6/14/10

Mets sign 25 picks

The Mets signed 25 of their picks, but not their first round pick Matt Harvey.

Here’s who they signed, via Andy McCullough

-Fourth-round pick outfielder Cory Vaughn (from San Diego State; son of former major league All-Star Greg Vaughn)
-Seventh-round pick RHP Jeff Walters (Georgia)
-Eighth-round pick RHP Kenny McDowall (College of Southern Nevada)
-Ninth-round pick RHP Jacob deGrom (Stetson)
-11th-round pick LHP Adam Kolarek (Maryland)
-12th-round pick RHP Bret Mitchell (Minnesota State)
-13th-round pick third baseman Brian Harrison (Furman)
-14th-round pick second baseman James Brown (University of the Pacific)
-15th-round selection outfielder Tillman Pugh (Sonoma State)
-16th-round pick RHP Ryan Fraser (Memphis)
-17th-round pick RHP Chad Sheppard (Northwestern State)
-18th-round pick RHP A.J. Pinera (University of Tampa)
-19th-round pick RHP Jonathan Koutis (Embry-Riddle)
-20th-round pick first baseman Luke Stewart (Alabama-Birmingham)
-22nd-round pick shortstop Brandon Brown (University of South Alabama)
-25th-round selection RHP Peter Birdwell (Vanguard University)
-26th-round pick shortstop James Butler (Mississippi State)
-27th-round pick RHP Michael Weldon (Wayland Baptist University)
-28th-round pick LHP Jeremy Gould (Duke)
-29th-round selection LHP Hamilton Bennett (Tennessee Wesleyan College)
-30th-round pick LHP Joshua Edgin (Francis Marion University)
-32nd-round pick catcher Patrick Farrell (Regis University)
-33rd-round pick RHP Hunter Carnevale (University of the Pacific)
-34th-round selection shortstop Justin Schafer (UC-Davis)
-37th-round pick outfielder Dylan Brown (University of Tampa)

As I said on Draft Day, I just can’t get excited over baseball picks.  Most of them are years away from every making an impact at the major league level.  It just doesn’t have the quick result a la the NFL.