16th rounder high school RHP Joey Estes - touched 94 recently per PG: https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=515118. Long Beach State commit.
2019 MLB Draft Thread
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50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Joey Estes: https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=515118
Tweet with some video: https://twitter.com/leslukach/status/1018230008618160129?lang=en
Tweet with some video: https://twitter.com/leslukach/status/1018230008618160129?lang=en
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Estes is won't be 18 until October or November, so there is probably some projection there. They may be rolling a few dice here in hopes of pooling dollars into one or two of these high school guys. Nice set thus far.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
it does look like they had a plan for day 2 and a plan for day 3...but to execute that they also had to make some picks on day 1 to save some $...the whole thing was interlocking
Vaughn Grissom video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK507idyFMA
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Never mind. Joey Estes is another high-upside arm, with a commitment to Long Beach State:
He posted 12.0 k/9 and 3.61 bb/9 over his HS career.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
I see that the Pirates drafted University of Minnesota C Eli Wilson, son of former Gopher and Seattle Mariner/Cincinnati Red C Dan Wilson. Dan was a real stud when he played for the U of M. First-round pick in 1990.
Larry
12:08 This Braves draft ... can you provide reasons for optimism?
Kiley McDaniel
12:09 You could probably sense in our day 1 review that we weren't as enthused by the value the Braves got at their picks as we were with other clubs: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/day-1-draft-review/
12:10 that said, taking Langeliers a few picks before we would is kinda splitting hairs and he has been hot lately. Shewmake was more comp to early 2nd for us because there isn't a 60 tool and the swing needs a tweak, but he's exactly the kind of guy that does well in models because an infielder that's performed for three years in the SEC and two summer for team USA is really likely to have a big league future of some kind and give you a positive ROI. Philip was likely below slot and Eric wasn't on him much, but there's some tools and a utility upside, small chance for more.
12:11 So, even a club where we weren't enthused about any one of the picks, it isn't hard to imagine them ending up with one of the best draft if all these top picks hit like a 60-80 percentile outcome, which isn't impossible for 2-3 guys to do
and when you can't trade picks and Langeliers/Shewmake were not getting to their next picks...it's kinda splitting hairs about value in that way.
12:08 This Braves draft ... can you provide reasons for optimism?
Kiley McDaniel
12:09 You could probably sense in our day 1 review that we weren't as enthused by the value the Braves got at their picks as we were with other clubs: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/day-1-draft-review/
12:10 that said, taking Langeliers a few picks before we would is kinda splitting hairs and he has been hot lately. Shewmake was more comp to early 2nd for us because there isn't a 60 tool and the swing needs a tweak, but he's exactly the kind of guy that does well in models because an infielder that's performed for three years in the SEC and two summer for team USA is really likely to have a big league future of some kind and give you a positive ROI. Philip was likely below slot and Eric wasn't on him much, but there's some tools and a utility upside, small chance for more.
12:11 So, even a club where we weren't enthused about any one of the picks, it isn't hard to imagine them ending up with one of the best draft if all these top picks hit like a 60-80 percentile outcome, which isn't impossible for 2-3 guys to do
and when you can't trade picks and Langeliers/Shewmake were not getting to their next picks...it's kinda splitting hairs about value in that way.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Key will be how much they can save to push past Round 10. Philip is the first guy to come to mind for someone going well below slot, but maybe they already have verbal agreements in place with other guys. Looking at Rounds 6 through 10, I think a couple of those guys may come in under slot as well, but there isn't a whole lot of money there. I'm a little surprised that they tried to get any value out of the pick at #60 and instead just go for the best college senior and try to save $750,000 or so.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Jared Johnson was another late-riser, whose initial stock may have suffered because he didn’t participate in summer showcases. He had this to say back in May about his MSU commitment:
Have to hope Atlanta qualifies as “exactly what [he] wanted” re being drafted.
Have to hope Atlanta qualifies as “exactly what [he] wanted” re being drafted.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Interesting baseball journey for Alec Barger thus far. Illinois high school kid who played his freshman season at Northern Illinois, sophomore season at Polk Community College (FL), and junior year at North Carolina State.
Another HS pick, this one was in the Perfect Game All American Game -- https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=523389. I'd imagine he's very unlikely to sign.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Like I said in an earlier post, Braves have always seemed to hit the Illinois circuit pretty hard. Could be the Illinois guy who saw Barger in high school pushing for him here. Barger was recruited as both a hitter and a pitcher.
It would certainly change the way this draft is viewed if they can sign a lot of these HS guys.
Southcack77
Well-known member
I think that kind of thing is why Bridges is no longer in Atlanta. I don't think it was for making a bad call on a draft pick. Think it was probably his management responsibilities.