Mets Draft: Signed But Not Playing Yet, & Still Unsigned
It takes a lot of effort (and moolah) to sign June 2017 draftees and then, after you sign them, you've got to get them to start playing.
As of Wednesday last week, only about 15 of the 40 were both signed and playing.
Two more had their first games Thursday:
23rd Round Jose Sierra - 1 scoreless inning, 2 Ks for the GCL Mets.
24th Round Joe Cavallaro - 1 scoreless inning, 1 K for Kingsport.
Signed but not yet playing by Thursday were the following eleven gents:
2nd rounder Vientos (1 for 5 Saturday with GCL Mets)
4th rounder Dibrell (allowed HR in Friday Cyclones debut)
6th rounder Renteria
7th rounder O'Neil
9th rounder Chadwick
13th rounder Peden
20th rounder Flores
22nd rounder Payne
29th rounder McCall
36th rounder Kidwell
39th rounder Nunez
Not signed by Thursday June 29 were a bunch of others, most notably our first rounder:
1st rounder Peterson
11th rounder Schneider
12th rounder Hutchinson
14th rounder Duce
16th rounder Gladu
17th rounder Labas
19th rounder Van Eyk
Below the top 20, there are several non-signees. Jake Eder and Ian McWilliams are both quality HS guys they'd likely want to go over slot with.
This was written on Friday. Likely, by the time this gets published, there will have been additional signings of those not signed to date, and of the 11 guys above who were signed but had not gotten in a game yet, they were in fact signed to play, so they should be getting into games either on Friday or Saturday, or shortly.
Oh...Last year's supplemental first rounder Anthony Kay?
Not sure when he will first pitch after TJS. My guess is either in the fall instructional play time, or next spring. By which time most of the 17th round draftees will beat Kay to the field.
Draftees that have been playing are mostly off to a weak start in the pros.
ReplyDeletebut how about those Mets, gaining on the Nats? 8.5 games out, can Montero keep the momentum up?
Jose Reyes 7 for his last 15 - will he suddenly break out after a half season of evidence to the contrary? Stay tuned.
As the bobblehead turns...so are the days of these Mets.
This run up to the all star game is absolutely crucial. Sweeping Philly today and winning the last two series can keep the Mets in the mix. It would be nice if Syndergaard could actually throw a baseball again soon.
ReplyDeleteTP, I am still hoping for Thor to return by mid-August, just as my own speculation, but apparently Familia is going to very soon. Could he back say in 30 days? What a "shot in the arm" that could be.
ReplyDeleteIn fairness, 6 of the new draftees have now pitched in Kingsport - 8 total outings, only one in which runs were scored. Very early, but that is promising. There always seems to be a bunch of strong relief outings in rookie ball - sustaining similar success against more advanced competition weeds some out.
ReplyDeleteHutch signed... think it was on Saturday
ReplyDeleteMack, that's good - keep signing them. Hold Sandy's pen to paper for him.
ReplyDeleteSchneider signed too. 125k
ReplyDeleteCharles, keep em coming
ReplyDeleteAaron Ford is a newly drafted lefty pitching for Kingport needing no adjustments so far: 2 outing, 3 perfect innings, 6 Ks
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