Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
We actually have the 21rst pick as well.
We have 22 pick because we move everyone one slot with pick number 9!Originally Posted by Oklahomabrave
Crossing fingers that we pick Matt Wallner.
The combination of the 9th and 21st pick draft allotments should give us almost exactly the value that the first overall pick gets, give or take 100k
No, we have the same record as the rays and we hold the tiebreaker which is last years record. They pick 22nd.
I haven’t looked at records but making playoffs has nothing to do with draft order. It goes by winning percentage and if a tie then goes back to previous year(s). If we tied the Rays this year and they had a better record than us last year then we pick ahead of them.
Coppy
It's really hard to believe the Braves made the playoffs, have money and a top-notch farm system, and will still get two top 25 picks this year.
could be a long window of contention
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UNCBlue012 (10-01-2018)
FanGraphs' latest draft board looks absolutely awesome for us if things would fall that way...
9.) Bobby Witt, Jr. - eventual Dansby replacement
27.) Rece Hinds - eventual Camargo/Riley replacement
Kinda think you have to take Witt if he somehow falls that far. If he doesn't and AA wants an arm, they've got Carter Stewart at #12, Brennan Malone at #20, and Daniel Espino at #21.
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?
UNCBlue012 (10-01-2018)
Where’ve I heard that name before?
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
clvclv (10-01-2018)
We can’t draft Stewart again unless he approves it.
Coppy
clvclv (10-01-2018), jpx7 (10-01-2018), UNCBlue012 (10-02-2018)
So Stewart already fell 4 spots from this past draft.
clvclv (10-01-2018)
If we sign a player with a qualifying offer what pick we lose?
Give me Rece Hinds at #9 and I'll be very happy. It's time for the Braves to finally go for a big bat!
I swear I'm going to get everyone on this board to jump on the Matt Wallner train by the time the draft rolls around. He is an absolute monster corner outfielder with a ton of pop and a LOT of room to grow.
Where did Stewart end up enrolling?
Eastern Florida JuCo.
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?
Wasn't the big reason the more numbers-savvy crowd was so against Beer and his lack of positional flexibility despite the big power was that those are typically guys you can find somewhat more easily? Wallner is already limited to a corner or 1B, even if he has more of a chance to provide defensive value than Beer.
Given that Acuna's likely going to provide you a 35-40 HR bat for awhile, Camargo gives you 20+ as a corner OF if he's moved, and Riley gives you 25-30 bombs wherever he eventually plays, wouldn't it make much more sense to draft an infielder with similar pop who could always be transitioned to play on the grass? If Witt and Hinds have at least a chance to stick on the dirt while providing that kind of pop, I'd much rather have either/both personally.
Last edited by clvclv; 10-02-2018 at 11:07 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?
Going by 2018 values the Braves would have had $7.76M total for picks 9 and 21. Pick 1 was worth $8.1M and pick 2 was worth $7.5M.
The Braves could be in position to orchestrate a Top 2-3 talent falling to them at 9, and then getting another back end of the first round talent (Top 30ish) at 21 if they are willing to move some other money around.
I would like to see them get the best player possible to fall to 9, and then draft whoever it takes with later picks to make the money work. Mize signed for $7.5M, Bart for $7M, and Bohm for $5.8M, so it is definitely possible the Braves waive $7M+ in front of a Top 2-3 talent and get him to fall to 9.
Last edited by Enscheff; 10-02-2018 at 11:17 AM.
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