bravos4evr (06-09-2016), FreemanFan (06-09-2016), Garmel (06-09-2016)
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
bravos4evr (06-09-2016), Coach_Chris (06-09-2016), DaneHill (06-09-2016), FreemanFan (06-09-2016), Hudson2 (06-09-2016), JohnAdcox (06-09-2016), NYCBrave (06-09-2016), Tapate50 (06-09-2016), The Chosen One (06-09-2016)
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.
Yep, I think plan A is Ray / Lewis / Senzel under slot at 3, Anderson over slot at 40.
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.
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?
JohnAdcox (06-09-2016)
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)
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"- Tom Waits
How many picks do we have on day 1? 4?
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.
Hudson2 (06-09-2016)
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
bravesfanMatt (06-09-2016), chop2chip (06-09-2016), FreemanFan (06-09-2016), The Chosen One (06-09-2016)
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.
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!
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"- Tom Waits
Garmel (06-09-2016)
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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
Yeah that's not happening.
Coach_Chris (06-09-2016)
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman 6m6 minutes ago
It sounds like at least two teams have dropped off Lewis after recent workouts.
Bowman said it sounds like it's down to Ray and Anderson.
If he failed to impress in a workout and it happened with another team as well, I don't want him.