Wheeler, Harvey, and Familia all make MLB.com’s ‘Top 100 Prospects’ list

Metzilla has a great recap of the three Mets pitching studs, Zack Wheeler, Matt Harvey, and Jeurys Familia, making MLB.com's top 100 prospect list.

Also on the MLB Network last night was an interview with Paul DePodesta, Mets VP of Player Development and Scouting. He was also the inspiration for the character played by Jonah Hill in the movie "Moneyball", which he talks about here:

MMO Mets Top 20 Prospects – #4 Jenrry Mejia, RHP

The Mets Merized Online Prospect countdown continues with Jenrry Mejia checking in at #4. Which means the potential monkeywrench in the countdown that I wondered about last Thursday won't be happening.

It also means that unless Petey Pete is really high on Jeurys Familia, we'll be reading about Familia at #3 this Thursday and finding out next Monday which of Zack Wheeler or Matt Harvey takes the #2 spot, leaving the top spot for the other guy.

New York Mets 2012 Top 15 Prospects | Bullpen Banter

The guys at Bullpen Banter are working their way through the top 15 prospects of every Major League Baseball team and made their way to the New York Mets today. Here are their top 15 lists:

1 Matt Harvey / Matt Harvey
2 Zack Wheeler / Zack Wheeler
3 Brandon Nimmo / Brandon Nimmo
4 Jenrry Mejia / Jeurys Familia
5 Reese Havens / Jenrry Mejia
6 Cesar Puello / Michael Fulmer
7 Jeurys Familia / Reese Havens
8 Michael Fulmer / Cesar Puello
9 Kirk Nieuwenhuis / Juan Urbina
10 Juan Urbina / Kirk Nieuwenhuis
11 Jordany Valdespin / Domingo Tapia
12 Domingo Tapia / Cory Mazzoni
13 Wilmer Flores / Bradley Marquez
14 Cory Mazzoni / Jordany Valdespin
15 Akeel Morris / Wilmer Flores

While I'm not surprised by Harvey, Wheeler, and Nimmo being the top three, I'm surprised both writers have Havens so high, which I agree with, and Tapia and Mazzoni in the top 15, which I do not agree with.

An interesting list nonetheless and yet another opinion on the Mets future stars. What's more telling is the two top draft picks of 2011 and a 2011 trade acquisition are in the top ten and occupy #'s 2 and 3 on these lists, giving you a good idea of how depleted the system was prior to the arrival of Alderson and Company.

MMO Top 20 Mets Prospects – #6 Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF

As I mentioned last week, Mets Merized Online is counting down the top 20 prospects in the New York Mets organization. Today we got prospect #6, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis.

So now we have to wait until Thursday to see which of Nimmo, Wheeler, Harvey, Familia, and Mejia makes #5 on the list.