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Do they honestly think us sad, sad, folk who are logging on to MLB DOT COM are unaware of what happened on day 1?

Visit Futuresox draft tracker here for the most up to date version. Add tweets or interesting things in the replies. Bold means signed, italics means headed to school 1. Andrew Vaughn (1b, CAL) - $7,221,200 slot value 2. Matthew Thompson (RHP, Prep (TX)) - $2,100,00 signing bonus 3. Andrew Dalquist (RHP, Prep (CA)) - $2,000,00 signing bonus 4. James Beard (CF, Prep (MS)) $350,000 signing bonus 5. Dan Metzdorf (RHP, Boston College) $10,000 signing bonus 6. Avery Weems (RHP, Arizona) $10,000 signing bonus 7. Karan Patel (P, Univ. of Texas) $10,000 signing bonus 8. Ivan Gonzalez (C, WVU) $10,000 signing bonus 9. Tyson Messer (P, Campbell) $10,000 signing bonus 10. Nate Pawelczyk (P, Elon) $10,000 signing bonus 11. Victor Torres (C, International Baseball Academy PR) $175,000 signing bonus 12. Misael Gonzalez Acosta (CF, Leadership Christian Academy PR) $185,000 signing bonus 13. Cooper Bradford (P, Florida Southern College) $125,000 signing bonus 14. McKinley Moore (P, University of Arkansas-LR) $100,000 signing bonus 15. Caleb Freeman (P, Texas Tech) *per futuresox, indicated he was signing on twitter 16. DJ Gladney (SS/3b, Illiana Christian HS) - $225,000 signing bonus per Callis 17. Jeremiah Burke (RHP, Georgetown) $125,000 signing bonus 18. Sammy Peralta (P, University of Tampa) $85,000 signing bonus 19. Joshua Rivera (SS, Chipola College) $125,000 signing bonus 20. Cameron Simmons (CF, Virginia)* $85,000 signing bonus 21. Chase Solesky (P, Tulane)* $125,000 signing bonus 22. Logan Glass (CF, Mustang HS OK) $175,000 signing bonus 23. Pauly Milto (P, Indiana) $2,500 signing bonus 24. Jakob Goldfarb (C, Oregon) $2,500 signing bonus 25. Hansen Butler (P, North Carolina) $2,500 signing bonus 26. Justin Friedman (P, Hope International University) $2,500 signing bonus 27. Tyler Osik (1b, Central Florida) $2,500 signing bonus 28. Caeden Trenkle (CF, Hillsboro HS) 29. Kaleb Roper (RHP, Tulane) $2,500 signing bonus 30. Daniel Millwee (C, High Point University) $2,500 signing bonus 31. Connor Reich (P, Texas State) $2,500 signing bonus 32. Jonathan Allen (CF, University of San Francisco) $2,500 signing bonus 33. Trey Jeans (LHP, University of Louisiana Monroe) $2,500 signing bonus 34. Chase Krogman (CF, Liberty Senior HS) 35. Logan Britt (CF, Colleyville Heritage HS) *tweeted going to Texas A&M 36. Declan Cronin (P, Holy Cross) $2,500 signing bonus 37. Garvin Alston (LHP, USC Aiken) $2,500 signing bonus 38. Emmet Flood (RHP, Glendale CC) 39. Tom Archer (2b, Lynn University) $1,000 signing bonus 40. Nick Silva (P, University of Maine-Orono) $1,000 signing bonus

Shoot, I'll start something up in meantime.

I would make it again tbh. Though, you'd wish to get Mitch Keller instead.

Whatever happened to predictability

ugh just go already.

Last one in before we start. I like this guy's writeup Michael Curialle JSerra Catholic HS, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.SS Notes: Ht: 6-3 | Wt: 198 | B-T: R-R Commit/Drafted: UCLA Scouting Report: Curialle followed Chase Strumpf and Royce Lewis as the starting shortstop at JSerra High School and led the Lions to consecutive Boras Classic South tournament championships the last two seasons. This spring, he finished one hit shy of tying Lewis’ school single-season hits record. Curialle is an impressive blend of physicality and athleticism. He’s strong and broad-chested at 6-foot-3, 200 pounds and has big raw power, but he’s also a plus runner who glides around the infield remarkably well. He makes all the plays at shortstop and also has the athleticism for center field and third base. Curialle’s best tool is his plus-plus arm. He makes every throw from deep in the hole, cuts down runners on long relays and has touched 93 mph on the mound despite little pitching experience. Curialle swings and misses a bit too much, which is what prevents him from being a potential first-rounder, but he has the tools to project as an average or better hitter. A potential five-tool talent, Curialle is committed to UCLA and will command a hefty signing bonus.

They are all over the place across different publications. BA and Fangraphs are hiher on brewer. There won't be that much diff between 3rd and fourth round aside from if we don't get a top 100 HS guy in 3rd unlikely we get much more than your guys like last year with Weaver/Delgado.

Maverick Handley C, Stanford has interesting writeups too http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=208106 Low k rate, near 1:1 k to walk rate Fangraphs An athletic backstop with a broad base of skills to match where the game is going. BA Maverick Handley StanfordC Notes: Ht: 5-10 | Wt: 195 | B-T: R-R Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted Scouting Report: Handley is a 5-foot-11, 205-pound catcher who puts up excellent on-base percentages and knows the strike zone well. While he hits for very little power, he has maintained a walk rate in the double-digits each season in the Pac-12, with an 11.6 percent walk rate this spring through 49 games. Handley struggled with the bat last summer in the Cape Cod League, going 26-for-103 (.252), but again got on base at a respectable clip (.361). Handley is an above-average defender behind the plate and has high baseball IQ and plays with great energy. He’s a natural leader and handles the staff well, with good receiving and blocking ability. He threw out ten of the first 15 runners (66.6 percent) who attempted to steal against him this spring. Handley will have to handle himself with the bat better against pitchers who are more capable of challenging him in the zone at the next level, but his defensive skills could carry him either way.

I dont particularly like Ealy despite liking virtually all the other football guys.

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.