The New York Mets have drafted some quality talent that they could not get signed. Let’s take a look at the best of these players.
Getting the player you want in the draft is only half the battle. Persuading a player to potentially give up a college scholarship or agree to a figure in a signing bonus is more difficult. The New York Mets have owned the rights to several players they could not sign who went on to get drafted again a different year and lead successful major league careers.
This happens year after year. Whether a kid is not offered enough money, or they have a college scholarship to fall back on. Or they could go back to college another year to try to raise their draft stock.
The New York Mets are not the only team who has seen a can’t miss prospect turn down their signing bonus to go back into the draft another year. They have had some great names turn up their noses though.
We looked at the draft from 1965 on and took players who were picked by the New York Mets but didn’t sign. Ultimately these players went back into the draft and were drafted by other teams. We ranked these players based on their overall WAR.