2018 MLB Draft Thread

Interesting infield decisions so far: four corner guys (two each at 1B and 3B, though obviously Jenitsa profiles as a potential RF as well), but only two MIF (one each at SS and 2B), and no catchers.
 
jpx7 said:
Interesting infield decisions so far: four corner guys (two each at 1B and 3B, though obviously Jenitsa profiles as a potential RF as well), but only two MIF (one each at SS and 2B), and no catchers.
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Dansby and albies are all we need up the middle for the next 15 year
 
jpx7 said:
Interesting infield decisions so far: four corner guys (two each at 1B and 3B, though obviously Jenitsa profiles as a potential RF as well), but only two MIF (one each at SS and 2B), and no catchers.
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Just drafted a catcher who plays at Oregon and hit .225. I believe that's my hint to stop paying attention to the draft.
 
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Why in the heck would the A's pay their first rounder 5 million and still let him play a season of football...seems really dangerous.
 
Some interesting third day picks. I imagine Hess is a throw-away ala the Rockies pick of Kumar Rocker. I perused a few stat pages and the guys I found most interesting are #20 C.J. Alexander and #38 Franco Aleman. Alexander is a JC guy and Aleman is a high school pitcher who has only been in the United States for six years after his family left Cuba.
 
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CrimsonCowboy said:
So much truth to this
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Or...most of the teams have good offenses in the Big 12 as opposerd to like “two” teams in most divisions. OU-GA game played exactly like a Big 12 game....wonder why??

GA’s SEC “D” sure looked like a Big 12 “D” that night.
 
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50PoundHead said:
Some interesting third day picks. I imagine Hess is a throw-away ala the Rockies pick of Kumar Rocker. I perused a few stat pages and the guys I found most interesting are #20 C.J. Alexander and #38 Franco Aleman. Alexander is a JC guy and Aleman is a high school pitcher who has only been in the United States for six years after his family left Cuba.
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Alexander is the guy I’d love to sign. I’d guess he probably heads to UCF unless we have more money than expected.
 
clvclv said:
Certainly not likely to help negotiations with Stewart.
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I think this was a case of the A’s REALLY wanting him. He had said all along he was playing football this season and I think he wanted to play two years. This was them giving him incentive to only play one year.

I wouldn’t do that, but they must really think he is a future star.
 
50PoundHead said:
Some interesting third day picks. I imagine Hess is a throw-away ala the Rockies pick of Kumar Rocker. I perused a few stat pages and the guys I found most interesting are #20 C.J. Alexander and #38 Franco Aleman. Alexander is a JC guy and Aleman is a high school pitcher who has only been in the United States for six years after his family left Cuba.
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From what I’ve read, Aleman is essentially in the Hess category.
 
One thing I’ll never quite understand is when a pitcher prices himself out of the first two rounds. Man, take your million plus dollars and run before a college coach gets the chance to break your entire pitching arm.
 
mqt said:
One thing I’ll never quite understand is when a pitcher prices himself out of the first two rounds. Man, take your million plus dollars and run before a college coach gets the chance to break your entire pitching arm.
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Agreed. The system is broken with bonus pools. It makes players gamble to get certain amounts. I like the NFL system. It’s rare that a player doesn’t sign.
 
mqt said:
One thing I’ll never quite understand is when a pitcher prices himself out of the first two rounds. Man, take your million plus dollars and run before a college coach gets the chance to break your entire pitching arm.
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Most college coaches aren't Mike Martin. There are plenty who put their pitchers' long term needs ahead of short term victories.
 
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