2018 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 2018.

If the story of the Mets 2017 draft is still to be told, the story of the 2018 draft is that it got traded away.  Three of the Mets top 4 2018 pick have been traded starting with their #1 pick -#6 overall, Jarred Kelenic.  Even though the Mets are short on Outfield prospects, they dealt Jarred as part of the Edwin Diaz/Robinson Cano trade.   Jarred was recently ranked the 11^th best prospect in all of Baseball. 

They also traded their number two 2018 pick, Pitcher Simeon Woods-Richardson, as part of the Marcus Stroman trade and their 4^th pick, Pitcher Adam Hill, as part of the Keon Broxton trade. 

That leaves #3 pick Carlos Cortes, #5 pick Relief Pitcher Ryley Gilliam, #7 Pick Pitcher Kevin Smith, and #8 pick Tylor Megill. 

After the Yankees drafted Jake Mangum, in 2017 only to not sign him, the Mets drafted Jake in the Round 32: #950 and he did not sign with them wither in 2018.  

The full Mets list is below. 

The Top 5 MLB 2018 picks: 

Round 1: #1 Casey Mize, Tigers, Pitcher; #2 Joey Bart, Giants, Catcher; #3 Alec Bohm, Phillies, 3B; #4 Nick Madrigal, White Sox, SS; #5 Jonathan India, Reds, 3B.

Here were the Mets 2018 picks from Baseball Reference:

Round	Pick #	Name	Pos
1	6	Jarred Kelenic	OF
2	48	Simeon Woods-Richardson	RHP
3	83	Carlos Cortes	2B
4	110	Adam Hill	RHP
5	140	Ryley Gilliam	RHP
6	170	Nick Meyer	C
7	200	Kevin Smith	LHP
8	230	Tylor Megill	RHP
9	260	Bryce Montes de Oca	RHP
10	290	Manny Rodriguez	SS
11	320	Franklin Parra	LHP
12	350	Ross Adolph	CF
13	380	Christian Tripp	RHP
14	410	Andrew Mitchell	P
15	440	Phil Capra	C
16	470	L.A. Woodard	SS
17	500	Allan Winans	P
18	530	Chase Chambers	1B
19	560	Tommy Wilson	RHP
20	590	Brooks Warren	LHP
21	620	Zach Hammer	RHP
22	650	Jaylen Palmer	SS
23	680	Saul Gonzalez	RHP
24	710	Hayden Senger	C
25	740	David Miranda	OF
26	770	Brian Sharp	3B
27	800	Zach Rheams	SS
28	830	Mitch Hickey	P
29	860	Nelson Mompierre	C
30	890	Chandler Avant	2B
31	920	Brendan Hardy	RHP
32	950	Jake Mangum	LHP
33	980	Mike Picollo	RHP
34	1010	Duke Kinamon	2B
35	1040	Ian Mejia	P
36	1070	Denzel Clarke	OF
37	1100	Zac Fascia	C
38	1130	Nick Zona	SS
39	1160	Kody Darcy	SS
40	1190	Brian Metoyer	P