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Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Twenty

Christian James

2018 Season: 14 G (14 GS), 75.2 IP, 59 H, 21 R, 14 ER (1.67 ERA), 18 BB, 49 K (Short-A/High-A/Double-A)

Week: 1 G (1 GS), 8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (Short-A)

In 2016, the Mets drafted and successfully signed five high school pitchers: Cameron Planck in the tenth round, Matt Cleveland in the eleventh round, Christian James in the fourteenth round, Dariel Rivera in the twenty-fourth round, Eric Villanueva in the thirtieth round, and Garrison Bryant in the thirty-sixth round. Of the five, Christian James has had the best career thus far.