Today we look at another rule V draft pick the Mets have coming into camp in Brad Emaus. On the surface, before looking into his bio or stats, we know that Emaus has some sort of advantage coming into camp due to his rule V status. He must make the 25 man in order to stay with the Mets organization. He seems to be Murphy's main competition for the second base job, and if he doesn't get it, he looks to be the leader for back up infielder.
Emaus was originally drafted by the Braves out of High School but elected to go to college (Tulane University) and was then drafted by the Blue Jays in the 11th round. He has been a promising prospect to some degree (A three star prospect according to Baseball Prospectus) but the Blue Jays couldn't get him on the 40 man, and now the Mets have him. The will be 25 year old has put up some good numbers, not jaw dropping, but not bad either, in the minors which is why the Mets are intrigued by him. Also he plays second base, which has been an empty position for a while now. Anyway here are some numbers:
Career Minors – 1559 AB, .276 BA, .364 OBP, .426 SLG
2010 – 445 AB, .290 BA, .397 OBP, .476 SLG, 32 2B, 3 3B, 15 HR, 75 RBI, 13 SB
His numbers from last season look pretty good. Depending on how camp unfolds, it really could turn into a wide open competition with Murphy. The aspect that I am holding onto the most with Emaus is he shows between himself, Turner, Muprhy, and Tejada we have options at second base. Which is good for the future (which really seems to be long to Tejada once he gets a bit older).
