Draft Q&A with Andy Seiler

In general, the Mets' drafts seem to have been very hit-and-miss during the Minaya regime, with there being more misses than hits. Do you think this is solely due to a refusal to commit resources to the draft or a problem with those making the draft day decisions (Rudy Terrasas and Omar Minaya)?

It's a problem of both. Any time that a scouting director has his job security publicly discussed in the press is going to make bad decisions, and that is just magnified by the lack of resources he's given. It just shows a sad reluctance to build for the future, because almost everyone in that front office feels their job is on the line. They try to behave like their jobs aren't on the line, but I can tell you right now that Rudy Terrasas is going to be drafting like his job is on the line, because his job was publicly threatened last offseason. That is all to say that everyone is to blame in one way or another, but it's really the overall tension in the decision-making process that doesn't help.

All right, let's go into some specifics. The Mets have been linked to a bunch of different guys. Here are the guys I've seen most often: Zack Cox, Bryce Brentz, Matt Harvey, Karsten Whitson, Deck McGuire, and Christian Colon, with whispers about Brandon Workman, Kolbrin Vitek, Asher Wojciechowski, Dylan Covey, Michael Choice, Josh Sale, and Mike Kvasnicka recently. If you were the Mets' scouting director, which of those guys would you pick (as opposed to who you think they'll go with)?

Of all those names, I'd choose Josh Sale. He has the best overall bat in this class behind Bryce Harper, and I would want that any day, even if he's limited to left field in the long run. He's just a special hitter, and that is valuable on the field and in trades, since a scouting director's job is to provide talent for both sides of that game

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