Does Michael Conforto pick indicate shift in Mets’ strategy?

The Mets selected Oregon State outfielder Michael Conforto with the tenth pick in the 2014 first-year player draft. It's the first draft during the Sandy Alderson era in which the team has selected a college player with their first overall pick. In the first draft for this front office in 2011, the team selected outfielder [...]

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Former first-rounders Lincecum and Wheeler headed in different directions

Sunday’s pitching matchup provides an interesting contrast of former first-round picks of the Giants in Tim Lincecum and Zack Wheeler. The two hurlers, drafted three years apart, couldn’t be more different from one another. One is struggling to find his former greatness and the other is still searching to see if he has greatness within [...]

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