Mack's Mets: Mack – Draft News – Pete Crow-Armstrong, Justin Lange, Mick Abel, Logan Allen, Carson McCusker

https://prospects365.com/2020/05/08/mason-mcraes-2020-mlb-mock-draft-8-0/ - Mets pick at #19 –

Pete Crow-Armstrong – Harvard Westlake HS (CA)

Under Marc Tramuta, the Mets have shown a flare for high schoolers, grabbing Jarred Kelenic (RIP) and Brett Baty in the first round and stealing Matt Allan in the third round. However, they haven’t drafted this low in the first round since 2017, when, under Tramuta, they selected Oregon pitcher David Peterson. In a class with so many college arms left on the board, I find it hard to believe that they’d pass up on Cade Cavalli, Cole Wilcox or Tanner Burns, but I also found it hard to believe that Crow-Armstrong could fall this far. With PCA, the Mets are getting one of the most successful prep hitters in the bat, standout defensive abilities and obvious athleticism at a premium position. After witnessing Kelenic take over the prospect world as a member of the Mariners organization, I can’t see the Mets steering away from the Vanderbilt commit.

https://www.mlb.com/news/prospects-raising-mlb-draft-stock -

Justin Lange, RHP, Llano (Texas) HS (unranked to No. 57)

Lange's fastball has gone from the low 90s last summer to touching 95 mph at a September showcase to sitting at 94-95 and peaking at 100 this spring. He has one of the best bodies (6-foot-4, 220 pounds) and some of the best athleticism in this year's high school pitching crop, not to mention that newfound velocity and some signs of a plus mid-80s slider.

https://prospectinsider.com/mlb-draft-prospects-rankings-veen-bailey-asa-lacy-torkelson/ -

11. Mick Abel, RHP — Jesuit HS (OR)

All along, my preference among the prep arms has been Abel, followed closely by Bitsko and Kelley. But I didn’t get that sense from the industry until now, though Bitsko was a close second.

“I see a lot more to dream on with him,” said one crosschecker. “Better athlete, too. I think it’s a better place to start with him than the other two, because of the room for growth.”

Abel is 6-foot-5 and 195 pounds, offering a fastball consistently into the mid-90s. It’s a four-pitch mix, too, including a slider and changeup that project to plus and a curveball that should be good enough for him to keep for the long haul.

https://athlonsports.com/mlb/2020-mlb-draft-top-50-college-prospects offered up their list of their top 50 college prospects that will be available in the 2020 draft.

48. Logan Allen, LHP, Florida International

https://fiusports.com/sports/baseball/roster/logan-allen/7713 - Junior (2020): Appeared in four games as a pitcher, started all four... Was 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA... Pitched 25.2 innings allowing seven earned runs, 41 strikeouts and a .183 BAVG... Won the C-USA Pitcher of Week for the week of 2/24 for his seven-inning one-hit 13 strikeout performance against George Mason on 2/23... Tied a career-high in strikeouts with 13 against George Mason on 2/23... Had three games of 10 or more strikeouts... Allowed three or fewer earned runs in all four starts... Appeared in 10 games, starting seven mainly as a DH... Hit .286 with one home run and two RBIs... Had four hits and not walks for a .286 OB%... Only multiple hit game of the year came against Penn on 3/7... Lone home run of the season was hit against Pepperdine on 3/1... Was named C-USA Preseason Pitcher of the Year... Was named Preseason All-American by multiple outlets.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-25-seniors-we-want-to-see-in-college-baseball-in-2021/ -

11. Carson McCusker, OF, Oklahoma State

McCusker, at 6-foot-8 and 235 pounds, cuts an imposing figure in the batter’s box, and throughout his Cowboys’ career, he has put up the numbers to match. He hit eight homers in just 129 at-bats in 2018, and then followed that up by leading the team in hitting with a .311 average in 2019.

He was off to a bit of a slow start in 2020, hitting .235 through four weeks, but with five doubles and two home runs, he had still hit for some power, and it was only a matter of time before he broke out. Now, that breakout will have to come in 2021.

7 comments:

Tom BrennanMay 17, 2020 at 11:49 AM
Armstrong sounds like a dandy. You are right, Mack, pitching beasts also abound in this draft.
RawMay 17, 2020 at 12:12 PM
This comment was Boris Johnson the Prime Minister “ For his part, Britain’s Johnson, who was hospitalized last month with a serious bout of COVID-19, speculated Sunday that a vaccine may not be developed at all, despite the huge global effort to produce one.

“I said we would throw everything we could at finding a vaccine,” Johnson wrote in the Mail on Sunday newspaper. “There remains a very long way to go, and I must be frank that a vaccine might not come to fruition.”

Are we to be with out sports for the foreseeable future?

We have to find ways to live with this virus.
Tom BrennanMay 17, 2020 at 6:40 PM
I saw a doctor on TV that noted that very few young people die of COVID. Basically if you are under 50 and have none of the key pre-existing conditions, your chances of dying from it are well above 1 in 1000. Under 60, and no pre existing conditions, still very low.

So, if everyone else older/sicker stayed home, and the younger folks went about life, they would eventually (perhaps within months) all get it. And make them non-transmitters. Making it then much safer for everyone else, since perhaps 70% could not transmit it...many less people to infect the old timers, who could then re-enter life relatively safely.

Then, no worries about a vaccine Working, because herd immunity and discovered therapeutics would basically reduce this Goliath of a virus to a much smaller threat..

Intriguing.
Tom BrennanMay 17, 2020 at 6:42 PM
And maybe next year, this virus morphs to something lesser, like SARS and West Nile did.
AnonymousMay 17, 2020 at 9:25 PM
Back to Baseball fellas no spitting .
I would personally love the Mets to draft PCA with there 1st rd pick
But if they went after Cavalli-Blizko or Crochet i wouldnt object
My dream would be PCA-1ST Lange 2nd Cam Brown in the 3rd ,Owen Cassie in the 4th
RawMay 18, 2020 at 9:30 AM
I spoke to my doctor who works in a hospital and they already have thearupetics that work on the virus. Remisdir(not sure if I spelled correctly) and Plasma therapy. If these are given early in the virus people recover in several days.

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