Draft 2016

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Matt Cleveland. Livin' in sin with a safety pin.



CT high-school kid "committed" to some fake college in Florida, apparently brings it at 95.

[Edgy MD]

Hopefully some of these guys will be quick arrivers to reinforce the current unit.

Do guys named Blake ever make it, though?

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: Do guys named Blake ever make it, though?

I'd say so.

[MFS62]

The 13th round pick played the system well.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/sports/ct-sta-pat-disabato-column-st-0615-20160614-story.html

Later

[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure who that Blake guy above is supposed to be, stepping out with Tori Spelling or whoever, but I'm still betting he doesn't make it as a big league ballplayer.

Round	Pick #	Guy	Pos	School	State	Status
1	19	Dunn, Justin	RHP	Boston College	MA
1	31	Kay, Anthony	LHP	Uconn	CT
2	64	Alonso, Pete	1B	Florida	FL
3	100	Tiberi, Blake	3B	U Louisville	KY
4	130	Paez, Michael	SS	Coastal Carolina	SC
5	160	Colby Woodmansee	SS	Arizona State	AZ	SIGNED
6	190	Chris Viall	RHP	Stanford	CA
7	220	Austin McGeorge	RHP	Long Beach State	CA	SIGNED
8	250	Placido Torres	LHP	Tusculum (Tenn.)	TN
9	280	Colin Holderman	RHP	Heartland (Ill.) CC	IL
10	310	Gene Cone	OF	South Carolina	SC
11	340	Cameron Planck	RHP	Rowan County HS, Morehead, Ky.	KY
12	370	Matt Cleveland	RHP	Windsor (Conn.) HS	CT
13	400	Dan Rizzie	C	Xavier	OH	SIGNED
14	430	Christian James	RHP	East Lake HS, Tarpon Springs, Fla.	FL
15	460	Jacob Zanon	OF	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	ID	SIGNED
16	490	Trent Johnson	RHP	Santa Fe (Fla.) CC	FL
17	520	Jay Jabs	3B	Franklin Pierce (N.H.)	NH	SIGNED
18	550	Adam Atkins	RHP	Louisiana Tech	LA	SIGNED
19	580	Gary Cornish	RHP	San Diego	CA	SIGNED
20	610	Carlos Cortes	2B	Lake Howell HS, Winter Park, Fla.	FL
21	640	Maxwell Kuhns	RHP	Santa Clara	CA
22	670	Ian Strom	OF	Massachusetts-Lowell	MA
23	700	Nick Sergakis	2B	Ohio State	OH	SIGNED
24	730	Dariel Rivera	RHP	Dr. Juan J. Osuna HS, Caguas, P.R.	PR
25	760	Cody Beckman	LHP	North Carolina State	NC
26	790	Rylan Thomas	3B	Windermere (Fla.) Prep HS	FL
27	820	Joel Urena	LHP	Luperon HS for Math & Science, New York	NY
28	850	William Sierra	RHP	Edouard Montpetit HS, Montreal	QC
29	880	Alex Haynes	RHP	Central HS, Knoxville	TN
30	910	Eric Villanueva	RHP	Josefina Barcelo HS, Guaynabo, P.R.	PR
31	940	Jeremy Wolf	OF	Trinity (Texas)	TX
32	970	George Kirby	RHP	Rye (N.Y.) HS	NY
33	1000	Duncan Pence	SS	Farragut HS, Knoxville	TN
34	1030	Anthony Herron	RHP	Jefferson (Mo.) JC	MO
35	1060	Andrew Harbin	RHP	Allatoona HS, Acworth, Ga.	GA
36	1090	Garrison Bryant	RHP	Clearwater (Fla.) HS	FL
37	1120	Branden Fryman	SS	Tate HS, Cantonment, Fla.	FL
38	1150	Jaylon McLaughlin	SS	Santa Monica (Calif.) HS	CA
39	1180	Jordan Hand	C	JC of Southern Nevada	NV
40	1210	Michael Chambers	C	John Paul II HS, Plano, Texas	TX

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Tori Spelling or whoever?" Your assessment is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

Anyway, Cone is welcomed as a member of the tribe. (Ditto for high-schoolers Christian James, Dariel Rivera, and Eric Villanueva.)

[Edgy MD]

Congratulations, you future Mets, especially Blake the Rake Tiberi, the highest-drafted signee to date.

Round	Pick #	Guy	Pos	School	State	Status
1	19	Dunn, Justin	RHP	Boston College	MA
1	31	Kay, Anthony	LHP	UConn	CT
2	64	Alonso, Pete	1B	Florida	FL
3	100	Tiberi, Blake	3B	U Louisville	KY	SIGNED
4	130	Paez, Michael	SS	Coastal Carolina	SC
5	160	Colby Woodmansee	SS	Arizona State	AZ	=#0040FF]SIGNED
6	190	Chris Viall	RHP	Stanford	CA
7	220	Austin McGeorge	RHP	Long Beach State	CA	=#0040FF]SIGNED
8	250	Placido Torres	LHP	Tusculum (Tenn.)	TN
9	280	Colin Holderman	RHP	Heartland (Ill.) CC	IL
10	310	Gene Cone	OF	South Carolina	SC	SIGNED
11	340	Cameron Planck	RHP	Rowan County HS, Morehead, Ky.	KY
12	370	Matt Cleveland	RHP	Windsor (Conn.) HS	CT
13	400	Dan Rizzie	C	Xavier	OH	=#0040FF]SIGNED
14	430	Christian James	RHP	East Lake HS, Tarpon Springs, Fla.	FL	SIGNED
15	460	Jacob Zanon	OF	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	ID	=#0040FF]SIGNED
16	490	Trent Johnson	RHP	Santa Fe (Fla.) CC	FL
17	520	Jay Jabs	3B	Franklin Pierce (N.H.)	NH	=#0040FF]SIGNED
18	550	Adam Atkins	RHP	Louisiana Tech	LA	=#0040FF]SIGNED
19	580	Gary Cornish	RHP	San Diego	CA	=#0040FF]SIGNED
20	610	Carlos Cortes	2B	Lake Howell HS, Winter Park, Fla.	FL
21	640	Maxwell Kuhns	RHP	Santa Clara	CA
22	670	Ian Strom	OF	Massachusetts-Lowell	MA
23	700	Nick Sergakis	2B	Ohio State	OH	=#0040FF]SIGNED
24	730	Dariel Rivera	RHP	Dr. Juan J. Osuna HS, Caguas, P.R.	PR	SIGNED
25	760	Cody Beckman	LHP	North Carolina State	NC
26	790	Rylan Thomas	3B	Windermere (Fla.) Prep HS	FL
27	820	Joel Urena	LHP	Luperon HS for Math & Science, New York	NY
28	850	William Sierra	RHP	Edouard Montpetit HS, Montreal	QC
29	880	Alex Haynes	RHP	Central HS, Knoxville	TN	SIGNED
30	910	Eric Villanueva	RHP	Josefina Barcelo HS, Guaynabo, P.R.	PR
31	940	Jeremy Wolf	OF	Trinity (Texas)	TX
32	970	George Kirby	RHP	Rye (N.Y.) HS	NY
33	1000	Duncan Pence	SS	Farragut HS, Knoxville	TN
34	1030	Anthony Herron	RHP	Jefferson (Mo.) JC	MO
35	1060	Andrew Harbin	RHP	Allatoona HS, Acworth, Ga.	GA
36	1090	Garrison Bryant	RHP	Clearwater (Fla.) HS	FL
37	1120	Branden Fryman	SS	Tate HS, Cantonment, Fla.	FL
38	1150	Jaylon McLaughlin	SS	Santa Monica (Calif.) HS	CA
39	1180	Jordan Hand	C	JC of Southern Nevada	NV
40	1210	Michael Chambers	C	John Paul II HS, Plano, Texas	TX

[Edgy MD]

Almost no new news on the draft front. Thirtieth rounder Eric Villanueva joined the team, and immediately had about as bad a debut as you can have. Coming on the sixth for the lowly Gulf Coast Mets against their Marlin opponents back on June 28, Villanueva walked his first guy; fielded a grounder off the bat of the second hitter, before committing a throwing error; walked the third guy to load the bases, and then hit the fourth guy.

He was then relieved by Enmanuel Berihuete, but all four runners he gave up scored. Although only one run was earned, Villanueva has to wake up every morning with an infinite ERA. This was back on June 28, and the Mets haven't run the guy out there since.

It's starting to get disquieting that second pick from the first round Anthony Kay isn't signed yet. There were reports as recently as July 8 that second-rounder Pete Alonso wasn't signed, but I think that's panicky fanbois, because we had him in the fold before that, and he's currently listed on the Brooklyn roster, but hasn't yet debuted.

But Ward Melville's Kay, and the lack of activity on the back end, that's where the fretting should be directed.

It'd be a shame to lose out on 20th-rounder Carlos Cortes, as he's got a little bit of Mazzilli in him. An ambidextrous thrower, Cortes throws left-handed when playing the outfield and right-handed when playing the infield. But he remains vocally committed to honoring his college scholarship. I mean, that's what they ALL say, as it's the only leverage they've got, but he seems serious about this stupid education thing.

Round	Pick #	Guy	Pos	School	State	Status
1	19	Dunn, Justin	RHP	Boston College	MA	SIGNED
1	31	Kay, Anthony	LHP	UConn	CT
2	64	Alonso, Pete	1B	Florida	FL	SIGNED
3	100	Tiberi, Blake	3B	U Louisville	KY	SIGNED
4	130	Paez, Michael	SS	Coastal Carolina	SC
5	160	Colby Woodmansee	SS	Arizona State	AZ	SIGNED
6	190	Chris Viall	RHP	Stanford	CA	SIGNED
7	220	Austin McGeorge	RHP	Long Beach State	CA	SIGNED
8	250	Placido Torres	LHP	Tusculum (Tenn.)	TN	SIGNED
9	280	Colin Holderman	RHP	Heartland (Ill.) CC	IL	SIGNED
10	310	Gene Cone	OF	South Carolina	SC	SIGNED
11	340	Cameron Planck	RHP	Rowan County HS, Morehead, Ky.	KY
12	370	Matt Cleveland	RHP	Windsor (Conn.) HS	CT
13	400	Dan Rizzie	C	Xavier	OH	SIGNED
14	430	Christian James	RHP	East Lake HS, Tarpon Springs, Fla.	FL	SIGNED
15	460	Jacob Zanon	OF	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	ID	SIGNED
16	490	Trent Johnson	RHP	Santa Fe (Fla.) CC	FL	SIGNED
17	520	Jay Jabs	3B	Franklin Pierce (N.H.)	NH	SIGNED
18	550	Adam Atkins	RHP	Louisiana Tech	LA	SIGNED
19	580	Gary Cornish	RHP	San Diego	CA	SIGNED
20	610	Carlos Cortes	2B	Lake Howell HS, Winter Park, Fla.	FL
21	640	Maxwell Kuhns	RHP	Santa Clara	CA	SIGNED
22	670	Ian Strom	OF	Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	SIGNED
23	700	Nick Sergakis	2B	Ohio State	OH	SIGNED
24	730	Dariel Rivera	RHP	Dr. Juan J. Osuna HS, Caguas, P.R.	PR	SIGNED
25	760	Cody Beckman	LHP	North Carolina State	NC
26	790	Rylan Thomas	3B	Windermere (Fla.) Prep HS	FL
27	820	Joel Urena	LHP	Luperon HS for Math & Science, New York	NY
28	850	William Sierra	RHP	Edouard Montpetit HS, Montreal	QC
29	880	Alex Haynes	RHP	Central HS, Knoxville	TN	SIGNED
30	910	Eric Villanueva	RHP	Josefina Barcelo HS, Guaynabo, P.R.	PR	=#FF8000]SIGNED
31	940	Jeremy Wolf	OF	Trinity (Texas)	TX	SIGNED
32	970	George Kirby	RHP	Rye (N.Y.) HS	NY
33	1000	Duncan Pence	SS	Farragut HS, Knoxville	TN
34	1030	Anthony Herron	RHP	Jefferson (Mo.) JC	MO
35	1060	Andrew Harbin	RHP	Allatoona HS, Acworth, Ga.	GA
36	1090	Garrison Bryant	RHP	Clearwater (Fla.) HS	FL
37	1120	Branden Fryman	SS	Tate HS, Cantonment, Fla.	FL
38	1150	Jaylon McLaughlin	SS	Santa Monica (Calif.) HS	CA
39	1180	Jordan Hand	C	JC of Southern Nevada	NV
40	1210	Michael Chambers	C	John Paul II HS, Plano, Texas	TX

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: It'd be a shame to lose out on 20th-rounder Carlos Cortes, as he's got a little bit of Mazzilli in him. An ambidextrous thrower, Cortes throws left-handed when playing the outfield and right-handed when playing the infield.

OK, that is now officially the strangest thing I've ever heard of in sports.
There was once some golfer on the pro tour a few years back who alternated between putting righty or lefty depending on which way he thought the roll of the putt would break ... but this is way beyond that.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

If the contract numbers AA has for these guys are accurate, then the Mets seem to have a few extra bucks to throw around, all the better to reel in Kay, along with those 11th-and-12th-round prep arms.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Boom! 11th rounder Cameron Planck gets a $1,000,001 million bonus and blows off college.

http://www.wkyt.com/content/sports/Planck-picks-Mets-over-Louisville-386557031.html

12th rounder Matt Cleveland also signs for 300K.

Edited July 13, 2016 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Good work Mets. I told you that extra $1 was the key.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Do we know the cat's name yet?

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Do we know the cat's name yet?

Jack, it's right there in her tweet.


I was thinking that that picture could be the first in a new thread 'Pussy Watch' where we track each player's favorite cat ... then I thought better of it.

[Centerfield]

Yikes.

I don't know guys. You know my stance on Wifey Watch to begin with. I'm just going to put out there that High School Girlfriend watch is like, way over the line.

[Guest themetfairy]

Centerfield wrote: Yikes. I don't know guys. You know my stance on Wifey Watch to begin with. I'm just going to put out there that High School Girlfriend watch is like, way over the line.

I'm with CF

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

You guys and your "lines."

[Frayed Knot]

#31 pick Anthony Kay has signed says the Daily Snooze

The deadline for this stuff has got to be coming up soon. They've cut the signing period way down in recent years.



oe: July 15 is deadline day for 2016 draftees

[nymr83]

themetfairy wrote: Centerfield wrote: Yikes. I don't know guys. You know my stance on Wifey Watch to begin with. I'm just going to put out there that High School Girlfriend watch is like, way over the line. I'm with CF

I actually wrote this same post earlier and then got distracted by work and never posted it.

Wifey Watch? well, hey, when you marry a celebrity you become one too and i dont think its unreasonable to expect internet people to comment on you and re-post your pictures.

High School girls? CREEEEPYYY

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Geez louise, I took the publicly posted photo down hours ago to spare your delicate sensitivities but would remind you that the post was primarily relaying the signing info. Your welcome for that by the way.

[Edgy MD]

And adding fourth-rounder Michael Paez makes this draft look pretty successful. The closest thing to a lost opportunity looks like our ambidextrous 20th-rounder Carlos Cortes.

Paez debuted at short with Brooklyn tonight and went 2-4 with a walk. Move over, Colby Woodmansee!

Round	Pick #	Guy	Pos	School	State	Status
1	19	Dunn, Justin	RHP	Boston College	MA	SIGNED
1	31	Kay, Anthony	LHP	UConn	CT	=#FF8000]SIGNED
2	64	Alonso, Pete	1B	Florida	FL	SIGNED
3	100	Tiberi, Blake	3B	U Louisville	KY	SIGNED
4	130	Paez, Michael	SS	Coastal Carolina	SC	=#FF8000]SIGNED
5	160	Colby Woodmansee	SS	Arizona State	AZ	SIGNED
6	190	Chris Viall	RHP	Stanford	CA	SIGNED
7	220	Austin McGeorge	RHP	Long Beach State	CA	SIGNED
8	250	Placido Torres	LHP	Tusculum (Tenn.)	TN	SIGNED
9	280	Colin Holderman	RHP	Heartland (Ill.) CC	IL	SIGNED
10	310	Gene Cone	OF	South Carolina	SC	SIGNED
11	340	Cameron Planck	RHP	Rowan County HS, Morehead, Ky.	KY	=#FF8000]SIGNED
12	370	Matt Cleveland	RHP	Windsor (Conn.) HS	CT	=#FF8000]SIGNED
13	400	Dan Rizzie	C	Xavier	OH	SIGNED
14	430	Christian James	RHP	East Lake HS, Tarpon Springs, Fla.	FL	SIGNED
15	460	Jacob Zanon	OF	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	ID	SIGNED
16	490	Trent Johnson	RHP	Santa Fe (Fla.) CC	FL	SIGNED
17	520	Jay Jabs	3B	Franklin Pierce (N.H.)	NH	SIGNED
18	550	Adam Atkins	RHP	Louisiana Tech	LA	SIGNED
19	580	Gary Cornish	RHP	San Diego	CA	SIGNED
20	610	Carlos Cortes	2B	Lake Howell HS, Winter Park, Fla.	FL
21	640	Maxwell Kuhns	RHP	Santa Clara	CA	SIGNED
22	670	Ian Strom	OF	Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	SIGNED
23	700	Nick Sergakis	2B	Ohio State	OH	SIGNED
24	730	Dariel Rivera	RHP	Dr. Juan J. Osuna HS, Caguas, P.R.	PR	SIGNED
25	760	Cody Beckman	LHP	North Carolina State	NC
26	790	Rylan Thomas	3B	Windermere (Fla.) Prep HS	FL
27	820	Joel Urena	LHP	Luperon HS for Math & Science, New York	NY
28	850	William Sierra	RHP	Edouard Montpetit HS, Montreal	QC
29	880	Alex Haynes	RHP	Central HS, Knoxville	TN	SIGNED
30	910	Eric Villanueva	RHP	Josefina Barcelo HS, Guaynabo, P.R.	PR	=#FF8000]SIGNED
31	940	Jeremy Wolf	OF	Trinity (Texas)	TX	SIGNED
32	970	George Kirby	RHP	Rye (N.Y.) HS	NY
33	1000	Duncan Pence	SS	Farragut HS, Knoxville	TN
34	1030	Anthony Herron, Jr.	RHP	Jefferson (Mo.) JC	MO
35	1060	Andrew Harbin	RHP	Allatoona HS, Acworth, Ga.	GA
36	1090	Garrison Bryant	RHP	Clearwater (Fla.) HS	FL
37	1120	Branden Fryman	SS	Tate HS, Cantonment, Fla.	FL
38	1150	Jaylon McLaughlin	SS	Santa Monica (Calif.) HS	CA
39	1180	Jordan Hand	C	JC of Southern Nevada	NV
40	1210	Michael Chambers	C	John Paul II HS, Plano, Texas	TX

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Boom! 11th rounder Cameron Planck gets a $1,000,001 million bonus and blows off college. http://www.wkyt.com/content/sports/Planck-picks-Mets-over-Louisville-386557031.html 12th rounder Matt Cleveland also signs for 300K.

Good job, Mets! But whence did that money come?

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/07/mets-sign-anthony-kay-cameron-planck.html

[Edgy MD]

Garrison Bryant, 36th rounder out of Clearwater (FL) HS has signed with the Mets after getting assurances from Sandy Alderson that the team will continue run the pro-set offense.