Arms in June, bats in July.
Arms in June, bats in July.
yeezus (06-10-2016)
I was hoping for college bats. Got high school pitchers. Nothing immediate gonna be helping Teheran & Co from this draft. Here's hoping for the International signings and more Diamondback trades.
Draft is for pitchers. International will be all pitchers. All 16-18 and 5 plus years away.
We will just have to hope we can stumble into another Shelby type trade to be good
Our track record with HS pitchers taken in the early rounds but outside the first round is not good. Here is the list of the ones we've taken between the end of the first round and the end of the third round:
Marquis, Atilano, Beau Jones, Evarts, Rasmus, Deval, Nation, Belisle, Butler, Digby, Nelson, Bacot, Reyes, Lyman, Locke, Spruill, Stoval, Fulenchek, Bell, Morton, Harrison, Stevens, Rogers, Salazar, Guardado
If one thing is blatantly obvious about this FO, it's that they're not going to cut corners or take a guy closer to the majors if they think someone else is more talented or with a higher ceiling. Regardless of how it turns out, they're building for the long haul, and I think that's the right plan.
Still got to sign Wentz. Not a sure thing. According to Callis:
To forgo his commitment to Virginia, he wants top-10-pick money. The assigned value for the 10th selection is $3,380,600.
I dont understand why people are saying we have no bats. We have a big influx in bats coming in July including a player that would be the no doubt #1 overall player drafted in this draft. We already have a franchise 1B. We have good prospects up the middle in Mallex/Swanson/Albies. We also have Ronald Acuna who looks like a big time prospect. I know we signed a few bats last year and are expected to sign more this year.
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Buddy Reed had an OPS under .800 this year. Good luck with that.
The Padres suck.