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It's actually possible if you so call "manipulate" the draft (more of the draft money). See, the Braves have 3 picks in the top 44- the #3, the #40, and the #44- and possibly more if we end up trading for CBA picks. The slot money assigned the to the three picks above are: #3- $6.51 million...

In the article/comments on tomahawktake, it states that the Braves might be attempting to draft Moniak at #3 underslot and then Rutherford at #40 overslot. If that's possible and works, I'd be really excited even if they are at least 3-4+ years away. Their ceilings are sky high and I wouldn't be...

I'm personally not a Pint fan and I don't want to draft him at #3 bc I'd prefer Lewis, Groome, and Rutherford in that order before Pint, but saying he doesn't have secondary pitches is REALLY wrong. I'm a bit afraid with his high velocity too and a lot of people call him the second coming of...

As of now, 4 weeks from the draft, my top guys for the draft are in this order: 1. Kyle Lewis- imo the best bad 2. Jason Groome- could become the best pitcher in our system with stuff and pitchability 3. Corey Ray- would become easily a top 20 prospect in baseball and top 3 in our system 4...

Wait, what does Swanson have to do with spending money.. that has anything to do with drafting Senzel

A few things to be said: I would like to sign Lazarito among the other prospects we are favorites for... but we shouldn't forget that there are tons of prospects that aren't on the list. Because they weren't passed to sign with a club (and will be eligible, just not yet), they aren't on the...

I'd honestly hate if we take Senzel. I'm not very high on him and there are so much better players than him that we can take at #3

Same, if Lewis is off the board, I would draft either Rutherford or Groome.. but I'd still prefer Kyle Lewis since he has the highest chance of signing underslot (since he IS from GA and was a Braves fan growing up)..

A commenter on another thread (which I go on regularly) was a former scout and has close relations with the Phillies.. and he says that they really like Senzel, Ray, and Lewis.. but want a college pitcher and would take Puk if the draft is today. thats good news.

Albies and Swanson has been promoted and reported by Mark Bowman: https://twitter.com/mlbbowman/status/726383049823252480 I like that they have been promoted, but I hope they stay there for bit (especially Albies).. I don't want them to be rushed

I've been kind of dissapointed too, but he's still really young like you mentioned and is still on track to hit 12-15 homeruns in a full season. He still has time to mature, so I wouldn't be discouraged :)

Everybody is doing well in our system who is highly rated. Sims has the most K's in the minors, Soroka is dominating A ball hitters (think he should be promoted mid-season to be challenged) Chris Ellis is pitching better than expected Newcomb is pitching well, but he still needs to fix his...

Just one thing to note is that Lewis plays in the EASIEST college league, so his stats are definitely going to be skewed and "bloated" due to easy competition.

I personally like Rutherford more than Lewis. But Lewis is a close 3rd (Groome is my number 1 like he is for most). I'd love if we can underslot Lewis at #3 (for around $4 million) and then sign Benson or Rutherford at #40 for around $4 million.

Then would Lewis-Groome/Rutherford be a better dream? Underslot Lewis for $4 million (2 million left over I think). Then agree to give Groome/Rutherford around $5 (over by TOO much). And somebody said above, if we could trade for another CBA pick, it'd be great.

The ideal scenario would be.... Try getting one of Groome or Rutherford with the #3 pick and then ATTEMPT to get them to sign with us at #40 (by telling other teams they won't sign unless they get x amount of money, which we MAY have) or just another elite talent. MY ideal situations in order: 1...

I wasn't taking sides- just clearing things up because you used different years of pitching which isn't really fair.. and also, to your previous response: I can make the same argument about Teheran. If he DOESN'T rebound (in which I think he will, but we never know after Hansen ad Jurjen and...

I'm just going to say what I think after looking at a few posts here and there about comparing Teheran to Syndergaard and Urias or what not. ANd his trade value.. 1) Teheran right now has little value, but if he rebounds in the first hald of 2016, he will have a whole ton of value to net a lot...

We never said Teheran can't get Benintendi..... but he would have to regain some value after a pretty bad, to say the least, 2015.

forgot them.. but they are #3 pitchers.... that's a bunch of #3 pitchers and like last year, it won't help much to going to postseason berth. They'd need at least another #1/2 upside pitcher. It doesn't matter if its Teheran or not, but they DO need a pitcher.