{"id":19100,"date":"2022-07-19T12:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/flame-throwing-brandon-sproat-tops-mets-day-2-mlb-draft-picks\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T12:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:15:41","slug":"flame-throwing-brandon-sproat-tops-mets-day-2-mlb-draft-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/flame-throwing-brandon-sproat-tops-mets-day-2-mlb-draft-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Flame-throwing Brandon Sproat tops Mets&#8217; Day 2 MLB Draft picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A year after selecting pitchers with eight of their first 10 picks, the Mets are coming away with a more balanced haul in this First-Year Player Draft.<\/p>\n<p>After making four Day 1 picks and eight Day 2 picks, the Mets have added six pitchers and six position players, who are broken down into a catcher, two shortstops, two third basemen and an outfielder.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s decision-makers signaled, as always, that their draft board dictated the picks and not a desire for diversity, but they did see this assortment coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s really a blended draft,\u201d Tommy Tanous, the Mets vice president of amateur and international scouting, said of the talent available as a whole.  \u201cAnd it turns out that&#8217;s exactly how we drafted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their first pick Monday, which covered rounds 3-10, was University of Florida righty Brandon Sproat, who has touched 100 mph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh-octane stuff,\u201d Tanous said of the 21-year-old, who pitched to a 3.41 ERA in 89 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings this season.  \u201cNot only is the velocity impressive, what&#8217;s more impressive is the movement on the fastball \u2014 probably the best overall movement I&#8217;ve seen in the last few years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption>Brandon Sproat<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other pitchers the Mets selected include sixth-rounder Tyler Stuart, a 6-foot-9 righty from the University of Southern Mississippi whose fastball lives around 95 mph and can be a \u201cversatile starter-bullpen guy,\u201d Tanous said over Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>Their lone high school pitching selection was Jonah Tong, a righty from Ontario who pitched this year in the MLB Draft League.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe was pitching against a lot of college guys,\u201d Tanous said of the seventh-round pick.  \u201cHe was rated as one of the top guys in terms of data and metrics in that league, which is impressive for a younger kid.  He&#8217;s a uniquely athletic kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their first position player added Monday was fourth-rounder Jacob Reimer, a 6-2, 205-pound third baseman from Yucaipa High School in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a power hitter, and it&#8217;s one of those high school power hitters that it&#8217;s power to all fields,\u201d Tanous said of the 18-year-old righty slugger.  \u201cThis guy&#8217;s bat is in the path an awful long time.  He is a very young player and very strong for his age.  He&#8217;s still filling out \u2014 very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fifth-round pick D&#8217;Andre Smith is a shortstop from USC, though the Mets stressed he is defensively flexible.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH8030068261&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig-time energy player,\u201d said Marc Tramuta, director of amateur scouting.  \u201cWe love that about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After notably not signing pitcher Kumar Rocker last year, Tanous \u2014 adding the caveat that there always could be an unknown \u2014 said the Mets \u201cplan on signing all the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Mets selected Georgia Tech catcher Kevin Parada, high school shortstop Jett Williams, Tennessee pitcher Blade Tidwell and high school outfielder Nick Morabito.<\/p>\n<p>Others imported Monday included Creighton pitcher Dylan Tebrake, Kentucky third baseman Chase Estep and Arkansas pitcher Zebulon Vermillion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year after selecting pitchers with eight of their first 10 picks, the Mets are coming away with a more balanced haul in this First-Year Player Draft. After making four Day 1 picks and eight Day 2 picks, the Mets have added six pitchers and six position players, who are broken down into a catcher, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/flame-throwing-brandon-sproat-tops-mets-day-2-mlb-draft-picks\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flame-throwing Brandon Sproat tops Mets&#8217; Day 2 MLB Draft picks<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[661,2710,1476,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15948,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/july-17-is-big-day-for-mets-franchise\/","url_meta":{"origin":19100,"position":0},"title":"July 17 is Big Day for Mets Franchise","date":"July 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Tommy Tanous, Photo: NY Post The Mets have multiple decisions to make on July 17th that will certainly affect wins and losses in the long-term outlook of the franchise. 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