Mets Prospect: Brad Holt Is The Next Big Thing

Brad Holt has continued to impress ever since the Mets drafted him as a supplemental pick in the first round of the 2008 draft. This morning, Bart Hubbuch of the Post gives us another reason to be pumped up about the Mets prospect who is in St. Lucie for his first spring training. Right-hander Brad Holt doesn't have an invitation to the Mets' major-league camp this spring, but get used to hearing the name. The 6-foot-4 prospect, a first-round pick last season out of UNC-Wilmington, put his mid-90-mph fastball on display in an impressive bullpen session here yesterday during voluntary workouts. Holt, who struck out a 96 batters in just 72? innings for Single-A Brooklyn last season, could get some appearances with the Mets next month when the World Baseball Classic depletes their big-league roster. Back in November, I wrote the following about Holt after ranking him the Mets fourth best prospect. I love this kid. The young right hander throws extremely hard and was virtually u...