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I really turned on Vaughn when Keith Law was so positive on him, even saying he was in same tier as Rutschman. When Law talks about bats I listen, especially when its guys he loves. The other part is (guys, I read a book, praise me) in Astro ball they talk a lot about how you should "hit on 16 even if it doesn't feel right", which often was related to how teams would pass on a player that seemed great because of stereotypes (too small, right handed, 1st base), even if stats and scouts loved him. Vaughn started to feel more and more like a hit on 16 guy. I don't want to draft a RH 1b for along time, but he truly felt like an exception. Go rake, Vaughn.

What happened to their "high school players are more likely to sign this year because of player development" argument from ... Friday.

I don't know why we would care about being "caught up" in it, it's highlighting that his dominant stint in AA has been all the more impressive with carrying big power in a notoriously power-starved ball park. We aren't extrapolating lefty righty splits.

I am attached to Sosa emotionally, he is my sweet sweet son, and he has fought like hell to dig himself out of a crazy hole. So proud to see resilience like that. So much of his career has been keeping his head above water in advanced levels for his age, and this was the first blip he couldn't. But he just put his head down and kept at it. His actual raw numbers are pretty good, lots of doubles!, but he had such a terrible stretch of k'ing like every appearance everything still looks bleh.

He either got a great offer, or someone smart was like "don't cut off offers before you hear them all"

Just FYI draft starts at 1130am CT

Saw on Twitter, CJ Abrams (soxtalk's pick for worst player in history) once went 113 straight at bats without swinging and missing.

Weak at the top, still plenty of your typical guys in the 3-10 rounds.

Madrigal is going to have to sit on Vaughn's shoulders to get to the candy shelf, omg.

It's a new day.

Toronto going after Kendall Willams makes me feel like Jones isn't available, but the extra night of negotiating is great. Usually a few pop back out that we didn't expect. Your list is awesome. Do people like Glenallen Hill Jr at all?

Thompson was 49 on BA. He's a scouts pick for sure, but there are a lot of durability reasons to like him vs a traditional HS pick. He's been throwing easy 90s for years, not a sudden uptick. He has good size and great athleticism, and has good feel though inconsistent results with spin. So, a guy that needs development. But with the 2nd round I'll take it. That's a package that doesn't exist in this system.

essentially that he is physically maxed out. But there was also older stereotypes about shorter players that they couldn't generate power with less extension, but that has fallen by the wayside with great power being developed by players like Altuve/Betts, etc.

If Vaughn's defense is neutral it will also boost his WAR vs. an Abreu.

One thing his hit tool doesn't quite grasp is his fantastic eye and approach. Like if you put a 60 hit tool on Collins eyes what do you have? Really hoping we get a .380 obp baseline from this guy and some years of big power.

I don't know how much money we have but just one of those things where if we select him I assume we can sign him. Hello everyone do you like comps? Jamari Baylor: TLDR Has quietly popped-up in Virginia and is drawing comparisons to Tim Anderson; loud bat speed but opinions vary pretty widely about where he should be selected.

Ryan Dalquist is interesting too. I like when I see athletic and easy motion, mainly . because I like when ptatc likes pitchers: An athletic, 6-foot-2, 170-pound righthander, Dalquist has impressed Southern California area scouts with his loose, easy delivery and starter’s attributes despite being slightly undersized. He has a three-pitch mix, all of which have a chance to be at least average, led by an above-average fastball that sits in the 90-94 mph range. He’s been used out of the bullpen at times for his high school, which confused some evaluators because most think he projects as a starter due to his solid breaking ball and changeup. Dalquist gets out on his front side well during his delivery and has some deception. While Dalquist’s pure stuff doesn’t have the explosiveness of other prep arms ranked around him, the complete package and the ease of his operation is appealing to clubs, as is his advanced strike-throwing ability and athleticism. He is committed to Arizona and is expected to be a tough sign.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2019-mlb-draft-top-15-prospects-entering-day-2/ I don't know if this is unlocked or not but BAs top 15 (I'm not as big on their top 15, but the top 6 would certainly be tantalizing. Allan/Leiter/Barco/Hampton/Callihan/Lee. Seems like Hampton, Barco and Callihan are the only possible (if hamptons deleted tweet means he's back in play).

Can we not?

They have cost controlled so much of team development: international, draft slotting along with excellent league health and revenue sharing, and a general trend by even big teams to build from within that I have to ask what exactly needs to be scaled further for the small market teams? You want to talk about tanking, well, for these small market teams what encourages tanking more than giving them the possibility of 3 picks in the top 45 in a rebuild? I'm with you, if they get an international draft they need to throw it out. Like, I like the sox draft, imagine if we also got to have board favorites fletcher, hampton or some of the SS like nunez or paris...not instead of thompson, but in addition to? It's so dumb.

Seriously. One needs only to look at the effect of the attached picks in free agency to recognize the huge value draft picks hold now. To give a free top 40 pick to some clubs every year, especially when now so many of them are successful, is ridiculous. Give them additional 5th/6th/7th round picks or something.

It's hard to read articles like this and not come to the conclusion that the competitive balance picks are such a huge advantage: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/day-1-draft-review/

Vaughn continues Chicago’s run on college bats under Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn. We heard if they had cut at three (which they likely won’t with Vaughn), it would have been in anticipation of taking a prep arm at 45, and they got one in Thompson anyway. We were a bit lower on him, as his stuff that flashed plus over the summer was less dynamic this spring. Some clubs thought he may have plateaued. That said, he’s still a long-limbed teenager with a great delivery who has been into the mid-90s for years. ^ fangraphs writeup on Day 1.

I would like this, too. I also think Spencer Jones would be super interesting but talk about a guy I don't know if they org could develop

His BA writeup was so positive it was hard to understand why he was ranked 130 or so