{"id":568188,"date":"2026-02-12T13:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/568188\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:36:17","slug":"why-finding-next-homegrown-star-has-become-a-challenge-for-mets-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/568188\/","title":{"rendered":"Why finding next homegrown star has become a challenge for Mets, Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With pitchers and catchers <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/sports\/yankees-spring-training-storylines-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reporting in both Tampa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/sports\/mets-spring-training-storylines-2026-position-battles-prospects-newcomer-to-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Port St. Lucie<\/a>, it\u2019s a good time to wonder: Who will be the next homegrown breakout star in New York?<\/p>\n<p>Has there been one in The Bronx since Aaron Judge burst onto the scene for good with his historic rookie season in 2017?<\/p>\n<p>And now that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/sports\/2026-al-east-preview-examining-orioles-red-sox-rays-blue-jays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Alonso is an ex-Met<\/a> \u2014 as well as Brandon Nimmo and seemingly half of last year\u2019s roster \u2014 where do the Mets look for their top farm-raised talent?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no obvious choice, and as we\u2019ve seen repeatedly over the years, even when a prospect seems a sure bet, it typically doesn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With pitchers and catchers reporting in both Tampa and Port St. Lucie, it\u2019s a good time to wonder:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[1205,5,731,1273,358,3289,228,101,4,1690,61,62,2548,4203,1274,185,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-568188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-anthony-volpe","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-ben-rice","11":"tag-beyond-the-back-page","12":"tag-brett-baty","13":"tag-jasson-dominguez","14":"tag-mark-vientos","15":"tag-mets","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-mets","19":"tag-new-york-yankees","20":"tag-newyork","21":"tag-newyorkmets","22":"tag-post-sports-newsletters","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-sports-plus"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116057930730679576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}