The Mets bring lefty hitters into their organization in a way that would seem more befitting of the New York team with the short right-field porch.

Part of it, perhaps, is they have used high-first-round picks on lefty hitters before the Yankees even had a pick in those drafts — Brandon Nimmo 13th overall in 2011, Dominic Smith 11th in 2013, Michael Conforto 10th in 2014, Jarred Kelenic sixth in 2018, Brett Baty 12th in 2019 and Pete Crow-Armstrong 19th in 2020.

This is an area in which the Mets have done best in accumulating amateur talent. Of the 24 lefty hitters with the most plate appearances in the majors in 2023, four signed their first pro contracts with the Mets, and if you stretch it out even further, that number rises to seven of the top 91: Nimmo with 682 plate appearances, Jeff McNeil with 648, Andres Gimenez with 616, Smith with 586, Conforto with 470, Kelenic with 416 and Baty with 389.

The strength of the overall positional group — including Pete Alonso, Francisco Alvarez and Wilmer Flores — is one reason the Mets rank 13th in our ongoing list of best rosters assembled based on each player’s original organization.