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props to mlb pipeline, that's some great video and write-up they have.

not in the BA500 (perhaps because of the draft and follow from oakland?) seems like a pretty big project still. Was drafted in the 11th last year as a high schooler from Oakland.

KC...has happened a lot this draft.

The non-Detmer Dettmer just went.

There's a lot of top 100 prep guys still out there, i'd imagine many get there. I'm kinda intrigued by Spencer Nivens.

I missed that Keith law was the high man on Seth Keener, at 97 just a few spots past Grant Taylor Scouting Report Bats: R, Throws: R Keener has bounced between the bullpen and the rotation for the Deacs, dominating George Mason in the regionals for his best outing of the season before a tough outing against LSU in Omaha. He’s 95-96 mph in relief and more 92-95 mph as a starter, but in either role he will show a 55 changeup and a 50-55 slider, missing bats with both pitches all season. It’s a rough delivery between a long arm action and very abrupt finish, but to his credit he throws a ton of strikes anyway, and I assume someone will send him out as a starter with bulk guy a more likely MLB role for him.

That review seems pretty fine to me? He is a fourth round pick. A left-handed catcher who has a compact stroke with real power but ground balls eat into it, and who is still developing as a catcher after sitting behind one of the top ones in baseball his first two years.

Maui Ahuna just went to San Fran, who definitely owns the most vicious scouting reports of the draft. Keith Law's: keep in mind he's still ranked a strong 63

brooks boyer losing his damn mind at a calvin harris/kaskade double header Harris showed impressive defensive skills out of high school, when he ranked as the No. 287 prospect in the 2020 class, but after making it to campus at Mississippi hasn’t been able to showcase his catching much at all. Royals second-rounder Hayden Dunhurst was the team’s primary catcher in 2021 and 2022, leaving Harris to catch in a part-time role and play the corner outfield. He moved into the everyday catching role in 2023 and hit above .300 for the second straight season, with a .321/.398/.579 slash line and a career-high 12 home runs. Harris has shown solid home run power from gap-to-gap and managed a 90 mph average exit velocity this spring. He will expand the zone a bit, but has solid overall contact skills, particularly against fastballs. Harris has a chance to be a solid receiver, with quiet and strong hands behind the plate. He does a nice job presenting balls on the edges of the strike zone, and employs a one-knee setup. He also has a strong and accurate arm—though he has previously had UCL surgery—that is much better than his 11.3% caught stealing rate (7-for-62) would suggest, with many runners stealing off pitchers who took their time to the plate. via ba

Drafting a guy who just had TJS and a guy who needs to be converted from a reliever don't sound like that.

Hunter Owen to Royals.

top prep talent is going to be expensive with NIL. I don't think hahn is doing anything here, I think it just is a sucky draft so far.

I'm glad I didn't spend too much time on this draft.

You would have passed on players like Alex Bregman then.

Bradfield doesn't fill a need?

I would argue (esp the outlets above) that college players that performed well tend to get a lot of love in post-draft write-ups and the sox have really picked a lot of those guys. BA has tended to swerve away in the last 5 years, they used to be way too in love with college performance especially from big conferences.

good day in dsl for the big hitters. Abraham Nunez with a triple, a walk and a SB and no Ks.

just doing profile hunting. I'm assuming we don't have a lot of wiggle room, but prep picks i'd be intrigued by kendall george (CF): George is a small and skinny, 5-foot-11, 165-pound outfielder, but what he lacks in size and power, he makes up for with quickness, explosiveness and some of the best pure speed in the 2023 draft class. He could hang in a foot race with almost anyone in the class and routinely turns in 80-grade run times in the 3.9-4.0-second range from home to first, and it’s not uncommon to see him post lower run times than that on jailbroken swings. While George won’t threaten to hit many balls over the fence, he’s a pesky and difficult hitter to get out, with a contact-oriented stroke from the left side and both a strong batting eye and bat-to-ball skills. He’s always a threat to lay down a bunt and is proficient in that area, and can slap the ball around to all fields effectively. The center fielder for Team USA’s gold medal-winning 18U National Team, George was second on the team with a .364 average, went 5-for-5 in stolen bases and also walked six times to just one strikeout. His elite speed gives him easy plus range in center field where he should be an impactful defender with below-average arm strength. While they have different body types, George could compare reasonably to 2023 classmate Enrique Bradfield Jr., an outfielder at Vanderbilt who shares a similar all-around profile, though George has a bit more strength and a bit less defensive polish compared to Bradfield at the same age. https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/top-2023-mlb-draft-prospects/ Tristan Dietrich (LHP) Dietrich is a very lanky, projectable lefty who started to see his stuff tick upward this spring from the upper 80s last summer, now bumping 92-93, while he already had good feel for a tight slider and a pretty good delivery that at least gives a starting point to project on the command. He’s 6-4 and all arms and legs right now, with a very low-effort delivery and great feel to spin the ball. You can dream on this body and the ease with which he works right now, hoping it’s mid-90s in two or three years once he’s added 30 pounds to his frame and worked with better coaches. He’s committed to FIU, which had a second-round pick in 2020 with Logan Allen. https://theathletic.com/4584350/2023/07/06/mlb-draft-ranking-prospects-2023-crews-law/ that said if he's there I'd probably go hunter owen.

Yeah, not sure there is a bigger indictment of Hahn to his PD staff than that they have felt a need to get hitters who didn't need to have their approach built out. But problem isn't necessarily strength to me, it's his ichiro finish. Changing a swing on the sox requires Burger's wife. His defense is weird because it's one of those things where basically everyone seems surprised its as good as it is considering his difficulty getting going to top speed. But he did hold the SS position down for Team USA, and Law did write he can see him sticking. It's a shame for him he didn't go to the Cardinals, a team that could make a similar profile like DeJong play plus defense at short. It's funny because I actually think it does these players no favors going to the sox. They need some support in getting that extra 5% and can rely too much on what has worked. Compare that to a Colson Montgomery who knew they needed to add stuff (while still needing to do it 100% themselves)

They do and they dont.

We’ll s%*#. I guess more pitchers then. Or if we can afford cholowsky.

How

Apologies if I missed these guys getting take. But for round 3 would like to see wolklow and detmers not go to Sox. I’d like to see them succeed very much. I would be cool with Brice matthews or getting one or hunter Owen/Whitman (haven’t seen the last pick of round 2)

Horrified at Cleveland getting clemmey. Are they reverse engineering now too?

Has there been no college lefty taken yet?