- STARTS TODAY AT 7PM - 2016 June Amateur Draft Discussion

[Enscheff]

Like this approach. We have an ace in the hole at 3, and the college bats we're negotiating with know it.

Hopefully this is Plan B in case Lewis is gone. If the Braves pass on Groome or Lewis to take Anderson or Ray I'm going to be pretty disappointed.

[chop2chip]

One of the biggest concerns about the Braves strong farm system is the lack of blue chip prospects. I think those are partially mitigated by Albies and Swanson, but I was really hoping we would use this draft to get a 3rd. Instead it looks like it's going to be a "I'll trade you a 10 for two 5's kind of draft", which is fine but admittedly kind of disappointing

[DaneHill]

Gotta agree. All the latest speculation about Anderson and hoping for strong picks at 40/44 is extremely disappointing to me. I'd rather roll the dice with Lewis. This system needs a superstar BAT. If Moniak is available at 3, then I'd be down with that too, but sounds like he's going Phillies. Well, here's hoping Maitan works out.

[dak]

Yep, I think plan A is Ray / Lewis / Senzel under slot at 3, Anderson over slot at 40.

[clvclv]

JMO, but pretty tough for me to criticize Anderson personally. This regime came out of last year's draft with Allard and Soroka - their feel for HS Pitchers looks pretty good so far. If they think that highly of Anderson, it probably says more about what they think of the bats than anything else. If taking him gets you 2 or 3 of the Top 20 guys on your board with your first three picks, you've gotta feel pretty good.

[bravos4evr]

People point to Lewis perhaps not hitting 95, but again, he was great in the Cape. He's proven it, even in a relatively small sample, against legit pitching.

and he has one thing you can't teach: bat speed. He's pretty new to focusing only on baseball, so I think 2 years in the farm system could help get his contact tool up a bit, and probably without losing much if any game power. I must admit, I looked at his film, and the bat speed sold me. it is Gary Sheffield-esque (not that I am predicting shef's career or anything)

[zbhargrove]

How many picks do we have on day 1? 4?

[Hudson2]

I like Anderson but he is no where near a top 5 prospect. If they pass on Lewis, Groome, or Moniak I'll be pretty disappointed.

[The Chosen One]

I like Anderson but he is no where near a top 5 prospect. If they pass on Lewis, Groome, or Moniak I'll be pretty disappointed.

Fredi's hard work last year to put us in position for this year and next to overhaul our farm will have been in vain.

[Preacher]

I hope they don't get too cute with this. Minimizing the value of your #3 pick so can maximize the value at #40 seems backwards to me with our system needing a couple frontline players but with lots of depth

[Carp]

I'll be extremely disappointed if we settle for Anderson at 3. Even if we get Rutherford with our next pick. We need a high ceiling college bat and there are multiple guys who should be available st 3 that fit that description. If we take a HS pitcher at 3, if better be Groome or Benson.

[bravos4evr]

Way I see it, if we take Lewis 3rd, some overslot arms 40 and 44, we then take Maitan and another highly ranked INT bat in July and suddenly we would have 4 top flight, blue chip bats in the system plus a plethora of arms and could justifiably say we have the best farm in both prospect strength AND depth. Swanson, Albies, lewis and Maitan are comparable to the Astros big 4 bats of a few years ago. You add in Newcomb, Soroka, Allard, Fried and the 2 prep arms we draft early and holy crap that's a farm system!

Blair could end up 9th and Toussaint 15th in such a system! Man alive that is some depth!

[The Chosen One]

Way I see it, if we take Lewis 3rd, some overslot arms 40 and 44, we then take Maitan and another highly ranked INT bat in July and suddenly we would have 4 top flight, blue chip bats in the system plus a plethora of arms and could justifiably say we have the best farm in both prospect strength AND depth. Swanson, Albies, lewis and Maitan are comparable to the Astros big 4 bats of a few years ago. You add in Newcomb, Soroka, Allard, Fried and the 2 prep arms we draft early and holy crap that's a farm system!

Blair could end up 9th and Toussaint 15th in such a system! Man alive that is some depth!

Also allows us to flip Touki, Blair, or Tyrell for bats if needed. Assuming of course their value increases.

[bravesfanMatt]

@FPiliereD1
Latest buzz is it may be a wild day for Jason Groome. #Braves trying to land him at 40 if they get Anderson at 3. Wow, would be a huge haul

[atl717]

Yeah that's not happening.

[thewupk]

Yeah that's not happening.

I see no way that happens. Someone else will grab him. Playing that game worries me.

[yeezus]

Mark Bowman ‏@mlbbowman 6m6 minutes ago
It sounds like at least two teams have dropped off Lewis after recent workouts.

[CJ9]

Bowman said it sounds like it's down to Ray and Anderson.

[zbhargrove]

If he failed to impress in a workout and it happened with another team as well, I don't want him.

[zbhargrove]

Yeah that's not happening.

If he's as hard of a sign as has been reported in the last 2 days and we go with Anderson way under slot... It very well could happen. Especially with Groome now threatening JUCO