Mets College Junior Starters Drafted by Sandy

I was asked earlier today how long it would take David Peterson, who is now pitching in St. Lucie, to get to Queens as a starter.

I said 2020, using the obvious Mets slow plan of Binghamton/Syracuse next year (2019) and a Queens rotation slot (if everything worked out) in 2020.

I was questioned if I was estimating this too be too long because 2020 would be the 4^th year as a Met.

What’s Sandy’s history here?

           2011:             Logan Verrett                     2015                          4 seasons

                                   Tyler Pill                               2017                     6 seasons

           2012:             Matt Koch                            2016 (Ariz)              4 seasons

           2013:             none

           2014:             Gabriel Llanes                    still in minors          5 seasons

           2015:             P J Conlon                            2018                       3 seasons

These are the college starters Sandy and Company have drafted in the first 20 rounds of his first five drafts.

Five starters out of 100 picks.

Not ever impressive, but the point is that the range a college starter will make Queens… on this team… is in the 4-5 year range.

That makes my prediction of four years for Peterson within range of Sandy’s history here.