The June 2010 draft will be here soon and its time to start to look at the draft order. Because of the nature of the baseball draft with compensation picks, the order actually was just finished with the signing of Rod Barajas (although if another Type A or B agent signs then the draft order will change again). From the Mets perspective, since we performed so poorly last year, even though we signed Jason Bay, a Type A agent, our first round pick is actually protected. However, we lose our second round pick. There are also a lot of compensation picks this year in the supplemental round, so our next pick, in the third round, is actually pick 89 (or 82 picks later).
In a way this is exciting for the Mets because of the high pick we have, on the other side, we will have to wait a while to get another pick. What's more interesting though is the amount of first round picks that other teams have. The first number represents total first round picks, the second number represents the amount of picks in the supplemental round.
Texas Rangers (4, 2)
LA Angels (5, 2)
Toronto Blue Jays (4, 3)
Stl Cards (3, 2)
Houston Astros (3, 1)
Looks like the Angels loosing Figgins and Lackey will have a huge benefit for the Angels' farm system, although they would probably would like to have Figgins and Lackey back so they could win now. Next MLB Draft Preview will be about the Mets recent draft successes and who they could be picking with the seventh pick.
Here's a site with an updated draft order:
http://mlbbonusbaby.com/category/2010-draft-order/
