John From Albany - Mets decide who to protect from Rule 5 Draft

Last night, Clubs had until 8pm to finalize their rosters to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft and as I posted in the breakfast links earlier, this resulted in a flurry of moves. 

As MLB.com reported, there were 13 players on MLB Pipelines Top 100 prospects, they all were protected.

As Mack posted yesterday, the Mets added infielder Andrés Giménez, RHP Jordan Humphreys, catcher Ali Sánchez and LHP Thomas Szapucki to the 40-man roster. The Mets 40-man roster is at 40.

To even make room for these four, the Mets had to designate RHP Drew Gagnon for assignment.  One rumor has him going to play in Korea, but MLB Trade Rumors says that Drew has not talked to any of the Korean Teams about a deal.

The biggest no brainer of the group added was Andrés Giménez.  Though he struggled in Binghamton this last year, Andrés has been the best defensive shortstop in the system the past few years.  This Fall, he led the Arizona Fall League in hitting with a .371 batting average and a .999 OPS.  In 18 games, he had 26 hits in 70 at bats with 5 doubles, 2 triples, 2 homers, 15 RBI’s, 2 stolen bases and a .413 on base percentage. 

It was the play of Andrés Giménez in the Fall League that have caused some to call for Amed Rosario to switch to Center Field.

I have included the full list below of Mets Minor league players that were not protected and are now eligible to be drafted by other teams in the Rule 5 draft this December. 

With the Mets Roster at 40 players, this does not give them any room to add free agents, or even draft Rule 5 players from other organizations. 

My guess is that they will either try a swap of two or three players for one thereby upgrading the roster while freeing up a spot or two.  

They might also try to slip a current player through waivers like they did when they signed Adrián González as a free agent, tried to slip Chasen Bradford through waivers only to lose him to the Mariners.

Clearly more moves will follow.  

Besides the full list of Mets players eligible in this year’s draft, I include a second list of some of the players eligible in the 2020 draft.  The Mets may want to think about whether or not these players should be kept and protected on the roster next year, or perhaps be proactive and deal them this winter. 

Mets players eligible in this year’s rule 5 draft:

Team	Name	Pos	YrOB	Signed	AGE Signed
Syracuse	Matt Blackham	P	1993	2014	21
Syracuse	Harol Gonzalez	P	1995	2014	19
Syracuse	Corey Taylor	P	1993	2015	22
Syracuse	Braxton Lee	CF	1993	2014	21
Binghamton	Yeizo Campos	P	1996	2016	20
Binghamton	Andrew Church	P	1994	2013	19
Binghamton	Michael Gibbons	P	1993	2014	21
Binghamton	Thomas McIlraith	P	1994	2015	21
Binghamton	Ryder Ryan	P	1995	2016	21
Binghamton	Joseph Shaw	P	1993	2015	22
Binghamton	Joe Zanghi	P	1994	2015	21
Binghamton	Austin Bossart	C	1993	2015	22
Binghamton	Patrick Mazeika	C	1993	2015	22
Binghamton	Luis Carpio	2B	1997	2014	17
Binghamton	Edgardo Fermin	SS	1998	2015	17
Binghamton	Michael Paez	3B	1994	2016	22
Binghamton	David Thompson	3B	1993	2015	22
Binghamton	Jacob Zanon	LF	1995	2016	21
St. Lucie	Briam Campusano	P	1996	2016	20
St. Lucie	Carlos Hernandez	P	1994	2014	20
St. Lucie	Colin Holderman	P	1995	2016	21
St. Lucie	Austin McGeorge	P	1994	2016	22
St. Lucie	Dedniel Nunez	P	1996	2016	20
St. Lucie	Darwin Ramos	P	1995	2013	18
St. Lucie	Ezequiel Zabaleta	P	1995	2015	20
St. Lucie	Mitch Ghelfi	C	1992	2015	23
St. Lucie	Dan Rizzie	C	1993	2016	23
St. Lucie	Anderson Bohorquez	1B	1997	2015	18
St. Lucie	Hansel Moreno	SS	1996	2014	18
St. Lucie	Blake Tiberi	2B	1995	2016	21
St. Lucie	Wagner Lagrange	LF	1995	2015	20
St. Lucie	Desmond Lindsay	CF	1997	2015	18
St. Lucie	Jose Miguel Medina	RF	1996	2014	18
Columbia	Joel Huertas	P	1996	2014	18
Columbia	Alec Kisena	P	1995	2015	20
Columbia	Jose Moreno	P	1996	2014	18
Columbia	Jake Simon	P	1997	2015	18
Columbia	Juan Uriarte	C	1997	2015	18
Brooklyn	Nelson Leon	P	1995	2014	19
Brooklyn	Malky Mena	P	1996	2016	20
Brooklyn	Jose Mena	C	1996	2016	20
Brooklyn	Angel Manzanarez	SS	1997	2014	17
Brooklyn	Ranfy Adon	RF	1997	2014	17
Brooklyn	Raul Beracierta	RF	1999	2015	16
Brooklyn	Yoel Romero	LF	1998	2015	17
Kingsport	Ramon Guzman	P	1996	2016	20
Kingsport	Luis Silva	P	1996	2013	17
Kingsport	Andres Regnault	C	1998	2015	17
Kingsport	Gregory Guerrero	2B	1999	2015	16
Kingsport	Anthony Dirocie	CF	1997	2013	16
GCL Mets	Jurgen Jimenez	P	1996	2014	18

Some of the 2020 Rule 5 Draft Players:

Team	Name	Pos	YrOB	Signed	AGE Signed
Syracuse	Tim Tebow	LF	1987	2017	30
Binghamton	David Peterson	P	1995	2017	22
Binghamton	Stephen Villines	P	1995	2017	22
Binghamton	Quinn Brodey	RF	1995	2017	22
Brooklyn	Garrison Bryant	P	1998	2016	18
Brooklyn	Matt Cleveland	P	1998	2016	18
Brooklyn	Michel Otanez	P	1997	2016	19
Brooklyn	Gavin Garay	1B	1997	2017	20
Brooklyn	Jose Peroza	3B	2000	2016	16
Brooklyn	Wilmer Reyes	2B	1997	2016	19