In 2016, the Mets drafted seventeen high school players. Of those seventeen, six signed with the club- Cameron Planck, Matt Cleveland, Christian James, Dariel Rivera, Eric Villanueva, and Garrison Bryant- while eleven elected not to- Carlos Cortes, Rylan Thomas, Joel Urena, William Sierra, Alex Haynes, George Kirby, Duncan Pence, Andrew Harbin, Branden Fryman, Jaylon McLaughlin, and Michael Chambers. All eleven will be juniors in 2019 and eligible for the 2019 MLB Draft, so let’s check in with them and see what they’ve been up to and how they’ve been doing.
Carlos Cortes, INF/OF (20th Round, 610 Overall)
Playing for Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida, Carlos Cortes was a hitting machine.