2024 Mets Draft profile: Nick Roselli

2024 Mets Draft profile: Nick Roselli

2024 Mets Draft profile: Nick Roselli

Less than thirty miles from Citi Field, in

Levittown, Nick Roselli attended Division Avenue

High School. According to Mets vice president of

amateur scouting Kris Gross, he spent a lot of

time at Citi Field growing up, which is fitting for

a fan of the team (and the Yankees). As a

sophomore, Roselli was able to earn a spot on the

varsity squad and led the Blue Dragons to a

conference title and a second-place result in the

regional tournament. Unfortunately, the

COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the 2020 and

2021 seasons, preventing him from finishing his

high school education. Listed at only 5’9” and 175

pounds and without impressive metrics or an

extensive high school resume to point to, Roselli

was not a high profile prep prospect.

Nevertheless, he did find a Division 1 home at

Binghamton University, a mere three hours

northeast of his high school field. Binghamton is

in the American East Conference but is hardly a

power house; the program has produced only

two big leaguers (Scott Diamond, Murphy Smith)

neither of whom received much more than a cup

of coffee in the big leagues, and the highest

drafted player from the school prior to Roselli

was taken in the 13th round (Ben Anderson,

2019). Roselli immediately slotted in as a starter

in his freshman year, running an impressive

.307/.405/.536 triple slash. He demonstrated a

strong approach, walking 20 times to only 30

strikeouts, and added eight home runs across 163

PA. Roselli also performed well in the postseason,

earning a Regional All-Tournament selection

after homering twice in two games. In the

summer, he played for the Wilmington Sharks in

the Coastal Plain League but struggled with wood

bats, hitting a meager .120/.254/.140 across 60 PA.

2020 saw Roselli return to his starting position at

second base for Binghamton and advance even

further. He walked more than he struck out (29

BB to 23 K), his OPS above 1.000 with

a.357/.441/.592 line, and he drove in 61 runs in

229 PA, the second-highest total in program

history. Roselli’s performance with a wood bat

also improved; in 159 PA, he batted.266/.405/.375

for the Sanford Mariners of the New England

Collegiate Baseball League. Roselli had a solid

skill set at this point in his career, with both a

great plate approach and contact ability. Before

the 2024 season, Prospects Live did in fact

highlight Roselli as a data standout in the

northeast.

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