Due to the dreaded three I’s – injured, ineffective and inefficient – the Mets’ offense hasn’t been close to what was expected coming into the season. While the NL average runs per game is 4.43, the Mets are 13th with…
If you follow amateur baseball at all, you know more about the players selected in the draft than me. The best I can do is tell you that a guy who hit a triple and a homer for the Copperheads…
Back in the early 80s, when Dale Murphy was one of the best players in the game, my brother had him on his fantasy team and thought he was the greatest. Looking to take him down a peg, I told…
Dear God – not another Realmuto thread
Taking the next step in our quest to accurately evaluate drafting from the opening decade of the 21st century, I used the ranking system Brian unveiled and assigned values for every first-round pick arranged by team. The goal is to…
Over the past few weeks, Joe Barbieri and I have presented the first 100 picks of the drafts from 2000-2009. While we made some comments and provided some context on the picks from those individual drafts, now it’s time to…
Headlined by the best player of a generation, the 2009 draft has emerged as one of the best draft classes in the 21st century. One of the most recognized faces in baseball today, Mike Trout already is a two-time MVP…
The top of the 2008 Draft was defined by signability. Buster Posey was in the running for top overall pick until it was suggested that he was going to ask for $12 million, which took him out of the running.…
For the first time in this Mets360 series, it feels like bWAR numbers are not reflective of a draft’s impact. The 2007 edition does not have anyone from its top 100 with a career bWAR over 40 (each of the…
After back-to-back years where a combined 53 of the 30 first-round picks made the majors, the 2006 Draft saw 23 selections make the majors. Of those, five saw a career with negative bWAR value, including the second-overall pick. But there…
There is a superstition that bad things come in threes. That certainly seems to have held true for the first half dozen Major League Baseball Amateur Drafts of the 21st century – even the ones dripping with talent, like the…
After a relatively poor draft in 2003, the top 100 of 2004 showed up to restore our faith in both the talent of U.S. amateurs and the ability of organizations to identify that talent. All told, 27 of the first…
