MLB Draft Recap

Yesterday, the MLB First Player’s Amateur Draft started at 2:00 p.m. This was the first time I had watched the Amateur Draft. I don’t follow college baseball, so I did not know any of the players coming in. I focused more on my Mets, I was very curious as to see which players the Mets to take, after trading away some of our farm players for Santana. This year, the Mets had two 1st round picks, #18 , #22, and a composition pick from Atlanta. However I only watched the first round and did not watch the later rounds.

First pick at #19, Mets on the clock and they decide to pick Isaac Davis, also known as Ike, a first basemen from Arizona State. Davis is also very capable of playing in the outfield. Ike is the son of former MLB pitcher Ron Davis. Ike is batting .394 with 16 homers in 49 games for the Sun Devils. Ike will most likely play first base in the majors, and will have a chance to replace Carlos Delgado once Davis has worked his way up the minors. Apparently, Davis was one of the last power hitters left in the draft, which I like, this ball club lacks in hitting the long ball consistently. 

At #22, Mets pick Reese Havens of South Carolina. Reese typically plays shortstop for the Gamecocks, and he is batting .359 with 18 homers in 63 games this year. Rumors are spreading that Havens may also be moved to the catcher position, although he has never played the position. I think if that doesn’t work out for him, he can always go back to shortstop and if he makes it to the big leagues, they will most likely move him to second because of Reyes. I would be very pleased if he can hit better than Castillo.

So the future infield can look like this, Wright at third, Reyes at short, Havens at second (or catcher), and Davis at first. This could happen as early as two, maybe three years.

As their composition pick, the Mets picked Brad Holt, a righty pitcher from UNC-Wilmington. From what I have read, Holt has a good fastball but does not have a very good secondary pitch, so I think he is more of a project then anything. Pelfrey was coming into the draft in the same position as Holt, hopefully this time they will leave Holt in the minors longer then Pelfrey stayed there.