Rubin's Rant - Mets 1st Round Draft Picks through the years

 

By David J. Rubin

Kumar Rocker

Anthony Kay

Kevin Plawecki

Gavin Cecchini

Brad Holt

Reese Havens

Nathan Vineyard

Eddie Kunz

Philip Humber

Billy Traber

Jason Tyner

Geoff Goetz

Robert Stratton

Ryan Jaroncyk

Paul Wilson

Kirk Presley

Jon Ward

Chris Roberts

Al Shirley

Alan Zinter

Dave Proctor

Chris Donnels

Lee May Jr

Shawn Abner 

Eddie Williams

Terry Blocker

John Gibbons

Billy Beane

Tom Thurberg

Butch Benton

Cliff Speck

Richard Bengston

Rich Puig

George Ambrow

Randy Sterling

Steve Chilcott

Les Rohr

And should anybody wonder why I always remain skeptical (but optimistic)about our first round draft picks here is proof as to why (of course a few of these were second rounders in years that we did not have first rounders and I did not include the majority of players who were utilized to acquire players that proved vital to us).

So few first round picks who actually did anything in our uniform:

David Peterson

Michael Conforto 

Dom Smith

Brandon Nimmo

Matt Harvey

Ike Davis

Mike Pelfrey

David Wright

Aaron Heilman 

Jay Payton

Bobby Jones

Jeromy Burnitz

Gregg Jefferies

Dwight Gooden

Darryl Strawberry 

Hubie Brooks

Wally Backman

Lee Mazzilli

Tim Foli

Jon Matlack