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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.

MLB.com:

Hoerner is BA's #42 prospect:

They haven't led me astray with college bats but meh.

Turang and Rolison go off the board. I doubt they go prep arm so I'm rooting for one of the prep bats or McClanahan. 2 pick to go!

Yeah, that definitely worried me about him. It's also why I like the sound of Casas even though he's probably limited to 1B.

There goes Singer to KC.