2019 Draft - Mets Pick 17.508 - P Dan Goggin - James Madison University

           

With the 508th pick (17^th round) in the 2019 draft, the Mets picked: 


Senior pitcher, Dan Goggin, from James Madison University.

2019 stats:  19-appearances, 0-2, 6.20, 1.49, 24.2-IP, 27-K

https://jmusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=15541 - 2019 as a Senior:

Appeared in 19 games for the Dukes this season

Pitched 2 and 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball against UVA on the road in Charlottesville (4/24)

Pitched 1 and 1/3 innings of one-hit ball against the No. 8 Louisville Cardinals (3/2)

Tallied 27 strikeouts on the season

2018 as a Junior:

Hurled 5 innings of  1 run ball at High Point, picking up the win (2/18)

Threw 6 innings vs. Albany giving up 1 earned run and striking out 7 (2/24)

Threw 2 scoreless innings in relief against VMI with 4 strikeouts (4/4)

Tossed 3 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts against William & Mary (4/15)

https://www.delcotimes.com/sports/bonner-grad-goggin-s-baseball-career-takes-interesting-turn/article_847930c8-87eb-11e9-975f-0bad6d6c079c.html His path to draft day was not the usual one. As an All-Catholic pick and Bonner’s team MVP in 2015, he started college as an infielder, spending two years at Cumberland County College in New Jersey. 

As a sophomore, his live arm made him a candidate to be converted to a pitcher, something he’d done plenty at Bonner but not necessarily where he projected at the college level.

“It was easy because I always pitched my entire life,” Goggin said. “I knew what I was getting into. I never really threw hard in high school, and I got bigger and stronger with weight training at JMU. That really helped, and I just kept throwing harder and my stuff got better.”

Goggin’s numbers at James Madison indicate a project, albeit one with upside. In 19 appearances in 2019, the 6-2, 215-pounder went 0-2 with a 6.20 ERA, 1.49 WHIP and .287 batting average against. He allowed 29 hits but walked only seven against 27 strikeouts in 24.2 innings.

As a junior, he went 5-3 over 18 appearances (five starts) with a 5.36 ERA and 1.55 WHIP, striking out 38 and walking 18 against 44 hits in 40.1 innings pitched. He’s got a four-pitch arsenal – slider, curveball, changeup and a fastball that tops out at 95.

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