Jim Callis of MLB.com has provided an update on the higher profile unsigned drafted players from the 2022 MLB Draft. It is a mix of good news and bad news for the New York Mets. The good news is first round pick catcher Kevin Parada is expected to sign with the team. As noted by Callis, the 11th overall selection has “a slot value of $4,780,700 and New York can push that to $5,154,490...
The Mets went into Sunday knowing they had one of the more important drafts in recent team history on their hand with five picks in the first 90 and 22 selections overall. I believe most would say that the Mets continued to draft well including Keith Law of The Athletic that had all four of the Mets’ early selections in his top 50 draft-eligible prospects. As we noted in a previous...
With the 52nd overall pick, the New York Mets have selected Blade Tidwell, a right-handed pitcher out of Tennessee. In what was their third pick of the night, the Mets took a pitcher that was ranked No. 27 heading into the draft by MLB Pipeline. After using their first two selections on position players (Kevin Parada and Jett Williams), the Mets have added to their pitching depth with the...
With the 14th overall pick, the New York Mets selected Jett Williams, SS, out of Rockwall-Heath High School in Rockwall, Texas. The 14th overall pick was the Mets’ second selection of the first round. Metsmerized Online’s Dilip Sridhar detailed the 11th overall selection, where the team selected C Kevin Parada with the 11th overall pick. Williams was ranked as the No. 15 draft...
With the 11th overall pick, the New York Mets take Kevin Parada, a catcher out of Georgia Tech. This is the Mets’ pick as a result of not signing Kumar Rocker, who went third overall to the Texas Rangers tonight, in last year’s MLB Draft. Parada is definitely an offense-first catcher with some questions about his defense. Regardless of that, Parada is a consensus Top-5 prospect in...
Sunday, July 12, 2022 • 7:00 P.M. Los Angeles, CA ESPN • MLB Network Today is the big day. Not only will several lives change, but the trajectory of some teams can as well. The MLB Draft is officially upon us. Day one of the draft is tonight, beginning at 7:00 P.M. ET, and is compromised of the first two rounds. Meanwhile, day two (rounds 3-10) and day three (rounds 11-20) will follow in the...
Draft week is upon us, and with that comes plenty of speculation about how the New York Mets will play their cards with the 11th and 14th overall picks. The Athletic’s Keith Law put out his MLB Mock Draft 3.0 on Monday, and he has the Mets selecting two college bats in Texas Tech’s Jace Jung and Arizona’s Daniel Susac. Jace Jung, 2B/3B, Texas Tech Law believes that the Mets will have a standard...
