Round 1 will take place tomorrow starting at 7 pm EDT in Fort Worth, Texas. The Rangers are hosting the All-Star Game this year, so the draft is gonna take place in their vicinity as a result. Day 1 of the MLB Draft (rounds 1 & 2) will be televised by ESPN and MLB Network. It's a three-day event consisting of 20 rounds. 615 players will be picked during that time. The Mets will be picking 19th in Round 1 tomorrow to start things off. Let's post any and all info about it here as it relates to the Mets. Feel free to chat and discuss away here please.
MLB.com - 2024 MLB Draft Central
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2024 MLB Draft preview: Dates, order, top prospects, watch info and more: Here's everything to know for the 2024 MLB Draft, including dates, first-round order, prospects and more. | By Logan Reardon • Published July 9, 2024
| On Sunday, July 14th, Major League Baseball will host its 59th annual Rule 4 draft, better known as the first-year player draft. Thanks to their 75-87 recording during the 2023 season, the Mets ended up with a 4.3% chance to receive the first overall selection in the 2024 MLB Draft Lottery, a 4.8% chance to receive the second overall pick, a 5.4% chance to receive the third overall pick, a 6.0% chance to receive the fourth overall pick, a 7.0% to receive the fifth overall pick, and a 8.2% to receive the sixth overall pick. The Mets did not win any of these picks, and as such, were relegated to the ninth overall pick. Because the 2023 Mets exceeded the competitive balance tax threshold by more than $40 million dollars, their first selection dropped by 10 picks, meaning that their first selection will instead be the 19th overall pick instead. |
2024 Mets Draft: An introduction to Major League Baseball’s draft: The amateur draft is right around the corner. Where will the Mets be selecting, and just how does the process work? | By Steve Sypa @SteveSypa | July 8, 2024, 11:00am EDT
MLB.com - 2024 MLB Draft Order
The Mets will be picking 19th in Round 1 as stated above. Here are some other picks to be aware of:
RD 2 - #46 overall
RD 3 - #82 overall
RD 4 - #111 overall
RD 5 - #144 overall
RD 6 - #173 overall
RD 7 - #203 overall
RD 8 - #233 overall
RD 9 - #263 overall
RD 10 - #293 overall
RDs 11 to 20 - The Mets will make a selection every 30 picks
Here's some info about slot money linked form the AmazinAvenue article linked above:
| The Mets will have a total bonus pool allotment of $9,572,200. Their first round selection, the 19th overall pick, has an MLB-assigned slot value of $4,219,200. Their second round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $2,031,700. Their third round pick has an MLB-assigned slot value of $934,800. Their fourth round pick has an MLB-assigned slot value of $656,400. Their fifth round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $476,200. Their sixth round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $363,100. Their seventh round pick has an MLB-assigned slot value of $283,800. Their eighth round pick has an MLB-assigned slot value of $226,000. Their ninth round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $196,700. Their tenth round selection has an MLB-assigned slot value of $184,300. Picks in rounds 11 to 20 do not have MLB-assigned slot values, but any money spent over $150,000 for those players gets deducted from the team’s bonus pool. |
Here's a link to keep track of players picked in the draft:
MLB.com - 2024 DRAFT TRACKER
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Here are some Mock Draft articles and videos:
2024 MLB Mock Draft 3.0: Mets take toolsy outfielder: Vance Honeycutt has a chance to be a Gold Glove center fielder who hits 20 homers and steals 20 bases | 7/12/2024, 12:30 PM | By Joe DeMayo MLB Prospects Freelance Writer
2024 MLB Mock Draft Has Mets Selecting Intriguing ACC Infielder: The Mets are projected to take an appealing prospect with a legendary name during this year's MLB Draft. | By Grant Young | July 12, 2024
What's on tap for Mets at 2024 MLB Draft? | July 12th, 2024 | By Anthony DiComo @AnthonyDiComo
METS, STEARNS LIKELY TO ‘SHIFT DRAFT PHILOSOPHY’ FOR 2024 | Posted by Allison Waxman | July 8, 2024 | MMO.com
VIDEOS:
Here are potential Mets targets with the 19th pick in the 2024 MLB Draft | The Mets Pod | SNY
MLB Draft Preview with Jim Callis, Mets stay even on road, try to rise at home | The Mets Pod | SNY - July 10, 2024
Diving Deep Into The Mets 2023 Draft Class - July 10, 2024 
If we were looking at Miami I would be more interested in his teammate Brian Walters even if there are more signability questions here
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RHP Frank Elissalt has been drafted by the Mets in the 19th round.
Elissalt threw 51 innings with the Sharks in 2024, striking out 62 batters and walking 17 with a 3.71 ERA. Elissalt has topped out at 94 mph on the fastball.
Congrats Frank!
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Minutes away. The Nats just picked at 590. The Mets pick at 593.
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Could've drafted him to talk to him.
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Minutes away. The Nats just picked at 590. The Mets pick at 593.
Likely unsignable here
Could've drafted him to talk to him.
There is no draft & follow so if we don't sign him and he goes to a 4 year school he can't come out before 2027. A lot can happen between now and then.
There seems to be an overall plan here. They went for LH Bats, and projectible Pitching prospects. Today they went for the long shots, lottery tix as we call them. I really pray for the Kid with the TJ surgery....I hope there is a path to recovery. Not just for the Mets' sake, but for Tanner Witt's sake too.
Do we have a feel for who is calling the shots here ? Is it Kris Gross ? or Tommy T ?
OK.
Dan, what's your initial impression of the Mets' picks this year? I know it's early for a Hot Take.
But it pains me a lil' bit to hear BA giving props to the Braves and the Yankees. Any positives, in your view ?
Ah, thanks Dan. I was gonna ask how the pool money works with the UDFAs.
Gross ran it, but there were definitely some differences versus Houston that could reflect the existing scouting staff. As all pitchers seem to get hurt at some point the profile of pitcher they are looking at I do like versus some post drafts where we would take guys like Wenninger
FCL ends next week. HS players willl for the most part
not play until 2025. Vast majority of the pitchers either won’t pitch at all or will throw a handful of innings in St Lucie and then be shut down. The position players will mostly land in St Lucie with the most advanced landing in BK.
He is the younger brother of Cubs P Colten Brewer
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Outside of the 5th year seniors, all of the players being drafted and/or signed were not playing college ball during COVID so you have less people looking to sign UDFA contracts.
There have been about 30 so far, pretty normal pace based on the last 2 seasons (new bonus rules)
Went to my local high school. Very excited about this one!
Those are some pretty uninspiring numbers to put it mildly. Interested as to what they see in him.
We get force-fed a lot of Braves news down here in CHS (Braves think they own land rights as far west as Mississippi and north to Richmond HA). But they are in our division, and the Mets ain't going nowhere until they can beat the Braves.
We get force-fed a lot of Braves news down here in CHS (Braves think they own land rights as far west as Mississippi and north to Richmond HA). But they are in our division, and the Mets ain't going nowhere until they can beat the Braves.
Believe it or not, it's not that unusual. I think Texas took 19 pitchers last season or the season prior. The Mets took 13/20 this season and just signed 3 more.
I note our Local Hero, Trey Pooser, the Pitcher from College of Charleston and Univ of Kentucky was selected in the 10th round by the Tampa Rays. He's a little older and may get to spend time at Tampa's Low-A CHS Riverdogs.....Home Cookin'
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**new signing** Per @d1baseball @mets have also signed UDFA Hayden Cooper, RHP, West Virginia. Cooper (6'3" 210) pitched 52 innings allowing 73 hits 16 walks 32 k's 6.10 era in 2024, 8 starts, 9 appearances out of the BP. @mets have now signed 3 UDFA #Mets
Those are some pretty uninspiring numbers to put it mildly. Interested as to what they see in him.
He had better numbers in a summer wood bat league last year so perhaps they just wanted to give him an extended look with professional coaches
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have signed another RHP (their 4th UDFA RHP) Hunter Hodges (TCU). Hodges is listed at 6'3" 225, has a sweet stache and was ranked #489 by @BaseballAmerica
Hodges is a 6-foot-3, 225-pound righthander who has racked up plenty of strikeouts and walks over his four collegiate seasons, starting with UNC Wilmington and finishing with TCU—as a reliever at both schools. This spring Hodges posted a 1.86 ERA over 19.1 innings with a 42.9% strikeout rate and a 16.9% walk rate. He throws a 90-93 mph fastball that features some cutting action, but used the pitch only around 20% of the time this spring, instead throwing a heavy diet of low-80s curveballs and mid-80s sliders. Both are high-spin offerings that get near 3,000 rpm. Hodges generated a miss rate north of 50% with both pitches this spring, though his control is well below-average.
Marsh is a big and physical righthander with a 6-foot-4, 245-pound frame and a fastball that at its best has sat in the mid 90s and been up to 99. Marsh has only thrown a handful of innings in 2024, and his velocity was down considerably from what he showed in 2023, which clouds his draft stock. He has thrown a solid low-80s slider that could become an above-average breaking ball and has also mixed in a mid-70s curveball and mid-80s changeup. He’s definitely a reliever prospect thanks to below-average control, but scouts are excited about the pure arm talent and physicality he possesses.