Nick Morabito was originally drafted by the Mets in the second round of the 2022 Major League Draft out of Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C. He spent the next few seasons slowly progressing through the Mets minor league system, playing well and falling somewhere near the bottom of lists of the top ten Mets prospects.
After the 2025 season, the Mets added Morabito to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft, and in May 0f the 2026 season, with the glut of injuries in the Mets outfield,
Nick Morabito earned his callup to the major league team. He made his debut on May 19th, facing the Washington Nationals in the city where he grew up. He lasted a week with the major league team before being sent down.
He earned his second callup at the start of September and remained with the team through the end of the season. He finally collected his first hit against the Rays, going 2-for-2 and driving in three runs. In his second, month-long stint with the major league club he split time between starting and coming off the bench as a defensive replacement.
Over the course of his 19 games split across his two stints, he hit .195/.283/.244, ending his season with eight hits, four RBI, and three walks. He struck out sixteen times, hit two doubles but didn’t hit a home run at any point. He stole one base and was caught stealing twice. There’s not a lot that can be read into such a small sample size with such a long distance between the two stints.
The stolen base number didn’t depict the kind of threat he posed in the minors on the bases. Across 414 games in the minor leagues he stole 172 bases, stealing 59 across two levels in 2024, 49 with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in 2025, and 42 in 114 games in Syracuse in 2026. If that skill can translate to the major league level, as long as he is able to get on base (which he did have a problem doing with the Mets in 2026) he will be a major threat.
Morabito has always profiled as a fourth outfielder type, and his usage and play during his time help depict that as a future role for him. His defense was good during his short time with the major league team, being worth 3 OAA in the outfield in just 19 games. That kind of defense will play, even off the bench, and if he can maintain that kind of defensive production off the bench, along with the speed he has showcased in the minors he will be able to carve out a role as a fourth outfielder and pinch runner.
2026 was Nick Morabito’s debut season, but across two stints, he wasn’t able to make much of an impact. If he can access the speed and defense he showcased in the minor leagues, he will be able to carve out a role in the major leagues. That’s a profile that would work well with the Mets as currently constructed, as their outfield seems pretty set going forward with Juan Soto, Carson Benge, and A.J. Ewing. But a cheap, speedy outfielder with good defense is something a baseball team can always use, and the Mets might have one in-house already.
