2011 Draft Recap

As we head towards the 2020 MLB Draft, we are going to detail the last ten years of Mets drafts.  Today, we look at 2011.

The Pirates drafted Gerrit Cole #1 but probably the best player in the 2011 Draft wasn’t taken until the 5^th Round, Mookie Betts, the 172nd pick overall. 

The Mets were able to get Brandon Nimmo in the first round and Seth Lugo in the 34th round.  They also were able to get Michael Fulmer who they were able to use to get Yoenis Cespedes.

The full Mets list is below.  

Here are some other notable picks:

1^st Round: Trevor Bauer #3; Anthony Rendon #6; Francisco Lindor #7; Javier Báez #9; George Springer #11;

José Fernández #14; Sonny Gray #19; Kolten Wong #22; Joe Ross #25; Sean Gilmartin #28;  Joe Panik #29;  Levi Michael #30 (in 2018 on the Binghamton Rumble Ponies); Jake Hager #32 (currently on the Syracuse Roster);

1^st Round Supplementals: Jackie Bradley, Jr. #40; Trevor Story #45; Blake Snell #52;

2^nd Round: Josh Bell #61; James McCann #76;

3^rd Round: Drew Gagnon #100.

Macks Mets writer Tom Brennan's take of this draft is it long looked like a dud, until Nimmo and Fulmer came on strong.  The Seth Lugo pick was incredible in retrospect - where was everybody on him??   And much of the same could be said of 13th round Rob Gsellman, as he and Lugo went from struggling Las Vegas pitchers to immediate playoff-run assets in 2016, combining to go 9-4, 2.55 down the 2016 stretch.

Quite a few of the other earlier picks were not high tier power arms and bats, and didn't produce much of anything for the Mets.  The 18th round pick for Travis Taijeron was an excellent power gamble that almost, but didn't quite, work out. 

Here were the Mets 2011 picks from Baseball Reference:

Rnd Pick Number Name Pos 1 13 Brandon Nimmo  OF 1s 44 Michael Fulmer  RHP 2 71 Cory Mazzoni  RHP 3 101 Logan Verrett  RHP 4 132 Tyler Pill  RHP 5 162 Jack Leathersich  LHP 6 192 Joe Tuschak  CF 7 222 Cole Frenzel  1B 8 252 Daniel Muno  SS 9 282 Alex Panteliodis  LHP 10 312 Matthew Budgell  RHP 11 342 Christian Montgomery  RHP 12 372 Kenny Mathews  LHP 13 402 Robert Gsellman  RHP 14 432 Xorge Carrillo  C 15 462 Phillip Evans  SS 16 492 Bradley Marquez  CF 17 522 Jonathan Clark  CF 18 552 Travis Taijeron  CF 19 582 Dustin Lawley  CF 20 612 Mason Robbins  CF 21 642 John Gant  RHP 22 672 Casey Turgeon  SS 23 702 Jeffrey Diehl  C 24 732 Tant Shepherd  1B 25 762 AJ Reed  LHP 26 792 Casey Hauptman  RHP 27 822 Randy Fontanez  RHP 28 852 Jharel Cotton  RHP 29 882 Josh Ake  SS 30 912 Jacob Hansen  LHP 31 942 Chad Zurcher  SS 32 972 Carlos Leyva  SS 33 1002 Tyson Seng  RHP 34 1032 Seth Lugo  RHP 35 1062 Chasen Bradford  RHP 36 1092 Ryan Hutson  1B 37 1122 Craig Missigman  RHP 38 1152 Dustin Emmons  RHP 39 1182 Charley Thurber  OF 40 1212 Alexis Mercado  C 41 1242 Mark Picca  LHP 42 1272 Greg Pron  OF 43 1302 Jacob Decker  SS 44 1332 Clint Sharp  RHP 45 1362 Andrew Marra  RHP 46 1392 Richard Ruff  RHP 47 1422 Cole Limbaugh  RHP 48 1452 Malcolm Clapsaddle  RHP 49 1482 Sean Buckle  LHP 50 1512 Edward Rohan  C