Draft 2015

[Frayed Knot]

btw, the DOB on Desmond Lindsay -- 1/15/[u:1wzwcl1n]97[/u:1wzwcl1n]

Shit, the forerunner of this board isn't much younger than that.

[Edgy MD]

It's the commitment to geographic diversity that makes this team great.

[MFS62]

But none from Georgia. Are they all still destined to go to the Braves?

Later

[MFS62]

4th round: David Thompson, 3B, U of Miami BR/TR, lots of power Yikes! .333/.445/.658 19 HR, 87 RBI in 64 games

Sickels liked Thompson as a possible first rounder:

David Thompson, 3B-1B, Miami-Florida: Junior, hits right, mashed to tune of .333/.445/.658 with 19 homers, 43/27 BB/K in 243 at-bats. Huge power to all fields, good strike zone judgment, good track record with wooden bats. This is a first-round bat but shoulder injuries have hampered his throwing and many scouts believe he�ll have to move to first base. He�s not a butcher, however, and in my opinion people are under-rating him. Target Territory: Compensation round/second round, although personally I�d consider him in the second half of the first round.

Me likey.
Later

[Lefty Specialist]

That'll teach Duda not to sign a long-term contract.....

[Frayed Knot]

Rounds 10-22 yield 11 pitchers and a 2nd baseman, most of them college boys including Thomas Hacker (RHP) from St Johns.
The 2B is Vincent Siena from UConn (Mazzilli's successor/replacement?)

[Edgy MD]

UConn? How did Siena let Vincent Siena get away? It's like people aren't even trying anymore.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We got St. John's sidewinding closer, Thomas Hackimer


In the 10th round we got a reliever with a great name, Witt Haggard:


Then there's 17th-round lefty Sixto Torres.

[Frayed Knot]

Witt Haggard is from Delta State in Mississippi. Of course he is.
Just as 32nd rounder Dustin Beggs is from the only place he could be from: Kentucky

For 30th rounder, Jackson Wark, we went all the way to Alberta, Canada (the true north strong and free) so take that you deep south elitists!!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Witt's from Meridian Mississippi, home of Jimmie Rodgers, Steve Forbert and Oil Can Boyd.

[Edgy MD]

Meridian is Number 10 on the map above.

Dennis Boyd is nicknamed "Oil Can" and Steve Forbert wrote "The Oil Song."

[dgwphotography]

Edgy MD wrote: UConn? How did Siena let Vincent Siena get away? It's like people aren't even trying anymore.

Possible future wifey alert: Youngest DGW danced with Siena's GF before she graduated...

[Frayed Knot]

John Sickels' thumbnail review:

NEW YORK METS
2-53) Desmond Lindsay, OF, Florida HS
3-88) Max Wotell, LHP, North Carolina HS
4-119) David Thompson, 3B, University of Miami-FL
5-149) Thomas Szapucki, LHP, Florida HS

COMMENT: Like the other New York team, the Mets draft brought some ???? reactions from fans.
Lindsay is tooled up like few preps and has excellent bat speed with power potential, but missed much of the spring with a significant hamstring injury. He could be a nice value here but reports are mixed on how polished he may or may not be.
Wotell is projectable in the low 90s and should be signable away from the University of Arizona this high.
Fourth round pick David Thompson, in my view, could be one of the steals of the draft. He has outstanding power and pure hitting skills to match, but his college career was slowed by serious shoulder problems. He may wind up at first base but he could also become one of the best hitters in the entire 2015 class. If that happens no one will care about the glove.
Szapucki can hit the mid-90s but needs some polish with the secondary pitches.
Late round picks of interest include Kevin Kaczmarski out of Evansville, OF, ninth round, who is an older prospect with an excellent hitting track record. I don�t know if 17th round LHP Sixto Torres is signable that low, but he�s a big kid with substantial arm strength and sleeper potential if they can sign him.