NEW YORK -- Eight of the Mets' 39 Draft picks are officially on the payroll. The team announced Sunday evening that it has signed its first batch of Draft picks, highlighted by fifth-round left-handed pitcher Thomas Szapucki.
The Mets also signed right-handed pitchers Chase Ingram (sixth round), Corey Taylor (seventh round) and Witt Haggard (10th round), catcher Patrick Mazeika (eighth round), and left-handers Sixto Torres (17th round), Taylor Henry (21st round) and Seth Davis (29th round).
The Mets' top overall pick, second-round outfielder Desmond Lindsay, is not yet signed. But scouting director Tommy Tanous said last week that the club fully expects to ink him.