Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: Assessing Mets Prospects Nick Morabito & Chris Suero's AFL Performances
28 Oct 2025
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
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Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Radford. All right, I'm going to give you three guys. Two of them come from the same organization.
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Chapter 2: What are the highlights of the Arizona Fall League?
And if you want to pass on any of them, you can. Because I did not give you the heads up. But I know that you're super prepared and I have full confidence in you. And again, we'll just edit it out to say, hey, if you want to pass on someone, it's fine. The two guys from the Mets, Suero and Morabito. What do you got?
Chris Suero is one of the guys I was most interested to see here. Fascinating background. He's actually from the Bronx, but moved to the Dominican Republic to sign earlier, to not go through the draft process, to know he could sign and have your pick of teams to sign with. He signs with the Mets for not very much money at all, but he's the rare, really athletic catcher who's like a plus runner.
He's also got experience in left field. He's also got experience at first base. If I had to guess, he's probably going to be a left fielder long term because of that athleticism. But he's run into some balls really well down here. Didn't have the greatest transition from high A to double A. Has answered some questions, hit some balls hard.
I've gotten some comps on him coming into this season of like, could he be Dalton Versho light?
dalton bar show somebody who opened his career by the way if you're ever going to be a dalton varcho light now is a pretty good time to be adult by our show light probably oh yeah ever in the history of dalton varcho existence so yes yeah i mean it's that was a rosy projection from somebody but again somebody who has a catching background
And I think catchers have an advantage at the plate too, because they get so much exposure to pitches. They know what balls are. They know what strikes are. They can make really strong swing decisions. But again, I think that athleticism is going to play better in left than it is behind the plate. So we'll see how things go for him. Double A again, wasn't the best, but I think he's,
out a strong showing so far down here and i've seen that athleticism he leads from behind the plate um so still a very interesting vets prospect and then nick morabito is somebody who is actually rule 5 eligible now despite being drafted out of high school he was drafted out of the dc area
But he was 19 when he signed, which means you are therefore rule five eligible after four years instead of five years. So he's got to push up that timeline a little bit and try to force his way onto the 40 man. And that's why he's here. That's another thing that the AFL is rich for is like some 40 man decisions that you need to make.
You send them to the folly, get a little bit more data on them, a little bit more eyes on them.
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Chapter 3: Who is Chris Suero and what is his background?
and try to decide, is this guy worth one of our 40 major league roster spots? And I think that's going to be a fascinating decision for the Mets because Morabito is extremely fast. He's one of the fastest players out here. He can steal bags. He can get on base. It's a lot of ground balls. We've talked to him about this. He's not trying to hit the ball on the ground.
He's not one of those guys like, oh, I know I'm fast. As long as I put the ball on the ground, I'll be fine. So the power is a real question. Can he be somebody to get to 10 to 12 homers in the majors? I don't know if it's quite there and he might end up being kind of a reserve outfielder Is anybody going to take somebody like that without AAA experience? Is that a threat? Maybe not.
With the Mets, who are really going for it, and they have precious few 40-man availability spots, and they probably want to have a big offseason, do they predict Moravito? That's going to be one of the more fascinating decisions coming down here in the pike in November.
It sounds like sometimes, like you said, if you have a really, really good run there, you can change the conversation and we haven't even talked about, you know, rule five guys.
I mean, this is, this is big decisions for organizations, but with Morabito, this isn't, it sounds to me, I don't want to put words in your mouth, but it's, Hey, you know, we, we entered into this with a lot of ambiguity and we're leaving it with a lot of ambiguity.
Yeah, I mean, he's looked like the Nick Morabito that we thought. He's stolen bases down here. He's getting on bases. He's taken his walks, but I haven't seen much in terms of overall power to make me think like, oh, he's turned it around. His swing's different. He's lifting the ball.
And so if you're the Mets, again, like, do you think somebody takes a pretty athletic, really good defensive center fielder right now without AAA experience? If I had to guess right now, I would think he doesn't get protected, but it wouldn't shock me if he did because he is a pretty good prospect.
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Chapter 4: What makes Chris Suero a unique prospect for the Mets?
He's in the middle of the strong Mets top 30. But I think the Mets can kind of risk it knowing that he might get the bat knocked out of his hands a few times and not stick with a major league organization.
The image of that. I like that. I like that. As someone who's got the bat knocked out of their hands a few times in the media game.
Oh, I know how it feels.
Absolutely. It's one of the worst feelings. That and bunting and hitting your hand. So the last one is Luis Perales. And he's an interesting one because... Obviously, was the Red Sox top pitching prospect? Has Tommy John comes back this year?
And what funny was, at the very end of the regular season, when everyone's trying to figure out postseason roster, who's going to make it, someone asked Alex Cora, said, hey, is this Perales in the mix? He had just started pitching at Worcester. And Cora, he must have been trolling, man. Like, he must have been trolling because he was like, yeah, you know, you never know. Like, no.
Like, they're not throwing a guy who just came back into his first Major League appearance in the postseason. Anyway, but he still throws hard. He's an interesting guy. And I think that the Arizona Fall League is a perfect place to either continue to define him one way or the other. How has he been defined so far?
Yeah, I think he's been defined by throwing the ball hard, as you said. I mean, he's also gotten a lot of appearances out here. He actually leads the Fall League and starts with four. So the Red Sox are obviously telling the Salt River Rafters he's our priority. We want him out there as much as we can because it was a very late start to the year for him coming off Tommy John.
I got to see him last night. He touched triple digits. I think he got up to 100.5. With the pitch that he seems to be honing in on most is that cutter, which is low 90s cutter. So if you're sitting there thinking triple digits is going to come, here's this little sharp pitch in the low 90s that's still pretty hard by cutter standards. And he can get a lot of swing and miss on that.
Last night's game was interesting because the first inning, he was getting soft contact. He was getting strikeouts, but... You can only control so much, and one was I think he got a soft hit to the opposite field for a single. There was a dribbler up the first baseline that the first baseman and second baseman didn't communicate on.
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Chapter 5: How does Nick Morabito's eligibility impact his career?
I haven't seen anybody like that. Emiliano Teodo is here from the Texas Rangers, who a few years ago was touching like 101. I haven't seen him do that. I think Perales might be the more consistent triple-digit guy that I've personally seen. Again, when actually interesting pitching happens, it kind of makes you shoot up a little bit. There have been interesting other stuff.
It's not all just pure velocity. Luis de Leon for the Baltimore Orioles throws a sinker 95 to 97 with like 17 plus inches of, of arm side run. That's been a really good pitch. But I haven't seen any like Mason Miller. There's no Mason Miller out here. Put it that way.
I remember sitting in the stands with Michael Kopech in the Arizona Fall League one year. And that was like when, and this is when I think Arizona Fall League and I think Velocity, that's when Kopech was like taking those running starts and throwing 110. Oh, yeah, right.
And going viral in all those ways and everybody freaking out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man, is this what's possible now? I remember this.
Yeah, but we love Kopech. And by the way, also is going to get a baseballs and boring tattoo if the Dodgers win, which leads me to my last question. I'm not going to ask you if you want to get a baseballs and boring tattoo. I would never do that to you because I know your body is a temple. And I don't want to put that pressure on you. But when you cover this thing, I just got back from Toronto.
When you cover this thing, how much does as a world away, does the world series feel from what you're doing? You know, this is why I love talking to you today because this is a, this is a big deal. This is about the future. This is what people love and are going to love and continue to talk about throughout the off season. Just so happens the world series is going on when you're covering it.
What's that dynamic feel like?
Yeah, it's interesting because you go from watching, again, some of these pitchers, some of these defenders who aren't quite there by day and then by night going and watching the World Series and just realizing Mookie Betts making shortstop look easy. And it's not easy. Seeing Otani Homer, when you're just like, oh, man, I got excited by a 106 Homer today.
And it's just like, well, he's out here hitting at 112. It's a reminder of what the end goal is for a lot of these guys. But I'll give credit to
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Chapter 6: What are the strengths and weaknesses of Nick Morabito?
And now we're seeing the Vlad Jr. that was promised. So as much as it seems like, oh, that's a galaxy away of that's at the pinnacle of the sport. And this is minor leaguers who are just getting in some extra work. These are minor leaguers who are going to turn into a major leaguers. And some of them are going to be world series champions someday.
I guarantee you somebody in the Arizona fall league right now is going to get a ring. I can't tell you who that's going to be. Uh, I'm not going to put that on the record and look like a fool five years from now, but it's going to happen with somebody. There are Dodgers prospects here. There are Padres prospects here. There are Mets prospects. There are teams that are really going for it.
Some teams that are like the Tigers, Kevin McGonigal, if they keep Tarek Skubal, he could be their superstar that really forms the heart of the lineup alongside Riley Green and brings that title to Detroit at last. So I don't know. That's what I try to always keep in perspective here is that, yes, these are minor leaguers, but they're future major leaguers.
I love the fact that the Dodgers and the Blue Jays are on the same team. That's so good. It's such a great nugget.
Yeah, it's something where we balance here, like trying to get our stuff read, of course, like anybody else. And you write about a Dodgers prospect, it's just going to get lost in the wind, unless it's a really, really big name. And Josue DePaulo was a big name, but he hasn't been playing down here. And I kind of filed that away of like, Would that be an interesting story?
Just watch the game with Blue Jays prospects and Dodgers prospects. I might bring that back next year for whatever the fall classic matchup is.
Here's a wonky journalism question, not even journalism question. We all know, as I have told young people in college classrooms, the reality is that you know what gets read and what doesn't, right? There's players that get read. There's teams that get read. There's subjects that get read. We have all the data and analytics. For prospects, what is the team that gets read the most for you guys?
It's the ones you expect. Um, even teams that are rebuilding that you think like there is a bigger emphasis on the minor league system. They don't always get red. It's it's Yankees get red. Dodgers get red. Mets get red.
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Chapter 7: What decisions does the Mets face regarding Morabito's future?
Um, you know, the, the really Red Sox get red. Uh, You know, the big, big teams, there is still that interest. And, you know, one of the great things about our job is that we write this stuff and it gets put on Red Sox dot com or Yankees dot com. And people going to just check in on offseason news can find out stuff about the Arizona Fall League.
Now, I will say from the other side is that we do rank prospects. Right. So. when we are saying Kevin McGonigal, the number two overall prospect in baseball, there are going to be Brewers fans who are interested in the number two overall prospect. There's Marlins fans who are like, that's a name I recognize, even though he may not be on my team.
Now it's not going to get on the Marlins or Brewers websites, but still the fact that we attach a number to these guys, right? Like that's one reason why we do rankings is to inform the public. There is going to be more interest in those top 100 types too, regardless of organizations.
You're welcome, journalism students. You were just educated by the great Sam Dykstra, especially all you kids at BU. All right, Sam, thanks, man. I really appreciate it. Safe travels, all right?
Yeah, thanks so much, Rob.
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