Name: Randy Guzman
Position: 1B/OF
Born: 04/19/2005 (Age 21 season in 2026)
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 215 lbs.
Bats/Throws: R/R
Acquired: IFA, September 22, 2022 (Dominican Republic)
2025 Stats: 49 G, 156 AB, .282/.371/.474,
44 H, 9 2B, 0 3B, 7 HR, 15 BB, 33 K, 0/3 SB, .319 BABIP (Rookie) / 26 G, 96 AB, .333/.381/.604, 32 H, 13, 2 3B, 3 HR, 6 BB, 21 K, 2/5 SB, .397 BABIP (Single-A)
Seventeen-year-old Randy Guzman, brother of former Texas Rangers prospect Ronald Guzman, was signed out of the Dominican Republic on September 22, 2022, receiving just a $10,000 bonus due to his advanced (for an international rookie from the Caribbean) age and only so-so reports from scouts and evaluators. He was assigned to the Dominican Summer League for the 2023 season and the 18-year-old spent the entire season there, hitting .175/.333/.294 in 46 games. He remained in the Dominican Summer League in 2024 but only appeared in 21 games in total- missing roughly a month from mid-June until mid-July- hitting .209/.303/.388 in the games he did play in.
While his numbers did not necessarily warrant it, Guzman was regarded as a hard worker by his coaches and was sent stateside and promoted to the Florida Complex Mets for the 2025 season. The move was designed to boost morale and spirit among Dominican Summer League players, showing them that hard work and perseverance does work and that numbers are not all that go into baseball operational decisions, but the 20-year-old out of Tenares responded in turn. He got off to a strong start, hitting .306/.393/.490 in May and he continued hitting. As the calendar turned to May, and from May to June, and from June to July, Guzman did not let up. In total, he hit .282/.371/.474 in 49 games, with 9 doubles, 7 home runs, and 15 walks to 33 strikeouts and was later named a Rookie Level All-Star by Minor League Baseball. The Mets promoted Guzman to Single-A St. Lucie at the end of July, and the youngster continued hitting. Appearing in 26 games for them, he hit .333/.381/.604 with 13 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 2 stolen bases in 5 attempts, and 6 walks to 21 strikeouts. All in all, with the FCL and St. Lucie Mets, Guzman appeared in a combined 75 games and hit a cumulative .302/.375/.524 with 22 doubles, 2 triples, 10 home runs, stole 2 bases in 8 attempts, and drew 21 walks to 54 strikeouts.
At the plate, the left-hander stands tall, holding his bat above his head, angling his bat almost perpendicular to the ground. He lowers his hands and gets them into hitting position during his load, closing his body up and swinging a long bat. Guzman has surprisingly fast bat speed and is capable of punishing balls that he makes solid contact with. In 55 recorded batted ball events, Guzman averaged a 91.3 MPH exit velocity. He recorded 14 batted ball events with resulting exit velocities of 100+ MPH and 28 resulting in exit velocities of 95 MPH or better. He uses the entire field, pulling the ball at a 53.2% rate, going back up the middle at a 21.3% rate, and going to the opposite field at a 25.5% rate, and keeps the ball off the ground more often than not, posting a 24.2% line drive rate, 41.8% ground ball rate, and a 34.1% fly ball rate; of the balls he hit in the air, he ran a 24.2% infield fly ball rate and a 16.1% HR/FB rate.
Guzman’s 83.5 Z-Contact% was in line with league average, but he chased at a far higher rate. As compared to an MLB average Chase% of 32.8% in 2025 and a Florida State League average of 29.2%, the 20-year-old posted a Chase% of 43.7%. Against anything in the strike zone, Guzman hit a whopping .429/.422/.810 with an 18.3% Whiff%, but against pitches outside the zone, he hit .152/.317/.212 with a 44.3% Whiff%. He hit well against pitches thrown in the shadow of the zone, batting .349/.364/.558 with a 24.1% Whiff%, but really struggled against chase pitches, hitting .167/.375/.250 with a 50% Whiff%.
The right-hander’s struggles against chase pitches seemingly is due to zone awareness and not an inability to pick up spin. Against 192 fastballs, he hit .304/.385/.674 with a 28.4% Whiff% and in a sample almost as large as his sample against fastballs, he hit .360/.377/.540 with a 28.9% Whiff% against 157 non-fastballs. For Guzman to improve, he needs to work on his recognition of the strike zone and better learning what to offer at and what not to swing at.
Defensively, Guzman has played all over the diamond over the course of his career, spending the majority of his time at first base but spending significant time in left and right field as well.
