The Mets Police

Reports are that former New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey is dating Monika Clarke, the head of membership at the ultra-exclusive Noho members club Zero Bond. The couple has known each other for years, but they only recently started dating.

Clarke is a model and Wilhelmina agent with over 200,000 Instagram followers. She is also the gatekeeper of Zero Bond, which is where everyone from Elon Musk to Tom Brady and Mayor Adams go to party in privacy.

Harvey, 34, retired from MLB in 2021 after a tumultuous career. He was banned for 60 games in 2015 for violating MLB’s drug policy, and he was later diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome, which forced him to miss several seasons. Some Mets fans called him “The Next Seaver” and one time Angels GM Billy Eppler gave him $11,000,000 to pitch!

Since retiring from baseball, Harvey has worked as a real estate agent at Newmark. It is unclear how Harvey and Clarke met, but they are said to be very happy together. They were recently seen attending a party at Zero Bond together.

 

You may recall that for the first round, the Mets used “Mailing List A” which goes to newspapers (even though the NY Times can’t be bothered to have a sports section now) and ignores bloggers.   The second round info went to “Mailing List B which includes the likes of me and Ceetar.

For the third round, they also used “Mailing List B” but couldn’t be bothered to write any actual copy.  Presumably the senior staff with access to “Mailing List A” were all out in Seattle watching Pete Alonso strike out.

It was good to see Vulgar Pete repping the blue and orange weird blue with black pants and making Mets fans proud by…

Alonso entered in the seventh inning, when he struck out against the Tigers’ Michael Lorenzen. Alonso later also went down swinging against the Twins’ Pablo Lopez. (via NY Post.  I had gone to bed.)

Nobody at MLB thought to have Senga face Ohtani.

Nobody at MLB thought to have Elly De La Cuz in the All Star Game.

Some are saying Pete Alonso is actually Kendall Roy.   

I am seeing a LOT of similarity here in speech pattern and dress…

 

Live from the red carpet with Pete Alonso 🎤 pic.twitter.com/p3Cl7vopWh

— New York Mets (@Mets) July 11, 2023

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I mentioned yesterday that the Mets must have used “Mailing List A” – that’s the one the senior suits use that only goes to things like newspapers (hey Mets, when even the New York Times doesn’t have a sports section maybe be nicer to the bloggers) and people like Gary Cohen.

For round 2, they used “Mailing List B” which goes to peons like me, Mediation and Ceetar.  Anyway, here’s who they drafted…

METS SELECT 11 PLAYERS ON DAY TWO OF MLB DRAFT 

FLUSHING, N.Y., July 10, 2023 - The New York Mets today made 11 selections in rounds 3-10 to complete day two of the 2023 First-Year Player Draft. 

With their first selection in the third round, the 91^st overall pick, the Mets took Two-Way Player Nolan McLean from Oklahoma State University. The Willow Spring, NC native posted a 3.30 ERA (11 ER/30.0 IP) over 14 pitching appearances, while sporting a .532 SLG over 124 at-bats this past season. The six-foot-four, 214-pounder was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team at utility in 2023. In 2022, McLean was a semifinalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award and became the third player in Oklahoma State history to earn All-Big 12 selections at two different positions. McLean was previously drafted by the Orioles in the third round (81^st overall) of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft.

The Mets drafted RHP Kade Morris from the University of Nevada with their second selection in the third round (101^st overall pick). The No. 142 prospect according to MLB Pipeline and the No. 166 prospect according to Baseball America, Morris struck out 85 batters over 81.0 innings and tossed two complete games in 2023. The Turlock, CA native was an All-Mountain West Second Team selection in 2022. He is the highest draft pick from the University of Nevada since RHP Braden Shipley was taken 15^th overall by the Diamondbacks in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.

New York took RHP Wyatt Hudepohl from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the fourth round. The six-foot-four, 220-pounder was named to the All-Conference USA First Team in 2023 after he went 7-6 with a 4.27 ERA (50 ER/105.1 IP) and recorded a Conference USA – best 129 strikeouts over 17 starts. Hudepohl spent his first two collegiate seasons at the University of Kentucky from 2021 – 2022.

 

The Mets had two compensatory picks following the fourth round. WIth their first compensatory pick, New York took SS A.J. Ewing from Springboro High School (OH). The University of Alabama commit batted .648 (13-19) with three home runs during Prep Baseball Report’s National Program Invitational in 2022.

 

Austin Troesser, a right-handed pitcher from the University of Missouri, was New York’s second compensatory selection. The Loose Creek, MO native went 5-3 with a 4.73 ERA (24 ER/45.2 IP) in 22 appearances (three starts) in 2023. Troesser recorded a career-best seven strikeouts over 4.2 hitless innings against the University of Tennessee on March 19.

 

With their fifth-round pick, the Mets took LHP Zach Thornton from Grand Canyon University. Thornton, 21, was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, awarded to the nation’s top college baseball player. A Second Team All-WAC Selection in 2023, Thornton went 9-2 with a 3.87 ERA (38 ER/88.1 IP) and 91 strikeouts in 15 starts this past season. Thornton recorded a career-best 13 strikeouts over 7.0 scoreless innings on March 10 against New Mexico State. The Lawrence, KS native previously pitched collegiately at Barton CC (KS).

In the sixth round, the Mets drafted RHP Jack Wenninger from the University of Illinois. The 6-foot-4, 215-pounder went 7-4 with a 4.59 ERA (41 ER/80.1 IP) over 16 games (15 starts) in 2023. Wenninger struck out 11 batters over 5.0 innings in his 2023 debut against Youngstown State on February 18 and threw a complete game, one-hitter with no walks and seven strikeouts on April 29 at Ohio State. A native of Cary, IL, Wenninger began his collegiate career at Murray State in 2021 and was named to the All-OVC Freshman Team.

New York took RHP Noah Hall from the University of South Carolina with their seventh-round pick. The 6-foot, 195-pounder went 5-1 with a 3.29 ERA (15 ER/41.0 IP) in seven starts last season before missing the remainder of the season due to injury. Hall was named SEC Pitcher of the Week for the week of March 27 after striking out 10 batters over 7.0 innings of one-run ball on March 25 vs. Missouri. The No. 202 prospect according to Baseball America, Hall was previously drafted by the Brewers in the 20^th round of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft. The Charlotte, N.C. native played two seasons at Appalachian State University prior to transferring to the University of South Carolina.

 

SS Boston Baro from Capistrano Valley HS (CA) was taken in the eighth round by the Mets. The No. 98 prospect according toBaseball America and the No, 224 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, Baro walked (14) more times than he struck out (four) this past season. The 6-foot-2, 175-pounder is committed to play collegiately at UCLA.

 

In the ninth round, New York drafted 3B Nick Lorusso from the University of Maryland. The Monroe, CT native was named to the All Big-Ten First Team for the second straight season and earned Second Team All-American honors from both Baseball America and D1Baseball. Lorusso established Maryland program single-season records for home runs (26), RBI (105) and extra-base hits (48). His 105 RBI were tied for the most in Division I college baseball this season and were the most by any Division I player since Billy Becher recorded 118 RBI for New Mexico State in 2003. His 175 career RBI are a Maryland program record, accomplished in just two seasons. Lorusso began his collegiate career at Villanova University.

 

The Mets’ final pick of day two of the 2023 First-Year Player Draft was Christian Pregent, a catcher from Stetson University. The Daytona Beach, FL native posted career highs in both home runs (12), RBI (46), OBP (.394) and SLG (.567). An elite defensive catcher, Pregent committed only four errors in 150 career games over four seasons at Stetson.