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A college lefty starter. http://hailstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3700

Kody Clemens first off of the board in the 3rd.

Here comes all of the moves. I hope Keon Barnum saved his bonus check wisely.

Total guess here, but I am going to guess 3rd round pick is Tristan Beck.

I have no idea who to expect. I mean there are certain franchises you know that will stretch for players, but they aren't as well known in MLB. This seems like a Cincinnati Bengals or Raiders type of pick.

A deal like that makes a lot more sense from both the team, and from the player standpoint.

If they pass it is because they don't think they have room or feedback from the kids directly, which is fair.

Rankings are universal either.

The guys who are established are the least likely to move. It is too early to change anything and they should be playing Madrigal at SS for now. But it also wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to send him to a winter ball or fall league and have him play some LF too.

Front load AND and opt out? That is an awful deal. If you are going to load a contract with an opt, it needs to be in the back end to give the player an incentive to stay, and not to leave. Besides our window is only going to be opening during that time frame.

Looking at it a bit more in depth, The #81 pick is worth $726,700. We have $1,556,100 from #46 and $6,411,400 from #4. If we could scrape up say a million, or even half a million, plus what we will save with seniors in rounds 7-10, we could maybe turn that into $1.5 to 2.0 million for the 3rd round pick.

I would love to know how close to slot values that we are with Madrigal and Walker to have a better idea on if we can go HS here or not.

I am going to say if anyone moves, it will probably be Madrigal, with the tool set he has it isn't hard to squint and see him in CF or LF eventually.

As of the last time I read about Micker, the question wasn't surgery, it was could he be healthy enough to play some OF again.

That sounds like a Houston pick.

You are the real champion.

Also true. The word statnik will also be used.

Lmao, even better.

Early bet: With Singer to the Royals, Fathom becomes his biggest fan.

That is the entire premise of these reports. Teams have interest in Shields. If we get back a Forbes level player back, Shields can jump in the minivan and I will haul him to ORD.

All I know is that Soxtalk is way too happy about this pick, so now Madrigal will bust hardcore.

BA's last mock has us with Singer, MLB.com has us with Madrigal.