Mets finalize $3.9 million deal with international prospect they stole from Yankees

Thursday morning was significant for the Mets organization even without a Kyle Tucker decision.

For a second straight year, the Mets landed one of the top international prospects as the signing period opened — this time stealing him from the Yankees.

The Mets officially brought in Dominican shortstop Wandy Asigen, whom MLB Pipeline rated as the second-best prospect in the class, for a reported $3.9 million.

The Mets entered the day with a pool of $5,440,000, which they augmented by sending 20-year-old lefty prospect Franklin Gomez to the Guardians for a larger allotment to land prospects.

Asigen is a 16-year-old lefty swinger whose big bat is his calling card — and was expected to be a Yankee until last month.

The Yankees fired longtime international scouting director Donny Rowland, after which Asigen backed out of his agreement.