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There's pretty much no chance he's signable at this point I'd think. Unless the Braves FO has a magical draft leprechaun to conjure some cash.

Nah we still have him. On the GCL roster. Can't imagine his arm will allow us to stretch him out as a starter, but could be a RP.

Is he eligible again?

Yep. If the scouts got it right, we get another Wilson/Soroka and everyone thinks they're geniuses. If they didn't get it right, everyone forgets for the most part and we try again next year.

Guessing Tarnok is an underslot type guy with only a D2 commit. Another pitcher that we took above consensus that we'll just have to wait and see; could be another Soroka type, or could be Anthony Guardado again. Either way we probably just didn't have the resources to go after one of the...

Other guys of interest: Nick Allen: prep SS. Been on scouts radars forever. Smaller guy at 5'9, but projects to be a Gold Glove level SS according to a bunch of scouts. Good hit tool and speed, but basically no power. Think Nick Ahmed but better at the plate. Jacob Heatherly: prep LHP with...

Oh, I thought he was already a RS JR. Starting to get to the point where I'd have signability concerns with him then. Still, we were connected to him recently, could be a shot there if we punt rounds 4-10.

How the hell is Tristan Beck still on the board?

I would love both of them. Even Tristan Beck, though he's not a position player.

Keep an eye on Mason House.

I'm pretty much the same way. Even Baz, as a potential underslot guy, has 5 pitches with his slider as the 3rd best breaking pitch in the prep class per BA and mid 90s heat (with higher peak). Nothing to sneeze at there. I just don't see the point in going for a contact-oriented 1B at #5 overall.

Another guy the Braves were connected to with our 2nd/3rd picks: Taylor Trammell is hitting .264/.357/.442 in low A this year in 230 PA. 50 K, 30 BB, 12 2B, 7 3B (damn), 3 HR and 15 SB. Wishing he had fallen.

Went to a recent private workout that Beck had with the Pirates against an extended spring training guy (didn't catch the name). I'm not a scout, so feel free to ignore me, but I was with my scout friend. Really cool experience, as an aside. But anyway, don't really see the swing-and-miss...

Kind of off topic, but the travel team I coached with today is led by Billy Wagner. Such a cool guy.

As a high school baseball coach, there are any number of reasons you wouldn't, actually. Small injury, academic-related problems, trying to time home field advantage to give him a best shot in more high-leverage games, etc.

My draft favorites are probably Gore, Beck, and Bukauskas. I think they all project to make big impacts. But if anything else is true about the draft, it's that we're all taking shots in the dark and hoping we're right. The FO has only a slightly better chance of being right than we are. So it's...

Would love a Charlotte or Raleigh/Durham area team.

The Tanner Murphy you're talking about isn't our Tanner Murphy, but this Tanner Murphy http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=594941#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL He was drafted by the Orioles in 2010, got cut after 2015, and signed on with the Winnipeg Goldeneyes for the 2016 season. He...

If we could get close to an Adam Eaton-esque deal, I'd say go for it. Otherwise he'll be just as valuable in trade moving forward for a couple years or so, so there's no rush to deal him.

Either him or Emilio Bonifacio. Seriously, I don't know how that dude keeps getting signed.