2014 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 2014.

The Astros drafted Brady Aiken with the first overall pick but he did not sign.  The Marlins took Tyler Kolek with the second pick who threw 102 in High School, had Tommy John surgery in 2016, and has not yet made it out of A ball.  The White Sox took Carlos Rodón at #3, who also had Tommy John surgery in May 2019. The Cubs have so far made out better than the first three with Kyle Schwarber at #4.

Michael Conforto was the highlight for the Mets as they took him in the 1^st round with the #10 pick.  Outside of Conforto, the most notable Mets picks are 2019 Syracuse Mets Matt Blackham who was taken in the 29^th round, and David Roseboom who was taken in round 17 and made it to Binghamton, Las Vegas and Syracuse before he was released on July 4, 2019.

The Mets did not have a second-round pick in 2014 due to the Curtis Granderson signing. 

The full Mets list is below. 

Here are some other notable MLB picks:

1^st Round: #7 Aaron Nola, Phillies, RHP; #13 Trea Turner, Padres, SS; # 15 Sean Newcomb, LHP; #25 Matt Chapman, A’s, 3B; #26 Michael Chavis, Red Sox, SS; #27 Luke Weaver, Cardinals, RHP.

Compensatory round: # 31 Justus Sheffield, Indians, LHP; #34 Jack Flaherty, Cardinals, RHP.

Round 3: #75 J. D. Davis, Astros, 3B.

Round 11: #331 John Means, Orioles, LHP.

Round 37: #1120 Patrick Mahomes, Tigers, RHP (I am sure the KC Chiefs are happy that he choose football over baseball.) 

Mack's Mets writer Tom Brennan noted that sometimes it is not good to go first, and the Mets were very fortunate to go 10th with the Michael Conforto draft.  

7th rounder Brad Wieck was traded to San Diego for the lousy reliever with the big helmet (you know the guy), and Wieck is what I like in picks - a big dude, and a hard thrower.  In the majors so far, he has been a bit homer-prone (then again, who isn't) and Brad is 2-2 in 49 relief outings with an excellent 59 Ks in 41.2 IP.

The rest of the draft was brutally bad for the Mets.  Let me leave it at that, except let me add that they drafted slap hitter Milton Garcia 84th overall.  He was inactive in 2019 for the Orioles, but before that, his career numbers were a tepid .241/.290/.315 in the minors, and that was through only Full A ball at his peak. Simply a stupid and complete waste of a 3rd round pick. The Astros know what to do with 3rd round picks - they drafted J.D. Davis.   

Repeat after me: 

With early picks, draft power arms and power bats...like the Astros did.   

       

Here were the Mets 2014 picks from Baseball Reference:

Round	Pick #	Name	Pos
1	10	Michael Conforto	OF
3	84	Milton Ramos	SS
4	115	Eudor Garcia	3B
5	145	Josh Prevost	RHP
6	175	Tyler Moore	C
7	205	Brad Wieck	LHP
8	235	Dash Winningham	1B
9	265	Michael Katz	OF
10	295	Kelly Secrest	LHP
11	325	Connor Buchmann	RHP
12	355	Alex Durham	RHP
13	385	Erik Manoah	RHP
14	415	Darryl Knight	C
15	445	Gabriel Llanes	RHP
16	475	Joel Huertas	LHP
17	505	David Roseboom	LHP
18	535	Raphael Ramirez	CF
19	565	Bryce Beeler	RHP
20	595	Jimmy Duff	RHP
21	625	Luke Bonfield	OF
22	655	Will Fulmer	2B
23	685	Richard Moesker	RHP
24	715	Tyler Badamo	RHP
25	745	Nicco Blank	RHP
26	775	Tommy Pincin	C
27	805	Alex Palsha	RHP
28	835	Keaton McKinney	RHP
29	865	Matt Blackham	RHP
30	895	Tucker Tharp	OF
31	925	Kurtis Horne	LHP
32	955	Chris Glover	RHP
33	985	Brady Puckett	RHP
34	1015	Jordan Hand	C
35	1045	Jonathan Teaney	RHP
36	1075	Garett King	RHP
37	1105	Tristan Gray	SS
38	1135	Kyle Dunster	RHP
39	1165	Arnaldo Berrios	CF
40	1195	Dale Burdick	SS