6/3/20

2013 Draft Recap

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As we head towards the 2020 MLB Draft, we are going to detail the last ten years of Mets drafts.  Today, we look at 2013.

The Astros drafted Mark Appel #1 but the Cubs made out better at the #2 overall pick with Kris Bryant.  Overall, not the deepest draft that year.

The Mets picked Dominic Smith in the 1st round, 11th overall.  They took Luis Guillorme in the 10th round, Jeff McNeil in the 12th round, and Anthony Kay in the 29th round (but he did not sign and was drafted again in 2016).    

Jeff McNeil's emergence as a very valuable "Swiss Army Knife" All-Star, makes this draft with Dominic Smith a winner as that's how highly I think of both of those players.  I thought for a long time that Champ Stuart could be a good speedy CF for the Mets but it never happened.  

The full Mets list is below. 

Here are some other notable picks:

1st Round: #5 Clint Frazier, Indians, Outfielder; #9 Austin Meadows Pirates; #13 Hunter Renfroe, Padres, Outfielder; #16 J. P. Crawford, Phillies, Shortstop; #17 Tim Anderson, White Sox, Shortstop;

Compensatory Round: # 32 Aaron Judge, Yankees, Outfielder;    

Competitive Balance Round A: #39 Corey Knebel, Tigers, Right-handed pitcher;

4th Round: #124 Cody Bellinger, Dodgers,First baseman/outfielder;

5th Round: #161 Bobby Wahl, Athletics, Right-handed pitcher;

6th Round: #184 Jacob Rhame, Dodgers, Right-handed pitcher;

7th Round: #224 Nick Rumbelow, Yankees, Right-handed pitcher;

8th Round: #249 Trey Mancini, Orioles, First baseman;

22nd Round: #665 Luke Voit, Cardinals, Catcher;

27th Round: #819 Donnie Hart, Orioles, Left-handed pitcher;


Round
Pick #
Name
Pos
1
11
Dominic Smith 
1B
2
48
Andrew Church 
RHP
3
76
Ivan Wilson 
CF
3
84
Casey Meisner 
RHP
4
116
L.J. Mazzilli 
2B
5
146
Jared King 
LF
6
176
Champ Stuart 
CF
7
206
Matt Oberste 
1B
8
236
Ricky Knapp 
RHP
9
266
Patrick Biondi 
CF
10
296
Luis Guillorme 
SS
11
326
Tyler Bashlor 
RHP
12
356
Jeff McNeil 
SS
13
386
Kevin McGowan 
RHP
14
416
J.D. Leckenby 
RHP
15
446
Colton Plaia 
C
16
476
Zach Mathieu 
1B
17
506
Johnny Magliozzi 
RHP
18
536
Brent McMinn 
RHP
19
566
Cody Crouse 
RHP
20
596
Dan Herrmann 
RHP
21
626
Morgan Earman 
RHP
22
656
Daniel Procopio 
RHP
23
686
Gaither Bumgardner 
RHP
24
716
Matt Brill 
RHP
25
746
Ricky Jacquez 
RHP
26
776
Owen Spiwak 
C
27
806
Austin Coley 
RHP
28
836
Robert Coles 
RHP
29
866
Anthony Kay 
LHP
30
896
David McKay 
RHP
31
926
Ben Hecht 
RHP
32
956
J.C. Escarra 
C
33
986
Ryan Chapman 
RHP
34
1016
Cameron Griffin 
RHP
35
1046
Ty Williams 
RHP
36
1076
Brandon Brosher 
1B
37
1106
Juan Avena 
1B
38
1136
Paul Paez 
LHP
39
1166
Logan Quimuyog 
1B
40
1196
J.B. Woodman 
CF


2 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Dom Smith, Jeff McNeil, Anthony Kay...and a few marginal pieces...all in all, a pretty decent draft.

I am extremely puzzled why Dom Smith was allowed to show up for his MLB debut way overweight. He is a first rounder, you need to invest time in him to be ready at the time of call up.

On the bright side, because they didn't show so much negligence to allow a first rounder to not focus on his weight, he got delayed as a successful major leaguer. Had he hit the ground running when he debuted, maybe they would have traded Alonso.

Tom Brennan said...

I did not, however, like several low ceiling picks in the first 10 rounds. Without McNeil stunning the world out of the 12th round, this would have been a bad draft.