Mets front office is pretty happy with the value taken so far. Still room for improvement could have been done.. Mets Seniior Vice President commented " We had a goal in the draft and that was to take value and best available early in the draft. We stuck to our guns but that semi hurt us". The Mets got a ton of value early in the draft but missed out on a quality closer. A hole the Mets will surely fix one way or another but lets review what they have done so far with the team they had before the draft and what they acquired during.
C:Mike Piazza (8th)
1B:Derek Lee (1st)
2B: Brian Roberts (3rd)
3B:David Wright (Keeper)
SS:Rafael Furcal (2nd)
OF:Andruw Jones (Keeper)
OF:Josh Willingham (Keeper)
OF:Mark Teahen (5th)
OF:Chris Young (7th)
DH:Travis Hafner (Keeper)
Bench: Ty Wiggington (10th)
Bench: Luis Castillo (12th)
Bench: Jose Guillen (12th)
Bench: Rondell White (17th)
Bench: Jack Wilson (19th)
SP:Rich Harden (Keeper)
SP:Kelvim Escobar (4th)
SP:AJ Burnett (5th)
SP:John Patterson (6th)
SP: Tom Gorzelanny (13th)
RP:Armando Benitez (8th)
RP:Jason Isringhausen (9th)
RP: Duaner Sanchez (13th)
RP: Michael Wuertz (14th)
RP: Luis Vizcaino (16th)
Bench: SP Adam Loewen (15th)
Bench: RP Bradon Looper (18th)
Bench: SP Scott Baker (20th)
Bench: RP Wes Littleton (21st)
Looking closer at the hitting the Mets have top quality at every position with only gambles in the OF. 3 Guys that could hit 40+ HR's is hard to do in an 18 team league. Willingham and Wright should hit 25-35HR's each.. Piaza set to DH should hit 25+ with 500AB's. Needless to say most weeks HR's/Runs/RBI won't be much of an issue.. Furcal/Roberts will lead my SB group.. 35+ from each.. Add 20 from Wright and possibly new OF Chris Young We should get 5-8SB's in a typical week. Solid BA guys top to bottom.. Most should hit near 300 except for a few like Jones/Young/Willingham/Piazza. The staff built is a huge risk/reward group. They could all have ERA's in the 3's but how many DL stints will they have?? Depth at SP will be another priority during the year. My RP includes Armando Benitez. A Closer with shot knees but still when he is in he will be getting saves. This value first theory hurt in that aspect as Closers have less value then SP or hitters.
Best Pick: Mike Piazza.. Traded up to snag him just before Nor Cal did.. Being in Oakland as a DH and batting 4th. He could revert back to 2001 and 2002 years.. 280 30HR 90RBI.. Pretty scary numbers in round 8 out of your catcher position!!
Worst Pick: Mark Teahen.. Don't get me wrong I love the kid but in round 5 where a quailty guy is critical since he was my #3 OF I am gambling on him I still feel he will be good for 290 25 85 with possibly 10SB.. He is slated to bat 3rd..
What's up next?? Well obviously we need to add some RP.. We also need a 5th SP.. Depth at the OF position is a must.. Multi INF back ups also..
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