New York Mets 2023 Top 30 Prospect Wraps: Diego Mosquera

The New York Mets may be waiting a while for Diego Mosquera, who had his career derailed by an injury in 2022.

InsideTheMets.com will review each of the New York Mets’ Top 30 prospects, as ranked by MLB.com at the end of the 2023 season.

No. 24: SS Diego Mosquera, Florida Complex League Mets (Rookie), St. Lucie Mets (Class-A)

Statistics for 2023: (59 games), .251/.342/.296/.638 with six doubles, two triples, no home runs, 16 RBI, 46 strikeouts and 26 walks. Scored 34 runs and stole one base.

FCL Mets (31 games), .272/.331/.307/.638 with two doubles, one triple, no home runs, 11 RBI, 15 strikeouts and nine walks. Scored 18 runs and stole one base.

St. Lucie (28 games), .229/.354/.284/.638 with four doubles, one triple, five RBI, 31 strikeouts and 17 walks. Scored 16 runs and stole no bases.

Season Transactions: Assigned to the FCL Mets. Promoted to St. Lucie on July 31.

Season Summary: After impressing the Mets in 2021 in the Dominican Summer League, he was playing catch up after missing all of 2022 after surgery for a torn left labrum. Rested and ready, the Mets started him slow at their Florida Complex League rookie team, where he hit well for average, but not a lot of power. It was enough to earn him a promotion to Class-A St. Lucie, where his bat admittedly struggled. But after a year off and jumping a rung on the organizational latter, that was to be expected. He’s primarily a shortstop, but the Mets are building versatility by playing him at second base and third base.

Road Through the Organization: The Mets snagged him for $400,000 as part of their international signing class and the Venezuelan made good on the investment with a terrific start in the Dominican Summer League two years ago, batting .326 and showing good discipline at the plate. He’s already cultivated a reputation within the organization as an above-average defender, and his glove might be what gets him to the Majors one day.

What’s next: He’s just 19 and the Mets have solid middle infield prospects, so Mosquera has time to develop. The Mets are likely to start him at St. Lucie in 2024, as he struggled from the plate there. But, based on how his career has progressed so far, a promotion to High-A Brooklyn next season is not out of the question. MLB.com projects his value at the big-league level with his glove, but one that won’t MLB ready until 2027.

2023 New York Mets Top 30 Prospect Wraps:

No. 30: Kade Morris | No. 29 Coleman Crow | No. 28 Nick Morabito | No. 27 Matt Rudick | No. 26: Joel Diaz | No. 25: Raimon Gomez |