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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

With Sing not going day 1 I worry that means most expect him to serve (also Noah, thank you for serving)

Players I like Ryan Pepiot Edit: lost all my stuff wait a minute Notes: Ht: 6-3 | Wt: 205 | B-T: R-R Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted Scouting Report: On the right day, Pepiot is a strike-thrower in complete command. But Pepiot also struggles with timing issues in his delivery at times and when that happens, his outings can go south quickly. Pepiot had a four-start stretch earlier this year when he struck out 39 and walked only one. He’d topped double digits in strikeouts five times by early May and ranked among the top 10 in Division I in strikeouts. But he followed that excellent stretch by walking seven in only 3.2 innings in his next start. A few starts later, he again walked seven while also hitting two batters. There is a minor head whack in Pepiot’s delivery, but he has long enough stretches of solid control to project that he may one day sort out his stretches of wildness with additional innings and maturity. Pepiot is a big-bodied righthander who can attack hitters with a 91-93 mph fastball that touches 95-96 mph. His changeup is a plus pitch as well, but one that multiple evaluators mentioned he relies on too often. It might actually be a little more effective in pro ball if he begins to use it a little more sparingly and uses his fringe-average, 80-82 mph slider and fringe-average, mid-70s curveball more often. Both will flash average or better as Pepiot shows a feel for spin, but he doesn’t use them all that much. That’s due, in part, because he doesn’t consistently locate them. Pepiot will likely go out in pro ball as a starter, but he has a solid fallback option as a power reliever with enough fastball, an ability to spin a breaking ball and a plus changeup. Ivan Johnson Commit/Drafted: South Carolina Scouting Report: Johnson ranked No. 473 on the 2017 BA 500 out of Kennesaw (Ga.) Mountain High after showing solid defensive actions at shortstop and performing well against some of the class’ top prep pitchers. However, he went undrafted and instead made it to campus at Georgia, where Johnson struggled, hitting just .239/.314/.283 with a 38 percent strikeout rate in 46 at-bats. Following that season, Johnson transferred to Chipola (Fla.) JC for the 2019 campaign, where he led the team in each triple-slash category—hitting .389/.500/.606 with nine home runs, 33 walks and 37 strikeouts in 55 games. Johnson looked more physical during the fall and that has shown up in his power production, which is at least average in games with plus raw power. Johnson’s swing works well from both sides, with quick hands that can catch up to velocity, although he sometimes struggles with offspeed offerings on the outer half of the plate as a lefthanded hitter. There is some length to his swing at times—and scouts will certainly not forget about the strikeout rate he showed during his brief look with Georgia—but most scouts grade his hit tool as a 50 after what he’s shown this spring. Johnson has split time at shortstop and second base for Chipola. He has the defensive actions to handle shortstop, but, as an average runner, he might be a more ideal fit as a second baseman. Johnson performed well in front of high-level decision-makers this spring and could go off the board early on Day 2.

I would love if Hampton took down his LSU tweet based off of a Sox commit but otherwise looking at likely college pitching I’d guess.

Everybody be nice

This is insane!

I am more bummed about this than anything else. God I love the brewers drafting.

NOOoOoOoOoOoOoooOoOOOoo

Valdes to Cleveland. he was interesting so that sucks.

Doxakis goes. Would have loved him in third.

Full on Antoine Kelly bandwagon now.

Fletcher gone

Maybe but I worry his number may be too high. edit: there you go, I loved hamptons skills but am fine going Thompson over him.

Too hard to tell. We don’t know how expensive Thompson was

I am fine in the third.

No Wyatt and No Tommy Henry so that’s progress