Who we’d like to see the Mets draft

Steve

There are tons of sentimental reasons to want to see the Mets pick Jack with their first-round pick. Born in Morris County, he’s a semi-local kid. He’s the son of Al Leiter, who really fortified and at times led the pitching rotations of those late-90s and early-2000s Mets teams. He has a dog named Shea. There are also tons of non-sentimental reasons to want to see the Mets pick Jack with their first-round pick.

His fastball sits in the low-to-mid-90s, topping out at 95 MPH with some natural sink and arm-side run. His curveball is absolutely devastating, arguably one of the best- if not the best- curveballs in the entire 2019 draft class. Sitting in the mid-to-high-70s, it has knee…