Here's
Pipeline's first full 2025 mock draft
https://www.mlb.com/news/first-full-2025-mlb-mock-draft?partnerID=web_article-share
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38. Mets:
Nick Dumesnil, OF, California Baptist (No. 35)
The best
position prospect in Cal Baptist history, Dumesnil is a possible 20-20 center
fielder who led the Cape in doubles (12) and steals (27).
https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2025/draft/ -
1.35 Nick
Dumesnil
OF California Baptist
20/years
old RHH 6' 2" 205
Scouting
grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 55 | Run: 60 | Arm: 45 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50
Dumesnil
came out of California high school powerhouse Huntington Beach and then headed
to California Baptist for college ball. After playing sparingly as a freshman,
he burst on the scene as a sophomore in 2024, with a .362/.440/.702 line and 19
homers. He kept swinging a hot bat as a Cape Cod League All-Star, hitting .311
and leading the circuit in steals (26), to set the stage for him to easily
become the highest-drafted Lancers player ever.
Strong
and athletic, the 6-foot-2 Dumesnil has shown the ability to hit, and do so
with power from the right side of the plate. He has shown the ability to drive
the ball to all fields and absolutely punishes fastballs. He doesn’t strike out
or walk all that much, but there are some concerns about just how dynamic his
swing is; he’ll have to keep working on his ability to recognize spin as
there’s a fair amount of swing-and-miss against breaking stuff. He’s not a
fluid runner but has enough speed and aggressiveness to swipe bases.
Dumesnil’s
speed does help him cover ground in the outfield and he’s shown he can be solid
at all three spots defensively. Some feel he can play center long-term, but
others feel he’s best suited for a corner, with left being a better option
because of his fringy arm strength. It’ll be his bat that gets him taken well
ahead of the previously highest-drafted Cal Baptist player -- right-hander
Tyson Miller, a fourth-rounder back in 2016.
11 comments:
Nick looks good, but the organization is pitching-short. Draft a pitcher.
My spin
First, this guy will be long gone when the Mets pick close to midnight.
IMO, no teams are going to trade you one of their star starters. You need to build your future rotations with aging free agents with lengthy contracts or through developing your own with lengthy control.
The Mets have attempted to do that in the past 4 drafts but on the surface they seem to be picking the wrong guys
MY plan would be:
Buy a killer bat every off season
Use 75% of my draft picks on pitchers
Fill in minor league rosters with waiver picks
Do this until you have a killer young rotation
I like Mack's plan. The key to the 75% is the draft position. I think pitching should always be the #1 pick. Pick an athletic position player with an upside hit tool in the second round if possible and finish up the first five rounds with more pitchers.
Off subject, but the Mets lost Vasil and Lavender in the Rule 5 draft. Both must make the roster of their team or be returned to the Mets. Lavender could, I believe, be stashed on the Il since he was injured.
In the minor league phase of the draft the Mets lost 9 players.
Tom, I believe , warned us that Lavender could be chosen if not protected on the 40 man roster. He seemed to be the one we could lose.
Got to wonder about the Mets strategy in not protecting Lavender and Vasil when they had space.
Lavender will be on the IL for most of 2025. I do not know offhand what the rules are…would he have had to be on the 40 man now and then switched to the 60 day IL before next season?
I think Vasil is destined to be the next Corey Oswalt, not Roy Oswalt.
Lavender may spend the entire season on the IL
Two more Vasil comps: Garrison Bryant and Walker Lockett
Agreed with drafting pitchers
But would be nice to draft them in the first round
We did with Kumar and then blew it with parada
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