Tom Brennan - 2017 DRAFTEES' PERFORMANCE SO FAR
The Mets
signed over 30 of its 40 draftees in 2017.
Where you are drafted is only loosely correlated with how you’ve
performed.
For instance, my 1 thru 3 performers were drafted in the 21st
thru 27th rounds.
Everyone’s performance
overall so far? Well, since you asked:
Some very
good ones, but a lot of mediocre and weak ones.
Overall draft? C-, in my humble opinion.
Let me rank
them based on performance so far – stats through Tuesday:
CODES: BK =
Brooklyn, KP= Kingsport, GCL = Gulf Coast Mets
- 27th rd Jeremy Vasquez - 1B - BK & KP: 161 ABs, .317, 13 doubles, 7 HRs, 32 RBIs
- 22nd round Joshua Payne – RP – 13 IP, 20 K, 1 BB, 0.54 WHIP
- 21st round Aaron Ford – RP – 13.2 IP, 21 K, 4 BB, 0.90 WHIP
- 10th round Stephen Villines – RP – BK & GCL: 17 IP, 0 BB, 27 K, 2.60 ERA
- 9th round Cannon Chadwick – RP – BK: 18.2 IP, 27 K, 0.96 ERA, 1.55 WHIP
- 16th round Raphael Gladu – LF – GCL: 25 G, .293/.365/.402
- 24th round Joe Cavallaro – RP – GCL: 16.2 IP, 21 K, 4 BB, 2-1, 3.24 ERA
- 8th round Trey Cobb – RP – BK: 1-1, 3.00, 18 IP, 17 K, 1.06 WHIP
- 7th round Conner O’Neil – RP – BK: 0-2, 3.24, 16.2 IP, 1.38 WHIP, 19 K
- 23rd round Jose Sierra – RP – GCL: 5.2 IP, 0.00 ERA. 2.12 WHIP, 5 K
- 35th round Kyle Wilson – RP – GCL: 5 IP, 1.80 ERA, 5 K
- 1st round David Peterson – SP – BK: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K
- 5th round Matt Winaker – LF: 21 G, .268/.402/.282
- 3rd round Quinn Brodey – OF: 44 G, .244/.297/.327, 8 of 10 steals
- 27th round Billy Oxford – RP – GCL: 2-1, 4.50 ERA, 16 IP, 16 K, 1.44 WHIP
- 33rd round Mac Lozer – RP – GCL: 3.71 ERA, 1.59 WHIP, 17 IP, 15 K
- 31st round Ryan Selmer – RP – GCL: 0-1, 2.12, 17 IP, 7 K, 1.41 WHIP
- 2nd round Mark Vientos – SS – GCL: 17 yr old, 37 G, .233/.309/.346
- 4th round Tony Dibrell – RP – BK: 5.68 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 4 HR, 12.2 IP, 15 K
- 6th round Marcel Renteria – RP – BK: 1-1, 9.00 ERA, 1.63 WHIP, 13 K, 8 IP
- 26th round Gavin Garay – 1B – GCL: 24 G, .207/.286/.232, 34 K
- 15th round Dylan Snypes – SS – BK: 15 G, .178/.351/.178 (40% K rate)
- 18th round Carl Stajduhar – 3B – BK: 30 G, 47 K, .160/.263/.300, 3 HR
- 36th round Robbie Kidwell – C – GCL: 5 for 41, 14 Ks
- 37th round Joshua Walker – RP – GCL: 1-0, 8.31, 1.27 WHIP, 8.2 IP, 7 K
- 39th round Noah Nunez – RP – GCL: 1-1, 6.75 ERA, 8 IP, 1.38 WHIP, 2 K
- 13th round Nate Peden – RP – GCL: 0-1, 7.71 ERA, 7 IP, 2.43 WHIP
- 20th round Yadiel Flores – RP – GCL: 0-0, 5.79 ERA, 4.2 IP, 2.36 WHIP
- 29th round Liam McCall – RP – GCL: 0-2, 7.94, 5.2 IP, 2.29 WHIP, 4 K
- 40th round Ronnie Taylor – RP – GCL: 8.10 ERA, 3.1 IP, 6 BB, 4 K
- 12th round Bryce Hutchinson – RP – GCL: 1.2 IP, 5 runs allowed
- 11th round Jack Schneider – ain’t played yet
7 comments:
My # 20 guy, Marcel Renteria, was probably happy I wrote this prior to game time Thursday, because he got hammered Thursday nite after Harvey's 3 innings. Marcel is NOT pitching like a 6th round selection so far, but more like Marcel Marceau.
The weakest performance for the past seven years is a toss-up between Sandy Alderson and Terry Collins.
Reese, this draft by the Mets was immediately denigrated by pundit experts, and my thoughts at the time simply could be summed up as: I hope they are all wrong. NOPE!
Peterson and Vientos could still be very solid first and second round picks, but collectively, the rest of the draft looks poor until proven otherwise.
Its interesting to follow the draft pick and success. Its even more interesting in the NHL where the draft picks sometimes go right to the parent club. The number of first rounders, for instance, that reach the NHL versus the number of first rounders who reach MLB is vastly different. The competition for baseball is so vast!
I must say that I love this comment:
Reese Kaplan said...
The weakest performance for the past seven years is a toss-up between Sandy Alderson and Terry Collins.
August 17, 2017 at 10:48 AM
When we discuss weak Sandy performance, one thing that I think warrants criticism of him is the weight of Dom Smith. Dom blamed a lot of it on his ability with minor league allowances and limited places to find eats after minor league games.
When you have a guy who could be a possible several time All Star, but he clearly has unique weight challenges, why not hire a chef/nutritionist to be assigned to him throughout the season?
I saw the 9th inning last night and, especially for a 22 year old, Smith is way too round around the mid section. To me, he looks like he is at least 20 pounds overweight. Let's do a girth comparison:
Bart Colon was 185 as a 21 year old, 225 as a 24 year old, and look how big he got. Smith was 185 at 18, and already 260 as a 22 year old. Same height. That is scary to me if I am an owner looking to protect his investment.
Bad management, in my opinion. The kid needed concerted professional weight assistance, in my opinion.
Vientos is 4 for 5 with a homer today - a breakout game for Mark. jumped to .254
Like most clubs, lots of swings and misses. there is plenty to be happy about and sad about in Mets land. I think Sandy has been solid overall. Particularly leading up to WS in 2015. TC on the other hand is driving me nuts these days. His refusal to bat Smith the other night bugged me to no end.
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