3 minutes ago, GenericUserName said:

It looks like his arm is going to snap off on his follow through. 

He is built like a 16 year old Latin American kid.  There is zero fat on that body.

2 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

I ask for prep players, because they have the leverage.  And I don't think the Sox have taken any college seniors who have no leverage and  who they can ding for 10K and overspend on others.

Teams have so much intel on the targets they are projecting to take in the top 10 rounds and what they would need to sign. They aren't going into this blind.

13 minutes ago, GenericUserName said:

From a perfect game article

 

All the athletes, please. 

The Royals have now taken 8 pitchers in the first 7 rounds. 

1 minute ago, harfman77 said:

The Royals have now taken 8 pitchers in the first 7 rounds. 

Wow.

2 minutes ago, harfman77 said:

The Royals have now taken 8 pitchers in the first 7 rounds. 

Reminder that Dayton Moore came up with the Braves

I love the draft strategy so far. They went with pure baseball players with some upside in the first 3 rounds, then switched to loud tooled athletes who have played some baseball in the next few rounds. Round this off with some decent potential college seniors, then grab some signability concern loud talent tomorrow, and this will be one hell of a draft.

1 minute ago, Dam8610 said:

I love the draft strategy so far. They went with pure baseball players with some upside in the first 3 rounds, then switched to loud tooled athletes who have played some baseball in the next few rounds. Round this off with some decent potential college seniors, then grab some signability concern loud talent tomorrow, and this will be one hell of a draft.

I agree with this....much better strategy than the Sox used to have.

In the 8th RD, the White Sox select LHP Andrew Perez, South Florida

Edited June 5, 20187 yr by ChiliIrishHammock24

In the 8th round the White Sox select Andrew Perez a LHP from South Florida U.

Looks like the closer for USF. 

 

http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2017/11/20/2018-cbd-top-100-countdown-65-andrew-perez-south-florida/

 

Edited June 5, 20187 yr by harfman77

Perez was ranked as the 20th best college pitcher not in the top 130 at fangraphs

Jonathan Mayo said "Definitely reliever only". I guess he got noticed because people came to see McClanahan, and saw him end those starts.

So we drafted a Keenyn Walker type player with a 7th round pick. That’s signs of having a good draft.

Tony Graffanino's son drafted by the Braves, same name, but goes by AJ.

Edited June 5, 20187 yr by ChiliIrishHammock24

5 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:

In the 8th RD, the White Sox select LHP Andrew Perez, South Florida

I know very little about this kid, but I’m getting a Bernardo Flores vibe with him.

JJ Schwarz goes to the A's. I was hoping the Sox would take him.

2 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:

Jonathan Mayo said "Definitely reliever only". I guess he got noticed because people came to see McClanahan, and saw him end those starts.

Any idea on velocity?

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

Any idea on velocity?

93-95, up to 96 I believe is what they said.

Aaron Poreda? 

Hopefully a pick like this also helps in the slot savings department.

Like #1
Meh on #2 and #3; no real objection, just not my cup of tea for those spots.
Like the rest.

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Hopefully a pick like this also helps in the slot savings department.

 

I'm not sure you can save enough at this point to make any real difference, especially on a junior.  I would like to see the Sox grab Tyler Cropley from Iowa, tough kid that has played up to every level he has been in. 

Love the weaver pick. Of the tools available, getting lucky on speed or velo in rounds 6-10 is great, especially on a prep pick. Really happy. Not expecting much, but the nice thing about prep is you don't have to worry about getting them on a rushed dev track. He can take his time in AZ and GF and move up when he's making progress.

Perez

South Florida’s closer, Perez has posted a 2.65 ERA in 34 innings this season and been seen regularly thanks to the presence of highly-touted lefthander Shane McClanahan. Perez is a talented southpaw in his own right, though he’s definitely a relief arm whereas McClanahan only might be. The 6-foot-1, 217-pound lefty throws a fastball that has been up to 95 regularly towards the end of the season, sitting in the 93-94 mph range in one inning starts and dropping down to 91-92 if he throws multiple innings. Perez’ breaking ball has also improved this spring, though it’s still just an average, 75-81 mph hard slurve, though Perez dubs it a slider. Perez could go in the latter half of the top 10 rounds thanks to a strikeout rate that’s been higher than 10 batters per nine innings each year in the American Athletic Conference and a significantly improved walk rate this spring.