We will be tracking the signings and their assignments here on MMN just to make sure you know who is being signed, how much they are being signed for, and where they will be assigned. We will also have reports for each player as we can get them. Where you see the word “Report” in with an Underline, will be another profile on a player who the Mets have drafted in 2016. Many of the college players have stats readily available.
Color Code:
This Means the player is Signed and has been placed on a team
This Means the player is Signed, but has not been assigned to a team
This means the player is not signing
Round 1, Pick 19 RHP Justin Dunn, – Report
Slot Value: $2,378,800 Actual Bonus: $2,378,800
School: Boston College, JR Bat/Throws: S/R Height: 6’2″ Weight: 184
Status: Signed
1st-rder Justin Dunn signs w/@Mets for $2,378,800 (pick 19 value). Boston College RHP, RP turned SP, FB up to 99, good brk stuff. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 21, 2016
Assignment: Short Season-A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 1A, Pick 100 LHP Anthony Kay – Report
Slot Value: $1,972,100 Actual Bonus: $1,100,000
School: UConn, JR Bat/Throws: L/L Height: 5’11” Weight: 186
Status: Signed
Assignment: Will not be pitching this year.
Round 2, Pick 64 1B Pete Alonso – Report
Slot Value: $1,009,200 Actual Bonus: $909,200
School: University Of Florida, JR Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 5’11” Weight: 225
Status: Signed
2nd-rder Pete Alonso signs w/@Mets for $909,200 (pick 64 = $1,009,200). Florida 1B, good power, best Gators hitter in postseason. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 27, 2016
Assignment: Short-Season A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 3, Pick 100 3B Blake Tiberi – Report
Slot Value: $596,600 Actual Bonus: $500,000
School: University Of Louisville, RS SO Bat/Throws: L/R Height: 5’11” Weight: 200
Status: Signed
3rd-rder Blake Tiberi signs w/@Mets for $500k (pick 100 = $596,600). Louisville 3B, high contact/OBP type, decent defender. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 21, 2016
Officially signed with the Mets! pic.twitter.com/Vvwqukp1SR
— Blake Tiberi (@Blake_Tiberi_25) June 21, 2016
Assignment: Short Season-A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 4, Pick 130, SS Michael Paez – Report
Slot Value: $446,500
School: Coastal Carolina, JR Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 5’8″ Weight: 165
Status: Signed
4th-rder Michael Paez, @Mets agree on $446,500 (pick 130 value). Coastal Carolina SS, @NCAACWS title, good pop, maybe 2B as pro. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) July 2, 2016
Assignment: Short-Season A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 5, Pick 160, SS Colby Woodmansee – Report
Slot Value: $334,500, Actual Bonus: $334,500
School: Arizona State, JR Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’3″ Weight: 195
Status:
.@Mets ink 5th-rd SS @colbywoodmansee from @ASU_Baseball for pick value ($334,500). @MLBDraft
— Jonathan Mayo (@JonathanMayo) June 14, 2016
Assignment: Short-Season A Brooklyn
Round 6, Pick 190 RHP Christopher Viall – Report
Slot Value: $250,500 Actual Bonus: $250,500
School: Stanford, JR Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’9″ Weight: 230
Status: Signed Per Mets Announcement
Assignment: Kingsport
Round 7, Pick 220 RHP Austin McGeorge – Report
Slot Value: $187,800 Actual Bonus: $175,000
School: Cal State Long Beach Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’2″ Weight: 185
Status:
.@Mets sign 7th rder Austin McGeorge for 175K (pick value: $187,800). K-thrower for @LBDirtbags @MLBDraft
— Jonathan Mayo (@JonathanMayo) June 14, 2016
Assignment: Short-Season-A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 8, Pick 250 LHP Placido Torres – Report
Slot Value: $175,400 Actual Bonus: $10,000
School: Tusculum College, SR Bat/Throws: L/L Height: 5’11” Weight: 170 LB
Status: Signed
6th rd @Braves, M.Gonzalez, $25k; 8th rd @Rockies, T.Culbreth, $20k; 8th rd @Mets, P.Torres, $10k; 10th rd @Yankees, T.Lane, $10k. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 14, 2016
Assignment: Rookie League Kingsport Mets
Round 9, Pick 280 RHP Colin Holderman – Report
Slot Value: $163,700 Actual Bonus: $400,000
School: Heartland CC Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’6″ Weight: 220
Status: Signed, 6/13/2016
9th-rder Colin Holderman signs w/@Mets for $400k (pick 280 = $163,700). Heartland (Ill.) CC RHP, two-way guy, 92-94 when fresh. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 14, 2016
Assignment: Rookie League Kingsport Mets
Round 10, Pick 310 OF Gene Cone – Report
Slot Value: $156,600 Actual Bonus: $150,000
School: University Of South Carolina, JR Bat/Throws: L/L Height: 6’0″ Weight: 170
Status: Signed, 6/16/16
Assignment: Short-Season A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 11, Pick 340 RHP Cameron Planck – Report
Bonus: $1,000,001
School: Rowan County High School (KY) Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’4 Weight: 218
Status: Signed
Re Cameron Planck & @Mets questions: Kentucky HS RHP has agreed to bonus around $1 mil (don't know exact $), pending physical. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) July 13, 2016
Assignment: Unknown
Round 12, Pick 370, RHP Matthew Cleveland – Report
Signing Bonus: $300,000
School: Windsor HS(CT) Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’5″ Weight: 200
Status: Signed
Correction: @Mets give 12th rder Matt Cleveland $400K ($300K counts twd bonus pool). 6-5 HS RHP from Conn has considerable upside. @MLBDraft
— Jonathan Mayo (@JonathanMayo) July 9, 2016
Assignment: Unknown
Round 13, Pick 400, C Daniel Rizzie – Report
School: Xavier U, SR Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’2″ Weight: 195
Status: Signed
Assignment: Short-Season-A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 14, Pick 430, RHP Christian James – Report
School: East Lake HS (FL) Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’4″ Weight: 195
Status: Signed Per Rubin 6/15/16 for $100,000
Assignment: Rookie League Gulf Coast
Round 15, Pick 460, CF Jacob Zanon – Report
School: Lewis Clark State College, Jr Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’1″ Weight: 185
Status: Signed, 6/13/16
Assignment: Short-Season-A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 16, Pick 490, RHP Trent Johnson – Report
School: Santa Fe CC Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’5″ Weight: 185
Status: Signed Per Rubin 6/15/16
Assignment: Rookie League Kingsport Mets
Round 17, Pick 520, 3B Jay Jabs – Report
School: Franklin Pierce, JR Bat/Throws: L/R Height: 6’0″ Weight: 190
Status: Signed
Assignment: Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 18, Pick 550, RHP Adam Atkins – Report
School: Louisiana Tech, SR Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’3″ Weight: 210
Status: Signed
Assignment: Short-Season-A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 19, Pick 580, RHP Gary Cornish – Report
School: U Of San Diego, SR Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’2″ Weight: 187
Status: Signed
Assignment: Short-Season-A Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 20, Pick 610, LF Carlos Cortes
Status: Not Signing
Round 21, Pick 640, RHP Maxwell Kuhns – Report
School: Santa Clara U Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’3″ Weight: 210
Status: Signed
Assignment: Rookie League Kingsport Mets
Round 22, Pick 670, CF Ian Strom – Report
School: U Mass Lowell, Jr Bat/Throws: R/L Height: 6’2″ Weight: 200
Status: Signed
Assignment: Rookie League Kingsport Mets
Round 23, Pick 700, 2B Nicholas Sergakis – Report
School: OSU, 5Yr Senior Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 5’8″ Weight: 175 LBS
Status: Signing
Assignment: Brooklyn Cyclones
Round 24, Pick 730, RHP Dariel Rivera – Report
School: Dr. Juan J. Osuna Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’3″ Weight: 160
Status: Signed Per Rubin 6/15/16, Bonus $50,000
Assignment: Instructional Gulf Coast League
Round 25, Pick 760, LHP Cody Beckman – Report
Status: Not Signing
Round 26, Pick 790, 3B Rylan Thomas – Report
School: Windemere Prep Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’0″ Weight: 225
Status:
Assignment:
Round 27, Pick 820, LHP Joel Urena – Report
School: Georgio Luperon HS for Math & Science (16 Years Old) Bat/Throws: L/L Height: 6’5″ Weight: 235
Status:
Assignment:
Round 28, Pick 850, RHP William Sierra – Report
Status: Not Signing
Round 29, Pick 880, RHP Alex Haynes – Report
Status: Was interested, but not signing.
Round 30, Pick 910, RHP Eric Villanueva – Report
School: Josefina Barcelo HS, PR B/T: R/R Height: 6’1″ Weight: 180
Status: Signed Per Rubin 6/15/16, Bonus $50,000
Assignment: Instructional Gulf Coast League
Round 31, Pick 940, LF Jeremy Wolf – Report
School: Trinity U, SR Position: LF B/T: L/R Height: 6’3″ Weight: 220
Status: Signed
Assignment: Rookie League Kingsport Mets
Round 32, Pick 970 Overall, RHP George Kirby – Report
School: Rye HS, NY Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’4″ Weight: 195
Status:
Assignment:
Round 33, Pick 1000 Overall SS Duncan Pence – Report
Status: Headed To School
Round 34, #1030 Overall RHP Anthony Herron – Report
School: Jefferson College Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’2″ Weight: 195
Status:
Assignment:
Round 35, #1060 Overall, RHP Andrew “Grayson” Harbin
Status: Headed to School.
Round 36, #1090 Overall RHP Garrison Bryant – Report
School: Clearwater HS Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’4″ Weight: 190
Status: Signed
Assignment: Unknown
Round 37, #1120 Overall, SS Branden Fryman – Report
School: JM Tate HS Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’1″ Weight: 160
Status:
Assignment:
Round 38, #1150 Overall SS Jaylon McLaughlin
Status: Headed to School
Round 39, #1180 Overall, C Jordan Hand – Report
School: College of Southern Nevada Bat/Throws: R/R Height: 6’3″ Weight: 225
Status:
Assignment:
Round 40, #1210 Overall, C Michael Chambers – Report
School: Jean Paul II HS (TX) B/R: R/R Height: 6’2″ Weight: 190
Status:
Assignment:
$400K for Holderman? Why do you think the Mets went so high passed slot value? It’s 2.5X the pick’s assigned value.
Don’t know the specifics of this one guy Gus, but as a college senior, he had little leverage. Those guys get squeezed quite often and often settle for $10K. Mets likely selected Torres, in part, to be able to allocate a good chunk of his slot money to other draftees. Pretty sure most teams do this fairly regularly.
Well we signed:
RHP Colin Holderman – Report
Slot Value: $163,700 Actual Bonus: $400,000
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Any chance the Mets sign Cortes?
Torres is a college Senior so he has absolutely no leverage. As a 23 year old, 5’11” pitcher he is just happy that he will be getting an opportunity.
Unlikely. His commitment to Miami is pretty strong and he’s probably not thrilled to be picked this low when he was ranked so high.
What they said. Torres is a little guy at D2, and was a college senior so they drafted him high and gave him underslot.
Damn. Ho-hum draft in terms of high school potential then.
Planck is iffy too… He’s been offered 3rd round money, and turned it down, which is over 600K.
I would imagine the fact that Alonso and Paez’s delay in signing would hinder the Mets’ ability to discern how much slot money they have to increase their offer to Planck.
Yes, that is true.
Teddy, Who are the top upside guys the Mets drafted after the 10th round? After 10th round is it $100k plus whatever slot money the team has left over?
http://www.thecubreporter.com/book/export/html/3554
Thanks.
yeah.
Upside guys are Planck (11th) Cleveland (12th) Jabs (17th, already signed)
Cortes (20th, not signing), Thomas (26th) Urena (27th) Haynes (29th) Kirby (31st, probably not signing), and Fryman (37th)
Thanks for the info.
might be cool to watch Paez in the CWS
That would be cool but torn because I want him to start his Mets career too.
I don’t see the cap money to go over slot for any of the remaining upside guys, given that we stayed closely on slot for most of our guys except for Torres (significantly under) and Holderman (significantly over).
Where will money come from unless our top 4 picks sign under slot?
Was anyone surprised that 14th pick James signed for $100K. I thought is demands were much higher pre-draft?
I suspect that Dunn and Kay will be for slot, if not a little underslot. Alonso is likely to go under slot. Paez is likely to go underslot, and Tiberi is probably for slot.
Right now the team is 51,600 over slot, but the top 5 picks represent 81% of the slot allotment. Also, the Mets could possibly go 5% above their pool.
James had a few off the field issues I heard, and really didn’t want to go to college.
Wow, James doesn’t sound like the type of kid I’d invest 100k in.
Planck, Thomas and Cleveland seem like the guys we want to go over slot on if we have any money left. This might be the year to go over by 5%.
Is there a penalty if we do so?
Yes, the Mets could lose future picks. I was hoping they would throw the kitchen sink at Planck and Cortez. Alas, Cortes is going to college.
I really like Planck but he is said to have turned down 3rd round money so I think that is a pass. I would focus on Cleveland, really like his stuff.
Jordan Hand really don’t want to sign with the Mets, huh? lol
If you go over by 0 to 5% there is a 75% penalty on the overage. If the team goes over pool by more than 5% then you lose future picks.
Forgive me for my ignorance, but is this the best group of draftees we had in a long time. I look at the Brooklyn group and I have to wonder if most of these guys have a greater chance to develop then previous drafts. I realize we don’t have the top 10 pick, but wow we did secure some talent. We did draft some college players and the correct answer is ask me in 5 years, but i’m amazed at the Brooklyn team.