6/1/20

2011 Draft Recap




As we head towards the 2020 MLB Draft, we are going to detail the last ten years of Mets drafts.  Today, we look at 2011.

The Pirates drafted Gerrit Cole #1 but probably the best player in the 2011 Draft wasn’t taken until the 5th Round, Mookie Betts, the 172nd pick overall. 

The Mets were able to get Brandon Nimmo in the first round and Seth Lugo in the 34th round.  They also were able to get Michael Fulmer who they were able to use to get Yoenis Cespedes.

The full Mets list is below.  

Here are some other notable picks:

1st Round: Trevor Bauer #3; Anthony Rendon #6; Francisco Lindor #7; Javier Báez #9; George Springer #11;

José Fernández #14; Sonny Gray #19; Kolten Wong #22; Joe Ross #25; Sean Gilmartin #28;  Joe Panik #29;  Levi Michael #30 (in 2018 on the Binghamton Rumble Ponies); Jake Hager #32 (currently on the Syracuse Roster);

1st Round Supplementals: Jackie Bradley, Jr. #40; Trevor Story #45; Blake Snell #52;

2nd Round: Josh Bell #61; James McCann #76;

3rd Round: Drew Gagnon #100.

Macks Mets writer Tom Brennan's take of this draft is it long looked like a dud, until Nimmo and Fulmer came on strong.  The Seth Lugo pick was incredible in retrospect - where was everybody on him??   And much of the same could be said of 13th round Rob Gsellman, as he and Lugo went from struggling Las Vegas pitchers to immediate playoff-run assets in 2016, combining to go 9-4, 2.55 down the 2016 stretch.

Quite a few of the other earlier picks were not high tier power arms and bats, and didn't produce much of anything for the Mets.  The 18th round pick for Travis Taijeron was an excellent power gamble that almost, but didn't quite, work out. 


Rnd
Pick Number
Name
Pos
1
13
Brandon Nimmo 
OF
1s
44
Michael Fulmer 
RHP
2
71
Cory Mazzoni 
RHP
3
101
Logan Verrett 
RHP
4
132
Tyler Pill 
RHP
5
162
Jack Leathersich 
LHP
6
192
Joe Tuschak 
CF
7
222
Cole Frenzel 
1B
8
252
Daniel Muno 
SS
9
282
Alex Panteliodis 
LHP
10
312
Matthew Budgell 
RHP
11
342
Christian Montgomery 
RHP
12
372
Kenny Mathews 
LHP
13
402
Robert Gsellman 
RHP
14
432
Xorge Carrillo 
C
15
462
Phillip Evans 
SS
16
492
Bradley Marquez 
CF
17
522
Jonathan Clark 
CF
18
552
Travis Taijeron 
CF
19
582
Dustin Lawley 
CF
20
612
Mason Robbins 
CF
21
642
John Gant 
RHP
22
672
Casey Turgeon 
SS
23
702
Jeffrey Diehl 
C
24
732
Tant Shepherd 
1B
25
762
AJ Reed 
LHP
26
792
Casey Hauptman 
RHP
27
822
Randy Fontanez 
RHP
28
852
Jharel Cotton 
RHP
29
882
Josh Ake 
SS
30
912
Jacob Hansen 
LHP
31
942
Chad Zurcher 
SS
32
972
Carlos Leyva 
SS
33
1002
Tyson Seng 
RHP
34
1032
Seth Lugo 
RHP
35
1062
Chasen Bradford 
RHP
36
1092
Ryan Hutson 
1B
37
1122
Craig Missigman 
RHP
38
1152
Dustin Emmons 
RHP
39
1182
Charley Thurber 
OF
40
1212
Alexis Mercado 
C
41
1242
Mark Picca 
LHP
42
1272
Greg Pron 
OF
43
1302
Jacob Decker 
SS
44
1332
Clint Sharp 
RHP
45
1362
Andrew Marra 
RHP
46
1392
Richard Ruff 
RHP
47
1422
Cole Limbaugh 
RHP
48
1452
Malcolm Clapsaddle 
RHP
49
1482
Sean Buckle 
LHP
50
1512
Edward Rohan 
C

7 comments:

Mack Ade said...

As many of you remember, I wasn't a big supporter of the Mets drafting a player in the first round that didn't even play high school baseball.

I was wrong.

Tom Brennan said...

Mack, Nimmo was just .279/.388/.416 as a minor leaguer, and that included hitting .352 in Vegas in 392 ABs in his 6th season - I think very few interested fans thru his 5th season in 2015 thought he would become what he has since become. He was a late bloomer.

Reese Kaplan said...

He has become an oft-injured outfielder ill-suited to centerfield, but good at getting on base and hitting the long ball when he's healthy enough to play. Is he first round material? Probably not.

Tom Brennan said...

Reese, I have to disagree on Nimmo, as he is not good on base, he is excellent on base, and has added enough power to that to not be Dave Magadan. Nimmo was not a first pick overall, and where he was drafted, I think they got good value, albeit slower to unfold than I expected.

Tom Brennan said...

Other names in this draft that got close to being decent but not completely there were Muno, Verrett, Pill, Chase Bradford, Leathersich, and Phil Evans. And John Gant had some positive production. Really not a bad draft for 2011.

Mack Ade said...

I originally had Nimmo as a Sup 1st round pick

Mike Steffanos said...

The Nimmo pick looks good now, but some of those first round picks under Alderson were pretty bad