Alternatively it means some of these guys are legit. We’ll learn a lot today.

Gosh, are the Mets terrible at developing their pitchers or what? “Hey guys, this kid was great in college and in the lower minor leauges,but that was because of too many fastballs and an armslot he was comfortable with. He needs to learn a slider and a forkball and throw those all the time with a new armslot that we think is good. Then before he has fully developed all the secondary pitches we’ve forced on him we’re gonna move him up two levels at a time and bring up to the majors a season too soon. He’s bound to be a phenom!”

Then after predictably failing in the majors: “This guy sucks! Let’s just trade him for an old guy with veteran leadership ability. We need somebody PROVEN at the ML level”

Just let Pelf work out of the pen for chrissakes!

So skip putting Guerra in their too.

Gomez, Mulvey, Humber is a lot, so the 4th guy should be a lower tier or younger guy (so harder to project)

If all this Santana talk has done anything, it is to make me more excited to see some of the prospects develop. I really think they will be in better shape this year over last year with the rotation, even if there are some injuries.

That, and I would still love to see them pick up a solid 3 type (like Snell) for a smaller prospect package than Johan might command.

who are the kids that will be signed and what do they throw?

I think when you talk about the lower minors with the mets, it’s guys like Nick Carr, Jon Niese, Phillips Orta, Nathan Vineyard, Scott Moviel, et al that get people excited. They won’t get much press except in dedicated prospect discussions (like on Toby Hyde’s blog). We have to wait and see how they develop though.

There’s also the issue of slotting and the talent we passed up as a result. Two names from the last two drafts are Pedro Beato and Brandon Efferson who we passed on because of money issues. Once this changes, as it’s supposed to this year, we should see even more talent coming through the pipeline.

I’m not positive, but can they be scared off from Pelfrey’s signing bonus? Is that split between multiple years or is it a lump sum when we first signed him?