Sometimes, it’s all about the picks you don’t make

Full list of 2009 Mets draft picks

Welcome to this edition of disappointing Mets draft classes. Looking back at Mets draft classes is typically a masochistic exercise, but 2009 could be the most painful since 1966. If it’s any consolation, at least this time you can’t fault the Mets for who they picked in the first round because they didn’t pick anyone. And, technically, the nobody they picked turned into Randal Grichuk, who still ended up being more valuable than the entire Mets draft but did not go on to become the best player in baseball. The distinction is largely academic though; the Angels had both this pick and the next, which they used to take Mike Trout.
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