The Mets selected Anthony Kay, a left-handed pitcher out of the University of Connecticut, with the thirty-first overall selection in the 2016 MLB Draft, having previously selected him in the 29th round of the 2013 MLB Draft and out Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, and failed to sign him. The Mets selected Kay after developing into the ace of the Huskies’ staff over his three seasons of college ball, posting a 3.49 ERA with 56 strikeouts and 40 walks in 67.0 inning as a freshman, a 2.07 ERA with 96 strikeouts and only 25 walks in 100.