We
need to remember that the Mets signed a bunch of bonus babies last year around
this time and they are all scheduled to make their debut with this year (fat
chance) or next spring.
They include:
Pitchers - Fraudy Viscaino, Jeremy
Alfredo, Juan Pacheco, Jose Dominguez, Robert Dominguez ($10K bonus)
Shortstops: Junior Tillen ($185K
bonus), Victor Gonzalez ($250K bonus)
Outfielders: Alex Ramirez ($2.05mil
bonus), Erick Santana ($375K
bonus), Yeral Martinez ($335K bonus).
Robert
Dominguez has been portrayed as the steal of the year. Baseball America has
named him the top International signee of 2019. Other teams past on his because
he was already 18 and threw only a 93 mph fastball, but he has worked at the
Mets complex in the Dominican Republic and he now sits at 97, hitting 99 at
times.
Dominguez
and Junior Tillen follow Mack’s Mets.
Because
of his age, I think there is a good chance he could open with the GCL Mets in
Florida.
Okay… tomorrow
is Day 1 for the 2020 MLB Draft.
First
some facts:
The first round, plus competitive round A (37 total picks),
will be tomorrow at 7:00PM, on both The MLB Network and ESPN.
The second through fifth round will be on Thursday, June 11th,
beginning at 7:00PM, on the same two networks.
The Mets will have six (6) picks in this year’s draft.
Round 1 -
#19
Round 2 -
#52
Round 2 - Compensation
Pick - #69
Round 3 - #91
Round 4 - #121
Round 5 -
#151
Look for an increased amount of star college juniors to be
picked this year. This will be a one-time only opportunity to sign players that
would have normally received a much higher signing bonus than this draft limits
them to receiving. They really have no chance of receiving this kind of bonus
after their senior season.
Look for no college seniors to be drafted this year. They
will fall behind undrafted college juniors and high school seniors that weren’t
drafted in this draft. There will be some signed as free agents but this will
be a bad year to be a college senior.
Look for a reduced amount of high school seniors being
drafted. Especially pitchers. The loss of a season could cause arm problems and
advisors around them might try to push them to the schedule friendly college
seasons to grow their game.
There will be no reason to draft someone you have targets for
a pen gig. You can sign them once the draft ends as a free agent. Every college
team has one decent junior reliever on their squad that should have been
drafted in the 8-15 round range.
My favorite team is Clemson.
Look for these two probable undrafted pitchers:
LHSP Sam Weatherly 6-4 JR.
2020 short-season stats: 4-ST, 2-0,
0.79, 22.2-IP, 43-K
RHRP Carson
Spiers 6-3 SR.
2020
short-season stats: 9-app, 0.00,
15.1-IP, 17-K
You wonder if some college seniors who are not drafted will try to latch on with a Korean or Japanese team to try and build value for a future year instead of taking $20K as an undrafted free agent. Also wonder if teams will try a creative way to get around the $20 K limit.
ReplyDeleteI am curious how deep teams will go with FAs in general and college seniors in particular
DeleteMack, nice update about forgotten DSL players and a bizarre world draft scenario. Tough, tough time for these youngsters. Just gotta keep working.
ReplyDeleteTalked to Robert Dominguez earlier this week. He is ready.
ReplyDeleteI think high school players are going to be on the outside looking in as teams gravitate to college players who have had more development time since there are fewer levels of minor leagues than there used to be.
ReplyDeleteI agree Reese.
ReplyDeleteMany of the HS players have already removed their name from the draft.
You said Robert Dominguez has been portrayed as the steal of the year and other teams past on him because he was already 18 and threw only a 93 mph fastball, but he has worked at the Mets complex in the Dominican Republic and he now sits at 97, hitting 99, which doesn't surprise me, because it shows that hard work leads to success.
ReplyDeleteI find it unreal that other teams past on him due to a 93 mph fastball, they should have known there is room for improvement at 18. The Mets always come up with power pitching prospects on a constant basis, but the Yankees don't, which bewilders me.