Mets’ Randy Guzman Powers His Way To Low-A
The Mets wanted to make an example out of 20-year-old Randy Guzman.
Signed for just $10,000, Guzman muddled through two seasons in the Dominican Summer League before going on a power binge in 2025 that saw him climb from the Florida Complex League to Low-A St. Lucie.
The Dominican first baseman/corner outfielder slugged .604 in a 26-game sample in the Florida State League to close the season.
“We wanted to send a message to our DSL group that if you work really hard and develop, you can move up,” Mets farm director Andrew Christie said.
“If you bust your ass, you’re going to get promoted.”
That was the case for the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Guzman, who hit just .186 with a .648 OPS in two DSL seasons. That wasn’t exactly a harbinger of future success, especially for a player who signed as a “passed-over” player in September 2022.
The Mets praise Guzman for his work ethic, which helped him dial in on his strength as a hitter: easy raw power that is the product of incredible bat speed. The Mets say that Guzman’s average bat speed reading is in the mid 70s, which is where sluggers live.
Like many young hitters, Guzman chases too often out of the zone, but when he swings at strikes, he tends to make contact—and an impact.
His zone-contact rate of 82% is strong for a young power hitter, while his 90th percentile exit velocity of 108 mph trailed only Ryan Clifford among Mets minor leaguers in 2025.
Guzman batted .302/.375/.524 with 10 home runs and 22 doubles in 75 games in 2025. The righthanded hitter’s 19% strikeout rate is more than manageable in light of his extra-base production.
Guzman is the brother of former Rangers first baseman Ronald Guzman, now 31, who played in the Mexican League in 2025 as a position player and occasional lefthanded pitcher.
Now, if Randy Guzman continues to swing hard and swing at strikes, then he has a chance to pop onto the national prospect radar as he tackles the Class A levels in 2026.
NEW YORK MINUTES
— The Mets chose 22-year-old outfielder Carson Benge as the organization’s minor league player of the year and 22-year-old righthander Jonah Tong as its minor league pitcher of the year. Benge hit .281/.385/.472 with 15 home runs and 22 stolen bases as he trekked from High-A to Triple-A. Tong led the minor leagues with a 1.43 ERA and 179 strikeouts in a season spent primarily with Double-A Binghamton.
— The Mets picked shortstop Elian Peña and lefthander Osiris Calvo as the organization’s Dominican academy player and pitcher of the year. Peña was New York’s top international signee in 2025. He batted .292/.421/.528 with nine homers and 21 steals in 55 DSL games.
— Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns told reporters at the GM Meetings in Las Vegas that Carson Benge is “going to come into spring training with a chance to make our team.” Drafted in 2024, Benge finished 2025 with 24 games at Triple-A Syracuse.
— Center fielder Nick Morabito ranked among the Arizona Fall League leaders with 25 hits, a .362 batting average and 16 stolen bases. He had 10 walks and 15 strikeouts in 17 games.
