The other picks may work out. Who knows. The issue is we had those other picks no matter what. We lost an 8th pick and a year of development and gained a 9th pick. That's not a good thing.
We may not have signed Hess. What I said was we lost our CHANCE to sign him. When Stewart didn't sign we lost all that bonus pool money and so had zero chance at signing Hess.
Hudson2 (07-06-2018)
I'll ask again. Is this a long history of wrist injuries derailing curve ballers? I've never heard of a curve baller's career ending based on wrist injuries. Given that most baseball injuries are repetitive stress injuries and the curve ball is an extremely common pitch, you would think that this wouldn't be the first time its come up.
Did this injury occur before or after he had the highest spin rate in the draft class and one of the highest spin rates known in baseball period?
Interesting note.
Astros drafted Brady Aiken 1-1 and didn’t sign him, next draft, they had 1-2 as a comp pick and drafted Bregman
Sounds like he may not go to State. Maybe he goes the Juco route to get back in the draft a year sooner.
So my thoughts now that I know we offered way less than the 4 mil I originally thought we had.
1. As high as they were on him...the injury must have been a pretty decent one.
2. We can now go after anyone in free agency....lose our late first round pick and STILL have a top ten pick next year.
3. This allows for a little more spacing for our pitchers in the minors (which is cram packed right now).
In the end, if he took the offer....the gamble would have paid off because we would have gotten Hess most likely also. Since he did not...we are set up very nicely next year.
We shall see...
We signed Victor Vodnik so that's a good get. Tarnok-esque raw but high upside. Not happy about losing Carter but still one of the better drafts.
Lame.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Disapointed.
clvclv (07-07-2018)
PC, good to see you back here. Hope things are well.
As for the failure to sign Stewart, I wonder if the Matt Rowland situation of a couple years back played into the thinking. It's of a different scale in terms of dollars, but the Braves went over slot to sign Rowland only to find out he was injured. Rowland is finally pitching again, but his situation may have made the Braves more cautious in regard to these situations. Or, I could be totally off base.
I'm guessing Stewart goes the JC route and is eligible for the draft again next year. Hope he recovers and does well.
clvclv (07-07-2018)
Well...it is disappointing. A top ten pick that you are investing 5 mil into....has to be healthy though.
They definitely are maximizing bonus pool money (not having the third round pick limited us). Who knows....maybe next year we will look back on this and say it was a smart move....OR Stewart might be healthy and go in the top 5. It’s all a gamble in the end.
Well, the odds say this is now a lost draft. Sure, there are other possibles who may come through. But if they were that well thought of they would have been drafted higher. This draft relies now pretty much on Jenista developing. I think most agree that Beck likely doesn't have the physical ability. The others are all longshots.
Things might still work out if the hit on next years pick at 9, but disappointing nonetheless and spinning it otherwise is like serving a turd desert with fruit topping - "But look at the cherry on top!"