7th if we can get past SD and stay ahead of Pittsburg and Oakland. Outside chance of passing the Mets for 6th.
7th if we can get past SD and stay ahead of Pittsburg and Oakland. Outside chance of passing the Mets for 6th.
I like Will Banfield and trade for Stanton. If we draft Beer is going to take 2 more years before we see our team with a legit chance.
I may be personally biased because he is right in my back yard, but I would love for us to go after Joe Gray Jr. in the draft. I would probably rather have a college bat, but if we go the HS route I don't think there are many with a higher upside than Gray
Perfect Game released their new draft rankings yesterday. Beer wasn't in their top 10. The rest of the rankings were behind a paywall.Originally Posted by thewupk
That's interesting. If he has a good year I bet he sneaks into the top 10 but he won't go much higher then that. Bat only guys just don't get drafted super high. I'm always for taking BPA but a high end college bat would fit our time table nicely.
Agree that he probably sneaks up with another strong year. College guys always seem to creep up when the draft approaches.
Here's that top 10 list if anyone is interested: https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles...?article=14585
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I want Beer if people believe his bat is legit, and I'm not sure why they wouldn't. It's hard for me to believe he can't become an adequate LF at least in his early to mid 20s, but we'll see. It seems like college hitters usually rise late, though with Beer he's already a known commodity.
But it seems early on, you always get the HS kids and college pitchers, then a few MIF/CF college types, and the big bats don't start to get as much momentum until nearer to the draft.
As of games of 9/26:
1.) Giants (62-96, .392)
2.) Tigers (62-95, .395)
3.) Phillies (63-95, .399)
4.) White Sox (64-93, .408)
5.) Reds (66-91, .420)
6.) Mutts (68-90, .430)
7.) Padres (70-88, .443)
8.) Braves (71-86, .452)
T9.) Pirates (72-85, .459)
T9.) Athletics (72-85, .459)
11.) Marlins (74-83, .471)
T12.) Blue Jays (75-83, .475)
T12.) Orioles (75-83, .475)
14.) Rays (76-81, .484)
15.) Mariners (77-81, .487)
16.) Royals (77-80, .490)
17.) Angels (78-79, ..497)
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Just asking Perfect Game is not just for the high school kids? Because Beer is at Clemson.
It's well known for high school but they do college scouting as well. Look at the top 10 in the link I posted above, there are HS and college guys on it.
I know it's a long ways away, but any idea what pitcher we're looking at to take in the Top 10?
Forever Fredi
jpx7 (09-27-2017), Managuarantano's Volunteers (09-27-2017), thewupk (09-27-2017)
FYI: Kumar Rocker is Tracy's son, not John's.
Managuarantano's Volunteers (09-27-2017)
Kumar would've been a pretty damn interesting name for John to give his son.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Managuarantano's Volunteers (09-27-2017)
Oakland won and if Pittsburg holds on and we lose tonight then they are both 2 games ahead of us with only 4 left. That would give us 7th place and only being able to get to 6 if the Mets can win the last series.
Let's continue throwing Johnson and we can get 6th!
jpx7 (09-27-2017)
Really good night so far. Would be great if San Diego wins tonight.
Looks like ties are broken by the 2016 standings. The team with the worse 2016 record gets the higher pick, so we would have the tiebreaker over Oakland, Pittsburgh, Miami and pretty much everyone that we are in competition with now -- except San Diego.
We would have to be a full game worse than the Padres to pick ahead of them.
Funny, partially anyway.
Do think it would make things awfully tough and interesting if Rocker somehow slides to us.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
I can't really get behind caring about where this pick lands. i'd rather win the games down the stretch I guess.
Not a huge difference in the prospect quality in the Braves range and its probably better for the rebuild if the record improves as much as possible if you think that Liberty is about to lose patience.
Picking 1st or 2nd instead of 3rd can be big. 7 vs 12...probably not so much.
Draft position (and the total pool increase that comes with it) definitely seems more meaningful to me than winning pointless games during the last few weeks of the season. Winning now does nothing to predict how we'll be next year -- see our last month of the 2016 season.
I don't care either way, but I lean towards the wins this time. If we win and remain in place that would also be great.
In past years getting as high as possible seemed like the best goal.
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