2018 MLB Draft Thread

[nsacpi]

There have been some that at least looked promising at one time. Nick Burdi, Duane Underwood, Justin Nicolino (drafted by AA).

Daniel Norris, also drafted by AA, was absolutely a top prospect.

There honestly haven't been a lot of great prospects/players drafted in the 2nd round over that time range, period. That's probably the case for most rounds after the 1st.

AA has actually had great success when drafting pitching of some kind between the late 1st and 2nd rounds (Syndergaard, Musgrove, Stroman, Hoffman, Reid-Foley, Nicolino, Norris). Does it do a lot of good to draw a line between the late 1st and 2nd rounds? I don't really know, especially since our 2nd round pick this year will come pretty close to the CBA round.

any line is obviously arbitrary to some extent but it makes sense to analyze yields in various segments of the draft by type of player taken

[CJ9]

Perfect game rankings update: https://t.co/4rONd0lMq7

Keith Law also updated his but it’s insider.

[CJ9]

Fangraphs mock draft — we take Kumar Rocker at 8. Says we are connected to mostly the same kind of players as under Coppy. Upside Hs players, mostly arms. https://t.co/lKIuEr6JjZ

[nsacpi]

Don't see madrigal as realistic and we may be able to do better than Turang at that point with how its shaking out. Also- what pitchers would you target if those two aren't options?

My draft board right now would be something like this:

1. Madrigal
2. Turang
3. Liberatore
4. Mize
5. Stewart
6. Hankins
7. Rolison
8. McLanahan

More pitchers than hitters. But if one of the two hitters I like drops to us, I'd be very happy to see us take him.

[Enscheff]

The FG mock has Mize, Bohm, Madrigal and Swaggerty all off the board in the first 4 picks. Stewart and Kelenic are also off the board before the Braves pick.

If the draft shakes out like this, I'd much rather see the Braves take a position player like Bart or Scott, but if they go HS pitcher it would be good to see them grab a guy like Rocker whose stuff hasn't regressed this season.

[Hudson2]

What happened to Brady Singer? Has he stunk it up that bad?

[CJ9]

What happened to Brady Singer? Has he stunk it up that bad?

He hasn’t been terrible. Lot of reports that his velocity has been down though.

[50PoundHead]

The FG mock has Mize, Bohm, Madrigal and Swaggerty all off the board in the first 4 picks. Stewart and Kelenic are also off the board before the Braves pick.

If the draft shakes out like this, I'd much rather see the Braves take a position player like Bart or Scott, but if they go HS pitcher it would be good to see them grab a guy like Rocker whose stuff hasn't regressed this season.

How can you go wrong with a name like Rocker?

[Tapate50]

How can you go wrong with a name like Rocker?

Let him ride the Ny subway ?

[jpx7]

How can you go wrong with a name like Rocker?

There'd an amazing irony to the next great Brave named "Rocker" being also named "Kumar". That alone makes me hope the team strongly considers him.

[SJ24]

I was saying suck for Kumar a lot last year.

He's perfect.

[CJ9]

Perfect Game mock has us taking Nolan Gorman at 8. https://t.co/ZrRdu3pqqR

[Hudson2]

I’m good with either Bohm or Gorman

[Enscheff]

2:07
Len: Any new buzz in the top 10 since your mock and rankings updates last week?

2:08
Kiley McDaniel: yep, hearing 2-3-4 will go Swaggerty-Bohm-Madrigal now, with Cincy at 5 being the first wild card where people don’t really have a beat on it. Bart seems to be the favorite with Singer as the cut rate option. Then after that it’s still shrug emoji

Seems my hopes of the Braves getting an impact college bat are evaporating.

It's looking more and more like a pitcher will be BPA at #8.

[BeanieAntics]

2:07
Len: Any new buzz in the top 10 since your mock and rankings updates last week?

2:08
Kiley McDaniel: yep, hearing 2-3-4 will go Swaggerty-Bohm-Madrigal now, with Cincy at 5 being the first wild card where people don’t really have a beat on it. Bart seems to be the favorite with Singer as the cut rate option. Then after that it’s still shrug emoji

Seems my hopes of the Braves getting an impact college bat are evaporating.

It's looking more and more like a pitcher will be BPA at #8.

I wish we could trade up or something. I think it is beyond stupid that all draft picks aren't tradeable. I just don't get it.

[Tapate50]

Any scouting reports on Rocker ?

[CJ9]

New Baseball America mock, but it's behind a paywall - https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...ft-picks-1-15/

[clvclv]

New Baseball America mock, but it's behind a paywall - https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...ft-picks-1-15/

Rocker.

[MadduxFanII]

Mize and Singer had a fun duel yesterday. Singer won and dominated and Mize took the loss after giving up a home run to future first rounder Jonathan India, but looked pretty great after that.

More than 50 scouts in attendance, allegedly.

[Enscheff]

New Baseball America mock, but it's behind a paywall - https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...ft-picks-1-15/

They have it as:

1. Mize
2. Bart
3. Bohm
4. Madrigal
5. Liberatore
6. McClanahan
7. Stewart

Then the Braves take Rocker.

With Swaggerty still on the board, I would have a hard time being happy with drafting Rocker.

I have a feeling Swaggerty (and all other impact college bats) won't be available, so the Braves end up with a pitcher...may as well be Rocker if he's who they like. At least there are no reports of him being hurt or his stuff regressing.