MLB Draft Recap pt. 2

Here are the rest of the picks made by the Mets later in Day 1 of the draft. I am not going to be going into detail about each player however.

Round 2: Javier Rodriguez, OF, Puerto Rico Academy HS
The Mets selected the top Puerto Rican talent in the Draft when they took the 18-year-old Rodriguez with the 68th overall pick. His stock grew after a fine performance at Puerto Rico’s Excellence Tournament, according to Baseball America, and he rates as another potential power-hitting outfielder for the farm system.

Round 3: Kirk Nieuwenhuis, CF, Azusa Pacific University
Another college bat — albeit not one from a traditional baseball power — greeted the Mets when they made their selection at 100th overall. Nieuwenhuis hit an even .400 over 225 at-bats for Azusa Pacific this season, slugging 15 homers and 20 doubles.

Round 4: Sean Ratliff, OF, Stanford
Ratliff is the leading slugger for a Stanford team still fighting in the NCAA Tournament. He belted 20 homers this season — nearly twice as many as any of his Cardinal teammates — and produced a .298 average in 61 games. Ratliff’s 65 RBIs were also tops on the team.

Round 5: Charles Doyle, C, Coastal Carolina
The selection of Doyle made it five college bats for the Mets — and six hitters in all — over their first seven picks. Doyle, the 2008 Big South Player of the Year, hit .366 with 16 homers and 72 RBIs in 235 at-bats for the Chanticleers. He threw out 12 would-be base-stealers this season and picked seven more of them off.

Round 6: Joshua Satin, 2B, California
The Mets finished off Day 1 by selecting yet another college bat, this one a slugging second baseman out of California. Satin hit .375 with 18 homers for the Golden Bears, ranking fourth in the Pac-10 with a .745 slugging percentage. His selection fortified the Mets’ commitment to selecting power hitters during the first day of the draft — they took seven of them in all with their eight picks on Thursday.

Found in the Mets website, Click here to read the article.