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 
1) Hoss Brewer, RHP, Little Rock
2) Chandler Marsh, RHP, Georgia (BA 500 rank: No. 383)
3) Hunter Hodges, RHP, TCU (BA 500 rank: 489)
4) Hayden Cooper, RHP, West Virginia
5) Channing Austin, RHP, USC
6) Eldridge Armstrong, RHP, Texas A&M
The link from Baseball America is listed below...
2024 MLB Undrafted Free Agent Signing Tracker For Every Team | July 27, 2024 | BA Staff - ( New Window )
Very odd. Mets never made Jelkin a formal offer so he will become a FA at 5 PM tomorrow
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officially announce signing 18/20 + 6 UDFA's. Jelkin/Haight the two who didn't sign
Very odd. Mets never made Jelkin a formal offer so he will become a FA at 5 PM tomorrow
I'm guessing Mets can't sign him as a FA and give him more money since it doesn't count towards bonus pool anymore? That would be some loophole so figure no way.
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officially announce signing 18/20 + 6 UDFA's. Jelkin/Haight the two who didn't sign
Very odd. Mets never made Jelkin a formal offer so he will become a FA at 5 PM tomorrow
I read that earlier. It confused the heck outta me. Why?
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officially announce signing 18/20 + 6 UDFA's. Jelkin/Haight the two who didn't sign
Very odd. Mets never made Jelkin a formal offer so he will become a FA at 5 PM tomorrow
Wonder if they felt deceived by something or just something unknown popped up in the medicals? they pay tax on overage so the $400k to him would have been more than that so obviously something made them feel compelled to not bother.
The New York Mets announced on Wednesday that they’ve signed 18 of their 20 draft picks from 2024.
The only two picks they couldn’t come to terms with were ninth-rounder RHP Jaxon Jelkin and 20th-rounder SS Adam Haight.
METS SIGN 18 OF 20 DRAFT PICKS Posted by Michael Mayer | Jul 31, 2024 - ( New Window )
2. once drafting him, he somehow conducted himself in a way that scared them off (less likely, though if his side had been deceptive or misleading about something in the medical or his price tag, that would possibly check both boxes)
i cant find who his agent is, so who knows. with better agents i usually doubt those kinds of things dont happen, but even boras allowed it to happen with rocker. they drafted him knowing about tjs, so there had to be something unexpected that caused them to decide burning $400k was better than offering him.
No. 20 overall pick Trey Yesavage agreed to a $4,177,500 deal with the Blue Jays on Thursday morning, as well as North Carolina outfielder Vance Honeycutt (No. 22, Orioles) who signed for $4 million. With those two deals, every player from the first round has now agreed to terms with their club.
That leaves just four other players in top 10 rounds without deals: supplemental second-rounders Tyler Bell (Rays) and Chris Levonas (Brewers), third-rounder Ryan Prager (Angels) and ninth-rounder Jaxon Jelkin (Mets). None of them are projected to sign.
MLB Draft - Draft deadline: Thursday, 5 pm ET. Here's who hasn't signed - 10:19 AM EDT - Jim Callis @JimCallisMLB - ( New Window )
Blue Jays sign No. 20 overall pick Yesavage - 4:21 PM EDT - MLB.com
Orioles sign 1st-round Draft pick Honeycutt | 11:52 AM EDT | Jason Foster @ByJasonFoster
These two guys (Honeycutt at #22 & Yesavage at #20) were rumored at certain points to go to the Mets at 19.
The Rays (No. 67), Brewers (No. 68) and Angels (end of third round) will receive compensation choices in the 2025 Draft for failing to sign their 2024 early-rounders. New York will get nothing for not landing Jelkin.
Draft deadline passes with all first-rounders on board, but here's who didn't sign | 9 minutes ago | Jim Callis @JimCallisMLB - ( New Window )
I'm wondering how many didn't didn't sign from rounds 11 to 20? We know one---our 20th round pick: High School SS Adam Haight who's committed to Oregon State. Anyone know how many didn't sign from rounds 11 to 20 besides him?
-4 players from Rounds 1 through 10 didn't sign, which means that 98.73% of the players drafted signed with the club that drafted them (1.27% did not).
-41 players from Rounds 11 through 20 didn't sign, which means that 86.33% of the players drafted signed with the club that drafted them (13.67% did not).
-Each team, on average, has 1.5 drafted players who didn't sign this year.
-4 players from Rounds 1 through 10 didn't sign, which means that 98.73% of the players drafted signed with the club that drafted them (1.27% did not).
-41 players from Rounds 11 through 20 didn't sign, which means that 86.33% of the players drafted signed with the club that drafted them (13.67% did not).
-Each team, on average, has 1.5 drafted players who didn't sign this year.
The 1.5 makes sense as teams usually have a “just in case” pick or two especially late in the draft. The Mets gave their 5th round pick 7 figures. If they did medicals and realized a glaring issue that negated the deal that was discussed pre draft they could suddenly end up with a glut of cash which they could have then offered their 20th round pick.
Why was Jaxon J not worthy of a Comp Pick ? Which Round is the cutoff point ?
If I remember reading correctly -- Jaxon had some kind of disciplinary issue, no ?
Why was Jaxon J not worthy of a Comp Pick ? Which Round is the cutoff point ?
If I remember reading correctly -- Jaxon had some kind of disciplinary issue, no ?
I believe it is 3rd or 4th Round that is the cutoff and only if you tender a certain minimum contract (I believe 40% of slot) unless they refused to go through certain pre draft testing (in which case you don’t have to offer a contract to get a comp pick if selecting that high).
-The Brewers had the most unsigned draft picks, with a total number of 6: Round CB-B after RD 2, 11, 14, 17, 19, & 20.
-Arizona had 4 unsigned draft picks: RDs 17, 18, 19, & 20.
-The Rangers (RDs 18, 19, & 20), Reds (RDs 14, 19, & 20), & Dodgers (RDs 15, 19, & 20) had 3 each.
-Seven teams had two unsigned draft picks, of which the Mets were one. They're as follows:
TOR (RDs 19 & 20), DET (RD 16 & 19), MIN (RD 16 & 20), LAA (RD 3 & 19), OAK (RD 16 & 20), NYM (RD 9 & 20), & PIT (RD 16 & 20).
-12 teams had only 1 unsigned draft pick:
NYY (RD 20), TB (RD CB-B after RD 2), CWS (RD 20), KC (RD 17), HOU (RD 20), SEA (RD 19), MIA (RD 15), PHI (RD 14), WSH (RD 20), STL (RD 19), SFG (RD 19), & SDP (RD 20).