2026 New York Mets MLB Draft Day 2 Thread

Day two is here! After getting things started in Philadelphia on Saturday, the New York Mets are back at it today to work through the back half of the 2026 MLB Draft. This is the spot to follow along, react to the picks, and talk through the board together as the Mets fill out their class.

How Day 2 Works

The draft was trimmed to a two-day event for the 2026 cycle. Day 1 covered Rounds 1–4 on Friday; Day 2 runs Rounds 5 through 20 today. That's the bulk of the picks, and it's where front offices get creative — mixing high-upside prep gambles, senior-sign value plays, and money-saving college seniors to stretch the bonus pool as far as it will go.

That's especially true for New York this year. The Mets came in with a bonus pool of just $6,730,900, 28th in baseball — one of the smallest in the league — after their top pick slid from 29th to 27th as a penalty for exceeding the competitive balance tax surcharge thresholds. With a tight pool and no second-round pick, expect the Mets to be strategic about where they spend today.

Quick Day 1 Recap

Before we get into Day 2, here's how the Mets opened up (they held just three Day 1 picks):

• Round 1 (No. 27): Carson Wiggins, RHP, Arkansas. A boom-or-bust arm with a fastball that sits 98 and has touched 101, plus a chase-inducing slider — though he's coming off a May 2025 internal brace procedure, adding risk to the profile.
• Round 3 (No. 92): Aiden Robbins, OF, Texas. A potential steal who slid out of the first-round conversation; he posted a .333/.426/.696 line with 24 homers and big exit velocities at Texas.
• Round 4 (No. 120): Shane Sdao, LHP, Texas A&M. A senior southpaw back from Tommy John surgery, still armed with a nasty sweeper.

The Mets' Day 2 Picks

Here's the slate New York is working with today, along with the slot values attached to the early rounds:

A key wrinkle for the late rounds: in Rounds 11–20, teams can spend up to $150,000 per pick without it counting against the bonus pool. Anything over that threshold gets deducted from the overall pool, which is exactly the lever a pool-strapped club like the Mets pulls to chase a tougher sign late or to bank savings for an over-slot swing earlier in the day.

Check out our 2026 MLB Draft tracker, with scouting reports, player information, total pool allotments, and much more!