 1.50, 6.0 IP, 1 BB, 7 SO		0-2, 1.88, 28.2 IP, 2 BB, 32 SO	0-1, 3.19, 31.0 IP, 4 BB, 35 SO
20	Andrew Church	22	sp, rp		0-1, 6.75, 4.0 IP, 1 BB, 4 SO		2-1, 3.60, 35.0 IP, 14 BB, 22 SO	5-2, 2.22, 56.2 IP, 10 BB, 52 SO
19	Josh Prevost	22	sp, rp				4-8, 4.26, 76.2 IP, 16 BB, 54 SO				0-0, 4.76, 5.2 IP, 1 BB, 4 SO
21*	=#BF0000]Marcos Molina (Rehab)	22	sp, rp
	COLUMBIA
=#0040FF] Rk.	=#0040FF]Starting Pitcher	=#0040FF]2017 Age	=#0040FF]2016 Pos.	=#0040FF] MLB	=#0040FF] AAA	=#0040FF] AA	=#0040FF] A+	=#0040FF] A	=#0040FF] SS A+	=#0040FF] SS A	=#0040FF] Rookie
22	Scarlyn Reyes	27	sp, rp				8-10, 5.90, 119.0 IP, 55 BB, 96 SO
23	Justin Dunn	21	sp, rp						1-1, 1.50, 30.0 IP, 10 BB, 35 SO
24	Kevin Canelon*	23	sp					6-11, 3.64, 143.1 IP, 28 BB, 119 SO
26	Joe Shaw	23	sp			0-1, 5.40, 5.0 IP, 3 BB, 6 SO		8-9, 4.46, 135.1 IP, 37 BB, 134 SO
25	Chase Ingram	22	sp					8-9, 4.60, 131.0 IP, 57 BB, 132 SO

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Assuming they can stay healthy, the starting pitching should be the least of the Mets concerns. I still wish that Bartolo Colon was still around for a reliable starter to eat innings.

Has Wheeler fallen so far that he doesn't even make the depth chart. I'm not expecting much from him, but it seems he should be listed somewhere on the depth chart.

[Edgy MD]

He is, and with a little luck, he'll be climbing rapidly.

[bmfc1]

Well done Edgy.

[Edgy MD]

I'm curious as to whether Molina emerges from his time away as a reliever. It's a quicker route the big leagues and he's running out of time.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Running out of time? He's 22.

Edited February 26, 2017 by Guest

[MFS62]

Do you think Thomas Szapucki starts off in Brooklyn or extended ST (injury rehab)?

Later

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Running out of time? He's 22.

I mean to suggest that he's running out of time before the Mets have commit. They were forced to add him to the roster this offseason despite him so far topping out with 40 ineffective innings in St. Lucie back in 2015. Now he's got three-ish seasons to find his way to the bigs and stick there before the Mets have to make a commitment, and he could end up getting pushed off the back end of the roster during one transaction pinch or another. If he's going to find his way to CitiField, where the rotation is looking pretty roadblocked, it may have to be as a reliever.

Else, maybe the best he and the Mets can hope for is the fate of Logan Verrett and Gabriel Ynoa, sold below cost to an AL team to avoid the waiver wire. So, yeah, running out of time at 22, at least from a Metly perspective. That happens when you are signed at 16.

Szacpucki probably finds his way to Columbia soon enough. Maybe out of camp, but maybe not. Right now, I think he's fourth guy below that list. But spring ends, there are injuries, releases, heartbreak, and Sizzle will hopefully move up. Smart money probably has him opening with Columbia, but we don't know which four guys will have to fall away to make that happen.