With their sixteenth-round selection in the 2024 draft, the 473rd overall pick, the Mets selected Josh Blum (EWS '21), a right-handed pitcher from the University of Southern California.
Bellaire, Texas native Josh Blum attended The Emery/Weiner School in Houston, where he lettered in both baseball and football all four years he attended. Over the course of his four years with Jaguars, he posted a cumulative 0.75 ERA with 166 strikeouts in 92.0 innings. A projectable right-handed pitcher from Texas, Blum was on the radar of scouts and evaluators but went undrafted and honored his commitment to the University of Southern California instead.