2022 MLB Draft Thread

With Law and Baseball America now having us taking Lesko at 20, Fangraphs is as well and even says the trade for the Royals pick was to ensure we have the money for him.

20. Atlanta Braves
Pick: Dylan Lesko, SP, Buford HS (GA)
There is lots of buzz that part of Atlanta’s comp pick acquisition was to help ensure that they could land Lesko, and that Lesko is motivated to be a Brave. If their pocket gets picked, then Oklahoma right-hander Cade Horton (a tip-of-the-iceberg guy with a two-way history, both Braves draft trends) and Tennessee right-hander Blade Tidwell are possibilities. Tidwell’s fastball shape is a little less Braves-y.

Longenhagen later mocks Arkansas 3B Cayden Wallace to us at 35.
 
The most intriguing thing of that Fangraphs blurb is that Lesko wants to be a Brave. If that’s true, we’ll certainly have to go over slot for him, but maybe not as much as we thought.
 
Lesko would be an amazing pick and would be huge to getting the farm shaped back up. I’m afraid the Padres or Phillies will snatch him up before us but hopefully not.
 
To some degree. The talent level of Lesko is immense. Some team wants the opportunity to work something out with him.
 
In any situation, IF he falls to the Braves that would be an immediate upgrade to the farm system that's bare from graduation and trade.
 
Yeah, i dont know if Lesko makes it to us. I'd go over-slot for sure on him then under-slot with the Royals pick if we can get him though.
 
Hudson2 said:
Lesko would be an amazing pick and would be huge to getting the farm shaped back up. I’m afraid the Padres or Phillies will snatch him up before us but hopefully not.
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He could easily tell those teams it would take $5MM to sign him. Especially if he has a deal
With the Braves and wants to be there.
 
New Baseball America mock has OK State RHP Justin Campbell as the pick at 20. Lesko goes 16 to Cleveland.

Would assume Campbell is underslot, and then they have us taking high school RHP Owen Murphy at 35.
 
Druw Jones apparently telling teams that he intends to honor his commitment to play at Vanderbilt unless he is drafted by the Braves.

Wow.
 
There’s going to be issues of players are allowed to start dictating which team they go to. As cool as it would be to get players like Jones and Lesko, AA better be treading with the utmost care here.
 
Enscheff said:
There’s going to be issues of players are allowed to start dictating which team they go to. As cool as it would be to get players like Jones and Lesko, AA better be treading with the utmost care here.
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We getting both with our 1st 2 picks? Haha
 
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