mets sign their top pick steven matz for 895k

[blueNorange]

yes folks the wilpons for once overslotted ... an 18 year old long island kid who can hit 94 mph.

but that's not all, the mets overslotted for zachary dotson who many thought wasn't even gonna sign and go to college.

so right now they have:

brad holt
jenrry mejia
juerys familia
kyle allen
robert carson

they now added:

juan urbina
steven matz
zach dotson

that's a great crop of pitching prospects .... i see urbina in the gcl/kingsport and matz and dotson in savannah next year.

[krustytheclown]

holt/mejia have me excited

[TMU]

Dayum, dynasty baby...

[HarthorneWingo]

yes folks the wilpons for once overslotted ... an 18 year old long island kid who can hit 94 mph.

but that's not all, the mets overslotted for zachary dotson who many thought wasn't even gonna sign and go to college.

so right now they have:

brad holt
jenrry mejia
juerys familia
kyle allen
robert carson

they now added:

juan urbina
steven matz
zach dotson

that's a great crop of pitching prospects .... i see urbina in the gcl/kingsport and matz and dotson in savannah next year.

You forgot to use the green font.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/sport ... draft.html

Mets Are Thrifty When It Comes to Draft
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
Published: August 18, 2009
The New York Times

The Mets have the second-highest payroll in Major League Baseball, so the team clearly has a commitment to spend money on its players. But by some calculations, the Mets are cheapest team in baseball when it comes to the draft.

According to calculations by Baseball America, the Mets spent the least of all 30 teams in the top 10 rounds of the draft in June. The Mets signed seven of their nine picks in the first 10 rounds for a total of $1,864,300. The Yankees signed eight of their nine picks for a total of $4,760,000.

Jim Callis, Baseball America’s executive editor and an expert on the draft, says the Mets have been less than bold in the draft ever since they signed Mike Pelfrey for $5.3 million with a $3.5 million signing bonus in 2005.

“To say they are not aggressive in the draft isn’t adequate,” Callis said. “They are nothing close to aggressive.”

The Mets did not have a first-round pick this year, which lowered the amount they would spend. But they also did not sign their fifth- or sixth-round picks, which lowers their overall total, but also suggests they were not willing to spend as freely on those picks.

The Mets are also said to be one of the teams that follow baseball’s recommendations to overdraft, or to take a player earlier than he was expected to be selected, then pay him less than the player who was originally expected to be taken at that spot. But Mets General Manager Omar Minaya said the team’s strategy was simply to take the best player available.

“We still draft the best talent,” he said. “We believe in drafting for the best talent.”

The Mets signed their second-round pick, Steven Matz, the 72nd selection, for $895,000, almost $400,000 more than baseball recommended for that slot. But since Pelfrey, the Mets have continued to lag behind other teams in their draft spending. Callis said the Mets, along with the Houston Astros and the Chicago White Sox, tend to fall most in line with baseball’s slotting recommendations.