​Week: 5 G, 18 AB, .556/.526/.778, 10 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/2 SB (High-A)2026 Season: 73 G, 257 AB, .206/.312/.319, 53 H, 12 2B, 1 3B, 45 HR, 30 BB, 49 K, 3/6 SB (High-A)It’s been a pretty rough go of it thus far this season for Gutierrez, who ranked 24th on our list of the Mets’ top prospects coming into the 2026 season, but he was on fire in the week leading up to the break. The 20-year-old edged out Christopher Morel, who started his time in Syracuse very hot after signing with the Mets recently, for these honors. Gutierrez led the Mets’ minor league system with ten hits, only struck out once, and hit a home run and a double.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWe noted that Gutierrez’s defense was ahead of his offense coming into the season, and he had struggled pretty significantly at the plate up until this week. But he had at least one hit in all five games that he played, and he had multi-hit games in four of the five.Week: 1 G (1 GS), 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K (Double-A)2026 Season: 17 G (17 GS), 80.0 IP, 60 H, 37 R, 32 ER (3.60 ERA), 40 BB, 101 K, .304 BABIP (Double-A)Santucci ranked 12th on our list of the Mets’ top prospects before the season began, and after a bit of a rocky start to his season in April with Binghamton, he’s settled in pretty nicely. Since the beginning of May, he has a 3.02 ERA and a 3.30 FIP with a very good 29.0 percent strikeout rate and a decent enough 11.2 percent walk rate. In this start against Hartford, Santucci struck out eight, walked one, and gave up two runs, only one of which was earned.Perhaps it’s a bit harsh not to give this one to Dakota Hawkins, who threw six perfect innings with five strikeouts in High-A Brooklyn in his lone start of the week, but given that both pitchers are 23 years old, I’ve gone with the slightly imperfect but impressive outing by Santucci. The inimitable Steve Sypa will be back on this series next week.