Rule 5: Mets roundup from the draft

As covered earlier, the Mets selected Carlos Monasterios (Update: He’s been traded) and John Lujan in the earlier rounds of the draft. After that the Mets selected…

-Mets selected 1B Thomas Hubbard from Seattle.

Marshall hit .271 / .380 / .434 with 14 home runs and 70 RBI with the Double-A West Tennessee Diamond Jax last season.

-Mets selected RHP Rolando Valdez from San Diego.

Between Double-A and Triple-A last season, Valdez posted a 5.40 ERA in 33 1-3 innings. He posted a 1.680 WHIP, allowing five home runs.

-Mets selected LHP Orlando Lara from San Diego.

Lara spent 2009 with the Mexico City Reds, pitching in 18 games, starting seven. He posted a 5.03 ERA and 1.676 WHIP. He allowed three home runs in 48 1-3 innings.

-Mets selected RHP Johan Figuereo from Washington.

Figuereo is a converted infielder who threw his first inning in 2007. In ‘08 he tossed 37 2-3 innings, putting up a 4.20 ERA and 1.274 WHIP. Last year, he tossed 24 2-3 innings with a 2.92 ERA and 1.216 WHIP. In only 23 innings, he allowed eight home runs.

The Mets did lose a player from the Gulf Coast League team. I’m trying to track down that name.

Thanks to Chris Birckhead on Twitter, we know the Mets lost RHP Hayden Beard, from Australia, from Gulf Coast Rookie League.

Beard went 5-2 with a 5.34 ERA and 1.385 WHIP last season.