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So far the college national team has announced Shea Langeliers (C), Adley Rutschman (C), Braden Shewmake (3B?), Bryson Stott (SS), Andrew Vaughn (1B), Matt Wallner (RF). Our pick will almost definitely come from this team or from the high school national team.

It looks like Larnach is going to go in the teens. If you've been watching OSU, what do you think of Kwan? Also about Heimlich, we get enough bad press already, I really wouldn't want to give the media a low hanging target like that. There seems to be a belief amongst many OSU fans that he is innocent and just took a plea deal to avoid something worse, but then again people usually try to stick up for their players. It's pretty crazy that had he not forgotten to re-register (or something similar, I can't remember) that people probably never would have found out about it.

I don't know, but he should be ready for spring training next year. I think he tore a ligament in his leg, but even with a year for recovery he could still play most of next season.

Someone from the FO mentioned they look at relievers who could be starters but play at big schools that have too many good starters, like what happened with Dane Dunning. Someone who seemingly fits that exact profile is Michael Byrne out of Florida. He has put up some pretty great numbers and seems to have a build to be able to be stretched out.

I don't think Beer makes it that far, but I would love Baker in the third round. If not him, maybe Bren Spilane later.

Nope. Bobby Witt Jr is the top high school name right now, but he isn't at their level. We will find out the high school side of it during the summer circuit where the guys really start to separate themselves. An interesting point for anyone who wants Bart because we need a catcher, there are two really good college catchers in the draft next year. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mlb-draft-rankings-2018-2019-and-2020/ This is fangraphs rankings from before the season. For an idea of the top college guys, look at the USA college national team which is putting out names every week or so.

It really matters where he thinks he will go as opposed to where other think he will go. If he is just happy to be in consideration for the top ten after not being a first rounder before the year, he could still go underslot at 4. However, if he is hearing all the talk about him and thinks he is definitely going in the top, he could demand top money. So its basically impossible to tell what a guy will demand. I do think we should be able to go underslot a little bit at the very least because it doesn't seem like he is in consideration for any of the teams above us, so since we are his ceiling the next possible selection should be the most he asks for.

I feel like we might be in on Kelenic more than people think. Hostetler mentioned getting to see a guy now that its warm and that was almost definitely Kelenic and there was another interview where he made inference to what could only have been Kelenic. Edit: Also for anyone who didn't read the article, the group the Phillies are looking at that was mentioned was Bohm, Bart, India, Madrigal, Swaggerty. So our board is basically Bohm, Bart, India, Madrigal, Swaggerty, McClanahan, Singer, Kelenic, which fits the 7-8 Hostetler keeps mentioning.

I wonder if either of them can actually trace heir ancestry back that far.

Probably because the major defensive questions. Several scouts say he should be able to stay at third, but right now he looks bad there.

I want another Madrigal teammate in Steven Kwan. He has some pretty crazy hitting stats. With the stats he has he probably has very good bat control, so I would love to be able to see what he could do with a launch angle optimized swing change. He is small (listed 5'9" 170lbs) but if Albies can hit dingers in the majors it shouldn't be a problem.

I believe Singer also had some arm issues during his physical coming out of high school and that was a big reason he didn't sign.

When did he get injured? I missed it.

I don't know if the Sox will end up taking India, but if they do I bet they announce him as a SS.

I believe Zavala played OF in college, so if all three of them made it to the bigs, Bart would probably catch the majority of the time with Collins at 1B and DH and Zavala in LF and DH and maybe catching when the other guys need a break/are injured. The odds of all of them being on the same team in the majors is pretty low though just because of all the different things that could happen to prevent it (not taking Bart/one failing/one being traded).

Yeah, look at what Brent Rooker did last year and he was still only a comp pick. Even Bren Spillane this year is going crazy and BA has him at 164 in their top 500. Reynolds is all the way down at 401. So maybe he'll end up going in the 7-10 round area for a senior sign type discount.

Yeah, I just thought he would be gone by our pick. Him and Jordyn Adams seem like they have a lot of talk of them getting picked in the back of the first or the comp.

So if I got this right I think our picks are 4, 46, 81, 108, then its normal (so 138,168,198, etc.) As for that second rounder, there are a ton of good guys. Xavier Edwards who sounds like a more athletic HS version of Madrigal, Joe Gray who kind of sounds like Jason Heyward, and Mike Siani who probably has the same profile (plus arm/defense/speed with questions about the bat) as Luis Basabe.

HS Pitching is basically the one thing I want to avoid at 4. Way too high of a bust rate for seemingly really good prospects. Plus, there is so much talent in that group that the talent difference between the person you can get at 4 and and 46 is smaller than the other groups, so its better to take one of the other groups.

You can't just throw eyes out there like that and leave us hanging. Is this a thing?

I wonder where India would be rated if he was projected as a passable shortstop. That's what makes him interesting to me at 4. It fits the Sox history of being higher on questionable defense. Where did Law have him going in his mock?

Where did Law have India in the mock?

I really want to trust Kiley and Eric more than Law after Law said that whole thing about his sources not lying to him while Kiley and Eric said they knew scouts did that and used that misdirection to get even more information.