In the second round of Major League Baseball’s amateur player draft, the Mets have selected J.T. Ginn, a RHP from Mississippi State University. Ginn is a right-handed starting pitcher, who has been regarded highly on multiple prospect pundits. Baseball America has him as the 23rd highest prospect while MLB.com ranked him as the 44th best prospect on the Board. Here’s an excerpt from...
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On Thursday, as our Mets Minors league team chewed on our nails, watching pick for pick go by, we had a common player we were looking for: Pete Crow-Armstrong. My top guy on the board for most of the spring, Crow-Armstrong is an athletic center fielder well known among draft enthusiasts since the age of 12. PCA’s profile includes plus speed and glove in center field and the ability to hit...
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Though Major League Baseball initially received heat for its lack of an immediate response to the recent police brutality and murders of black Americans, Commissioner Rob Manfred opened last night’s MLB Draft with a message of condemnation and an announcement of donations to several organizations fighting for racial justice. “Tonight, I join our 30 club baseball operations officials as...
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The Mets took youngster Pete Crow-Armstrong with their first of six picks to kick off the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft on Wednesday night. The No. 19 pick is receiving high praise from the Mets organization and many other outlets covering the draft. Crow-Armstrong, 18, hit .514 and struck out once in 42 at-bats as a senior for Harvard-Westlake High School. The same school that first rounders...
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If the past few months have reminded us of anything, it’s the importance of finding common ground among our differences in order to productively work together. That’s basically the complete opposite of what Major League Baseball owners and the Players’ Association have done while attempting to reach an agreement on the 2020 regular season. Among the four major professional...
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The first 37 picks of the shortened 2020 amateur draft have come and gone, and this draft will be remembered for a long time. The draft will not only be historic because of circumstances; the class of talent is exceptional and the first round was met with some surprising shake ups early on. The Tigers shocked absolutely no one by taking ASU slugger Spencer Torkelson. However, they did turn quite...
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