2019 MLB Draft Thread

[Southcack77]

My biggest beef with this draft is that the Braves violated the cardinal rule of drafting: take the best player available. That's even more true in baseball than other sports. If you doubled the draft number of each player, you'd still say that was a reasonable spot. So if Langeliers went 18, that would seem right. If Shewmake when 42, that would be right too. And I think round 4 may have still been a reach for Philip.

We prioritized position of need and speed of getting them to the majors over quality. I don't like that.

Langeliers is totally reasonable where he was taken.

Shewmake is a slight reach at best.

Philip ... well he looks like a bigger reach, but I guess they must have liked something.

[Southcack77]

Awwww, does it hurt your feelings that I was right too?

Plenty of people were talking about Langeliers. Mostly negatively, but they were talking. He was pretty publicly linked to the Braves.

[striker42]

We have no reason to think this is the case. Langeliers was ranked around 9 and Shewmake was ranked in the 20s by a few places, it’s entirely reasonable they were the top guys for us. I disagree, but that’s a weird statement to make.

What I'm saying is that if Langeliers went 18 or Shewmake at 42, no one would bat an eye. FG had Langeliers at 14 so him going at 18 wouldn't be a shock. Shewmake was at 54 on the Fangraphs board.

We almost certainly had these guys higher on our board but our board seemed to put more weight on position of need. Brown said as much last night after drafting Langeliers. That's the problem.

It's just difficult to make the argument that these guys were the best players available. They weren't.

[striker42]

Langeliers is totally reasonable where he was taken.

Shewmake is a slight reach at best.

Philip ... well he looks like a bigger reach, but I guess they must have liked something.

Langeliers was reasonable but there's a good argument against him being the BPA there. When Brown was out selling the pick he was saying how he answers the catcher question for us. Position of need played a big role here.

I disagree about Shewmake. I think he was a big reach. He was a second rounder at best. The hit tool might be there but he's not got a position.

[bravesfanMatt]

Awwww, does it hurt your feelings that I was right too?

What is your goal.

[Super]

Awwww, does it hurt your feelings that I was right too?

wow you were talking about a guy linked to the Braves for a while who was projected to be drafted right around that spot.
super weird and pretty dumb flex but ok

[Super]

What is your goal.

the never ending question.

[mqt]

Awwww, does it hurt your feelings that I was right too?

Amazingly, I don’t have particularly strong feelings in either direction on whether or not you were correct about this draft pick. I just think it’s amusing that you’re taking a victory lap on something that has been rumored to be possible for the same amount of time you’re claiming to have suggested it.

[msstate7]

When does the draft start up today?

[Super]

not even close to every team takes "BPA" with their picks. some do, some take their own BPA which obviously tends to differ, and some have other strategies. to say "BPA is a cardinal rule" is kinda dumb, because 1). there's rarely consensus, especially beyond the first few picks 2). other strategies employed involve *not* taking the perceived BPA.

[CJ9]

When does the draft start up today?

1 pm today, 12 p.m. tomorrow for rounds 11-40.

[50PoundHead]

Anyone know why Philip sat out so many games for Oregon State?

Only played in 20 of at least 29 games.

Hamstring.

[striker42]

When does the draft start up today?

Does it matter? At this rate I'm pretty sure our next pick is going to be Teddy Ruxpin.

[50PoundHead]

not even close to every team takes "BPA" with their picks. some do, some take their own BPA which obviously tends to differ, and some have other strategies. to say "BPA is a cardinal rule" is kinda dumb, because 1). there's rarely consensus, especially beyond the first few picks 2). other strategies employed involve *not* taking the perceived BPA.

Baseball is really different than most sports in that the pool of eligible draftees is spread much further in developmental terms. It's much more difficult to discern who is the BPA in different spots because you really don't know how an 18-year-old is going to develop physically. If the kid was shaving in 8th grade, he probably is who is going to be physically by the time he graduates. For kids who are developing at the normally-projected pace, it's difficult to know.

The other thing with baseball is that more than any other sport, it is finite skill-based and a much more static game. Some guys who aren't particularly gifted in terms of size/speed can develop a great hit tool. Some guys who are strong or fast never can. So of all the drafts, it's the biggest crap shoot for a variety of reasons.

[msstate7]

Does it matter? At this rate I'm pretty sure our next pick is going to be Teddy Ruxpin.

I like story telling bears

[thewupk]

I don't see why everyone is upset. By these scouting reports it's clear to me we drafted the next Molina and Zobrist with our 1st round picks.

[msstate7]

I don't see why everyone is upset. By these scouting reports it's clear to me we drafted the next Molina and Zobrist with our 1st round picks.

Not Molina... better framer than flowers, catch and throw equal to JTR, and .750 ops hitter. Should start the ASG at suntrust

[chop2chip]

Does it matter? At this rate I'm pretty sure our next pick is going to be Teddy Ruxpin.

I’m really enjoying how worked up you see getting all worked about this. It’s all just a bit too much.

[mqt]

What I'm saying is that if Langeliers went 18 or Shewmake at 42, no one would bat an eye. FG had Langeliers at 14 so him going at 18 wouldn't be a shock. Shewmake was at 54 on the Fangraphs board.

We almost certainly had these guys higher on our board but our board seemed to put more weight on position of need. Brown said as much last night after drafting Langeliers. That's the problem.

It's just difficult to make the argument that these guys were the best players available. They weren't.

I’m not one to blindly trust in the FO and assume they know more than everyone else, but I also think it’s frankly absurd to go out on a limb and say they specifically drafted players they didn’t have rated as the proper value for that pick. Signability does matter, so it’s likely they had some prep guys rated a bit higher that wouldn’t fit the rest of their plan, but pointing to a BA draft ranking doesn’t mean Atlanta agreed with it. As I’ve said, I didn’t like our Day 1, and would grade it similarly to you. I just think we’re assigning a lot our own opinions to the FO by claiming they went way off board.

[bravesfanMatt]

I like story telling bears

Awesome.