Thanks to the hard work - and generosity - of Royals Review editor Jeff Zimmerman, for today's Minor League Monday we've got access to a nice little compilation of Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects lists going back twenty years. This allows for a number of cool projects but for our purposes, this means we can take a look back at each of the Mets who graced the Top 100; if for no other reason than to laugh dejectedly at the failed promise of yesteryear.
So I've broken out each Met who made the list by year along with their corresponding position and rank:
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2010 | Jenrry Mejia | RHP | 56 |
| 2010 | Ike Davis | 1B | 62 |
| 2010 | Fernando Martinez | RF | 77 |
| 2010 | Wilmer Flores | SS | 88 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2009 | Fernando Martinez | OF | 30 |
| 2009 | Wilmer Flores | SS | 47 |
| 2009 | Jonathan Niese | LHP | 77 |
| 2009 | Brad Holt | RHP | 94 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2008 | Fernando Martinez | OF | 20 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2007 | Mike Pelfrey | RHP | 20 |
| 2007 | Fernando Martinez | OF | 22 |
| 2007 | Carlos Gomez | CF | 60 |
| 2007 | Phillip Humber | RHP | 73 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2006 | Lastings Milledge | OF | 9 |
| 2006 | Mike Pelfrey | RHP | 36 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2005 | Lastings Milledge | OF | 11 |
| 2005 | Yusmeiro Petit | RHP | 46 |
| 2005 | Phillip Humber | RHP | 50 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2004 | Kaz Matsui | SS | 7 |
| 2004 | Scott Kazmir | LHP | 12 |
| 2004 | David Wright | 3B | 21 |
| 2004 | Lastings Milledge | OF | 86 |
| 2004 | Matt Peterson | RHP | 88 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2003 | Jose Reyes | SS | 3 |
| 2003 | Scott Kazmir | LHP | 11 |
| 2003 | Aaron Heilman | RHP | 45 |
| 2003 | Justin Huber | C | 66 |
| 2003 | David Wright | 3B | 75 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2002 | Jose Reyes | SS | 34 |
| 2002 | Aaron Heilman | RHP | 78 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2001 | Alex Escobar | OF | 18 |
| 2001 | Pat Strange | RHP | 63 |
| 2001 | Brian Cole | OF | 64 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 2000 | Alex Escobar | OF | 34 |
| 2000 | Pat Strange | RHP | 78 |
| 2000 | Grant Roberts | RHP | 84 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1999 | Alex Escobar | OF | 11 |
| 1999 | Octavio Dotel | RHP | 45 |
| 1999 | Grant Roberts | RHP | 79 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1998 | Grant Roberts | RHP | 29 |
| 1998 | Ed Yarnall | LHP | 60 |
| 1998 | Preston Wilson | OF | 70 |
| 1998 | Geoff Goetz | LHP | 96 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1997 | Jay Payton | OF | 34 |
| 1997 | Terrence Long | OF | 63 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1996 | Paul Wilson | RHP | 2 |
| 1996 | Rey Ordonez | SS | 17 |
| 1996 | Jay Payton | OF | 21 |
| 1996 | Alex Ochoa | OF | 43 |
| 1996 | Preston Wilson | OF | 94 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1995 | Bill Pulsipher | LHP | 12 |
| 1995 | Paul Wilson | RHP | 16 |
| 1995 | Rey Ordonez | SS | 20 |
| 1995 | Edgardo Alfonzo | 3B | 31 |
| 1995 | Jason Isringhausen | RHP | 37 |
| 1995 | Carl Everett | OF | 95 |
| 1995 | Jay Payton | CF | 96 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1994 | Bill Pulsipher | LHP | 21 |
| 1994 | Preston Wilson | OF | 43 |
| 1994 | Kirk Presley | RHP | 59 |
| 1994 | Butch Huskey | OF | 70 |
| 1994 | Edgardo Alfonzo | SS | 74 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1993 | Bobby Jones | RHP | 28 |
| 1993 | Jeromy Burnitz | OF | 61 |
| 1993 | Brook Fordyce | C | 64 |
| 1993 | Al Shirley | OF | 74 |
| 1993 | Butch Huskey | 3B | 92 |
| 1993 | Preston Wilson | OF | 93 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1992 | Todd Hundley | C | 18 |
| 1992 | Jeromy Burnitz | OF | 50 |
| 1992 | Butch Huskey | 3B | 54 |
| 1992 | Anthony Young | RHP | 55 |
| 1992 | Julian Vasquez | RHP | 92 |
| 1992 | DJ Dozier | OF | 99 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1991 | Anthony Young | RHP | 26 |
| 1991 | Pete Schourek | LHP | 33 |
| 1991 | DJ Dozier | OF | 44 |
| 1991 | Brook Fordyce | C | 47 |
| 1991 | Todd Hundley | C | 59 |
| 1991 | Julio Valera | RHP | 98 |
| Year | Name | Position | Rank |
| 1990 | Julio Valera | RHP | 56 |
| 1990 | Todd Hundley | C | 65 |
In addition, I utilized THT's Victor Wang's prospect $ valuations - channeled through BtB'er Erik Manning's nutshell explanation - as a way of placing a rough dollar value on the system's crop of top tier prospects from each season along with the corresponding year and GM responsible:
| Year | Value | GM |
| 2010 | $51.3M | Minaya |
| 2009 | $66.4M | Minaya |
| 2008 | $25.1M | Minaya |
| 2007 | $67.3M | Minaya |
| 2006 | $52.4M | Minaya |
| 2005 | $56.9M | Minaya |
| 2004 | $99.8M | Duquette |
| 2003 | $96.7M | Phillips/Duquette |
| 2002 | $33.2M | Phillips |
| 2001 | $51.4M | Phillips |
| 2000 | $43M | Phillips |
| 1999 | $50.8M | Phillips |
| 1998 | $52M | Phillips |
| 1997 | $37.6M | McIlvaine/Phillips |
| 1996 | $101.3M | McIlvaine |
| 1995 | $127M | McIlvaine |
| 1994 | $79.6M | McIlvaine |
| 1993 | $83.3M | Harazin |
| 1992 | $97.1M | Hunsicker |
| 1991 | $102.6M | Hunsicker |
| 1990 | $26.3M | Cashen |
And finally, I decided to take a look at the 40-man and see where some of the current non-homegrown Mets ranked with their previous teams:
Year
Team
Name
Position
Rank
1999
Royals
Carlos Beltran
CF
14
1997
Royals
Carlos Beltran
CF
93
1996
Marlins
Luis Castillo
2B
76
2004
Pirates
Jason Bay
OF
74
2003
Angels
Francisco Rodriguez
RHP
10
2001
Angels
Francisco Rodriguez
RHP
71
2007
Orioles
Pedro Beato
RHP
99