2019 MLB Draft Thread

nsacpi said:
i'm glad the front office is mixing in some high schoolers among the lottery tickets they are buying
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I don't know how difficult it will be to sign some of these high schoolers, but with the international sanctions, it is going to be very difficult to have any measure of depth in the lower minors. Now, I think an argument can be made that the lower minors don't matter that much, but you never know if someone is going to come out of the blue and really rapidly ascend their development arc. Grissom looks to be a guy--at least from early reports--that may fit that description.
 
Tyler Owens as the 13th rounder from Ocala. He's a UF signee so I know a little about him. Undersized RHP and throws really hard. Believe he's touched 98 this year.
 
CJ9 said:
Tyler Owens as the 13th rounder from Ocala. He's a UF signee so I know a little about him. Undersized RHP and throws really hard. Believe he's touched 98 this year.
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Another guy who’ll likely require overslot. Good slider, developing change, but height has the “reliever risk” card slapped on him, which hurt his stock as a HS arm. I like the pick at this point—the key will be signing these guys, but at least there’s no pool penalty now if they can’t.
 
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nsacpi said:
Owens is the first HS pitcher we have taken in this draft. The times they are a-changin.
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I’m not sure if that’s more or less surprising than the lack of seniors in senior rounds—but I’m going to say slightly less surprising.
 
Is “Isaiah” a mistake? Looks like there’s a pretty good Jared Johnson from Smithville HS. He’s another MSU recruit.
 
jpx7 said:
Another guy who’ll likely require overslot. Good slider, developing change, but height has the “reliever risk” card slapped on him, which hurt his stock as a HS arm. I like the pick at this point—the key will be signing these guys, but at least there’s no pool penalty now if they can’t.
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This was what I thought they would do. All 3 top picks I predict will be under. Some of the 4-10 rounders were surprises and will be interesting to see where they come in at. Now they are taking a few gambles to hopefully sign one or two without penalty for those you don’t.
 
Going to be interesting how many of these we can sign between Grissom, Owens and Johnson. Certainly makes me more excited about this draft if they can do it.
 
Grissom, Owens, and Johnson are the kind of high schoolers you almost have to take early or wait until after Round 10 because of pool considerations. If you draft those guys mid-second day, you almost have to sign them or lose the pool money and with the Braves not going with any low-buck college seniors on the first or second days, it may have been hard to scratch up enough to assure they would sign.
 
CJ9 said:
Going to be interesting how many of these we can sign between Grissom, Owens and Johnson. Certainly makes me more excited about this draft if they can do it.
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With this little run early on day-three, I’m suspecting (albeit optimistically) that they know they’ll have a nice chunk left over from the first two days to parlay into today.
 
Connor Blair is the first guy who seems full-on organizational filler. I wonder if thus ends the day-three upside plays.

He’s a 6-0 RF who only hit .291/.362/.522, with a mediocre bb/k (10/32), as a junior for Washington.
 
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