Vientos also was having a private workout yesterday. Would love to get him with our second pick.
He checks a lot of boxes that our front office generally likes, but I'm not expecting him to make it to 41. I'd guess he's an overslot guy to teams with a Comp A pick.
I think I read that he's one of the youngest guys in the draft. Should be 17 years, 6 months old on draft day.
It'd be great to see Beck/Lewis, Vientos, Tristan Beck.... That'd be a hell of a top 3 if we could acquire a comp pick. I can dream, right?
Perfect Game's updated mock: https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles...?article=13755
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5. Atlanta Braves | MacKenzie Gore, lhp, Whiteville HS (N.C.)
The Braves are known to covet Kyle Wright, and had been linked to prep outfielder Austin Beck earlier this spring--though that has died down substantially. Gore is getting play as early as potentially No. 1 overall at the moment; and it's well-known at this point that the Braves like him a lot. They'd be pleased with this pick at this spot.
Also thought this note in the Tampa section at 4 was interesting: There's also been a relatively consistent rumor this spring of SoCal prep bat Nicholas Pratto in play here.
So it seems like nobody seems to know what is true and what is not. Some are saying we've recently been in on Beck pretty hard, now PG is saying we were earlier and now we're not. Who the heck knows.
I think Gore and Haseley are the two I most want at this point.
I really like just about everything I've read about Gore in terms of stuff and athleticism.
Haseley already has a strong hit tool and defensively projects to be above average in the outfield. I'm actually really drawn to the fact that he's a much safer bet than a guy like Beck.
I just read that Gore is a Boras client. Wonder if that has any impact on our view of him?
Probably only if we somehow pick up a Competitive Balance pick and are trying to spread the money out. We'd still have control over him for six years if he made it without having to deal with Borass other that an arby hearing.
Borass hardballed the Fish last year in the Braxton Garrett negotiatiotions and ultimately got him $400,000 over slot, but you've got to figure the Braves wouldn't let that stand in the way if he is the top guy on their board at that point.
I'm sure they'd prefer not to deal with him just as everyone else does though.
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?
My draft favorites are probably Gore, Beck, and Bukauskas. I think they all project to make big impacts. But if anything else is true about the draft, it's that we're all taking shots in the dark and hoping we're right. The FO has only a slightly better chance of being right than we are. So it's probably just best to enjoy the debate in this process, keep our predictions in mind so we can say "I told you so" later, and then just root for the guys we pick either way.