2019 Draft - Mets Pick 25.748 - P Joseph Charles - TNXL Academy (FL)

With the 748^th pick (25^th round) in the 2019 draft, the Mets picked:

TNXL (FL) HS senior, pitcher Joseph Charles.

PG - Joseph Charles is a 2019 RHP/OF with a 6-3 190 lb. frame from Celebration, FL who attends The First Academy. Very athletic build and very projectable physically. Fast paced delivery especially in his leg raise, slows down his pace from the stretch, fast and loose arm. 

Fastball topped out at 94 mph frequently, works 4-seam/2-seam with late running life at times, works low in the strike zone well. Throws both a curveball and slider, has good spin on both but shows better present feel for his curveball. 

Notably better in his command and stuff this game against right handed hitters. High ceiling arm that will continue to improve as he gets more and more innings and calms down his mechanics. Right handed hitter, hits from an even base with an active hand start, quick hands, gets out to his front side early, generates lots of raw bat speed. Two way talent as a right fielder. Excellent student, verbal commitment to North Carolina. Selected to play in the Perfect Game All-American Classic.

3rd Man - Joseph Charles received his first collegiate baseball offer from the University of Pittsburgh in the summer following his eighth grade year in 2015. It caught the right-handed pitcher from Celebration, Florida off guard, but it marked the start of a busy recruiting process.

Charles committed to the University of North Carolina about two years after obtaining the offer from Pittsburgh. His baseball skills have continued to progress, and he enters his senior season of high school baseball as one of the top prep players in the country.

Baseball America ranks Charles as the 33rd-best prep prospect in the 2019 MLB draft class.

Charles, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound hurler, isn’t immune to the draft process. Throughout his prep career, he’s played for the Central Florida Gators, a travel baseball team in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Last year, he suited up with five first-round picks – Carter Stewart, Nolan Gorman, Mason Denaburg, Gunnar Hogland and Matthew Liberatore.