Coming off of a 2013 season in which the Mets went 74-88 and finished third in the NL East, the Mets entered the 2014 draft with the tenth overall selection in the draft. The selection was the highest the Mets had drafted since 2010, when they selected Matt Harvey with the seventh overall selection. The team’s draft strategy under general manager Sandy Alderson and vice president of player development and scouting Paul dePodesta had largely revolved around raw high school position players with upside. Alderson and company went a different way in 2014, selecting Michael Conforto, an outfielder from Oregon State University, with the tenth overall selection in the draft.
Deconstructing the Draft: 2014
