PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — He did it again. He hit consistently, pummeling balls to all fields. He made plays defensively, too, occasionally some dazzling ones. For another spring training, Brett Baty looked capable of helping the New York Mets. Is this the year he breaks through?

As inexact science goes, ranking prospects makes weather forecasting look infallible. Yet, simply making it into a top 100 list from, say, Baseball America, MLB.com or Baseball