tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post3249586634298899426..comments2024-03-29T09:39:10.572-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: UPDATE - SIGNED - Mets 9th Rd. (#277 overall) Pick - RHP Cannon ChadwickMack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-15798438152708648562017-06-15T10:23:10.876-04:002017-06-15T10:23:10.876-04:00Adam, I cannot disagree with you there. Again, lo...Adam, I cannot disagree with you there. Again, look at my article tomorrow, and you'll see we already have a solid pitching pipeline, to my thinking, and virtually no one vaults to the majors shortly after being drafted. So I don't get all the pitchers. I WANT HITTERS!!<br /><br />We forget too quickly, given the current pretty solid Mets' hitting, how poor the Mets' hitting has been overall since 1962. This organization has quite frankly an awful track record at drafting and developing hitters. Again, where is OUR Aaron Judge?Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-63620566563675665102017-06-15T10:22:39.159-04:002017-06-15T10:22:39.159-04:00So, looking more carefully, I count one guy who mi...So, looking more carefully, I count one guy who might be a CF, one guy who could stick at SS, two catchers, 3 (probably 4) third basemen, two (three?) corner OF, and probably three 1B. Looking back, maybe a little bit more athleticism in the first ten rounds than I thought, but not a lot. That 2nd round 3B better be able to hit.That Adam Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687771146317665283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-48441548666518483702017-06-15T10:15:30.959-04:002017-06-15T10:15:30.959-04:00This draft looks like it was focused on trying to ...This draft looks like it was focused on trying to get a couple of relief arms up to Queens before Sandy retires, rather than on the long term health of the organization. Very little upside, very little athleticism, lots of college arms, very few position players at all. And if the position players, a bunch of 1B and corner OF. As a long term fan who watches other orgs develop the occasional all-star while we wait and wait (since Wright and Reyes, really) for our system to produce anyone who can conceivably be called a home grown star, I'm kind of disgusted.That Adam Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687771146317665283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-77708715918371133712017-06-15T00:24:46.200-04:002017-06-15T00:24:46.200-04:00Ouch. Hopefully most of that was the college seni...Ouch. Hopefully most of that was the college seniors so they can sign high schoolers later though, you think?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296004368280239754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-90840918638641371392017-06-14T14:37:47.390-04:002017-06-14T14:37:47.390-04:00Baseball America graded each team on its draft pic...Baseball America graded each team on its draft picks - my guess is the grade covered through the first 10 rounds.<br /><br />The Mets got a B- Which does not sound terrible. Except that only one team got as low as a C, and one other got a B-.<br /><br />In other words, they had the Mets ranked 28th out of 30. Not good.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.com