I hope the Braves see something more than Shewmake's frame in thinking he'll develop power. He's 6-4 and skinny as a rail so you think he should add bulk and thus power. But that swing makes me think he's never going to tap into any power he might add. Looks like a slap hitter who sacrifices driving the ball for bat control.
There goes my guy Wallner
Glad to see that BJ Upton put all that cash to good use. Announcing picks for the Rays
Watching the interviews with Dana Brown. Guy looks like a deer in the headlights. Honestly sounded like an idiot trying to explain why they like Shewmake. It was like a salesman saying I should buy a car because it's a great shade of blue.
The Shew pick reminds me a lot of the Lipka pick.
Damn, was hoping Henderson would slide.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
I take it back that Dana Brown sounded like an idiot. Trying to explain Shewmake he honestly looked and sounded like a guy who is having his worst nightmare come to life. It was like all that was going through his mind was "AA is gonna be so mad".
Watching that again makes me wonder if our draft strategy got nuked somehow and we panicked and picked Shewmake.
Here's a comp for Shewmake ... Matt Lipka.
Not gonna lie though, taking two (alleged) low ceiling college players sounds like the Frank Wren era of drafting. I'm a Wren apologist, but it's no secret that his drafts were...pretty not great.