NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 24: New York Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen gets set to introduce new manager Luis Rojas to the media at Citi Field on January 24, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
A smaller draft in 2020 means the New York Mets have less room to get it wrong.
The MLB Draft is easily the biggest roll of a dice in any of the four major sports. It’s not like the others where a superstar amateur will land on a major league roster months later. There’s a grind to get to the major leagues.