Over the past two days, Nate Silver from Baseball Prospectus has conducted the “Ultimate Fantasy Draft.”

This draft is more of a list, ranking the most valuable players in baseball according to Silver.  The way he drafts these players is mainly focused around the idea as he states it, “which players would you take—and in what order would you take them—if your goal was to win as many championships as possible over the medium-to-long-term?”

Yesterday, Silver released his rankings from 26-50, which included Carlos Beltran at number 45.  Interestingly, which many Mets fans would likely disagree with, Silver wrote, “[He] has been the rare example of a Scott Boras contract that turned out well for the acquiring club.”

Today, Silver’s rankings from 25-1 were published.  Ranking at number 10 is Mets ace Johan Santana, who Silver said any team would love to have. 

Clocking in at number six is Jose Reyes, who according to Silver is “the most exciting player in baseball.”  Silver writes:

Here is some fodder for those looking to make the case for Reyes as being the most exciting player in baseball: he is the only shortstop since World War II to have reached double digits in both triples and home runs in each of three consecutive seasons.

Ahead of Jose Reyes at number two is David Wright, who Silver compares to Hall of Fame 3B George Brett.  He writes:

The analogy isn’t perfect, but both Wright and Brett became big-league regulars at age 21, and Brett hit .305 through his age-25 season, whereas Wright thus far has hit .307. What’s important, however, is what happened in the next couple of years for Brett. At age 26, his numbers exploded; he accumulated 212 hits and probably deserved to win the MVP award, and in the year that followed that, Brett hit .390.

I don’t think anybody would argue that the Mets don’t have a solid core to build around. 

The idea of Jose Reyes, David Wright, Carlos Beltran and Johan Santana being on the Mets for years to come does not guarantee them any world series rings or playoff berths, but it gives them a solid base to build around and makes winning that world series ring a whole lot easier.