DirtySox

Hinkie 12:28 If the Tigers end up passing on Casey Mize for a well below slot deal with somebody else, do the Giants jump all over Mize or will they also look for an underslot deal ? I guess this is a long way of asking ... how possible is it Mize falls to the Phillies at 1-3 ??? Kiley McDaniel 12:31 Don't know how things play out if Mize doesn't go 1-1, but one team in the top 5 told me if the Tigers could be this on Mize and get off him for medicals, we're probably not gonna like it either and there's still plenty of good players to choose from. An exec in the top 10 told me if he's 1-1 he just cuts Madrigal and takes him over retail priced Mize. Out of the top 5, that gamble on a hypothetical Mize with a bad medical makes more sense with the top tier off the board. All speculative at this point and it is possible that this is all a smokescreen from Detroit but we've talked to some people that would know and they're convinced the Tigers are at least heavily shopping around for alternative, at least one very plugged in person think they've already moved on from Mize.

I still think it's too early to say that. There is so much we aren't privy to because of the medicals. It might just push Mize to the Sox at number 4, which could be best case scenario.

Jim in Chicago 12:15 If Casey Mize doesn't go #1, where does he end up? Kiley McDaniel 12:17 This seems to be the question of the moment. Detroit is seriously thinking about other options at 1-1, and the talk of this got around right after out mock came up. The specifics about what medicals Mize has shared, what Detroit has, what other teams have and what those medicals say is a little hazy and some of the answers are protected by HIPAA so we won't get everything we would like to know pre draft. 12:18 What we do know is that Mize pitches like a 27 year old Japanese starter (lots of cutters and splitters), which is good in that he's a finished product, good in the sense that he's good in a unique way, not so good in the sense that he likely won't get better. And he has enough of an injury history that we have to question (more than any other arm at the top of the draft) how teams may react to medical info that we will not be able to see. So 12:19 If he doesn't go 1-1, it would be due to projecting his health and once he slides past 1, it's unclear where he would stop because we don't know what the info would be that caused him to slide BUT 12:20 Using Jeff Hoffman or Mark Appel as a guide, in general an injury/signability concern slides you to the back of the top tier, which is about 5-7 players, so I would assume he still goes comfortably in the top 10 even if the medical is gruesome, which I don't think it is.

Yep. It's a very safe demographic. BA had an article about it this week. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/numbers-game-third-is-the-word/

Wouldn't be upset with Bohm, but from everything we have been reading lately, the Phillies are enamored with him. Will see what other mocks think this week, but I feel like the Athletic is the outlier here.

I wonder what Colorado would pony up for Jose?

I ❤️ Manny.

Yep. Was on my way to post this.

Hey. A reason to check the CHA box score!

Officially 2 weeks until draft day. It's close folks.

Fully agree with this. The I hate strikeouts, get dirty, Grindy McGrinderson fans would fall in love with Madrigal.

Davidson getting fucked hard with today's strike zone.

Ugh. Hawk broadcast. Can you just fade away already?

Where's my link?!

Been trying to catch as many Oregon St games as I can, and Madrigal is something else at the plate. Bases loaded AB, works a 10ish pitch AB and smacks it the other way for a bases clearing triple. He's fun to watch.

Charlotte is a wasteland. I only follow if Kopech is pitching.

Nice.

Basabe adds a double. Needs a 3B for the cycle. Though likely his last AB.

Letting him loose?

Excellent outing by Kopech. Gets out of the jam in the 7th. 7.0 IP 2 H 2 BB 9 SO

Basabe homer #6. Would love to see him catch fire again.