Baseball returns to Queens this week, albeit in the form of players who won’t see Citi Field until 2021 the earliest.
The New York Mets will choose 19th in the first round of this Wednesday’s MLB Draft (7 p.m. ET, MLB Network/ESPN).
Five rounds await them as they seek to end their playoff drought and keep up with the changing times in the NL East, which will continue to host the defending champion Washington Nationals. If the Mets want to achieve their own World Series dreams in the future, snagging high-end talent in the draft is necessary.