MAJORING ON THE MINORS
2012 METS DRAFT – HOW ARE THEY DOING? By Tom Brennan
Here’s a quick recap of the 2012 draft. Each draft year deserves to be evaluated, and
while it is early in the 2012 draft’s gestation period, I think that
the 2012 Met draft is shaping up to be a very fruitful one for them.
Some real talent, led by:
·
4 nearly
ready guys who can be high impact - Kevin Plawecki, Matt Reynolds, Matt
Bowman, and
Jayce Boyd (yes, Jayce Boyd. Contrarian that I am, I like him. Sweet bat, and power's coming).
RATING
SCALE:
Jayce Boyd (yes, Jayce Boyd. Contrarian that I am, I like him. Sweet bat, and power's coming).
·
4 potentially
highly promising talents, going by the names of Gavin Cecchini, Rob Whelan,
Paul Sewald, and Corey Oswalt. Gavin
in 2015 may pull a “Matt Reynolds 2014” on us (Matt jumped 117 points in
average in 2014), so be patient with Gavin.
Just hurry up, man!
·
4 guys who
could lead to pleasant surprises within a few years, such as Matt Koch,
Logan Taylor, Tomas Nido, and Chris Flexen. Ahh, and perhaps Tim
Peterson (wait, is that 13?)
The upcoming 2015 season’s performances by the aforementioned gents should
show if the 2012 Mets’ draft was merely good…or great. But here is a recap of
all of those who signed with the Mets from that draft (and only 22 of the 40 did
sign – unusually low):
Name
|
Pos
|
B/T
|
Ht
|
Wt
|
DOB
|
Rd #
|
Rating
|
Comments
|
SS
|
R / R
|
6' 1"
|
180
|
12/22/1993
|
2
|
.247/.328/.378 in 2014 in two A ball levels. Gavin at age 21 in 2015 is key...is he about to
surge? My “2” rating sees him as a
utility player in the future. Prove me wrong, Gavin.
|
||
C
|
R / R
|
6' 2"
|
225
|
02/26/1991
|
1
|
.295/.372/.439 in 3 years in the minors. Low Ks. Sky is the limit.
|
||
3B
|
R / R
|
6' 1"
|
198
|
12/03/1990
|
1-2
|
.343/.405/.454 in AA and AAA in 2014. What he does in 2015 will hold the key.
|
||
RHP
|
L / R
|
6' 3"
|
185
|
11/02/1990
|
3
|
2014 St Lucie. 10-4, 4.64, 1.44 WHIP, just 63
Ks in 120 inn. 4.70 ERA in 3 minor league yrs.
|
||
2B
|
S / R
|
5' 7"
|
175
|
04/10/1994
|
4
|
Young 3 years, almost 500 plate appearances
.214/.355/.245. Played in K Port in
2014. .260 with slightly more pop in
2014. We’ll see if anything is there in the coming season.
|
||
RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 1"
|
185
|
08/24/1991
|
4
|
Only 5.28 ERA in Bklyn in 2014. Just 56
innings and 21 gms in his career so far.
|
||
1B
|
R / R
|
6' 3"
|
185
|
12/30/1990
|
2
|
Career .299/.382/.425. Similar full year #s in
AA after a very slow 2014 start. Dude can hit.
|
||
RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 4"
|
200
|
09/03/1993
|
2
|
Corey was impressive in Bklyn in 2014, 6-2, 68
inn, 2.26 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 59K.
|
||
C
|
R / R
|
6' 0"
|
200
|
04/12/1994
|
3
|
Solid Bklyn 2014 at age 20:
.277/.325/.335. A full season in
Savannah in 2015 will be telling. Maybe a real future piece?
|
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2B
|
R / R
|
5' 9"
|
170
|
02/15/1990
|
Retired
|
Hit .161 in 2012-13. Uhh, uhh.
|
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RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 2"
|
190
|
05/26/1990
|
2
|
Overachiever: 2012-14, 141 inn, 171 Ks, 1.85
ERA, 1.01 WHIP. Lots of Ks so far in
winter ball. His stock has to be rising.
|
||
RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 5"
|
205
|
12/13/1991
|
3
|
Just 114 inn in 3 years due to injury; strong
finish in 2014. 6-4, 2.20, 9K/9, 1.06 WHIP Career.
A strong 2015 boosts “3” rating.
|
||
RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 2"
|
200
|
01/31/1994
|
2
|
3 years, 12-4, 1.89, 9K/9, 0.96 WHIP. Already in winter ball, which was a
challenge. A strong 2015 could move
him to a 1 rank
|
||
RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 0"
|
165
|
05/31/1991
|
1
|
Flying thru system. 10-8, 3.21 in AA and AAA in 2014. Attention, folks: Similar progress to our
ROY Jake deGrom.
|
||
RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 3"
|
215
|
07/01/1994
|
3
|
Tommy John in 2014. A fine 2013, and pitched well in 2014 just
before his July surgery.
|
||
C
|
R / R
|
6' 0"
|
200
|
02/02/1992
|
5
|
.211/.315/.355 career, most recently in
Savannah. 21 HRs since turning pro.
|
||
LHP
|
L / L
|
5' 9"
|
185
|
04/29/1992
|
Released
|
Only pitched 2013-14. 62 inn. Solid 2014 year in Savannah but gone anyhow. It’s tough to keep swimming
upstream..
|
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RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 2"
|
175
|
06/27/1990
|
5
|
7-3 career, but ERA slightly over 6.00 in 2013
& 2014. Last pitched Savannah in June 2014; still listed as active. Is
he?
|
||
RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 1"
|
190
|
02/22/1991
|
3
|
Overachiever, who hit some head winds in St Lucie, but
great prior to that. Career 7-3, 4.22,
1.19 WHIP, 143 Ks in 121 inn.
|
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RHP
|
R / R
|
6' 1"
|
170
|
01/27/1994
|
5
|
Struggled in 3 years, 3-9, 5.58
|
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1B
|
R / R
|
6' 1"
|
205
|
09/19/1990
|
5
|
Some pop. Last in Savannah. 109 games in 3
years, .240.
|
||
3B
|
R / R
|
5' 10"
|
175
|
07/28/1989
|
5
|
Similar to Jon Leroux. .241.
|
1 – future impact major leaguer and performing at a high level
2 – future major leaguer – unclear if he will be an impact
player
3 – decent shot at making it to the big enchilada in some
capacity
4 – long shot to make the majors
5 – extremely long shot to make the majors
Where am
I wrong, people? Share your thoughts,
please.
Have a
great day.
4 comments:
This draft was a perfect example of why you need to wait a couple of years to look at a draft
After 2013 - this looked like a bad draft as Reynolds had crappy numbers and Cecchini wasn't looking to good.
Fast forward to the end of 2014 and Reynolds looks like a real bat and Cecchini looks like at least and average ML SS.
Big difference
Darned tootin', Lew.
These guys really need a year in full season ball before they can be well projected, especially if they are real young when signed.
Blake Taylor in the Davis deal is listed in the Mets' Top 20 prospects on their website, but had a shaky short season, with control issues. Yet he is young, young, young, and it may take a year or 2 to see if he is prospect or suspect.
Short season leagues can be misleading as to future growth. Cory Vaughn is a case in point - a quite promising start in Brooklyn about 4 years ago, disappointing ever since he hit full season ball.
And then the case of a Reynolds, who excelled in his 2nd full year. Some guys figure it out, adjust, and then BOOM, off to the races.
Lots of guys from this year to look forward to. I really want to see what a healthy Jayce Boyd does in 2015. And of course Gavin C.
Nice piece, as always Thomas.
Glad to see some Jayce Boyd love (as promised.) I too think that there's some more power in there. His injury/shoulder surgery came at a tough time career-wise, but great to see the second half he put together once he seemed to get healthy. I don't think there's anyone in front of him at 1B in Vegas. Excited to see what he can do.
Thanks, Adam, and I think Boyd will show something special in Vegas this year.
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