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Funny binary choice between Detmers whose stuff people can’t seem to square up despite average velocity and Crochet who hitters seem to be able to square up too much despite elite stuff.

Just remember this is the first time the writers are getting fast and furious info via negotiations with agents. They had no team activity like normal. Our expectation of value might be way off from what orgs had.

Illinois is now below 3% positive rate. It needs to be here for test and trace to work.

we say Lacy but it doesn't feel like hancock has a hard destination yet.

10:51 AM:. Multiple sources including Kiley McDaniel of ESPN and Baseball America are reporting that a combination of Austin Martin at pick two and Pennsylvania prep righthander Nick Bitsko at pick thirty is in play for the Orioles first two selections this evening. That’s estimated in the neighborhood of $10,000,000 to $11,000,000 in pool dollars between their first two picks. However, with the draft’s largest bonus pool at $13,894,300 there’s still plenty of cash (estimated $2,900,000 to $3,300,000 in remaining money) to land talent at picks 39, 74, 103, and 133. great start for baltimores new group.

I wonder how dominant a guy will have to be to be the next prep HS RHP to go 1-1.

Man I think BA May have nailed their mock. so many picks make sense, and Howard to the Dodgers makes you gulp hard. Love the BA dudes even though they overrate heady college players

For me with crochet, probably making a mistake but just seems like recent pitchers like him (Pearson, mclanahan) big dudes, big arms, questionable production or competition, have overperformed recently.

100% baseball in college?

We also have a severe lack of dynamic arms in our minor league system now. Thompson has some project-ability there. We went from "zomg look how many power arms we have" to a bunch of 26 year old rhps from louisville throwing 88 across our A and AA teams.

um yes i will take crochet/kelly, thank you.

not gonna lie if their scouts feel like crochet was different this year...it's just a different draft. I didn't get to see any of these guys. There's highlights and that's cool and all. If the sox swing crochet and get a dynamite #2 that's interesting. Crochet is an insanely talented arm we know very little about. Abel didn't even pitch his senior year. Maybe he gets shelled! Bitsko people are going off his circuit when nobody was scouting him! I'm just saying if they get swing crochet/howard or something it changes it. I could very well see a situation where they felt very similar to a lot of these guys and felt like they could get 2 in the same tier with their budget.

Jeebus, I didn't remember him that big.

I don't feel that strongly and could make a case for most, didn't want bailey and that seems to be in past. Will take: I think it's Abel or Detmers depending on how it shakes out Should take: I am pro either of those guys, but also have come on late to PCA and Hassel. Still really like Cavalli, and obviously like Howard. The one thing with Howard is I just feel like he's risky but also he's a dude that might show up when baseball restarts and has exploded. I just love how people describe how he plays/feels the game and it seems like he's still getting to learn how to use his body offensively.

cubs.

Keon Barnum was 6'4, 224 when drafted

that dude looks 28

I assume that's the case now, but who knows how many of these guys lacked any place to practice.

I get that 2009 was the trout year and was a particularly loaded draft, but I can't believe how snake-bitten people still are of a 23rd overall pick now eleven drafts ago. Going for an athletic, upside college outfielder is not the worst idea in the world there. Fulmer is 10x the bust yet doesn't seem to embody the short right hander the way that jared mitchell is a cautionary tale for all athletes. And to be real, that draft had terrible picks round by round. Trayce Thompson is sandwiched between Nolan Arenado (2 picks) and Jason Kipnis. David Holmberg is picked before DJ Lemahieu, Corbin and Kyle Seager. This is the draft the cardinals drafted like 15 starters. I say no big ten catchers ever! No whatever David Holmberg was!

Would the scout for dalquist be the scout for Abel? edit well nvm Y2Jimmy spilled ze beans already

Sounds like Bowser A student of the game, Bowser loves to talk hitting and has the chance to develop into a run-producing corner infielder at the next level. The one thing that might make it tough is his commitment to Stanford, which his mother attended.

If they do that, they better get a guy unlikely to sign. Forget his name, but there's that one hard-commit to stanford right? I guess aside from the pathetic if its about money, isn't next year supposed to be really good? Maybe they calculated the risk of not being able to scout traditionally/lack of numbers/bigger bonus pool made going for what's available next year was better option?

I mean...i'm assuming cleveland gets both of calabrese and Hence. Calabrese is pretty small isn't he?

I'd say given the draft position they were only average. Like you alluded to, it's about diversification. The white sox went severely college heavy especially from 2015-2018. Hostetler said this was to improve depth. Whether we benefited from having more competent first baseman in AA...not up to me. But the best athletes will often be picked out of high school. By drafting exclusively college and high school water polo players the sox missed out on working in some players that may be able to pair elite athleticism with elite baseball skills and grow with the competition. While you have the first round to go after the best college athletes/players, rounds 2-40 just lacked diversity in skill and body type. Should you only draft uber athletes and pass up someone with a plus- plus- refined skill? Should you only draft more developed college players? Should you only draft position players high? Should you never draft prep pitchers? You can have tendencies, but Hostetler went too far in one direction.

File this under “BA writeups I like” Ricky Tiedemann Notes: Ht: 6-3 | Wt: 200 | B-T: L-L Commit/Drafted: San Diego State Age At Draft: 17.8 Few players raised their stock in limited time more this spring than Tiedemann, whose brother Tai is a pitcher in the Rangers organization. An interesting but hardly elite prospect entering the year, Tiedemann came out showing increased velocity and feel for his secondaries and put himself among the top players in a loaded Southern California draft class. Tiedemann is an elite athlete with a physical 6-foot-3 frame, big hands and a tantalizing left arm. His fastball sits around 88-91 mph and touches 93, and his projectable body and athleticism make it easy to envision him reaching the mid-90s once he fills out. He complements his fastball with a potentially plus changeup, and his average hard slider gives him a quality third offering. Tiedemann is one of the youngest players in the class and will still be 17 on draft day. His only drawback is he broke his right, non-throwing wrist on a collision at first base late in the season. Tiedemann is committed to San Diego State, but clubs are keen to buy him out of that commitment with his athleticism, youth and projection.