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At Baseball America, Jim Callis predicts that the Mets will select Stanford C Jason Castro in the the first round of this year’s MLB Amateur Player Draft, which will begin on June 5.
…i assume this is not the same Jason Castro who was on American Idol…i hope…
According to Callis, “New York has the financial wherewithal to spend as much as any team does on the draft, but it apparently will stick to slotting once again in 2008.”
…last winter, i picked up a lot of buzz suggesting otherwise…but, of late, Baseball America and Keith Law have both been saying the Mets will be ‘good citizens,’ which is disappointing to hear…i think it’s time to be a bit selfish…
With their second first-round pick, courtesy of Tom Glavine and the Braves, Callis predicts the Mets will draft Georgia RHP Ethan Martin.
…by the way, if you click on the player’s name above it will take you to their MiLB.com Draft Report page, which includes video and all sorts of details about each player…good stuff…
“According to Callis, “New York has the financial wherewithal to spend as much as any team does on the draft, but it apparently will stick to slotting once again in 2008.””
Omar= epic fail. This is ridiculous, we need a talent infusion badly in the farm systen. We have the money, we have the picks, and we’re still going to stick with the same formula’s thats gotten us nothing the last few years?
I do not like Omar as well, but I would find it hard to believe he is being the “good citizen” here. Undoubtedly, it is Jeff and Fred who are calling the shots in regard to such an important matter.
You cant call these guys cheap (after the Santana deal) but this team needs to get out of this mentality. The Tampa Rays are already eclipsing us with young talent–this FO better get their sstuff together.
I actually thought about that after I posted but I felt weird responding to myself. I’ve definitely read before from more than one place that the Wilpons are cheap when it comes to prospects/the farm system in general, which would explain why our scouting and player development seems to be horrible, so I guess it’s hard to really know who to blame for this.
I have heard and read the same. I guess it comes from attending the course “How To Run a Franchise 101” taught by Professor James Dolan. :)
…and hence why the Mets as an organization will never have sustained long-term success with this approach to the draft.
I for one would love to know exactly why they choose to be good citizens in this situation.
Matt, Metsblog email campaign directed at the front office to ignore the slotting system?
If the Mets use the slotting system once again, put me down for a confidence rating of 1 or 2 from now on. Only when Minaya is shown the door will I start feeling more confident in the direction of the Mets in terms of our farm system.
Oh, and I say that because although our low level prospects certainly seem promising, they are by definition “prospects”, and no one knows if they will pan out. We need impact talent at the higher levels, and currently, the cupboard is nearly barren of high talent, MLB ready players.
How do Callis and Keith Law know what the Mets plan to do in the draft in terms of slotting?
Everyone talks about the Mets keeping to slotting, but no one ever gives any examples except for Beato which is really poor example. It’s this mythical thing. A convenient excuse for a poor farm system.
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The reason the Mets have a poor farm system is not due to slotting, but due to poor scouting and loss of draft picks because of signing free agents and failure to offer arbitration to many players.
Omar’s concentration on the international market better pay off because supposedly that’s where he’s chosen to spend the money he’s been budgeted.
Good point on why they have a poor system and the international draft. I agree that this strategy, which is supposed to be his “strength” had better pay off very soon or he will see himself on the unemployment line in back of Willie (whom will have been fired first).
Perhaps it’s because Callis and Law do this for a living and have access to sources of information we can only dream of.
Anyway your argument runs counter to what even Omar has stated. I would search and post the information here but in the past people present the same argument no matter what sources and links are provided. BTW Beato was taken in the following Supplemental Draft by the Orioles and received the money he asked for. In between the time the Mets drafted Beato and when the final decision was made not to acquiesce to his demands Beato’s talent had improved to where he was worth the asking price that the Orioles gave him. There was quite a bit written about it at the time.
I was born on 12/22/88….suffice to say, I feel ridiculously old now that a lot of players younger than me are going to be getting drafted.
Okay, last night I said that Omar must go because of the minor league situation (which is a horrible one), this only enforces my claim.
Hey Omar remember Jesus Flores? The Rule Five Draft pick that kicked our team’s a$$ last week. Well he could have been our dream catcher, but no everything will be alright because we’ll sign a run of the mill catcher prospect and everyone will forget his blunder.
If the Wilpons pay the big bucks, and get out of the slotting system, then we would be in better shape. But Omar doesn’t escape the blame, he promised us a better farm system, and it has only become worse.
Well the farm system has gotten us Paul LoDuca, Carlos Delgado, Ryan Church, and Johan Santana to name a few. Of course it’s going to be bad now, because everyone was traded. After all of that we still have one of the best prospects in the game with FMart.
True, but I guess I’m upset because it seems like every other team has a better farm system than we do. Maybe I’m being paranoid, and I’m glad Omar drafted Fernando along with drafting internationally, but the Mets are cheap when it comes to the draft system.
I may be using Omar as a scapegoat, but can someone tell me how the Mets can give an ace 126 million, but can’t shell out the bucks for a future ace?
I agree about the slotting system. There were reports earlier in the year that we were going to ignore the slotting system and I hope those were true because we have 3 top picks this year.
I think in general its a great idea to have a slotting system to stop players form getting insane contracts, but if nobody follows it whats the point of having one?
How come Theo Epstein can sign free agents, trade away prospects for veterans, and still have a good farm system :?:
One reason is that he doesn’t acquire so many AARP players. So that when they leave, they can bring back draft picks when offered arbitration. So he’s been able to keep draft picks even when signing free agents.
Well Epstein is probably 5x better than every other gm in baseball, but it’s also because them, and the yankees since Cashman became gm and even Detroit the last couple years, pour money into scouting and player development as well as the big league team. Really there’s no excuse for any major revenue team to not consistently have a great farm system and a competitive team.
I blamed Omar to begin with but really it comes down to whether the Wilpons are willing to spend the money, not just in the draft but in the development, and keep the huge payroll.
There is really no evidence that the Wilpons have not been willing to spend money on drafting, scouting and the farm system.
This “slotting” excuse doesn’t seem to hold any water when you look carefully at the drafts. No one can ever come up with an example except for Beato, and that is a very poor example.
When lower-revenue teams like the D-Backs can have a strong farm system, then there’s no excuse for the Mets.
What I think has happened is that Omar decided to pour more of his budget into the international market. That’s fine. But then that decision better start producing results or it’s fair to question his judgment.
If he is pouring money into international market you would think after 4 years we’d have more to show for it. The only guys I can think of are Gomez, Guerro, Martinez and the kid we signed this year, and Gomez is the only one close to be major league ready.
Actually, Gomez was signed in 2002 by the Mets before Omar was named GM. He’s really Steve Phillip’s or Duquette’s acquisition.
I think BA lists Martin as the Mets’ likely choice using their original first-round slot at #22 (#18 came from the Braves for the Glavine signing), not as a supplemental round choice.
the video of the pitcher only shows him hitting!
I think Jamile Weeks seems like a good fit for us, and I think he will fall to our second pick in the first round. Also think we may be able to snag a guy like Tim Murphy from UCLA with our supplemental pick, and hopefully we’ll take another strong college pitcher with the composition pick we got from Atlanta. This is gonna be a huge draft for us, and we’ve gotta do it right.
There is only one effective draft philosophy. Take the best player available. Any deviance from this formula is asking for trouble.
i say that we should pick more positon players with the picks because they are much easier to project what they will become. Pitchers are very hit and miss as opposed to positonal players.
I’m so happy we’ll keep having a crappy farm system for years to come.
I’ve heard this draft doesn’t have a bonafide #1 pick this year.
Of all the prospects we gave up in trading for Delgado…Loduca…signing Beltran…Pedro…Alou….
How many of them turned out to be any good?
Omar has been pretty good over-all…ease up…
“How many of them turned out to be any good”
that’s kind of the point. why does a team with the resources we have, have so little talent coming out of its farm system.
From what I gather after reading this, the name we should be cheering for is ERIC HOSMER.
He could fall due to salary demands a la Mike Pelfrey.