11/21/19

John From Albany - Mets decide who to protect from Rule 5 Draft



Last night, Clubs had until 8pm to finalize their rosters to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft and as I posted in the breakfast links earlier, this resulted in a flurry of moves. 



To even make room for these four, the Mets had to designate RHP Drew Gagnon for assignment.  One rumor has him going to play in Korea, but MLB Trade Rumors says that Drew has not talked to any of the Korean Teams about a deal.

The biggest no brainer of the group added was Andrés Giménez.  Though he struggled in Binghamton this last year, Andrés has been the best defensive shortstop in the system the past few years.  This Fall, he led the Arizona Fall League in hitting with a .371 batting average and a .999 OPS.  In 18 games, he had 26 hits in 70 at bats with 5 doubles, 2 triples, 2 homers, 15 RBI’s, 2 stolen bases and a .413 on base percentage. 

It was the play of Andrés Giménez in the Fall League that have caused some to call for Amed Rosario to switch to Center Field.

I have included the full list below of Mets Minor league players that were not protected and are now eligible to be drafted by other teams in the Rule 5 draft this December. 

With the Mets Roster at 40 players, this does not give them any room to add free agents, or even draft Rule 5 players from other organizations. 

My guess is that they will either try a swap of two or three players for one thereby upgrading the roster while freeing up a spot or two.  

They might also try to slip a current player through waivers like they did when they signed Adrián González as a free agent, tried to slip Chasen Bradford through waivers only to lose him to the Mariners.

Clearly more moves will follow.  

Besides the full list of Mets players eligible in this year’s draft, I include a second list of some of the players eligible in the 2020 draft.  The Mets may want to think about whether or not these players should be kept and protected on the roster next year, or perhaps be proactive and deal them this winter. 

Mets players eligible in this year’s rule 5 draft:

Team
Name 
Pos
YrOB
Signed
AGE Signed
Syracuse
P
1993
2014
21
Syracuse
P
1995
2014
19
Syracuse
P
1993
2015
22
Syracuse
CF
1993
2014
 21
Binghamton
P
1996
2016
20
Binghamton
P
1994
2013
19
Binghamton
P
1993
2014
21
Binghamton
P
1994
2015
21
Binghamton
P
1995
2016
21
Binghamton
P
1993
2015
22
Binghamton
P
1994
2015
21
Binghamton
C
1993
2015
22
Binghamton
C
1993
2015
22
Binghamton
2B
1997
2014
17
Binghamton
SS
1998
2015
17
Binghamton
3B
1994
2016
22
Binghamton
3B
1993
2015
 22
Binghamton
LF
1995
2016
21
St. Lucie
P
1996
2016
20
St. Lucie
P
1994
2014
20
St. Lucie
P
1995
2016
21
St. Lucie
Austin McGeorge
P
1994
2016
22
St. Lucie
P
1996
2016
20
St. Lucie
P
1995
2013
18
St. Lucie
P
1995
2015
20
St. Lucie
C
1992
2015
23
St. Lucie
C
1993
2016
23
St. Lucie
1B
1997
2015
18
St. Lucie
SS
1996
2014
18
St. Lucie
2B
1995
2016
21
St. Lucie
LF
1995
2015
20
St. Lucie
CF
1997
2015
18
St. Lucie
RF
1996
2014
18
Columbia
P
1996
2014
18
Columbia
P
1995
2015
20
Columbia
P
1996
2014
18
Columbia
P
1997
2015
18
Columbia
C
1997
2015
18
Brooklyn
P
1995
2014
19
Brooklyn
P
1996
2016
20
Brooklyn
C
1996
2016
20
Brooklyn
SS
1997
2014
17
Brooklyn
RF
1997
2014
17
Brooklyn
RF
1999
2015
16
Brooklyn
LF
1998
2015
17
Kingsport
P
1996
2016
20
Kingsport
P
1996
2013
17
Kingsport
C
1998
2015
17
Kingsport
2B
1999
2015
16
Kingsport
CF
1997
2013
16
GCL Mets
P
1996
2014
18

Some of the 2020 Rule 5 Draft Players:

Team
Name 
Pos
YrOB
Signed
AGE Signed
Syracuse
LF
1987
2017
              30
Binghamton
P
1995
2017
              22
Binghamton
P
1995
2017
              22
Binghamton
RF
1995
2017
              22
Brooklyn
P
1998
2016
18
Brooklyn
P
1998
2016
18
Brooklyn
P
1997
2016
19
Brooklyn
1B
1997
2017
20
Brooklyn
3B
2000
2016
16
Brooklyn
2B
1997
2016
19




11 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Jordan Humphreys jumped back onto the radar screen with 11.2 innings of 1 run, 8 hit, 8 K pitching in Arizona after his over two years of doing almost no pitching due to Tommy John. Saw a video that he added a slider to his other 3 pitches. He is likely not ready for the majors after his long layoff, but he probably would have been a great draft snatch for a poor team like Baltimore. Had to protect him.

Ali Sanchez's value jumped due to the expansion of rosters to 26 in 2020. A fine defensive replacement catcher, like in the old days.

Gimenez was a no-brainer. Szapucki if healthy (which I presume he is) is also a no-brainer.

All 4 added to the 40 man could see major league playing time this year.

John From Albany said...

Tom - you are contending for comment(s) of the day. Pure gold as always.

Tom Brennan said...

Thanks, John - great 40 man update.

I think the # of years before a guy has to be added to 40 man should be changed. Gimenez having to be protected at age 21? Some guys are older than that when they are DRAFTED.

I would propose:

16 and 17 year olds - teams don't need to protect for 6 years, not 5. So, a 16 year old signee need not be protected on 40 man until 22 (6th year) for his next season (age 23).

18, 19 year olds - 5 years.

20 years and older - 4 years.

Mack Ade said...

My hopes is that Blackham, Gonzalez, and Mazeika survive this process today.

Tom Brennan said...

Mack, the good news is only 14 guys in baseball went in the Rule 5 draft last year - in which we drafted Kyle Dowdy. We also got Braxton Lee and Chris Mazza in the AAA draft last year.

As I recall, we lost no one in 2018.

The minor league draft rules are: Minor league teams can participate in the draft. AAA teams can draft any eligible player from AA for $24,000. Players chosen in the minor league part of the draft do not need to return to the original teams for any reason.

Anonymous said...

With the four younger players added recently to the protected 40-man, who then are the best known Mets farmhand names not protected for the Rule 5 Draft coming up. David Peterson, is he one?

Anonymous said...

Was a boring MLB day today. We need some humor sprinkled in.

Separated at Birth

1. MLB's host Brian Kenny - Eddie Munster

2. Colin Kaepernick - Vincent Schiaveli (Ghost movie era)

3. Stephen A. Smith - Admiral Ackbar

4. Hunter Pence - Monty Python's It's Man

5. Todd Frazier - Monty Python's - Bors

6. Bryce Harper - WWE's Conor McGregor

7. Bartolo Colon - WWE's King Kong Bundy

Anonymous said...

NYK - Will they ever figure out, it's the center position? Everything else is pretty much there. They have some really good young players, one or two could be All Stars as well. Randle and Morris Sr. are a nice front court combo. RJ Barrett and one of three PG's are in-place. and the bench seems pretty decent too. Like I have said before, the Indiana Pacers have actually three really good, really young, really quick, and really tough nosed 6'11" 20 year old centers and you just cannot play them all.

NYM - The bullpen was an issue, we all agree. The Mets did use like 50 different relievers in 2019 and that was the symptom of the problem actually. The problem was very few of these AAA relievers belonged in MLB. They have the nucleus in-place right now. The only thing missing from it is a really good and hard throwing later inning lefty reliever, and who knows, maybe a new philosophy on using them all. It's all about getting batters out.

The Trick Here

Find the lefty reliever misisng from this equation. But it isn't so simple really, I know. Because lefty pitchers are not usually known for their 99/100 mph fastball pitches. That's the catch. But that is not to say that it cannot be done. It can be.

Anonymous said...

I'll be on sabbatical from here until ST begins. I wish you all a Happy Holidays! Take care all! LGM

Tom Brennan said...

David Peterson has another year.

John From Albany said...

Tom, Do you hold on to him hoping that he will help the rotation in 2021 or move him now when he might have more value? The best case is to hold on to him but with limited roster spaces this year and probably as well next year, moving him could be an option as well.