2016 Draft Recap

As we head towards the 2020 MLB Draft, we detailing the last ten years of Mets drafts.  Today, we look at 2016.

The Philadelphia Phillies had the #1 pick and took Outfielder Mickey Moniak. The Cincinnati Reds took Third Baseman Nick Senzel at #2, the Atlanta Braves selected Pitcher Ian Anderson at #3, the Rockies took Pitcher Riley Pint at #4, and the Brewers took Outfielder Corey Ray at #5. 

The Mets actually had two 1^st round picks in 2016.  They selected Justin Dunn with the 19^th overall pick and in the Compensation round took Anthony Kay with the 31^st overall pick which they received for losing Daniel Murphy to the Nationals. 

However, the big news of the 2016 draft for the Mets happened in the 2nd round.  For it was in the 2^nd round of 2016 that the Mets struck gold with Pete Alonso.  That made 2016 a successful draft right there. 

Also in 2016 they were able to get two pitchers that helped Brooklyn win a championship last year, Matt Cleveland in the 12^th Round and Garrison Bryant in the 36^th round.  Carlos Cortes in round 20 and Branden Fryman in round 37 both did not sign but the Mets drafted them in later years and were able to sign them.

The full Mets list is below. 

Here are some other notable MLB 2016 picks:

Round 1: #20 Gavin Lux, Dodgers, SS;    

 

Compensatory round: #32 Will Smith, Dodgers, Catcher;

Round 2: #66 Bo Bichette, Blue Jays, SS;

Round 4: #122 Shane Bieber, Indians, Pitcher;

Round 5: #162 Cavan Biggio, Blue Jays 2B;     

       

Here were the Mets 2016 picks from Baseball Reference:

Round	Pick #	Name	Pos
1	19	Justin Dunn	RHP
1	31	Anthony Kay	LHP
2	64	Pete Alonso	1B
3	100	Blake Tiberi	3B
4	130	Michael Paez	SS
5	160	Colby Woodmansee	SS
6	190	Chris Viall	RHP
7	220	Austin McGeorge	RHP
8	250	Placido Torres	LHP
9	280	Colin Holderman	RHP
10	310	Gene Cone	OF
11	340	Cameron Planck	RHP
12	370	Matt Cleveland	RHP
13	400	Dan Rizzie	C
14	430	Christian James	RHP
15	460	Jacob Zanon	CF
16	490	Trent Johnson	RHP
17	520	Jay Jabs	3B
18	550	Adam Atkins	RHP
19	580	Gary Cornish	RHP
20	610	Carlos Cortes	LF
21	640	Max Kuhns	RHP
22	670	Ian Strom	CF
23	700	Nick Sergakis	2B
24	730	Dariel Rivera	RHP
25	760	Cody Beckman	LHP
26	790	Rylan Thomas	3B
27	820	Joel Urena	LHP
28	850	William Sierra	RHP
29	880	Alex Haynes	RHP
30	910	Eric Villanueva	RHP
31	940	Jeremy Wolf	LF
32	970	George Kirby	RHP
33	1000	Duncan Pence	SS
34	1030	Anthony Herron	RHP
35	1060	Andrew Harbin	RHP
36	1090	Garrison Bryant	RHP
37	1120	Branden Fryman	SS
38	1150	Jaylon McLaughlin	SS
39	1180	Jordan Hand	C
40	1210	Michael Chambers	C