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The Mets have had 18 compensatory picks since the institution of the First-Year Player Draft in 1965. These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the prior off-season, [V] [ 2 ] [ 11 ] or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year. [ 12 ]
The 1961 MLB Expansion Draft was held by Major League Baseball on October 10, 1961, to fill the rosters of the New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45s, the new franchises which would enter the league in the 1962 season.
Hobie Landrith (pictured in 1955) was the Mets' first pick in the expansion draft A draft was held on October 10, 1961, to stock the new teams with players from the existing NL clubs. All eight original NL teams were required to make 15 players available to be drafted by the Colt .45s and Mets from their regular rosters. [ 9 ]
First-round draft pick Colin Houck will receive a $2.75 million signing bonus from the New York Mets, above the slot value of $2,607,500 for his selection at No. 32 overall last week. The 18-year ...
1 List of New York Mets first-round draft picks. Toggle the table of contents. Wikipedia: Featured list candidates/List of New York Mets first-round draft picks/archive1.
The New York Mets selected Leominster's Jonathan Santucci in the second round of Sunday's Major League Baseball Draft.
The 1966 Major League Baseball draft took place on 7 June, early in the 1966 MLB season. The draft saw the New York Mets take Steve Chilcott 1st overall pick, with future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson drafted second.
If any of those players signs with a new team, the Mets would be eligible for draft pick compensation. ... New York Mets pitcher Luis Severino (40) reacts after an out in the third inning during ...