CaliforniaRaisin

The kids choice or the team's willingness to play along? The team’s willingness, with a top ten overall pick.

A guy that's like a 1.5fWAR player outside of Coors? Listen, I invented hating DJ Lemahieu, I don’t really want to get into the hangover effect because we’re making crude comparisons and not pinpointing exact outcome. I don’t think Hoerner is going to win a batting title even if he gets traded to Colorado and I’m clearly talking about the profile independent of park/league factors that might influence it. As a prospect, I thought of a better defensive version (ie possibly still a SS) of Scott Kingery.

Cory Hahn? I believe the Diamondbacks drafted him, he was an ASU kid.

That is very weird.

That should allow one overslot arm, around $1 million in bonus. Maybe Slade Cecconi or Brett Hansen on the high end but it will more likely be a guy ranked by most publications in the 101-200 range, like Jeremiah Estrada last year. Champlain is interesting and I liked Owen Sharts for the name alone.

There’s just not a big enough sample to say much about their prep OF record. So far they’ve drafted 3 HS OFs in the top 10 rounds (Almora, Wilson, Velázquez). They just don’t go the risky prep route frequently so it’s definitely interesting, I’d even agree with puzzling like you said. The pitching question marks are far more fleshed out and legitimate, in my eyes. That said, the Richan pick fits the MO of this team’s college pitcher picks. FYI, Roederer is a big loss for UCLA. He was expected to be the only freshman starter on an Omaha contender and possibly the best offense in school history. They viewed him as a first rounder in 2021.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 5-1 Box Score 2B D. Bote 2/4, R, HR (8), RBI, 2 K 1B E. Navarro 2/4, K LF M. Zagunis 0/4, K C V. Caratini 0/4, 2 K; defense: E (2, throw), 0/2 CS RF L. Adams 0/2, BB, 2 K SP JH Tseng 7.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 10-1 GO-FO, 99-73 pitches-strikes Tennessee won 10-2 Box Score 2B V. Machin 3/5, 2 R, 2B (2), 3B (1), 3 RBI, BB 3B J. Vosler 1/4, 2 RBI, 2 K C I. Rice 1/5, 2B (7), RBI, 2 K; defense: PB (1), CS: 0/1 LF C. Burks 3/5, R, RBI, K RF Je. Báez 2/4, 2 R, BB SS Z. Short 1/2, R< 2 RBI, E (7, throw) SP D. Robinson 5 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 2 HBP, 5-6 GO-FO, 106-58 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach won 7-4 Box Score 2B A. Monasterio 0/4, RBI, K, E (9, throw) SS A. Ademan 1/3, 2 R, 3B (3), 2 BB, K 3B PJ Higgins 3/5, R, RBI C J. Pereda 3/5, R; defense: E (4, throw), 0/2 CS DH K. Mitchell 2/3, R, 2 2B (5), 2 RBI, K 1B A. Upshaw 0/4, K RF L. Ayala 2/4, R, 2B (1), 3B (1), RBI SP B. Hudson 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 6-4 GO-FO, 82-49 pitches-strikes RP T. Peyton 2 IP, 3 H,1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GO-FO South Bend won 8-7 (11 innings) on a walk-off Chris Singleton single Box Score RF B. Hughes 2/5, 2 R, 2B (4), K 2B J. Bethencourt 2/5, R< K 1B J. Young 0/5, RBI, K C M. Amaya 1/5, 2B (12), RBI, K; defense: 1/3 CS 3B A. Filiere 1/5, 2 R, HR (4), 3 RBI, 3 K, E (14, throw) LF N. Velázquez 0/4, RBI, 3 K SS R. Narea 3/5, 3 R, 2B (7), RBI, 2 K, E (10, fielding) CF C. Singleton 1/5, RBI, K SP B. Little 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 6-1 GO-FO, 75-47 pitches-strikes RP E. de los Rios 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 6-2 Box Score CF R. Verenzuela 1/4, 2 R, BB, K, 2 SB (2) 3B N. Heredia 1/5, R, RBI, 4 K SS F. Pertuz 1/4, R, BB, SB (2) LF J. Rodriguez 1/4, RBI, 2 K, CS (2) RF A. Hinrio 2/3, 3B (1), BB SP L. Ramos 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 7-0 GO-FO RP W. Feliz 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 12-8 Box Score CF B. Peña 1/3, R, 2 BB, E (1, fielding) SS P. Martínez 2/5, R, CS (1) 1B A. Ovalles 2/4, 2 R, 2B (2), 2 RBI, BB, K, CS (1) RF C. Morfa 2/4, 2 R, 2 HR (3), K, E (1, throw) 3B J. Brete 0/4, K SP W. Cabrera 4.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 6 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 4 WP, 5-0 GO-FO RP F. Gracia 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 Er, 1 BB, 5 K, 0-0 GO-FO RP K. Carreno 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GO-FO

Clifton is joining him. Good. Send Swarmer to replace him.

Original post updated. The scouting reports in that post are the free MLB.com ones.

MLB.com rankings: Brennen Davis - 145 Cole Roederer - NR: Video Paul Richan - 175

BA ranks: Brennen Davis - 133 Cole Roederer - 161 Paul Richan - 164

At this point in the draft, don’t expect a prep pick to be underslot, even if he’s picked much higher than the consensus rankings. Quite surprising to see them go with a “raw” prospect this high. Goes against their MO.

Cleveland’s look intriguing.

Dakota Mekkes prompted to AAA.

Even if they’re first round price tags, the Royals are taking a lot of college pitching for a team with a lot of money.

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UK, the Red Sox picked Casas as a third baseman.

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Can’t bekieve we still have 50-ish more picks tonight.

Yeah, he's probably not going to get slot but I wouldn't expect too massive a savings. Maybe a few hundred thousand.

Yes, but possibly a big league second baseman.