Look at Ray Ray Run

Yankees drafting a north east kid. Jesus, probably a steal

Ftr Jack, Mike trout was by far the best high school player alive. It wasnt close but scouts thought far too much about his competition instead of his incredible production.

Comparing Andrew Vaughn to jered Mitchell is like comparing peyton manning to jamarcus russell.

Absolutely shocked to see theo reach for an arm. Reaching for a bat he loves makes complete sense. An arm though? His track record would say this is a disaster.

Just weird. Theo has 20 years of history saying he has no idea drafting arms... and 20 years showing his a position player savant and they draft the riskiest arm possible. Edit: I was gonna say, this made no sense.

The success of right handed high schoolers drafted near the top of a draft is near zero. Josh Beckett is the last one I can think of but I may be forgetting someone.

Please Jack show me factual backing that states the hit tool and power tool are the most volatile. I've been asking for this forever. I am genuinely curious as to where you got this information from.

I'm glad of all the players in this draft, we chose to select the one "professional hitter."

Yeah. Imagine if the kid was from Florida.

Jack, about 1.2 of Goldschmidt's career WAR is tied to his baserunning. That's 1.2 of 37.3 career WAR. I'm not sure why you continue to bring up stolen bases for a 1st baseman as if that's adding a ton of value. His ceiling is not Paul konerko.

Yeah, like... Bagwell clearly juiced his way to the HOF. Hopefully Vaughn doesnt need the same help.

I played on a lot of travel teams and in a lot of showcases with Bowden as a kid. Awesome guy. Great pitcher. Stuff kind of left him as he aged but I swear I thought he was going to be roger Clemens.

Seen him before and talked to some people on the circuit in Illinois and they swear hes the best pitcher the state has seen in my lifetime. I hope he succeeds as I've heard a lot of good things but HS pitchers in general are so damn risky. They are so many innings away from the big leagues. So much could happen. If you ask me he's no Michael Bowden (bias might be getting the best of me again lol)

Jack, my problem with this is you keep preaching upside but then ignore Vaughns. Vaughn's upside is the best hitter on the planet. That's his ceiling. No one else in this draft has that offensive ceiling. Offense ages better than everything you've listed, and offensive value is greatly prioritized over anything else even as DH and 1st baseman - as well as corner outfielders - are being diminished by the market place. Being fast and really good defensively is great, but theres a reason Buxton was sent down repeatedly despite being on a 3 WAR pace In those years and it's because the value of defense/base running is not as valuable as offensive value added.

I think I like Carroll more than every high schooler in this draft but im very bias towards fast twitchy CF'ers.

Damn, was praying he fell below the pirates as he may have fell to the Sox then... even though I hate high school pitchers.

Corbin Carrol has been the best high school player in the country the past calendar year - better than Witt and Baty.

He thinks the twins guy reminds him of Royce clayton...but a HOF version.

Just curious as I know nothing about him, why? Lack of exposure while playing on the west coast is a baffling thought to me.

I dont understand how he wasnt in any showcases. I was awful and played at area code and PG. I guess that was a long time ago, but how is it possible that he wasnt at AC or PG formally?

Yeah, I think the age concerns really matter. I was Batys age my sophomore year of college. I was 17 when my senior year season concluded in high school as I had a late birthday.

Usually you reclass up a year, not back in baseball.

Harold never stops giving. The 9th pick in the draft isnt just Freddie Freeman (a perennial MLB allstar) but hes Freddie with better power lol.

Hes the baseball version of Kevin pittsnogle - wvus famous white trash center that helped lead them deep into the tournament

Callis says the worst in his 30 years. I dont have enough knowledge or history to say that but certainly the worst since I was in school 12 years ago.