Hopefully, yes

“Well if we need that position now and find it in the next 4 years will that player contribute?

NO!”

Perhaps. Its a good thing to be over stocked at a position. If Nimmo shows himself to be a quality CF, then we can promote him and trade whoever we have there or trade Nimmo himself.

And thats assuming they can sign Nimmo.

“You can try and claim they didn’t pick based on immediate needs but the picks they took are all in positions of immediate need.”

Not at all. Everyone drafts pitching because you will always need pitching.

And there 4 guys who can currently play CF, 3 on the big club and 1 in Buffalo

“They didn’t even look for a SS and 1B until the later rounds Why?
Because we still have guys to fill those spot in spades right now!”

Or because there were no really attractive 1Bs and next year is supposed to have some really good SS prospects?

“The fact of WHEN they come up doesn’t matter, the fact of WHERE they will play when they do is!”

Actually, they both are pretty important.

“And they will all play positions we need right now!”

So everyone who drafted a pitcher high yesterday is going to promote him right away?

Well if we need that position now and find it in the next 4 years will that player contribute?

NO!

You can try and claim they didn’t pick based on immediate needs but the picks they took are all in positions of immediate need.

And that is usually a mistake because by the time they develop you have usually filled that need by then!

I know you have a vested interest in making this draft to be good but you don’t know it is and neither do I…

But to try and say these guys were not picked based on need is just semantical bull because they all play the positions we need right now!

They didn’t even look for a SS and 1B until the later rounds Why?
Because we still have guys to fill those spot in spades right now!

The fact of WHEN they come up doesn’t matter, the fact of WHERE they will play when they do is!

And they will all play positions we need right now!

Nimmo had the second highest upside of any player on the board. The other was Bell, who sent the letter about him going to Texas, so there was no point in drafting him.

You assume just because Jason Bay is playing horribly and Beltran will most likely be traded that Nimmo is being set up to play with the big club tomorrow. There is nothing to lead you to that conclusion. We’ve got 2 guys that can play the outfield in Buffalo and a few more at other places on the farm. All of them are ahead of Nimmo.

The fact is, this was a move to get more top notch talent in the farm, not to plug a hole on the big club.

The typical Mets pick is a college guy who will sign cheap because he wasn’t that highly touted and has nowhere to go after. Someone who will be ready to play on the big club faster, but is really just a role player.

IS BROOKLYN!

UNTIL WEDETERMINE WHO SIGNS & WHO DOESN’T THIS DRAFT IS UNVALUAABLE.

I question whether Sandy Alderson really had as much say in this pick as we are led to believe. Its a typical Mets draftpick. I think a Wilpon was behind this 100%. Wilpon or Al Davis.

Afterall, Nimmo, as I read, didn’t gain popularity until people noticed he was SIMILAR to Bubba Starling. But that he’s less polished.

And guess what… Wright, Pelfrey and whatever prospect you got for King Felix STILL is a dumb idea. It makes 0 sense, yet you harp on it and think it makes you look smart.

Tell me why Seattle makes that deal. How do they sell to their fan base the fact they got a worse starting pitcher who is older and due for a contract sooner, and a 28 yr old 3B who has been in sharp decline and is due for a contract sooner than Felix?

Felix is young, he’s signed to a contract and he’s their franchise right now. They aren’t giving him away for a starter with no mental control and a 3B who is clearly not the player he was 4 years ago.

SO even by the wildest stretch of any imagination and subterfuge you can try to get away from the fact…

The FACT is they took an OF which we need two of at least and a pitcher which is the only other weak spot on this team!

You always need pitching. Always. Even the Phillies want to strengthen their pitching. That doesn’t mean any kid selected this week is going to the big club anytime soon.

And we don’t need a CF next season. We have some guys who can at least hold the fort for a few seasons.

I doubt we’ll see these guys in Buffalo the day after they sign (if they sign)

OF and Pitching…Stuff we need right now!

So no matter what you think they intend to do with him or how long they plan of taking to develop him the bottomline is they picked a guy who will fill a need we have right now!

Risky because in the meantime you are going to have to find someone to fill the spot until he is ready which means by the time he is ready there might not be a place to play him!

Since the need exists now it will probably exist next season as well. And who is to say they won’t jump him up from AA or skip AA ball entirely to get that extra year to go away and bring him up sooner?

Then people will say what have you got to lose?

But the fact remains they took a player that plays a position we need right now!
Time will tell if he fills it or not. But their priority seems to be in the only two positions we need. It makes some sense when you look at our infield.
Wright Reyes Davis and some combo of Murphy and Turner at 2B!

At least the first three are probably going to be here by the time this pick is ready. Will Bay beltran and Pagan?

So yes this pick and the following pick were all based on IMMEDIATE NEED! Despite the fact that no one actually expects them to fill it anytime soon!

The whole key is to get a whole bunch of talented kids from every source especially the IFA market, develop them with patience and purpose and let them sort themselves out.

Some will be stars, some will be average starter, some will be bench players, some will get traded and some will washout.

The more high ceiling talent you have the more chance of having eight top shelf talented regulars taking the field all at the same time every day.

I’m tired of all these mediocre lower ceiling “safe” choices we always pick. They bust at the same rate as the HS player and give you half of what the HS player does when they don’t.

Aaron Heilman was the “safe” choice at #18 of the first round. Wright the riskier choice at #38 of that same first round. Pelfrey the “safer” choice over HS position players like McCutchen, Rasmus, Bruce.

The players who have played the best in the Majors that we have signed or drafted were all HS or 16-17 year old amateurs. Wright, Reyes, Alfonzo, Kazmir, Pagan, Niese. Only Davis came from college.

I’d rather take a chance on a riskier selection with a greater upside than settle for another Heilman or Pelfrey and many of those types bust too or haven’t you noticed?

Just a guess………