Mets veer left on Day 2, take two southpaws

The Mets select left-handed pitcher Max Wotell with the 88th pick of the 2015 MLB DraftThe Draft concludes Wednesday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 on MLB.com beginning at noon ET.

Round 3 (88th overall): LHP Max Wotell, Marvin Ridge HS (Waxhaw, N.C.)

A left-handed starting pitcher, Wotell was North Carolina's Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year.

"He's as dominant as any pitcher in the western part of the state," Hal Bagwell, head coach of Marvin Ridge's rival Ardrey Kell High School, told the Charlotte Observer last month, comparing Wotell to Braves left-hander Alex Wood. The same coach continued in another article for the Observer: "He is the most dominant pitcher I've seen in a…