ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel released his second mock draft on Tuesday. He has the New York Mets selecting Mississippi State second baseman Justin Foscue. More important then the player, McDaniel reports that he’s only heard the Mets connected to college players.
It’s nearly impossible to pinpoint when players will be selected outside the top-10 in the MLB Draft, so the player doesn’t necessarily matter here. What matters is that the Mets are honing in on a certain type of guy.
The Mets targeting college players isn’t that surprising. It only makes sense that with COVID-19 taking away the high school baseball season that the Mets would want to lean on the safer side by focusing on college players.