Once the No. 1 pick was selected (that would be Louisville catcher Henry Davis), and Jack Leiter went No. 2 overall, the story of the first round of the MLB Draft became the drops; Marcelo Mayer, a potential No. 1 pick, fell to No. 4 to the Red Sox, while Kumar Rocker, a potential Top 3 pick as late as last month, dropped all the way to No. 10 to the Mets.
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And the team couldn't have been more excited – just check out these videos from the team of the moment Rocker was selected, inside the war room leading up to the selection, and then the call Rocker got from Mets interim GM Zack Scott and Mets VP of Scouting Tom Tanous:
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