McClanahan with a very rough start. Seems like his velocity was down. As for Bohm, he continues to rake. One thing to keep an eye on is he seems to be making a lot of errors of late.

 

I wanted to go to that game, I have season tickets to ECU but had practice for my 12 year old AAU basketball team tonight. ECU roughed him up bigtime. 3 inn 6 ERs

Chris Holba pitched against him for ECU and is rising up the charts for the draft. 8-0 with a 1.52 ERA right now. 46 Ks in 53 innings. Scouts are at all his starts now. One other ECU player for the 2019 draft is Bryant Packard. He is hitting .414 with 9HRs so far this year as a sophomore. 23-43 since he came back from a back injury with 7HRs. I have never seen a guy so dialed in. 6'3" and 210 lbs so he has good size already.

Swaggerty had a pretty good day. Went 3-7 with 1BB 1K 1HBP 2HRs in two games of a doubleheader today.

 

So should this thread just turn into the daily Bohm & Swaggerty roundup?

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Swaggerty had a pretty good day. Went 3-7 with 1BB 1K 1HBP 2HRs in two games of a doubleheader today.

 

So should this thread just turn into the daily Bohm & Swaggerty roundup?

 

Probably. I appreciate the daily updates, especially the quotes from different draft conversations Fangraphs and other outlets have.

Swaggerty had a pretty good day. Went 3-7 with 1BB 1K 1HBP 2HRs in two games of a doubleheader today.

 

So should this thread just turn into the daily Bohm & Swaggerty roundup?

Wow.

Couple of observations about Swaggerty:

 

1.) it looks like he’s been adding some loft to his swing path this year and it’s been working well for him.

2.) I absolutely love his balance and solid base at the plate

3.) He also looks susceptible to high heat and will need to learn to lay off that pitch

 

Overall, with the little I’ve seen - I like. Low bust probability due to having many tools. Would be nice if he ended up being a lead off CF guy for 6 years of championship ball.

Couple of observations about Swaggerty:

 

1.) it looks like he’s been adding some loft to his swing path this year and it’s been working well for him.

2.) I absolutely love his balance and solid base at the plate

3.) He also looks susceptible to high heat and will need to learn to lay off that pitch

 

Overall, with the little I’ve seen - I like. Low bust probability due to having many tools. Would be nice if he ended up being a lead off CF guy for 6 years of championship ball.

 

6 years of championship White Sox baseball sounds great to me.

6 years of championship White Sox baseball sounds great to me.

Shoot high, aim low... that’s the saying... right?

6 years of championship White Sox baseball sounds great to me.

 

You guys need to stop being so delusional.

 

It's going to be 10 years of championship White Sox baseball

keithlaw

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New draft blog post for Insiders - notes on potential first-rounders Ryan Weathers (son of David), Ryan Rolison, and Ethan Hankins.

 

http://www.espn.com/blog/keith-law/insider/post?id=8269

In this quick article about the draft, Scott Merkin says that Hostetler was in Wisconsin scouting a game for a draft prospect earlier this week. Can anyone think of anyone else playing in Wisconsin this last week besides Kelenic? That's what my mind first jumped too, but I could be forgetting someone. Hostetler also said they are down to 8-10 names for #4 at this point. If the Wisconsin thing is Kelenic, that would mean the list probably includes him, Swaggerty, Bohm, and Mize as names we've been connected to plus Mize who everyone says has separated himself.

10 errors now for Bohm, fielding percentage near .870. Again not sure what's considered good or bad for a 3b in college but he has seemingly made like 6-8 of those in last few weeks

 

In this quick article about the draft, Scott Merkin says that Hostetler was in Wisconsin scouting a game for a draft prospect earlier this week. Can anyone think of anyone else playing in Wisconsin this last week besides Kelenic? That's what my mind first jumped too, but I could be forgetting someone. Hostetler also said they are down to 8-10 names for #4 at this point. If the Wisconsin thing is Kelenic, that would mean the list probably includes him, Swaggerty, Bohm, and Mize as names we've been connected to plus Mize who everyone says has separated himself.

 

I would be shocked if McClanahan and Gilbert aren't included

10 errors now for Bohm, fielding percentage near .870. Again not sure what's considered good or bad for a 3b in college but he has seemingly made like 6-8 of those in last few weeks

Yeah, that is not good. As we get closer and he stays in the top group we should get a better read on his defense when the same people view him many times in a row so that they see both good and bad. I almost wonder how much of it is the playing conditions or field being bad. The Fangraph guys were pretty sure he would be at least average defensively.

Hearing it’s wide open for first 5 picks projected in 2018 MLB Draft some risers and fallers! Torres, Liberatore, Bohm, Mize, Winn and Swagerty risers. Kowar and Singer steady RHPs!

— Bill Yates (@Bill_MLBScout) April 15, 2018

 

Whoever said they liked Torres was on to something. Probably if he keeps it up he is probably gone before the second round.

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Hearing it’s wide open for first 5 picks projected in 2018 MLB Draft some risers and fallers! Torres, Liberatore, Bohm, Mize, Winn and Swagerty risers. Kowar and Singer steady RHPs!

— Bill Yates (@Bill_MLBScout) April 15, 2018

 

Whoever said they liked Torres was on to something. Probably if he keeps it up he is probably gone before the second round.

 

Surprised Liberatore seen as a riser. Didn't have much to rise, hasn't performed that well recently.

Surprised Liberatore seen as a riser. Didn't have much to rise, hasn't performed that well recently.

I almost feel like he means since the season started, not just his recent movement.

Draft Q&A with Hostetler in the Athletic:

 

https://theathletic.com/316076/2018/04/16/q...ng-to-get-cute/

 

Draft Q&A with Hostetler in the Athletic:

 

https://theathletic.com/316076/2018/04/16/q...ng-to-get-cute/

 

And it looks like this story isn't locked if a non subscriber wants to read it.

And it looks like this story isn't locked if a non subscriber wants to read it.

 

It was. And it was really interesting to see them talking about looking at college relievers.

It was. And it was really interesting to see them talking about looking at college relievers.

 

Yeah I thought that was the best part and makes sense. It's not just to find the best relievers, but to evaluate how their teams are using them and if they could be starters. ANd the focus on Louisville and Florida with that.

 

The other part is while last summer and at soxfest there was an emphasis on how they need to spread out their talent more, as it gets closer and in this piece it's clear that isn't THAT much of a concern. They aren't going to pass on a guy in the first 10 rounds that they like just because he's a college outfielder.

 

But after that, I guess we'll see less logan taylor's, destinos, etc.

So we're going to draft Michael Byrne from Florida is what I got out of that comment haha.

Draft Q&A with Hostetler in the Athletic:

 

https://theathletic.com/316076/2018/04/16/q...ng-to-get-cute/

I feel pretty confident we’re drafting a college bat. Unless Mize somehow falls to us, I expect the pick to be Bohm, Madrigal, or Swaggerty.

I feel pretty confident we’re drafting a college bat. Unless Mize somehow falls to us, I expect the pick to be Bohm, Madrigal, or Swaggerty.

On that note, I saw this earlier:

The one thing about this draft is outside of Mize and Swaggerty, every player in the top ten prospects has a pretty big red flag. I would rather be the Royals, Rays, or Indians with multiple picks than say the Braves with the top ten and nothing till the second.

— jeff ellis (@jeffMLBdraft) April 16, 2018

 

 

I too would rather be one of the franchises in the draft that arbitrarily receives additional draft resources.