According to the NY Times, Sandy Alderson, the general manager of the Mets, suggested the loss
of a first-round pick would be too steep a price for the team to
consider signing Michael Bourn, the best outfielder left on the
free-agent market.
If they signed Bourn, a speedy 30-year-old
center fielder, the Mets would be forced to give up the 11th overall
pick of the draft as compensation.
During an interview Sunday with MLB
Network Radio, Alderson said the Mets had been “very reluctant to
consider that,” as it would undermine their vision for the future.
He
added, “The blueprint here is to rebuild the farm system at the same
time that we try to be competitive and for us to lose a first-round pick
would be counter to that approach.”
The top 10 picks of the draft
are protected, and the Mets were originally supposed to have the 10th
overall pick this year. But they were bumped down a spot when the
Pittsburgh Pirates failed last year to sign their top draft selection.
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