[tejdog1]

Disclaimer: written by a Mets fan about the Mets 2013 draft.

The thing with OOTP is - there aren't players like Ivan Wilson, or if there are, you don't know it. Wilson was a 3rd rounder in the draft that the Mets took. Scouting report:

Wilson is all kinds of raw right now, but for a team that likes to draft athletic kids and try to teach them how to play baseball, he's got enough ceiling (above-average regular) to be appealing in the third round or so. Wilson is strong and well-built at 6-foot-3, 220 pounds with good bat speed but a deep load that bars his lead arm and creates excessive length, meaning he can't always get to the potentially plus power from his wrist strength and big hip rotation. His swing path is also very inconsistent, and like many kids from very rural high schools he doesn't recognize offspeed stuff well yet. He's an average runner, a little slow out of the box and better underway, with plenty of arm for right field.

Wilson reminds me a lot of Jamie Jarmon, a very crude prep outfielder from Delaware whom I rated as a third-rounder last year and was drafted in the second round by Texas, after which he struggled to make contact in his first summer in pro ball. Jarmon's a long-term project, as is Wilson, and if Jarmon could go 83rd overall in a stronger draft, Wilson should go in that area as well.

OF, Ivan Wilson, Ruston HS, La, 6'3 220, R/R, very strong, physical specimen, throws ave when sets up to throw to bases, has good hand speed and strength in his swing, bat goes to the ball, runs very well once underway, 4.27 out of the box from RH side, tracked the ball well in the OF, best suited for either corner, projects to hit for HR power, Some Joe Carter comparisons for me. 4-7 round type follow for 2013. Showed much better confidence then he did during the Breakthrough Series in Durham.

Wilson's combination of tools and athleticism is among the best of this year's prep outfielders. He is listed at 6-foot-3, 220 pounds with good strength and plus speed. Wilson, out of Ruston H.S. (La.), has good power and can hit home runs to any part of the ballpark. He takes advantage of his power-speed combination thanks to good instincts on the basepaths. Wilson has excellent range in the outfield and enough arm for right field if he can't stay in center field. By mid-May, he still hadn't committed to college, leaving scouts wondering about his signability.

-Mayo

We never get those kind of reports/scouting stuffs in OOTP. Wilson's got a super high ceiling, but he's a HUGE SUPER risk to get there, it's very likely he flames out in short season ball. But there's stuff to dream on there, big arm, lots of speed, potential power, 5 tool potential, etc... that's what OOTP draft classes lack in the current version beyond round 2 at the latest.