Mets 2023 Second Round Draft Pick - 56th Overall: Brandon Sproat

 

With their Second Round selection in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Mets have taken Brandon Sproat, RHP from the University of Florida, Born September 17, 2000, 22 years old, 6'3", 215 pounds.

Brandon was selected by the Mets last year in the 3rd round but did not sign. Last year's Press Release on the drafting noted this: "The 6-foot-3, 210-pounder pitched for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in 2021 and topped out at 99-100 MPH with his fastball. Sproat was previously drafted by the Texas Rangers in the seventh round of the 2019 First-Year Plyer Draft out of Pace High School (FL)." 

Analysis by David J. Rubin - 

SPROAT!!! WOW!!  In order to sign him. He had to agree to be drafted by the New York Mets again and obviously he did not have a problem with that.

He has an incredible fastball, but needs to work on his control in order to be considered a major league level starting pitcher and not fall into the role of closer. This might be the first real test of the New York Mets new pitching Lab very happy with this selection.

He also worked diligently on his change of this past year and it became a second out pitch, but his control still needs a lot of work as does his pitch selection and the hope is he can straighten that out and allow his natural talent to take over. From what I hear he is Very competitive and an excellent student so let's hope the new Mets multi million dollar pitching lab will make him into a starter

We have to be happy, getting him again with this pick and also getting the benefit of one additional pick for not signing him last year 

Brandon Sproat Stats:

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2020	19	-1.5	Florida	SEC	NCAA		0	0		1.50	1.50	4	0			0	0	6.0	2	1	1	1	3		8	1	0	0	23	0.833	3.0	1.5	4.5	12.0	2.67
2020	19	-1.6	Tulsa	TXCL	Smr		1	0	1.000	3.48	6.10	3	2	1	0	0	1	10.1	6	7	4	0	11	0	7	2	0	1	49	1.645	5.2	0.0	9.6	6.1	0.64
2021	20	-0.8	Florida	SEC	NCAA		2	1	.667	6.65	7.89	16	2			0	0	21.2	29	19	16	5	15		18	2	0	4	107	2.031	12.0	2.1	6.2	7.5	1.20
2021	20	-0.4	Chatham	CCBL	Smr		0	1	.000	13.50	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	4	3	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	13	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2022	21	0.3	Florida	SEC	NCAA		9	4	.692	3.41	3.71	17	16			0	0	89.2	84	37	34	5	33		82	9	1	0	382	1.305	8.4	0.5	3.3	8.2	2.48
2023	22	1.2	Florida	SEC	NCAA		8	3	.727	4.66	4.82	19	19			1	0	106.1	87	57	55	15	48		134	17	1	7	466	1.270	7.4	1.3	4.1	11.3	2.79
College (4 seasons)					College		19	8	.704	4.27	4.59	56	37			1	0	223.2	202	114	106	26	99		242	29	2	11	978	1.346	8.1	1.0	4.0	9.7	2.44
Other (2 seasons)					Other		1	1	.500	5.11	8.03	4	3	1	0	0	1	12.1	9	11	7	0	15	0	9	2	0	1	62	1.946	6.6	0.0	10.9	6.6	0.60
All Levels (4 Seasons)							20	9	.690	4.31	4.77	60	40	1	0	1	1	236.0	211	125	113	26	114	0	251	31	2	12	1040	1.377	8.0	1.0	4.3	9.6	2.20

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/10/2023.

SNY on YouTube: Why the Mets drafted Brandon Sproat again.

Brandon Sproat is Big Apple bound. 🍎

With the 56th overall pick in the #MLBDraft, we’ve selected @BrandonSproat . pic.twitter.com/uycMLc9BCJ

— New York Mets (@Mets) July 10, 2023

A look at a 101mph pitch from Brandon Sproat.

Don't blink or else you'll miss it.

(via @PitchingNinja) pic.twitter.com/pfEKZe9TBO

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) July 10, 2023

"It's funny how the world works. I was in the same position last year and we couldn't work out a deal, but I went back and bet on myself and it was for the better. It's funny how things turn out"

- Brandon Sproat on not signing with the Mets last year pic.twitter.com/FVPgtZlcUu

— SNY (@SNYtv) July 10, 2023

Sproat is going to be a huge money saver for the Mets, considering he’s a senior at UF. Will help w the Houck pick, but also give them some flexibility with their early picks tomorrow. Would expect a big swing with one of their first 3 picks

— ramsey (@jwr082OO2) July 10, 2023