2018 DRAFT LIST AND SIGNINGS

thewupk said:
They could easily pick a college bat/arm that would be further along the developmental path than Stewart is. Non issue.
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Exactly. And if Stewart has to miss time because of this injury, it’s even further moot.

I would gladly prefer signing a healthy Stewart over the alternative, but the Braves have to make due with the situation as it is.
 
chop2chip said:
Why people care about draft grades astonishes me. What matters is how many prospects you have in a given time horizon. Shifting a first rounder from one year to the next hardly impacts that.

If losing Stewart gives us an F grade this year, do we get an A+++ for having two first round picks next year?
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Depends on what we do with the pick next year.

And shifting a first rounder by a year would make less of an issue if not for the sanctions we're currently under and the prospects we lost. We'll need to refill the system as fast as possible.

Also, no Stewart means no Hess. So that's less than ideal.
 
CJ9 said:
Come on. You take all the cheap international free agents, I’ll take all the big money ones. Who’s going to end up with better players?
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Good question... we had our most high profile set of international signings ever... I'm not missing a single one at this point... none of them are considered big prospects. Yet, we've really hit some major homeruns on the cheap ones... seems like the cheapies could very well end up being better players in many circumstances.
 
chop2chip said:
Exactly. And if Stewart has to miss time because of this injury, it’s even further moot.

I would gladly prefer signing a healthy Stewart over the alternative, but the Braves have to make due with the situation as it is.
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Yeah.... this is disappointing, but it really not a big deal... I don't think folks are completely grasping how little of a deal this is.
 
CJ9 said:
I'm not talking about his slot value. As the Braves were preparing for the draft, they had a budget of $8,267,300 that they were prepared to spend on this draft. Now the $4.9 million slot for Stewart isn't being given to him, so we're only spending about $3.37 million of it right now. So we already had that $4.9 million budgeted, where will the team be spending it?
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It makes sense to move that to the 2019 draft since we will have a slot there of roughly equivalent value.
 
striker42 said:
Depends on what we do with the pick next year.

And shifting a first rounder by a year would make less of an issue if not for the sanctions we're currently under and the prospects we lost. We'll need to refill the system as fast as possible.

Also, no Stewart means no Hess. So that's less than ideal.
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Again.... this doesn't hurt in the bogus refill the system narrative. One of the first two picks you pick and advanced college bat/pitcher and that player is already at or ahead of where Steward would have been anyways.... think a bit about this. Do you want a guy who relies on his wrist for his best pitch (the reason he was a first round pick) to be our first round pick if the injury is serious?
 
EstebanBugatti said:
The Braves could have had added an incredible talent but screwed it up and got nothing...It's a pretty big ****ing deal.
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Incredible talent who's wrist may not work anymore? We won't have a shot at another incredible talent next year? You're being ridiculous. Lets sign him, even if a serious injury was revealed that will likely affect his best pitch! GREAT PLAN. Also enjoying quite a few of the players we've already gotten in the draft who are looking great.
 
ball4life32 said:
Agreed. And I read the Braves have only once (1995) not sign their 1st round pick since 1965.
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Multi-sport star Chad Hutchinson did not sign with the Braves out of high school in 1995 and instead went to Stanford where he pitched and played QB. Played both in MLB and NFL.
 
zbhargrove said:
Good question... we had our most high profile set of international signings ever... I'm not missing a single one at this point... none of them are considered big prospects. Yet, we've really hit some major homeruns on the cheap ones... seems like the cheapies could very well end up being better players in many circumstances.
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So you’d rather take the cheap international signing over the big money ones. That’s a new one.
 
zbhargrove said:
Incredible talent who's wrist may not work anymore? We won't have a shot at another incredible talent next year? You're being ridiculous. Lets sign him, even if a serious injury was revealed that will likely affect his best pitch! GREAT PLAN. Also enjoying quite a few of the players we've already gotten in the draft who are looking great.
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You're retarded, aren't you?
 
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