9 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

That's the first thing I did haha. It's there. It's under Futures. He's +400 now though.

Not there for me in Futures. Always errors out when I search "MLB Draft" or any of the top picks names. RIP.

4 hours ago, DirtySox said:

Not there for me in Futures. Always errors out when I search "MLB Draft" or any of the top picks names. RIP.

Where are you located? Maybe draft bets aren't allowed? I couldn't bet on the NFL draft in Pittsburgh this year

42 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Where are you located? Maybe draft bets aren't allowed? I couldn't bet on the NFL draft in Pittsburgh this year

Virginia. Has to be that. Came to that conclusion when sleuthing earlier. Enjoy your Emerson winnings. 😉

8 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Cholowsky also has hit/power combo and is a plus defender. If Emerson's hit tool is actually a 55 and not a 65-70, he's just not a star.

I surmise from all of this that Emerson has a much higher hit potential than Roch; otherwise Roch would be well ahead for #1.  What’s Roch’s likely outcome if things go well? Dansby?  I’ll go with riskier upside bat.     

That said, I’d be surprised if Roch isn’t the pick.  

Edited Monday at 10:45 PM1 day by GreenSox

39 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

I surmise from all of this that Emerson has a much higher hit potential than Roch; otherwise Roch would be well ahead for #1.  What’s Roch’s likely outcome if things go well? Dansby?  I’ll go with riskier upside bat.     

That said, I’d be surprised if Roch isn’t the pick.  

I like the Tulowitzki/Correa comp better than Swanson.

KLaw on a WGN podcast said he’s reasonably confident the pick would be Emerson if draft was today.

The thought when we win the lottery was roch was the guy because he could come up with this team within 1 year and be part of this window of prospects.

Now we have an infield of mune, vargas, colson, chase and gonzo who are all good capable infielder. Plus Sam is really a 2b. So we don't have that need for a mlb tray guy who plays the IF.

Roch and Emerson are pretty close in the board but grady had the higher upside and fire the timeline better for the organization. Where would roch play? OF? You got braden, peters and sam. Plus you have Carlson and bonemer in the next couple years in your IF.

Go with Emerson. It makes more sense in the big picture.

The draft can’t come soon enough. I get twisted in circles weighing Roch, Emerson, and Lackey… can only imagine how the front office feels.

It will be nice to see the pick and evaluate the draft as a whole - read the opinions ranging from b**** doom fest to pie in the sky celebratory.

Alexi Ramirez days left folks.

6 hours ago, fathom said:

KLaw on a WGN podcast said he’s reasonably confident the pick would be Emerson if draft was today.

Disastrous.

6 hours ago, Ozzie for Manager said:

The thought when we win the lottery was roch was the guy because he could come up with this team within 1 year and be part of this window of prospects.

Now we have an infield of mune, vargas, colson, chase and gonzo who are all good capable infielder. Plus Sam is really a 2b. So we don't have that need for a mlb tray guy who plays the IF.

Roch and Emerson are pretty close in the board but grady had the higher upside and fire the timeline better for the organization. Where would roch play? OF? You got braden, peters and sam. Plus you have Carlson and bonemer in the next couple years in your IF.

Go with Emerson. It makes more sense in the big picture.

I don't see Carlson in the mix.

6 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Disastrous.

That's an overreaction. My pick would be Roch but to say taking Emerson is disastrous, is not based on the actual scouting.

7 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Disastrous.

Why? Look at all the recent top prospects. High schoolers who move quickly to the big league. Mcgonigle, Griffin, etc. Roch still has questions as he did not dominate in a weak Big Ten. Emerson may have higher upside and if he's the pick that would be the reason.

14 hours ago, fathom said:

KLaw on a WGN podcast said he’s reasonably confident the pick would be Emerson if draft was today.

LETS GOOOOOO!

1 hour ago, HoosierSox said:

Why? Look at all the recent top prospects. High schoolers who move quickly to the big league. Mcgonigle, Griffin, etc. Roch still has questions as he did not dominate in a weak Big Ten. Emerson may have higher upside and if he's the pick that would be the reason.

Lackey >> Both.

Regardless, I don't get how Emerson could have jumped either guy and not sure I can be convinced otherwise.

The fact that we have so much internal division amongst who is the desired pick is all the evidence one should need to know that Roch is no longer the slam dunk 1.1 we thought he would be during the draft lottery.