Figured this was a good time to start this thread as college baseball season starts on Friday. As a reminder, we don’t have a third-round pick this year because of the offseason scandal. We pick eighth overall in the first round. Our second round pick is currently 48th, but that will almost certainly change as more free agents sign.
Fangraphs released their 2018 (and 2019 + 2020) draft rankings today. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mlb-...2019-and-2020/
Most recent draft rankings from MLB Pipeline (top 50): http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2018?list=draft
And Baseball America (top 200): https://www.baseballamerica.com/draf...Br6B0wvX9bf.97
It is still early days and the rankings will change quite a bit, but the two guys that hold a lot of interest to me are Madrigal and Turang. I like position players with multiple possible paths to success. Guys with the hit tool and the potential to play a premium defensive position. Madrigal might be a Black Swan type player. A guy who might not check all the boxes physically but has exceptional talent. Think Lincecum--a position player version of Lincecum.
Last edited by nsacpi; 02-12-2018 at 10:07 AM.
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JohnAdcox (02-12-2018)
jenista, plz.
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My boy Matt Wallner in 2019! Dude is going to be a monster. I would love for the Braves to figure out a way to pick him up
I'm hoping a college hitter like Conine or Eierman goes nuts and becomes an option at #8.
Otherwise I fully expect the Braves to take the best HS arm available because that seems to be where this draft is stacked at the top.
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He better be good!
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Anthopoulos, Bobby Cox and Tim
Hudson are in Gainesville today to watch Jackson Kowar. Not sure if they were there for Brady Singer last night.
jpx7 (02-17-2018), The Chosen One (02-17-2018)
Kowar's a guy who hasn't really lived up to his hype and stuff - had a scary medical problem his freshman year, and was surprisingly hittable his sophomore year. Could definitely bump his stock sky high with a good junior season, and in that situation he could conceivably be available to us at eight and be a decent pick there.
Singer probably won't be there at eight, though you never know - Faedo was a popular 1-1 pick this time last year and ended up falling to the back half of the first round.
jpx7 (02-17-2018)
I take back everything bad I ever said about Kiley. This is perhaps the best prep scouting info I have ever read:
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/draf...lebutt-galore/
Griffin Conine is 6/18 with a HR, 2 2Bs, 5 RBI, and 5 BBs in the early going including a strong opening series against Vandy.
Nick Madrigal hurt his wrist on a slide at the plate last night - no word on how seriously but he's already been ruled out for the rest of the weekend.
Last edited by clvclv; 02-24-2018 at 08:24 AM.
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?
what are the best ways to watch college ball?
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
I was a bit surprised by your disdain for his return. I generally think Eric is a little better, but Kiley was always excellent and a asset to FG.
I think I allowed my resentment of the Coppy/Hart FO to unfairly color my opinion of him.
He may be a bit pozzy Brave (to be expected for a while), he may be a bit of a tool, and he may not produce much content, but he seems pretty competent overall.
No beer? Thought he was the GOAT?
GOAT in the beer league maybe.
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"I am your retribution."
I remember everyone (probably not everyone) wanting us to tank to draft the generational talent, beer at #1
Swaggerty is the guy I’m keeping an eye on. Seems like he’s climbing boards so far this season and fits us well as a college OF who can hit.
Things just don’t seem to shake out so the Braves are in line to pick an impact corner bat.
I’m guessing they get another college pitcher with their first pick.
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