Mack - My Observations on the 2020 Mets Draft

 

These are my thoughts and my thoughts only.

 

1.    I called for multiple starters, multiple outfielders, and a catcher… they drafted multiple starters, multiple outfielders, and a catcher… check.

 

2.    Someone made a lot of sense on the MLB channel last night when he said that you can’t judge how a team has drafted unless you group three rounds together.  Let’s see:

 

2018 – Jered Kelenic (don’t say it… ), Simeon Woods-Richardson, Carlos Cortes

 

2019 – Brett Baty, Josh Wolf, Matt Allen

 

2020 – Pete Crow-Armstrong, JT Ginn, Isaiah Green

 

                                     check…

 

3.    As we will see when the numbers are announced, at least 90% of the allotted bonus money a team is allowed in this draft will be spent on the top three picks. They rest are considered ‘filler’ designed to make the numbers work.

 

4.    I think the Mets have learned their lesson and will no longer trade away their top three draft picks each year.

 

5.    I was a big fan of drafting college pitching this year, but I do like the trend the Mets are following by lining up high school seniors. Even the one college prospect here, JT Ginn, is a young draft eligible college sophomore who is only one year older than some high school seniors.

 

6.    I loved the first pick. I had a ‘power eight’ outfielder field, in order, of Zac Veen, Heston Kjerstad, Robert Hassell, Austin Kendricks, PCA, Garrett Mitchell, Isaiah Greene, and Daniel Cabrera. He’s everything we need as a future centerfielder… a better fielder than Juan Lagares, faster than Brandon Nimmo, the bravado of Pete Alonso, and has the potential to be a consistent .300+ hitter. I don’t care how many home runs he will hit. We will find them somewhere else.

 

7.    Ginn was a real bonus here. I had him 1.4 in my first mock, prior to his arm injury. The good news here is that the Mets medical and coaching staff have a lot of experience with TJS recovery. Will he sign?  Well, the Mets scout that signed him is a Mississippi State grad… 2019 pick, OF Jake Magnum is an ex-teammate at Mississippi State… I think there is a good chance he will sign, especially since the team seems to be clearing out over-slot money for him in rounds 3-5.

 

8.    I never expected Greene to be still around when we drafted him with the Zack Wheeler pick. He was definitely a top 50 pick in this draft. Close your eyes and imagine a 2014 outfield of Crow-Armstrong, Greene, and Freddy Valdez? Now, open your eyes. No, you aren’t dreaming. The future of the Mets outfield has solidified in one draft.

 

9.    None of us know just how many minor year teams we are going to have next season. My guess is two less, but things could remain the same. It really doesn’t matter if we sign anymore players this year as free agents… there are plenty already in the tube and more coming stateside from the Dominican League teams.

 

10. I would like to get the minor league team decision done so we can better align these additions up to what would be the existing teams. The GCL rotation could look crazy… Wolf, Allen, and Ginn (when healthy).

 

11. Overall, I give this abbreviated draft an A. If Ginn heals properly and returns to producing the kind of stuff he did in his freshman year… A+