MLB wrapped up their unusual, drastically shortened draft on Thursday with rounds two through five. After picking high school outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong with the 19th pick in the first round on Wednesday, they had picks 52, 69, 91, 120, and 150. With the 69th overall pick in the second

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With the 150th overall pick and their final selection of the 2020 MLB Draft, the Mets selected RHP Eric Orze out of the University of New Orleans. Orze is listed at 6’3″ and 185 pounds. Orze has a very inspiring story to root for. He has beaten cancer twice.

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The Mets have drafted four-year senior Matthew Dyer as their 4th round, 120th overall, pick out of the University of Arizona. Dyer is a tall catcher at 6′ 4″ and is listed at 187 pounds, despite a consensus that he has pushed his weight closer to 200 pounds. Having

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With the No. 91 overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, the New York Mets have selected shortstop Anthony Walters, a redshirt junior from San Diego State University. Walters, 6’1”, 185 lbs, is from Corona, California and a graduate of Tustin HS (CA). According to his collegiate athlete profile

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Since the Mets offered RHP Zack Wheeler a qualifying offer over the winter, the team received a Compensation Round B pick when the Philadelphia Phillies signed him. With that #69 pick, the Mets selected outfielder Isaiah Greene from Corona High School in Corona, California. Greene is among the fastest players

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In the second round of Major League Baseball’s amateur player draft, the Mets have selected J.T. Ginn, a RHP from Mississippi State University. Ginn is a right-handed starting pitcher, who has been regarded highly on multiple prospect pundits. Baseball America has him as the 23rd highest prospect while MLB.com

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On Thursday, as our Mets Minors league team chewed on our nails, watching pick for pick go by, we had a common player we were looking for: Pete Crow-Armstrong. My top guy on the board for most of the spring, Crow-Armstrong is an athletic center fielder well known among

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The first 37 picks of the shortened 2020 amateur draft have come and gone, and this draft will be remembered for a long time. The draft will not only be historic because of circumstances; the class of talent is exceptional and the first round was met with some surprising

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The Mets selected high school outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong with their first pick, 19th overall, in the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday. The pre-draft rankings had the California teenager as high as 10 (The Athletic) and as low as 25 (Fangraphs). Crow-Armstrong is the third consecutive high school bat taken

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All of the hard work over the past year by scouting departments across baseball has led up to… something resembling a draft. The 2020 First-Year Player Draft, as we’ve never seen it before, kicks off Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET. The Mets have the 19th overall selection —

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