We’re using the same “best player available”
logic here.
This position is blocked in Flushing until after
2020. Because of that, the team can now concentrate on producing a third
prospect they can use as a bargaining chip in some future trade.
Candidates include:
Zach Lutz –
Lutz isn’t going anywhere this year what with David Wright’s back problems.
This is the Mets emergency plan for 2013. Past that, he’s a free man and I can’t
see any reason he would be part of any deal this year. The Mets need him to
hang around and other teams know they can call him directly next season.
Aderlin Rodriguez –
Here’s the home run leader of the organization that is blocked by Lutz in Las
Vegas. The Mets have made virtually no attempt to teach him a new position, so
I would have to think he is the major trade bait third baseman in the
organization (he really can hit… no one ever hit as far as he did at Grayson
Stadium in Savannah). Last year… 20 years old… 24-HR, 83-RBI. Here’s the bad
news… 3B 2012 St. Lucie fielding percentage: .870. He makes Wilmer Flores look like a Golden Glove 3Bman.
Richard Lucas –
Lucas simply won’t go away. He was a 4th round H.S.. draft pick in 2007
that has played below the radar as he matured as a Met rather than as a college
ballplayer. He had a great 98 at-bats for Kingsport in 2009 (.357) and a better
2011 for Brooklyn (250-AB, 22-years old, .300). Last year, for Savannah (23)
hit .251, 8-HR, 53-RBI in 411-AB. At this rate he’ll hit Queens around 40. If
you’re going to trade this dude you might want to do this, like, yesterday.
Matt Reynolds –
This could be the real deal. Reynolds was a 2nd round pick in 2012
after a tremendous junior year for Arkansas (.323/.427/.498/.924). He got his
pro-feet wet last year in Savannah (158-AB, .259/.355/.367/.702). That’s
usually as good as it gets after 235 other at-bats during the college season.
He’s totally blocked all the way up so my guess is he winds up back in Savannah
next month. One of these guys need to be moved inn a trade so the others can
continue to elevate and mature.
Elvis Sanchez –
Sanchez was a prized Latin American 16-year old signed before the 2011 season.
Hit .157 for DSL in 2011 and .248 last season for the same team. Born in 1994.
There’s a good chance he’ll go a third round for the DSL team before coming
stateside someday.
Pedro Perez –
Another prized UDFA like Sanchez, Perez
hit .262 for DSL (.262) in 2011. Had only 42-at bats for K-Port last season
(.119) before being injured.
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I actually think they're playing Rwynolds at SS. This team is loaded with middle infield prospects. I really hope some good powerful outfielders are dropped in their laps on draft day.
I'd rather them take the best player available every time. Pay them all a fortune and even if you walk away using up your entire allotment on 7 players, at least they'd all be legit prospects.
I met with Reynolds and, yes, they have asked him if he would play short which he had done in school.
Still, he's a natural third baseman.
Charles,there have been developments in the draft...
RHP Oklahoma Jonathan Gray is a lock for a top 10 pick... maybe top 5.
Oklahoma RHP Chris Anderson and Venderbilt RHP Kevin Ziomek MAY BE top 10 picks.
What this all means is, there will be more outfielders available when the Mets pick comes around.
Stanford's Austin Wilson ... well... let me do a post on this.
I simply do not trust this FO in picking the best player available.
Two years running and they've passed over numerous better players with their first choice. We all might end up loving Nimmo and Cecchini, but why take an unnecessary chance with millions of dollars. And the madness of it all is that they are truly trying to build from within and create a feeder fund of players to sustain a winning franchise. To do that, it make sense to pick the best player.
I'll tell you this, the draft is great. It's the only time a team can basically have their pick of any player they want without having to outbid another team. Your pick comes up and you get to choose the absolute best player available, no questions asked.
Now, picture staring at that board...I'm sure sometimes the best one could be debatable and it that case you might still be able to pick without being wrong. Other times, it's more clear cut. Either way, you're looking at that board, and shame on you if you pass on not just the best one, but five or six better players just to maximize your pool alottment. Letting a Courtney Hawkings pass to save 500,000 grand so ypu can pay a tenth rounder overslot money. That's how mediocre systems are built. It's the difference between the Nats, Cardinals, and Braves versus the Mets way of doing things.
To me, you go all out in the first round. That first choice is priceless. After that, if you want to under slot in the second round to provide value in the later rounds, fine. But damn it, shoot for the moon with número uno, because the drop off in talent is just too much to justify it.
well, I have two jobs to do here on the blog... to tell you all I know about the minor league Mets and the players eligible for the draft.
There is nothing I can do in influencing what the Mets do in the draft room, or why they do it.
I can just offer up who is the best out there and if the Mets did their job correctly.
So far, in my book, Sandy and company are 0-2-0 in the draft room, by wide margins.
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