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  1. Bertz
    I think he's already the org's #1 prospect but if he's going to be around a .900 OPS all season with his defensive reputation and age related to league, he's on his way to being a top 50 prospect in baseball. Maybe top 25. Yeah, I think that if he keeps this up he will be will compare pretty favorable to Francisco Mejia at a similar point in his development. That's an elite guy. I would say that we have a pretty clear top 3 of Amaya/Alzolay/Lange. After that I think is where you can go in different directions.
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    No offense, but I think you have unrealistic expectations. The thing to keep in mind is how tough the draft is for everyone. Getting, say, a quality starting player, a bench player, and a bullpen arm is actually a great outcome from a given draft. Getting two starting caliber players is fantastic. Getting three is franchise altering. Also no one really does well after the first round. That's why people will not shut up about, for example, Mookie Betts being a fifth round pick. This FO has probably done a little worse than the average after the first round, but they've also done incredibly well in the first round, which given how talent is distributed is way more important. Complaining about their later round drafting is like complaining that Bryant doesn't hit more dongs. Yeah I agree it'd be cooler if he did but like he's already one of the best. I don't love this draft, let's say Hoerner turns into fast DJ Lemahieu, they hit on a prep outfielder, and we end up with a Justin Grimm type along the line somewhere. This draft will go down as a success. Drafting is horsefeathers is HARD. That's why the end of the Hendry era was so fallow. It wasn't his moves at the major league level (though to be sure, those could have used some work), it was that the drafts from 2004-2010 were mostly duds. (Darwin Barney is like the 5th best player we drafted over that period).
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    Greatest thing I've ever seen
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    I'm with you on the first part. Not with you on the second. Aaron Nola is REALLY good, and they got three runs off of him (and could have been a fourth if not for that flukey Almora DP).
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    We're still obviously really early. But Kingery looks like he might be a guy who was smart to take the guaranteed money. Kind of like that guy on the Astros a few years ago.
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    WTF was Almora thinking right there?
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    Yup, he's done for the year [tweet] [/tweet]
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    Wilcox is going to school. Probably for the best. now I don't have to force a "Poet Laureate of the West" joke. [tweet] [/tweet]
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    I think I like Davis. I love high end athletes, especially with our player development system there to make sure they learn how to hit. That said, I don't like that it appears that we punted pick #78 to sign him. I'm not even sure if I would have been okay with that for one of the guys that were expected to go in the 1st.
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    I would love if we end up with Alek Thomas here. He was one of the half dozen guys I was really eyeing at #24
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    Oh no, Tommy Lasorda does not look well at all
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    Lemahieu College bat who squares everything up and settles as an above average defensive 2B That's a good call. I can totally see that.
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    So what do we think a good outcome for Hoerner looks like? Something like Jed Lowrie or Asdrubal Cabrera?
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    I assume this will save them some money as well? I don't like the pick, but that may change my mind on things.
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    I think Noah Naylor is still my guy, but I could get behind Kowar, Thomas or McLanahan.
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    I don't like Turang, so I feel great about Milwaukee taking him.
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    KC has a bunch of picks today. I wonder if they had to punt one or more of them to keep Singer. Maybe worth it even if they did.
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    I think it depends on $$. There's a chance that the reason he hasn't gone yet is that it's a Mark Appel situation, where he has a high number and only like 3 teams can afford to make that work. But if he can be had without Ricky Williams-ing your draft, you gotta do it.
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    I don't know that there are any pitchers I want at #24, but I feel like that is a pick I could be alright with. His scouting report basically reads like Michael Wacha's when he was coming out. I really like Connor Scott, who Keith Law tied us to in his last mock. Give me great athletes who can hit all day.
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    Last year he mocked Nate Pearson and Drew Rasmussen (Little and Lange). No 1st rounder in 2016. He mocked Benintendi in 2015 (sigh, Ian Happ). He mocked Conforto in 2014 (Schwarber). He hit on every demographic chosen, but didn't actually get any of the picks themselves right. If he's saying the Cubs are leaning towards hitters, which he is, it seems like a good bet that they go with a bat in the 1st. I feel like with Wilken he was 100% plugged in, but in the Theo era he has been merely well informed. I don't love Seigler (I'm not a fan of HS catchers generally), but with this FO I'm probably never going to disagree too vehemently.
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    YES YES YES
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    It's hard to get a feel for who would be willing to cross that line. Yankees are obviously a good guess, they played the Chapman situation as sleazily as possible (aside, i do wonder if part of the reason Theo paid so far through the nose for him was to avoid those kinds of optics). I feel like the Padres are a good guess, as Preller rarely seems to give any horsefeathers. The Rays maybe? Hard to alienate your fans if you don't have any.
  25. Bertz
    I just looked through on Gameday, and Clayton Kershaw only touched 90 MPH once during his start tonight. And that pitch was exactly 90.0. He'll get some velo back as he gets further away from his DL stint, but he's probably more All-Star than Cy Young going forward.
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