So speaking of the draft ...

[Edgy MD]

Centerfield wrote: If we're doing nicknames, we just drafted Jarred Colonic.

I'm calling him Bartolo.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

4th round guy: South carolina RHP Adam Hill. 6-6, 215 #140th ranked guy w/ 110th pick

[seawolf17]

Centerfield wrote: "We let Bellinger go and selected Joe Swinganmiss? How stupid!"

Honestly, though, dude should *not* have chosen baseball as a career with a name like that.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

So the Mets drafted Gamecock teammates 3+4. Similarly, Ed Lynch and Mookie Wilson were also college teammates at South Carolina

[Benjamin Grimm]

seawolf17 wrote: Centerfield wrote: "We let Bellinger go and selected Joe Swinganmiss? How stupid!" Honestly, though, dude should *not* have chosen baseball as a career with a name like that.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Round 5: Ryley Gilliam, RHRP, Clemson

5-foot-10 reliver with live arm, TV guys think he could arrive soon

[A Boy Named Seo]

A little bit on Riley ---> http://www.goupstate.com/news/20180601/clemson-closer-knows-no-fear

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

round 6: Nick Meyer, C, Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo. MLB guys envision him as a potential future backup catcher

Look out, Lobaton!

[bmfc1]

Born with 2 left thumbs and he has a great mustache!
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/sports/college/cal-poly/article212362419.html
10th ranked C in the draft but the best fielder:
https://www.mlb.com/news/top-catcher-tools-in-mlb-draft/c-278840372

[A Boy Named Seo]

bmfc1 wrote: Born with 2 left thumbs and he has a great mustache! http://www.sanluisobispo.com/sports/college/cal-poly/article212362419.html 10th ranked C in the draft but the best fielder: https://www.mlb.com/news/top-catcher-tools-in-mlb-draft/c-278840372

That's our 6th pick, Nick Meyer, catcher of San Luis Obispo and then we got Kevin Smith, a LHP out of the U of Georgia. Curious if we target Jay this round to compliment Silent Bob.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Mets draft 6'7" 230 lb monster righty Tylor Megill out of the U of Arizona. Here he is throwing baseballs to the soundtrack of sugary pop music.

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[A Boy Named Seo]

bmfc1 wrote: Born with 2 left thumbs and he has a great mustache! http://www.sanluisobispo.com/sports/college/cal-poly/article212362419.html 10th ranked C in the draft but the best fielder: https://www.mlb.com/news/top-catcher-tools-in-mlb-draft/c-278840372

Holy shit, you were not kidding. Born with 2 left thumbs (the "extra" one was hacked off when he was a kid) and he looks like the product of a mens room romance between Rollie Fingers and the Reds mascot.

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[A Boy Named Seo]

And a little love for 7th pick Kevin Smith. Another big human being (6'5", 200 pounds) he was apparently the Georgia opening day starter, got his tits lit, was eventually moved to the pen and became a lights out closer. If he were right handed, I'd want to trade Jay Bruce for him.

[bmfc1]

The 8th pick is another big guy: 6'7", 230: Tylor Megill
The 9th round pitcher is even larger: 6'7", 265: Bryce Montes de Oca (has been drafted twice but stayed in school).

[A Boy Named Seo]

bmfc1 wrote: The 8th pick is another big guy: 6'7", 230: Tylor Megill The 9th round pitcher is even larger: 6'7", 265: Bryce Montes de Oca (has been drafted twice but stayed in school).

Yeah, Mets are drafting a team that should immediately compete to win Royal Rumble. MLB vid on this kid sez he brings it at a hundred.

----> http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/262722544/v2078636183?tcid=draft-tracker-player-id-656755

[A Boy Named Seo]

Mets draft vertically-challenged 5'10" shortstop Manny Rodriguez from U. of Cincinnati (by way of Brooklyn, NY).

Sounds like a good baller with some pop in his bat. ---> http://www.newsrecord.org/sports/manny-being-manny-rodriguez-s-consistency-guiding-uc-baseball/article_a3ebb97e-42a2-11e8-a411-d3e510c04fe8.html

[Edgy MD]

bmfc1 wrote: The 8th pick is another big guy: 6'7", 230: Tylor Megill The 9th round pitcher is even larger: 6'7", 265: Bryce Montes de Oca (has been drafted twice but stayed in school).

Check out this grizzlie:

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Posing in high school with his fellow college-athletic-program bound classmates. Look at that toothpick of a bat!

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Bryce Goosemountains!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Mets draft vertically-challenged 5'10" shortstop Manny Rodriguez from U. of Cincinnati (by way of Brooklyn, NY). Sounds like a good baller with some pop in his bat. ---> http://www.newsrecord.org/sports/manny-being-manny-rodriguez-s-consistency-guiding-uc-baseball/article_a3ebb97e-42a2-11e8-a411-d3e510c04fe8.html

But how is his aerial move set? Our Rumble team is almost set, and he's SOL if he isn't bringing some lucha that's pretty f'ing libre.

[bmfc1]

In Round 19, the Mets drafted the son of the actor who played "Biff" in "Back to the Future"!
http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m-basebl/2017-18/bios/wilson_tommy_6a68

[Edgy MD]

That's great. We need to draft more buttheads.

[seawolf17]

bmfc1 wrote: In Round 19, the Mets drafted the son of the actor who played "Biff" in "Back to the Future"! http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m-basebl/2017-18/bios/wilson_tommy_6a68

That's actually kind of a neat factoid.

[Edgy MD]

More soldiers for the rumble.

Round 13: Christian Tripp, 6'7", 220, fourth-year junior.

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Round 20: Saul Gonzalez, 6'7", 235, high school senior.

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I'm thinking I could use a Christian tripp, to Assisi or somewhere.

[A Boy Named Seo]

seawolf17 wrote: In Round 19, the Mets drafted the son of the actor who played "Biff" in "Back to the Future"! http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m-basebl/2017-18/bios/wilson_tommy_6a68 That's actually kind of a neat factoid.

I'm gonna adopt this slacker.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I had forgotten about this guy:

Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich goes undrafted for second straight year

[nymr83]

I had forgotten about this guy: Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich goes undrafted for second straight year

Well, you either believe his retroactive claim of innocence or you don't. I have no way of knowing. But if you believe he did it, I don't care how apologetic he is now.

[Edgy MD]

Flying the homeboy flag is 15th rounder and Wagner College Seahawk catcher Phil Capra.

Out of North Salem New York, with a classic New York face, Phil hopes his nascent career as a professional baseballer doesn't interfere with the filming of his starring role in The Buddy Hackett Story.

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[A Boy Named Seo]

Wow, what a mug. Phil's name caught my attention, too. When Rob Morrow, who played Dr. Joel Fleischman, split from my all-time fav TV show "Northern Exposure" after season 5, the producers didn't know what to do and installed another big city doctor to replace him - Phil Capra - a kinda crappy character played ably by Paul Provenza.

Not our Phil Capra:

[Edgy MD]

Note the Yankee shirt he's wearing in the road race photo. Damn it, Phil.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: Flying the homeboy flag is 15th rounder and Wagner College Seahawk catcher Phil Capra. Out of North Salem New York, with a classic New York face, Phil hopes his nascent career as a professional baseballer doesn't interfere with the filming of his starring role in The Buddy Hackett Story.

Holy crap. The elderly guy in that photo is our neighbor, and the grandfather of one of Lunchpail's best friends. He's in his 80s and still runs the NYC marathon every year. Used to train by carting his grandkids around in a rickshaw!

[A Boy Named Seo]

BTW - top 100 player Luke Heimlich was not drafted again this year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/sports/luke-heimlich-of-oregon-state-goes-undrafted-again.html

What you guys say about this? I'm happy the Mets are not going to be his employer (and to a larger degree, that the rest of MLB teams did not look the other way on this).