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 
Very interesting pickup. In summer ball (surprised he's playing) he has 23.1 inning, 11 hits, 21 walks, and 40 Ks.
Obviously some control issues, but if he reduce the walks, he could be someone to watch.
“Big” number is what I’m being told. I don’t have said number
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Hodges in 2024 19.1 innings 8 hits 13 walks *33* k's (all in relief) #Mets
Very interesting pickup. In summer ball (surprised he's playing) he has 23.1 inning, 11 hits, 21 walks, and 40 Ks.
Obviously some control issues, but if he reduce the walks, he could be someone to watch.
Summer ball is common for draft eligible players, especially pitchers. The MLB draft league has been a common picking grounds for the Mets for example
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Hodges in 2024 19.1 innings 8 hits 13 walks *33* k's (all in relief) #Mets
Very interesting pickup. In summer ball (surprised he's playing) he has 23.1 inning, 11 hits, 21 walks, and 40 Ks.
Obviously some control issues, but if he reduce the walks, he could be someone to watch.
Summer ball is common for draft eligible players, especially pitchers. The MLB draft league has been a common picking grounds for the Mets for example
I would think they wouldn't risk injury going into the draft
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You’ll see a lot of Jays signings that come in $2,500 underneath a round number, or the slot value of the pick. This is an accounting trick, as teams are allowed to award signees a $2,500 signing contingency bonus after the contract is executed."
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Expected to sign “well” over slot.
“Big” number is what I’m being told. I don’t have said number
Got a Jonathan India comp from a writer I know
Hampson (18th Round selection) added @Mets organization to his instagram feed and other places so maybe we will have another Zitella-like move?
Not surprised on Haight as he had a 4 year college commit with a good program
Things got kicked off on Sunday when the Mets selected two-way player Carson Benge from Oklahoma State and left-handed starter Jonathan Santucci from Duke.
On Day 2, the Mets drafted five right-handed pitchers, one of the best college hitters of 2024, a center fielder and a prep shortstop. One of those righties, Ryan Lambert, was up to 102 mph this season as a reliever for Oklahoma.
During the final day of the draft, the Mets added seven more right-handed pitchers (one high schooler), an infielder from Long Island, a college center field and wrapped up the draft with a highly-regarded prep shortstop.
RECAP OF THE METS’ 2024 DRAFT Posted by Michael Mayer | Jul 18, 2024 | MMO.com - ( New Window )
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OF Carson Benge is a member of the Cherokee Nation. Current
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RHP Adrian Houser is also a member of the Cherokee Nation
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OF Carson Benge is a member of the Cherokee Nation. Current
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RHP Adrian Houser is also a member of the Cherokee Nation
I just hope he has a better career than his brother, whom I liked coming out of Oklahoma State and I thought the Red Sox got a steal with in 13th Round. Who knew he would last fewer than 200 games over parts of 3 seasons in the minors and never get above high A ball?
I keep getting boxed-out of Law's summary, they want a subscription.
It's all good though -- Keith likes our two new RH pitchers. I like 'em too. Both dudes with size.
BTW -- When I googled Will Watson, I also got a famous Painter and a Coast Guard Admiral with the same name.
And maybe our new Cherokee can have a pow-wow with our old Cherokee Pitcher Houser.
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@keithlaw with a very positive summary of @mets draft. Dohm and Will Watson in particular Link - ( New Window )
I keep getting boxed-out of Law's summary, they want a subscription.
It's all good though -- Keith likes our two new RH pitchers. I like 'em too. Both dudes with size.
BTW -- When I googled Will Watson, I also got a famous Painter and a Coast Guard Admiral with the same name.
And maybe our new Cherokee can have a pow-wow with our old Cherokee Pitcher Houser.
the athletic is the one sports/internet subscription I actually find value in. not saying you should subscribe or not, up to you, just saying if you do decide to you may find it worth it. I think they usually have trials or 1st year for like $19.99 or something like that. and FWIW I subscribed for the hockey content. but their coverage of all sports are good. their fantasy sports stuff sucks though if you're interested in that.
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No problem at all paying for The Athletic.
unfortunately i dont think their original business model was sustainable and the ability for top creators (bob mcginn as an example) to monetize themselves through substack thinned out the product.
Per Healey he will put pen to paper today
17 year old HS arm probably needs to throw somewhere around 400 innings in the minors before getting to big leagues. i think the TJS odds for any minor league pitcher who throws upper 90s in that period of time are probably close to 50%. think about how many of the college arms coming out now seem to have already gotten TJS, and they are probably only halfway farther to big leagues.
if there are 2 prospects anywhere close to equal in terms of grade, i dont know how you take on the extra pitcher risk.
unfortunately i dont think their original business model was sustainable and the ability for top creators (bob mcginn as an example) to monetize themselves through substack thinned out the product.
their local hockey team writers are some of the best in the business.
I'd pay the fee just for Arpon Basu (MTL) alone (not the $99 one but the $24 promo, lol)
I think Staple is their Islanders guy (and Rangers I believe). not sure his hockey connections or quality but Arpon is great and I feel like Staple puts out good stuff.
and their national guys like pronman, wheeler, etc. are the best too.
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it's still as good as anything else out there and in some cases better, but if you look around hard enough there's not much proprietary. there a few beats who are the best reporters with access (sammon is one of them) and a few really strong national writers (like eno, rosenthal, vecenie, lebrun, feldman etc).
unfortunately i dont think their original business model was sustainable and the ability for top creators (bob mcginn as an example) to monetize themselves through substack thinned out the product.
their local hockey team writers are some of the best in the business.
I'd pay the fee just for Arpon Basu (MTL) alone (not the $99 one but the $24 promo, lol)
I think Staple is their Islanders guy (and Rangers I believe). not sure his hockey connections or quality but Arpon is great and I feel like Staple puts out good stuff.
and their national guys like pronman, wheeler, etc. are the best too.
yeah i like pronman and wheeler and those player cards they do. staple is meh, kurtz was better, but lou doesnt really let anything out so staple is left to mostly whine/pander to his audience of whiny nyi fans. at the promo price it's definitely a no brainer.
to be worth the full price they'd have to add more unique content. TJstats' info and apps are insane, which is why he charges like $100/year for full access, they should have signed him like yesterday.
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Lambert - RD 8
Girton - RD 10
Roselli - RD 11
Lanthier - RD 12
Aren't the only draft picks that aren't expected to sign Hampson (RD 18) and Haight (RD 20)? Interesting that they only picked 3 high schoolers (the two mentioned directly above and Trey Synder, their 5th round pick.
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2nd-rder Jonathan Santucci signs w/
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LHP, intriguing three-pitch mix (92-96 mph fastball w/carry, low-80s slider w/two-plane break, mid-80s changeup w/fade), needs to throw more strikes & has the athleticism to do so.
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Lambert - RD 8
Girton - RD 10
Roselli - RD 11
Lanthier - RD 12
Aren't the only draft picks that aren't expected to sign Hampson (RD 18) and Haight (RD 20)? Interesting that they only picked 3 high schoolers (the two mentioned directly above and Trey Synder, their 5th round pick.
Amount of HS picks have gone down precipitously. It's industry standard at this point.
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Lambert - RD 8
Girton - RD 10
Roselli - RD 11
Lanthier - RD 12
Aren't the only draft picks that aren't expected to sign Hampson (RD 18) and Haight (RD 20)? Interesting that they only picked 3 high schoolers (the two mentioned directly above and Trey Synder, their 5th round pick.
As GF said, this is happening across the majors unless you have a top pick and are willing to go substantially under slot. The lack of low minors teams mean that you can’t spend 2-3 years with a guy in your low minors to see if he can put it together and be ready when his class would be draft eligible had he gone to school. Many teams are also seeing that doing a Matt Allan where you load up on senior signs to get a high ranked HS guy on Day 2 is not proving successful (in the NFL it is basically trading up so you have 2-3 picks but they are all in the first 2 days - if JJ McCarthy and Dallas Turner bust the Vikings don’t have a lot to show from 2024 Draft).
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Liberty North SS Trey Snyder plans to sign with the
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Snyder signed with Tennessee and, in the NIL era, nothing is set in stone until the ink is dry!
Hopefully they do it. Should have been done a long time ago.
The @Mets have agreed to a deal with third-round pick (No. 82) Nate Dohm for $797,500 (slot value = $934,800), per @jimcallisMLB.
-11th rounder Nick Roselli: $150,000
-12th rounder Ethan Lanthier: $150,000
-13th rounder RJ Gordon: $150,000
-17th rounder Jacoby Long: $150,000
-19th rounder Frank Elissalt: $50,000
Sounds like Blum or Jelkin