Corey Collins may be the Mets prospect to watch if the power keeps coming.
The left-handed first baseman has just been bumped from Brooklyn to Binghamton, and that move alone could change the shape of his season. He’s leaving one of the toughest places for lefties to hit and heading to a more forgiving setting, which matters for a player whose biggest calling card is already tied to the long ball.
Collins was a sixth-round pick in 2024, and his first full professional season didn’t exactly announce him to the world. He hit .168 across 270 plate appearances, and his four home runs in 2025 looked modest for a player who had launched 20 for the Georgia Bulldogs before the Mets drafted him.
Still, there are signs the bat is waking up. Even with roughly half his at-bats coming in Coney Island, he put together a .231/.391/.400 line with eight homers. The walks have been there, but so have the strikeouts - 81 of them in 289 trips to the plate.
The early returns after the promotion have been encouraging, even if the sample is tiny. Collins has gone 3 for 6 with a pair of RBI since moving up. And with five of his eight home runs this year coming away from Brooklyn, the power surge may be more than a blip once he settles in.
For a Mets farm system that hasn’t produced a ton of loud breakout stories this year, Collins is at least starting to enter the conversation. He plays a position the big league club could use, which only adds to the appeal. He still needs another full year in the minors, and 2028 is the earliest point when the real debate begins about whether he’s a guy or the guy.
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