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2012
Did Mets Give White Sox Another Star In The Making?
An article by Fonzie13
Last week in the MMO Lets Talk Mets chat room, myself and Met Maniac were discussing the recent amatuer draft and how we were both disappointed that the Mets bypassed the opportunity to select slugging High School OF Courtney Hawkins or High School sensation RHP Lucas Giolito with the number 12 pick.
With Alberto Almora and David Dahl already off the board, two of the four players I had on my wish list, the other two Lucas Giolito and Courtney Hawkins were there for the taking. When Gavin Cecchini’s name was called both Maniac and myself were stunned that the Mets did not take either Giolito or Hawkins.
The White Sox who scoffed up Hawkins with the next pick were said to be in shock that Hawkins wasn’t selected by the Mets. After all, we’ve all read for months leading up to the draft that the Mets loved Hawkins’ power potential, as well as David Dahl’s power and speed combination. That’s not to say the Mets made a bad pick. Cecchini’s name had also been linked to the Mets, but that was more in the last week or so before the draft and because nobody thought either Hawkins or Giolito would still be around for pick number twelve. Cecchini could very well turn out to be a great player. I just thought with our farm system being so light on potential impact bats, we couldn’t afford to pass on a kid with Courtney Hawkins’ potential and that he could be the impact offensive player that this franchise really needed.
I mentioned to Met Maniac that by the Mets passing on Hawkins they may have given the White Sox a future cornerstone player for the second time in three drafts. Back in 2010, there were a bunch of Mock drafts that had Chris Sale going to the Mets with the 7th pick. Chris Sale, Zack Cox and Deck McGuire were the three prospects that had been linked to the Mets but out of those three, Sale was clearly the most coveted of the three and at the top of most of the Mock drafts leading up to Draft Day.
When draft day came and the 7th pick was announced, UNC RHP Matt Harvey was taken. I wasn’t all that disappointed with the pick in the same way I was when Cecchini was picked, but I was totally shocked. I had not seen one mock draft with Harvey’s name going in the top 10. Harvey was said to be a lock to go between 10-20. The only thing that concerned me about Harvey was that he wasn’t very good in his Junior year, but the upside was there.
I like Harvey, I think he’s going to be a good pitcher for us for years to come and to be fair five other teams bypassed Chris Sale until he was taken by none other than the Chicago White Sox. Scouts said that Sale was the only pitcher in the 2010 draft to be MLB ready and right they were. Two months after Sale was taken by Chicago, he was called up and immediately paid dividends. Sale did not allow a run in 14 of his first 15 appearances out of the pen.
In 2010, Sale finished with a 2-1 record, 1.93 ERA, 1.07 WHIP in 21 appearances. Over 23.1 innings pitched he allowed 15 hits, 5 runs all earned, 10 walks and 32 strikeouts, and had 4 saves.
In 2011 Sale posted a 2-2 record with a 2.79 ERA and 1.11 WHIP while appearing in 58 games and tossing 71 innings and letting up 52 hits, 22 runs, 27 walks and 79 strikeouts, while saving eight games.
The White Sox decided it was time for Sale to go into the rotation to start the 2012 season and and he’s been nothing short of remarkable. He has dominated the A.L. going 8-2 with a 2.05 ERA and 0.92 WHIP, and in 12 games (11 starts) he hat thrown 74 innings while allowing just 51 hits, 17 runs, 18 walks and a whopping 76 strikeouts.
While Chris Sale thrives in the majors and is in his third MLB season, Matt Harvey is working his way up through the system and now pitching well in AAA, but still not quite ready for the big leagues according to his manager Wally Backman who has been under his watchful eye for the last two years.
This is not a knock on Matt Harvey or a second guess. The Mets made a solid pick. The other names linked to the Mets, Zack Cox and Deck McGuire are both struggling big time in the minors. Cox is scuffling at 205 at AAA after hitting 335 in A ball and 293 in AA the previous 2 years. McGuire is currently getting hammered to a tune of a 6.75 ERA at AA. In my opinion Harvey is a much better prospect than either of those two and Harvey is getting closer and closer to the big leagues.
The question I have is. Did the Mets make a mistake at the benefit of the White Sox twice in three years? By passing on Sale in 2010 and Hawkins in 2012 did the Mets give the White Sox “a gift” and the real possibility of two cornerstone players for the future? Although it’s too soon to say that about Courtney Hawkins, that could very well be the case. Time will tell.
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Well, we will have to wait 5-6 years to see how our picks will turn out, one never really know, even though BA and scouts project a player to be a stud or high ceiling etc it doesn’t always translate to that in the majors, Chris Sale is doing exceptionally, but maybe Harvey will be even better, the Book it’s still out on Harvey and Sale.. now, with what i am seeing in San diego, i am Very concern our picks. Very…
They went the safe way with this pick, not sure exactly why the need to draft a Back up IF with the first round pick when we could’ve had this kid hawkins, but who knows, maybe once again BA, Scouts Inc, Keith Law and EVERYONE ELSE is wrong and Cecchini turns out to be a solid pick for us, but from the bottom of my heart, i was not impressed with what we did in the draft this year, i mean, we pick a C who we could’ve had in the 4th or 5th round with the 1st round comp for jose reyes, Everyone thinks the mets did a below avg job with the draft, time will tell, but again, being the mess that is san diego how can ANYONE (sabergooners and sandy lovers included) say they’re impressed with what sandy and Co did this year!
Ironically Alex the guy who ran the draft for SD this year, ran our draft last year. Chad McDonald.
I’m not knocking Cecchini. Not too sure about the back up middle infielder but I felt we didn’t pick the best player on the board. I happen to like the Plawecki pick. The kid calls a good game, has an above average arm and has good receiving skills. He hits for a high average, is a disciplined hitter and never strikes out.
I’ve heard Mets fans use about every excuse in the book to knock Cecchini. I heard he had hamstring problems and missed half the season. That was false. I heard he was a backup infielder, that wasn’t true.
I am not for a second going to come here and pretend like I know more than amateur scouts. None of us have the privileged to see what they get to see. None of us sit down with these kids and get a sense of their character.
But I will say this. Cecchini and Hawkins according to Baseball America were apparently 15 and 16. Now I don’t know how accurate that is, nor do any of us. What I can see from looking at this list is that there were not many infielders available with top draft value.
Personally, I find Cecchini’s offensive numbers MORE impressive because he used a wood bat for most of the year. I don’t know if Hawkins did, but I know I’ve read that Cecchini did, so it seems to be a point worth making.
An outfielder is generally easier to find and develop than an 3B/2B/SS. The Mets have young OF’s… they are struggling with young infielders right now.
As for the catcher, they are so dry with catchers right now and so they took a college catcher who apparently (from what I read) calls a good game and is patient at the plate.
I really don’t have a problem to be honest with any pick. I don’t think its fair to say “oh we gave the White Sox a star.” We have no clue what is going to happen with any of these kids.
Chris Sale could be here for the next 10 years or he could just be a pitcher who is benefiting from an awkward delivery right now. Maybe Omar’s crew felt his delivery was a future injury risk or the brilliance would wear off.
I honestly believe the MLB Draft has more to do with your development team than the mere “we pick him.”
Bryce Harper had all the talent in the world, but Washington could have screwed him up. How many players get picked #1 and bust? Is it because the team that picked them messed up or was it injuries, attitude, development failure?
First, I didn’t say we gave the Whitesox a star by passing on Hawkins I’m imply asking for thoughts. Cecchini might turn out to be the next Nomar Garciaparra for all we know and we are light on middle infield prospects but we’re also light on impact bats overall and I feel we let one get away. I don’t believe in drafting for need over best player on the board and the majority of the scouts say Hawkins has much more upside than Cecchini.
The Plawecki pick I like a lot. I like the fact that he calls a good game, has ab above average arm and rakes. The kid is an excellent contact hitter that never strikes out and has an excellent eye.
As far as Sale goes, I’m not sure about his awkward delivery being responsible for his success. Sale has excellent stuff, throws gas and has excellent command of all 3 of his pitches. Maybe the delivery was a concern, not sure but he’s light years ahead of Harvey. That being said I still like Harvey. We could’ve also picked the other guys I mentioneed that were linked to the Mets and they’re both way behind Harvey and I don’t think either one of them will impact their teams the way Harvey will for us.
Since Jessup, you openly and correctly admit you don’t know anything, why did you ruin your post with what impressed your state of ignorance. .
I don’t like that the Mets passed on Hawkins and Giolito. I think their upsides were just too much to pass up. But the thing is, I haven’t studied these guys. I don’t get paid to know which ones fit better into the Met system.I don’t know why the Mets went with Cecchini over Hawkins and Giolito. But I can guesstimate….
1. Maybe the Mets feels very good about their young OF already in the system (Nimmo, Den Dekker, Lagares, maybe Valdespin and Flores eventually, Vaughn, Puello, Ceciliani, Taiheron, etc.).
2. Maybe they knew Giolito wasn’t going to sign without them going over and then being hamstrung with the rest of the draft. With this new agreement, we can’t just say they’re being cheap because if you crazy overspend on one player, you basically can’t sign anyone else without sacrificing this and future drafts. I don’t think anyone thinks that Giolito and Hawkins was worth that kind of price.
3. Maybe the Mets are more comfortable with their OF already in the majors than the rest of baseball realizes (i.e. if Duda plays LF and Niewenhuis can man CF or RF, that means there’s only one spot available for the foreseeable future.
4. Maybe Cecchini is a better prospect than people are giving the Mets credit for. Case in point, it’s amazing how many people are now gushing over Nimmo when the same last year thought he was a reach because he’d never played “real competitive” high school baseball.
5. This can go with #4. But time will see. Chris Sale has been great, but no one knew he would be THIS good, THIS early. Also, I worry about his frame. I just don’t see him throwing 200 innings a year. I also don’t think he will be THIS good his entire career. Point is, we’ll just have to wait and see.
Fonz, the system is devoid of impact bats, but I think more importantly, it’s devoid of up-the-middle, go-and-get-it defensive style players. What the system does have is an aubndance of corner OFs, or infielders who will eventually need to be corner OFs. I think that’s more important than an impact bat.
Who’s the Mets impact bat this year? One guy with double-digit home runs, one qualified guy above .300 (Kirk is close), two qualified guys above .350 OBP, but still 4th in league in scoring and only three runs behind 3rd place Atlanta.
Everyone who is paid for their opinion on the subject has said Cecchini should be a top, everyday middle infielder. I’m almost frothing at the mouth thinking about what the defense will be like if Cecchini pans out with Tejada, along with Kirk, Nimmo, or Den Dekker in CF.
I understand that Ex. We definitely don’t have any big time middle infielders in the system. We don’t really have any corner infielders other than Flores, who’s now playng 2B btw. We do have some bats in the OF but none of them are what you would call impact bats. The jury is still out on most of them. Nimmo is still a long ways away and he doesn’t have much of a body of work to go on except projection. I’m of the opinion that you don’t draft for need in the 1st round. I always want the best player available. I’m not sure Cecchini is that player. Whether or not Hawkins is a corner OF or not shouldn’t matter if he has the most upside which most scouts feel he does. Hopefully Cecchini is the real deal.
Fons, I don’t think you draft on major league need in the draft, certainly not. But you yourself justified Hawkins by saying the system was devoid of impact bats.
Look, I’ve never seen either play. I just have the same scouting reports you do. If the Mets have a chance to get an impact bat that grades out average in all other defensive aspects, plus plate discipline issues, or a guy with top notch defense at a premium position, a very good bat, all the instincts and all the other praise heaped on him, give me the middle infielder every day.
What I meant by need is position wise, not neccesarily the type of hitter. You make valid points, middle infieders are much harder to develope, we’re lacking in that area. What concerns me is the many different scouting reports. Some love the pick and some see him as a utility infielder. Actually one of the commenters put a link up in the shouttbox right after Cecchini was picked and the 3 or 4 scouts that were going over each position were raving about Gavin and Jose Valentin’s son Jesmuel Valentin who went in the 2nd round to the Dodgers. He also showed surprising power in BP, and supposedly has great instincts. Then there are some reports that are not nearly as glowing and DePodesta worries me. Hopefully he;s the next Nomar minus the injures.
Just to mention something real quick, i find it funny how a poster who thinks Hefner was a good acquisition by the sandy front office call someone else out for making a point…
Of course as soon as that person sees someone calling out the front office he loves he needed to rush in and make a comment trashing others… A pathetic human being if you ask me,…
Yes I am a pathetic human being because I think getting good use out of a waiver pickup when the Mets needed a pitcher was a good move.
I wont pretend to know more then the scouts about prospects and I don’t know Anything but what I read after Plawecki was drafted but, I hope he pans out well because from what I read Valentin seemed to be a pretty good middle infielding prospect so it seems to me they could have taken Hawkens. Valentin would have been there in the comp round. I think Cecchini
was a great pick but my personal oppinion is in 5 years Hawkins/Valentin. Might be a better combo then Cecchini/Plawecki. And as far as catcher needs for the Mets I think picking up a top catcher in free agency is smarter and safer option then the draft.
All that said I am an admitted Alderson honk and believe the Mets did what they did for reasons that will make themselves known in a few years.
It seemed like the Mets played it safe in this draft. Hawkins would have been a great pick, but who knows? If Cecchini becomes the next Pedroia it may be easier to swallow.
As for Giolito…I live in the DC area and the day of the draft the word on DC sports radio was he was a Tommy John candidate. I haven’t heard that since draft day but maybe that scared some teams off.
By the time this kid is ready to come to the MLB the SS position will be set and his only contribution will be as a trade chip to get someone that puts us over the top to get us into the playoffs.
Metsie, out of curiousity who is going to be this SS your speaking of? Also he can always be moved to 2nd base if that is the case I’m certain Murphy will not be our 2nd basemen in 4-6 years.
So you have given up on Tejada already have you? he will be 27 in 5 years by the time this Kid is ready to play.
Murphy will be gone by then? One of our best Clutch Hitters? He is one of the main guys who has brought this never quit attitude to the team and you just want to let that go so you can make this pick useful?
Not going to happen!
MAYBE if tejada shows he is as injury proned as everyone thought reyes was going to be…
But by then they will have traded for a better SS cause in case you haven’t noticed they are pretty much playing for a playoffs already! They aren’t going to wait 5 years if tejada turns out to not be the man at SS, someone else will be acquired and that will make this pick trade fodder!
It’s unbelievable Metsie,
Everybody is “prospects drunk”. I think it’s some kind of psychological satisfaction phenomena or something – they forget who they have on the big club just for the sake of raving about “kids”
kids, kids, kids.
There are “kids” on the big club now who could be “the answer’. Like you said Tejada is going to be 27 5 YEARS FROM NOW!!!! He’s younger now than a lot of these “kids” in the minors for crissakes
You know what it is Bay?
These guys were so depressed over 2009 and 2010 that they started paying attention to the Minors more than the MLB because there they could fill the lack of hope in thier everyday lives the baseball season used to fill for them.
So they now think making the best MiLs on the planet is the key to success!
They look at the Braves and the Phillies about how best to build a dynasty yet where are they now?
Any better than us?
They just want to play Fantasy baseball every year! Change the roster like it’s used underwear!
Yet look at the changes they made this offseason and it would appear to be the reason we aren’t in 1st place today!
But they loved it thought Sandy had a GOOD DAY!
Bingo
Bingo as in Binghamton? See now you’re even talking about the kids, wtf? lol. Corp!
I think part of the allure with all this “kids” talk lately is they are players these people have not ripped to shreds on a dime or second guessed yet because once one of these “kids” has a bad day at a bigger level they will go right back to looking for the younger “kids” in A ball and below as “the answer’
When the answers can be on the big club now.
Oh the allure is it’s a move that no one came come out and say or prove Sandy screwed up!
Thats why they love the kids so much it’s a free Banner to wave praising Sandy….
Nothing more!
If this pick was as good as they now try to claim then why the hell weren’t they here hooping and holllering the way they did when Nimmo was the pick (a guy who has yet to play a single MiL game or be assigned to a team!)
yeah shame on you for assuming the Mets likely won’t have 32 year old Daniel Murphy playing 2B in 5 years……………………………….. (crickets)
Yeah cause we all know baseball players roll over and die the second they hit 31….
You know like RA Dickey and Johan Santana!
…………(Crickets)
OH and Carlos Beltran…You know the guy you thought was done?
Do you have a quote where I said “Carlos Beltran is Done”? Or are we just going to say whatever we want and hope somebody believes I said that?
Stop pretending Daniel Murphy is such a sure thing to be a 2B 5 years from now that its impossible to think the Mets may need a young infielder who can step in.
I love Murph, absolutely love how he plays. But I’m not going to pretend he’s such a good 2B that he’s compared to Carlos Beltran or Johan Santana?
If Murphy is in NY at 2B in 5 years we can talk about it. But stop making things up just to prove a point please
Did you not say he was too old and too risky on injury to resign?
Maybe it was one of your worker ants who said it.
In either case whenever the subject of AGE is brought up it has been your position that guys after 30 are past thier prime yet the names I mentioned don’t seem to be having any of the problems of being past a damn thing now do they?
I’m not sure if I said that since I never in my life thought for a second there was interest on either side for Beltran to return to the Mets.
I don’t believe he enjoyed his time here at all, nor do I think the brass liked him all that much. I felt he should be traded because the Mets would get NOTHING in return.
I never said he was done. Ever.
Doesn’t matter now does it?
Tell me WHY would there not be interest on Sandy’s side since you admit there was no interest on both…
Regardless of what Beltran would have done (we will never know because no attempt to sign him was ever made) Why would the team not resign him what reasons would you give for their lack of interest?
I don’t expect you to answer and don’t really require one just asking to get you to think about what you REALLY feel on the subject of FAs over 30!
By the time he makes it who knows what the team will look like. No way of knowing if he’ll be a trade chip, a star or a bust.
So Metsie I’m guessing your answer is Tejada since you didn’t bother to answer a specific question. And my appologies I didn’t realize that Tejada and Murphy cannot be injured traded or just stop playing well for no reason. You do know that there is free agency in baseball right? Maybe Murphy would rather play on an AL team maybe Tejada gets more money in a few years. Maybe he doesnt come back from this injury. This isn’t a video game dude. You can’t just assume everything is going to work out. Four years ago No one thought Reyes would leave. And IMO Wright has a foot out the door as well. If that’s the case maybe Tejada and Murphy are still here and Murphy goes to third. Then maybe my statement of moving Cecchini to 2nd works. Your rediculous rant about giving up on either of those two guys was ignorant at best. Tejada hasn’t been a starting SS for a full season and you want to give him the job the next 10 years.
Not to mention I believe the topic was draft picks not the major league roster. Should we just not draft anymore because we got a couple guys in their early 20′s on the MLB roster. I’m sure I won’t get an answer to that question either but what the hell.
Oh you’ll get an answer.
Well Cali tejada is 22 and hitting over .300….
What is this kid going to hit to unseat him?
.350?
Ya I think .350 would do it, or not being on the DL might work too.
Well good luck with that .350….
As for the Injuries we will see…
You do realize the Kid has just as much a chance of being hurt and ending his career as tejada does don’t you?
Oh and in response to your mention of free agency…That does sort of make my point much more than yours doesn’t it?
Considering they are playing for the playoffs now do you really think they are going to wait 5 years for this kid to be ready before filling the whole you think Tejada or Murphy is going to be?
As for the Murphy point well there are some who already say Valdespin is going to be the 2B guy should Murphy go away…So much for moving Tejada there then no?
Free agency doesn’t make or break either of our points. It effects them both equally.
Never said either of those two were “wholes” or holes. I actually said Murphy wouldn’t be here and I said Cecchini not Tejada could move to second. I never said Tejada wouldn’t be our SS in 5 years I was actually just asking who you thought it was going to be. I’m of the opinion Tejada could be a valuable starter for us for a long while. But you put words in my mouth and turned the discussion in a completely different direction.
Unfortunatly you don’t seem to realize that if they CONTINUE to play for a playoffs they aren’t going to wait 5 years to fill this hole you think Tejada is going to be!
Hell they might not even wait past July of THIS YEAR!!!!!
Colorado is currently playing .387 baseball….
While I doubt they sell off on Tulo you just never know now do you?
We might have to sell the farm to get him but any deal that leaves you either one of Wheeler or Harvey would be worth considering!
“Tejada hasn’t been a starting SS for a full season and you want to give him the job the next 10 years.”
Yes he does and I do. And so does the Mets front office. That’s how it works – you give the guy the job and say it’s his to lose. He is not going to lose it and I’ve been saying this for 3 years now.
And talk about hypocrisy – you’re crying about giving our SS the job for the next 10 years when you want call Checchini a great pick? What has he done to be a “great pick”. You’re also making predictions about young kids who haven’t put on a major league uniform yet.
Yet you’re criticizing the decision to give the starting SS job to a guy who has already proved he can play in the majors. And he has – you hear it on TV everyday.
You just want to lean on kids for the exact reasons Metsie said – you need something to cheer you up because of the unsure status of the big club. These kids have not done anything yet and that’s why you like them. It’s like wanting to bust a virgin’s cherry.
Someimes I wonder if these guys are more interested in following the GM than they are in following the METS who are playing for the playoffs!
We are in a playoff race and these guys are still more interested in 5 years from now!
Well if they don’t start living in the present they will miss seeing whatever it is they think they are going to get 5 years from now!
On a side note it seems Nimmo the great pick from last year has FINALLY been assigned to brookly a year after his selection…
Plawlecki picked just last week was assigned there the same day!
Where is this kid?
Studying for the SATs?
Turning 18?
are you seriously comparing a young HS draftee and a guy that was a 4 year college player as to where they are starting?
No I’m pointing out just how ludicrous all the Howling for Joy was over an 18 year old who needed a year of Pre-School baseball before he could start his way up through the Minor leagues!
If this 18 year old was as good as everyone seemed to think he was then why did it take a year to assign him to a team?
Where was Tejada when he was 18?
Good point on jason Bay…Did we draft his replacement? Even an average kid in the draft could replace Bay in a year!
No we drafted the kid to replace the .300+ hitter instead! TOP PRIORITY!
Sorry Stick the Jason Bay part was meant for Cali.
Wow Metsie! Who “howled for joy” my original comment was I would have taken Hawkins over Cecchini. But im no scout. However the fact that they seem to be more concered with replacing your buddy Tejada and his “.300 average” (in just over 100 at bats I might add) instead of Jason bay tells me there seems to be a greater MI need then OF. But hey keep up with your selective reading this was fun
A lot of folks around here did a dance when Nimmo was taken!
As for priority if this Fo thinks replacing a .300 hitter is a higher priority than replacing Bay do we really want them running this team?
Nimmo was an awful pick.
The simple answer to your question is. He played well in high school. And the people who know best think he is going to do well. So it’s a “great pick”
And I’d also like to point out that Jason Bay is our best or second Best player if we are basing it off of an entire carreer so I guess there is no need to draft a kid who can play left field anytime soon right?
Well your statement is only true if Sandy and DePo fit the phrase ‘People Who Know Best”
A lot of people “Who Know WELL” according to some of the folks here did not think this kid was best!
yes he played good in HS….Most of the kids that get drafted do!
couple things:
- certainly you can have an opinion on a pick, but as noted, thee was not much difference between these 2 guys. 15/16, 12/18, whatever it was by source, but they were pretty darned close. and you aren’t exactly comparing the same thinkg (not like 2 RH pitchers say). How much do they weight D vs. O say?
in any case, not like they took some unranked guy leaving a top 3 rated guy on the board.
- worrying about guys 5 years from now? That is an eternity in MLB. Between guys getting hurt, traded, falling apart, there is next to no one that is any kind of lock to be here.
Plus, the current MI (tejada and Murphy) will both have hit FA by then.
look back to 2007. How many guys from that team are on this one? 2 maybe (Wright and pelf)? And there may not be too many more guys than that on this team still around by then!
none of us know how these guys work out, but the FO had their reasons for deciding they liked Gavin more, and they are the ones that wil lbe held accountable!
and if the history of the draft teaches anything, there is a decent chance that both these guys end up busting, but some unheralded 5th round pick will become a star!
You want to know the truth about all this talk about who they picked?
IF we HAD TAKEN Hawkins the few of those who liked him better would have joined the few who seem to subscribe to “They know better than I do so he MUST be good!” (no matter who they picked) folks and in the end all you will have a bunch of folks all saying it’s good pick which says nothing because 9 out of 10 picks turn out to be busts anyway!
We will see who makes the MLB and judge the draft then!
It’s no fun if you wait and see. I’d rather give my opinion now and see later if I’m right or wrong. Otherwise you get called Tagee.
Is it still fun for you if later your wrong?
Why not? What’s to lose by being wrong? It’s a lot easier to 2nd guess then to give an opinion with the chance it’s wrong.
Fair enough…
zuccini sucks this pick
I’m with ya Fonzie. I wanted Sale and Hawkins too.
As I see it, we have ENOUGH light-hitting middle infielders. We do not have enough power hitters. Hawkins was the easy pick. As was Gallo in the supplemental round, even though I like Pawlecki.
Cecchini is NOT NOT NOT NOT light hitting. He is a good hitter with solid power and a GREAT attitude. The kid is a hard nosed baseball player and has good hands, feet and arm in the field. What is wrong with you people, this kid looks good. He actually reminds of Jeter and he has the same build. Maybe Hawkins and Giolito are going to be good players but so is this kid.
I’ve read a lot of scouting reports on Cecchini since draft day and like you, Jeter comes to mind. Let’s remember that when the Yankees drafted Jeter, the state of the Yanks wasn’t that far to how the Mets are now, coming off a few losing seasons. Some have projected Cecchini to be a .280-.290 hitter with 15+ HR power. I’ll take that from a shortstop. There’s nothing wrong with this pick compared to Hawkins & Giolito.