So I was unable to check into the open thread today due to a truly horrific work schedule, but that doesn't mean I don't have an opinion on what the Mets did. Some picks I like, others I'm ambivalent towards, but a couple of threads did emerge: this draft is a lot more athleticism- and youth-oriented than the Terrasas drafts really were. That's good. There were a couple of guys they took a chance on that will take some effort to sign—and there a good chance they won't, no matter their efforts, but it's an improvement on the old regime that seemed so hesitant to take chances.
I'll have more later, but here are the first thirty selections in table form. I'll also have the first scouting report, on second rounder Cory Mazzoni, up shortly.
Num | Player | School | Pos |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brandon Nimmo | Cheyenne East HS (WY) | OF |
1S | Michael Fulmer | Deer Creek HS | RHP |
2 | Cory Mazzoni | North Carolina State | RHP |
3 | Logan Verrett | Baylor | RHP |
4 | Tyler Pill | Cal State-Fullerton | RHP |
5 | Jack Leathersich | UMass-Lowell | LHP |
6 | Joe Tuschak | Northern Senior HS (PA) | OF |
7 | Cole Frenzel | Arizona | 1B |
8 | Danny Muno | Fresno State | SS |
9 | Alex Panteliodis | Florida | LHP |
10 | Matthew Budgell | Woodbridge HS (CA) | RHP |
11 | Christian Montgomery | Lawrence Central HS (IN) | SS |
12 | Kenny Mathews | Diamond Bar HS (CA) | LHP |
13 | Robert Gsellman | Westchester HS (CA) | RHP |
14 | Xorge Carrillo | Arizona State | C |
15 | Phillip Evans | La Costa Canyon HS (CA) | SS |
16 | Bradley Marquez | Odessa HS (TX) | CF |
17 | Jonathan Clark | Lee | CF |
18 | Travis Taijeron | Cal Poly Pomona | CF |
19 | Dustin Lawley | West Florida | CF |
20 | Mason Robbins | George County HS (MS) | CF |
21 | John Gant | Wiregrass Ranch HS (FL) | RHP |
22 | Casey Turgeon | Dunedin HS (FL) | SS |
23 | Jeffrey Diehl | Cranston HS West (RI) | C |
24 | Tant Shepherd | Texas | 1B |
25 | Andrew Reed | Terre Haute South Vigo HS (IN) | LHP |
26 | Casey Hauptman | Nebraska | RHP |
27 | Randy Fontanez | South Florida | RHP |
28 | Jharel Cotton | Miami Dade CC | RHP |
29 | Joshua Ake | Hunterdon Central Reg HS (NJ) | ss |
30 | Jacob Hansen | FP Walshe HS | LHP |