2014 Draft Results

Players have until Friday, July 18th to sign. Picks in the first 10 rounds in the draft are assigned pool values. The total pool value of the Mets' 9 picks from the 2014 Draft's first 10 rounds is $5,308,300. If the Mets sign all of these first 9 picks, that total represents the penalty-free money they would be able to spend. Any amount over that total would be taxed at a 75% rate. Any amount more than 5% over that total would result in the loss of future draft picks (this is a threshold that has not yet been breached by any club). Additionally, for all signings outside the first 10 rounds for more than $100,000, the overage counts against the pool total. Any unsigned picks from the first 10 rounds do not contribute their pick value to the Mets 2014 pool.

Rnd	Player	Signing Bonus	Pool Allotment	Difference	Official?
1	Michael Conforto	$2,970,800	$2,970,800	$0 - Pool Value	Yes
3	Milton Ramos	$750,000	$651,700	$98,300 - Over	Yes
4	Eudor Garcia	$305,000	$453,600	$148,600 - Under	Yes
5	Josh Prevost	$100,000	$339,600	$239,600 - Under	Yes
6	Tyler Moore	$280,000	$254,300	$25,700 - Over	Yes
7	Brad Wieck	$100,000	$190,600	$90,600 - Under	Yes
8	Dash Winningham	$175,000	$159,600	$15,400 - Over	Yes
9	Michael Katz	$100,000	$149,000	$49,000 - Under	Yes
10	Kelly Secrest	$10,000	$139,100	$129,100 - Under	Yes
11	Connor Buchmann	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
12	Alex Durham	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
13	Erik Manoah	$300,000	Up to $100,000	$200,000 - Over	Yes
14	Darryl Knight	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
15	Gabe Llanes	$300,000	Up to $100,000	$200,000 - Over	Yes
16	Joel Huertas	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
17	David Roseboom	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
18	Raphael Ramirez	$150,000	Up to $100,000	$50,000 - Over	Yes
19	Bryce Beeler	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
20	James Duff	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
22	William Fulmer	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
24	Tyler Badamo	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
25	Nicco Blank	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
27	Alex Palsha	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
29	Matt Blackham	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
30	Tucker Tharp	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
31	Kurtis Horne	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
39	Arnaldo Berrios	Unknown	Up to $100,000	Unknown	Yes
40	Dale Burdick	$150,000	Up to $100,000	$50,000 - Over	Yes
	Pool Total	$5,290,800	$5,308,300	$17,500 - Under

* For this chart, I am only counting official numbers in the bonus, pool, and difference totals.
* Pool allotment only counts pool amount for the first 10 rounds, so bonus contribution for overslot 11th+ rounders is just the overage (e.g. Manoah adds $200,000 to the "Signing Bonus" column).

Thanks to everyone who tweets, e-mails, etc to help me put this list together & keep it updated. Hat tips, especially, to @WexlerRules, who is an absolute must-follow this time of year, as he is routinely the first person in my twitter timeline to sniff out signings before they have been reported. Also thanks to @PSLToFlushing, @nymets945, @tobyhyde, @MitchNYM, @DanDotLewis, @RealKenDick, @JohnMackinAde, and obviously @jimcallisMLB, @JonathanMayoB3, and all the folks at @BaseballAmerica.

Players in bold have officially signed.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Pos	School (Class, if college)	BA Top 500
1	10	Michael Conforto	OF	Oregon State (Jr)	8
3	84	Milton Ramos	SS	American Heritage HS, FL	48
4	115	Eudor Garcia	3B	El Paso CC, TX	160
5	145	Josh Prevost	RHP	Seton Hall (Sr)	140
6	175	Tyler Moore	C	Louisiana State (Jr)	Not Ranked
7	205	Brad Wieck	LHP	Oklahoma City (Jr)	Not Ranked
8	235	Dash Winningham	1B	Trinity Catholic HS, FL	Not Ranked
9	265	Michael Katz	OF	William & Mary (Jr)	177
10	295	Kelly Secrest	LHP	UNC-Wilmington (Sr)	Not Ranked
11	325	Connor Buchmann	RHP	Oklahoma (Jr)	Not Ranked
12	355	Alex Durham	RHP	Southern Alamance HS, NC	Not Ranked
13	385	Erik Manoah	RHP	South Dade HS, FL	390
14	415	Darryl Knight	C	Embry-Riddle (Jr)	Not Ranked
15	445	Gabe Llanes	RHP	Downey HS, CA	380
16	475	Joel Huertas	LHP	Colegio Carmen Sol, Puerto Rico	391
17	505	David Roseboom	LHP	South Carolina-Upstate (Sr)	Not Ranked
18	535	Raphael Ramirez	OF	Pace Academy, GA	150
19	565	Bryce Beeler	RHP	Memphis (Jr)	Not Ranked
20	595	James Duff	RHP	Stonehill (Jr)	Not Ranked
21	625	Luke Bonfield	OF	IMG Academy, FL	187
22	655	William Fulmer	2B	Montevallo (Sr)	Not Ranked
23	685	Richard Moesker	RHP	Trinity Christian Academy, FL	Not Ranked
24	715	Tyler Badamo	RHP	Dowling (Sr)	Not Ranked
25	745	Nicco Blank	RHP	Central Arizona JC, AZ	Not Ranked
26	775	Tommy Pincin	C	Upland HS, CA	342
27	805	Alex Palsha	RHP	Sacramento State (Sr)	Not Ranked
28	835	Keaton McKinney	RHP	Ankeny HS, IA	80
29	865	Matt Blackham	RHP	Middle Tennessee State (Jr)	Not Ranked
30	895	Tucker Tharp	OF	Kansas (Sr)	Not Ranked
31	925	Kurtis Horne	LHP	Milne Community School, Canada	Not Ranked
32	955	Chris Glover	RHP	Rockwall HS, TX	Not Ranked
33	985	Brady Puckett	RHP	Riverdale HS, TN	Not Ranked
34	1015	Jordan Hand	C	Shadow Ridge HS, NV	Not Ranked
35	1045	Jonathan Teaney	RHP	Quartz Hill, HS, CA	334
36	1075	Garett King	RHP	Orange Lutheran HS, CA	Not Ranked
37	1105	Tristan Gray	SS	Elkins HS, TX	Not Ranked
38	1135	Kyle Dunster	RHP	Greenwich HS, CT	Not Ranked
39	1165	Arnaldo Berrios	OF	Beltran Baseball Academy, Puerto Rico	Not Ranked
40	1195	Dale Burdick	SS	Summit HS, TN	Not Ranked

Savannah Man

I was recently sifting through old posts I'd started but never finished or finished and never published, and I stumbled across this one from mid-February 2012. I called it "Savannah Man", mostly because that kinda rhymes with "Piano Man" (whose tune I borrowed), but also in reference to the Mets' A ball affiliate, which to me is a perpetual symbol of the hope of youth coming up through the farm before they've had a chance to succumb to the reliable attrition of the cruel minor league ladder. Looking back I want to give the poor bastard who wrote it (early 2012 me) a big hug. A few of the player references are obviously dated, but nearly all of this still applies today. Which is so, so sad. I think I just felt a cosmic hug from 2016 me. Oh well, let's go Mets.