Minor League Mondays: Randy Guzman Is Making Noise In Brooklyn

The vast amount of attention being paid to the New York Mets' farm system is focused on recent draft picks and trade acquisitions. While it is true that drafting and trading for young players is an efficient way to add talent to an organization, finding international free agent gems can also strengthen a farm system's depth. One such gem is Mets' first base prospect Randy Guzman, who is the focus of this week's edition of Minor League Mondays.

Randy Guzman has been mashing the ball in Brooklyn.

The Mets signed Guzman as an international free agent in September of 2022 with a signing bonus of just $10,000, a low total for a prospect. After not showing much in the DSL for two years, a move stateside last summer seemed to jolt Guzman to life. 2025 saw Guzman bat .302 with 10 home runs, 57 RBI and an .899 OPS between the Florida Complex League and Low-A St. Lucie.

Guzman hasn't stopped hitting since, raking at St. Lucie again this spring, batting .274 with 12 home runs, 41 RBI and an .847 OPS in 60 games. That performance led the Mets to bump him up to High-A Brooklyn, where Guzman has had little trouble adapting to the difficult hitting environment on Coney Island. Over his first seven games as a Cyclone, Guzman has 11 hits in 28 at bats, slugging another homer and driving in six more runs to boot.

The selling tool for Guzman is his power, which rates as a 60 on the 20-80 scouting scale, meaning the potential on that front is elite. Guzman made headlines last summer when he averaged 108.8 miles per hour of exit velocity in the Florida State League, which rated in the 90th percentile and ahead of future big leaguer Konnor Griffin at the same level.

The issue for Guzman is that he still has work to do with his hit tool, which rates below average and could be exploited as he runs into more advanced pitching. The Mets will want to see Guzman develop a bit more patience at the plate as he has drawn only 30 walks in 280 plate appearances this season, a very low total for someone whose primary tool is his pop.

Guzman is a very slow runner and that has limited his defensive versatility to the outfield corners and first base. The good news is that Guzman does have the necessary pop to make first a long-term home, but he will need to show improvement as a pure hitter to take advantage of it as he faces more advanced competition.

Scouts are intrigued by Guzman, who is the Mets' 27th-best prospect according to MLB.com, and he has a lot of time to develop as a player at just 21 years old. Guzman will likely spend the rest of this summer in Brooklyn and could start 2027 at AA Binghamton if he continues to mash at the High-A level. Considering there aren't many top-rated prospects at first ahead of him besides Ryan Clifford and recent acquisition Cole Mathis, there is an opportunity for Guzman to rocket through the farm system if he keeps slugging.