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New York Mets finish top-5 in drafting and signing IFAs in the 2010s

According to Baseball America, the New York Mets had the fifth-most production come from draft picks and international free-agent signings in baseball. Only the Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, and Toronto Blue Jays had more.

The teams that drafted (and signed) the most productive talent of the 2010s…

— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) December 31, 2019

This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. The Mets have had a ton of homegrown talent all decade.

New York had homegrown players lead them in fWAR from 2011-2014 and again in 2017-2019.