Mets Draft - Pick 11 - 2B - Nick Roselli - Binghamtom University

 

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As a Junior (2024): 

Started all 27 games played 

Suffered injury in season-opener and missed seven weeks 

Second team all-conference selection at second base 

Hit .388 with 40 hits and 21 RBI 

Half his hits were for extra bases with team-high 12 doubles and eight home runs 

Slugging mark of .738 (No. 2) and on-base of .492 (No. 1) both would've ranked among top-2 in America East if qualified 

Hit .391 with 17 RBI in 18 conference games 

Had 12 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games 

Ended season on 10-game hit streak 

Belted two home runs and drove in five in regular-season finale to help 

BU clinch playoff spot 

Hit .500 (20-for-40) over last 10 games of season 

Member of America East Commissioner's and Binghamton AD Honor Rolls 

 

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Round 11, Pick No. 323: 2B Nick Roselli, Binghamton University 

Roselli hit .338/.492/.738 with eight homers and 12 doubles in 21 games for Binghamton this season.

  

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Binghamton Junior 2nd Baseman Nick Roselli was taken 323rd overall, in the 11th Round of the MLB Draft by the New York Mets. 

Roselli hit .388 with 40 hits and 21 RBI as a Junior for B.U. He lead the team in doubles with 12, and added another 8 home runs. Roselli finished 2024 on a 10 game hitting streak. 

Roselli spend the summer playing for Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League. 

Roselli has an opportunity now to continue playing his baseball career in the Southern Tier, as the Binghamton Rumble Ponies are currently the Mets Double-A organization.

  

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NICK ROSELLI 

  School: Binghamton 

  Position: Second Base 

  Class: Junior | 2024 Draft 

  B-T:  Left-Right 

  H-W: 5’10-195

    While Trevor Cohen excelled in an individual category (contact %), Binghamton second basemen, Nick Roselli distinguished himself in several offensive categories. He enters his junior year with a career .336/.426/.569 batting line with nearly equal walks to strikeouts (49:53) and 18 long balls. 

Some of Roselli’s top accomplishments to date include finishing 2nd in program history for RBI in a single season with 61 RBI last spring, recording a seventeen-game hitting streak that went from April to May, and being a Regional All-Tournament selection as a freshman in 2022, where he went 6-8 with two homers in two games. Roselli will be among the elite performers in Binghamton baseball history with a successful campaign in year three of his college career.

    Roselli is undersized, but there’s plenty of strength in his compact frame, especially in the upper half. He has short levers, which allow him to control the inner half of the plate and get good loft when turning on inside fastballs. 

While he doesn’t have huge raw power, the batted ball data suggests Roselli has the ability to impact the ball enough at the pro level. Roselli’s average exit velocity was above 92 MPH, and his sweet spot percentage (batted balls with 95+ EV and 10°-30° launch angle) eclipsed the 25% mark. 

Roselli ranked among the 90th percentile in both categories, according to our dataset from the 2023 season. He amplified those totals with strong contact and chase rates, showing off his well-rounded offensive skillset. For the year, Roselli’s overall contact rate hovered right around 85%, with an even higher rate of contact against fastballs 93 MPH or higher, and he chased pitches outside of the strike zone at a 17% clip. 

Those are solid totals for sure, and while neither the contact nor chase percentages are elite, they indicate that Roselli’s offensive production to date isn’t simply a small conference mirage. When you combine the batted ball data that was referenced earlier, you end up with a highly intriguing ballplayer that merits closer evaluation. 

   Playing at Binghamton in the America East conference has allowed Roselli to fly under the national radar to date. But if he’s able to run it back in year three, show he can stick at second base defensively, and continue producing with Bourne on the Cape this summer, he’ll get some love on draft boards across the industry. 

 

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In the 11th round of this year’s Draft, the Mets took one of their own.

 Hailing from about 20 miles east of Citi Field in Levittown, N.Y., Nick Roselli played his high school ball at Division Avenue, before heading upstate for college at Binghamton University. There, he developed into enough of a star to become the highest-drafted Binghamton player in more than a decade. 

And yes, to address the elephant in the room: Roselli is a Mets fan. 

“He spent a lot of time at Citi Field growing up,” Mets vice president of amateur scouting Kris Gross said. “It’s pretty cool how that works out.” 

 

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 This is another sneaky good pick from a kid that dominated playing in a smaller conference. Don’t sweat the injury… he’s well past that. Has the potential to be a 5’10” Nick Morabito type player… will play 2025 as a 22 year old, so start him next spring in St. Lucie and send him to Brooklyn by the end of the year.  Can’t wait for his return to his college town in 2026.