According to Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline, the Mets have signed first round pick Colin Houck. The prep shortstop will get a signing bonus of $2.75 million, slightly above the slot value of $2,607,500 for the 32nd overall pick. Callis also reports that the Mets have signed second rounder Brandon Sproat a year after they will unable to sign the hard-throwing right-hander from Florida. Sproat’s...
The New York Mets finished the first half of the 2023 season 42-48, six games below .500. As such, tensions are high both in the clubhouse and among fans. In response to the team’s poor first half, Mets owner Steven Cohen met with the media in July. He expressed his frustrations with the team’s performance and also discussed the importance of what the Mets are doing in the farm system to...
When the Mets drafted Brandon Sproat with the 56th overall pick, onlookers immediately knew two things: 1). The Mets knew Sproat was going to sign this time around (nobody would be able to withstand the embarrassment of drafting but not signing him twice) and 2). The Mets really wanted Brandon Sproat in their organization. His stats don’t exactly jump off the page, but he did boast over 11...
The 2023 MLB Draft has come and gone as the New York Mets made their selections from Rounds 11-20 on Tuesday. They were hoping to find some late round gems to wrap up this year’s class. Our own Mike Mayer broke down the class that was predominantly right-handed pitchers, but had a decent mix of other positions as well. Breakdown of Mets 2023 draft: RHP: 13 SS: 3LHP: 23B: 2C: 1OF: 12-Way: 1...
With the 134th pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, the New York Mets selected shortstop A.J. Ewing out of Springboro High School in Ohio. This pick was the compensatory pick for Jacob deGrom signing with the Rangers. The slot value for this pick is $483,000. Prospects Live ranked Ewing as the No. 101 prospect heading into the draft. He is known as an “electric player.” He is currently committed to the...
On night one of the 2023 MLB Draft, the New York Mets were able to make two selections that they hope can have a bright future in their organization. With pick 32, the team went with shortstop Colin Houck out of Parkview High School in Georgia and Florida right-handed pitcher Brandon Sproat was chosen with the 56th pick. The Mets have a $8,440,400 bonus pool for the 2023 draft. The pick value...
With their first selection in the 2023 MLB Amateur Draft, the New York Mets selected shortstop Colin Houck out of Parkview High School (GA), making him the 32nd overall selection. Houck, 18, stands in at six-foot-two and 190 pounds. He is currently committed to Mississippi State. SS Colin Houck (Parkview HS (GA), 2023) smokes one into the gap for an RBI standup double. Highly athletic tooled up...
Sunday, July 12, 2022 • 7:00 P.M. Seattle, WA 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 pm 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 coming...
In his most recent mock draft, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel projects the Mets to select Josh Knoth, a right-handed pitcher out of Patchogue-Medford High School in New York, with their first selection of the 2023 MLB Draft. The Mets last selected a prep right-hander with their first selection in 2002, drafting LHP Scott Kazmir. McDaniel credits Knoth “with arguably the best stuff in the...
The New York Mets will hold seven picks before the fifth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. That is quite the haul, and underlines the organization’s long-term philosophy and approach under owner Steve Cohen. This offseason has been dominated by Cohen’s determination to outspend everyone else in baseball in order to transform the Mets into a perennial winner. Ownership and the front office...
