“He was just a wonderful kid,” Leopold said. “As Jim Duquette stated, they were building the team around him. He was a remarkable athlete. He was going to be a superstar. Jim and the Mets organization pegged him with Torii Hunter, [Jose] Reyes. They had him pegged with all those types of guys. His numbers were as good.”

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