2023 MLB Draft Thread

Players that submit to the draft combine must receive an offer exceeding 75% of their slot value.

Interesting note there....
 
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Pretty surprising we are that far down the list....

This is showing the last 10 years worth of drafts and how many picks made the majors for each team.
 
Ok . Lots of guys didn’t make mlb. But we got some studs.

Honestly it is odd that we do not have one of our thousand arms that failed and was then a relief pitcher. Lucas sims could count as one I guess.

Studs. Solid back end or nothing
 
Just bc somebody makes it to the majors doesn’t mean they are good. I wonder if they redid that chart to show how many of the players called up made an impact what it would look like. We’d be top of the list.
 
Hudson2 said:
Just bc somebody makes it to the majors doesn’t mean they are good. I wonder if they redid that chart to show how many of the players called up made an impact what it would look like. We’d be top of the list.
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Of course what graduated in our system turned out to be studs. Just an interesting chart.
 
CJ9 said:
Agreed. Not a ton of guys to dream on from rounds 6-20, but I’m pretty intrigued by the guys taken in the top five rounds. Pretty solid group on paper for the 22nd biggest draft pool.
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The guys from Rounds 6, 8, 9, and 10 must have come in low to help accommodate for the above-slot bonuses for Baumann and Drake. I see both Caballos and Long were also below their slot values.

Curious if they will go above $125,000 for anyone post-Round 10. Several guys in that group have some leverage: #13 Verdung has a college commitment to Southern Mississippi, #15 Rodriguez has a college commitment to Ohio State, and #18 Magee is a draft-eligible sophomore who can go back and maintain some leverage.

Wait-and-see about all of it. The Braves veered a bit differently this year in their pattern, but they seemed to be able to land some solid guys.
 
50PoundHead said:
The guys from Rounds 6, 8, 9, and 10 must have come in low to help accommodate for the above-slot bonuses for Baumann and Drake. I see both Caballos and Long were also below their slot values.

Curious if they will go above $125,000 for anyone post-Round 10. Several guys in that group have some leverage: #13 Verdung has a college commitment to Southern Mississippi, #15 Rodriguez has a college commitment to Ohio State, and #18 Magee is a draft-eligible sophomore who can go back and maintain some leverage.

Wait-and-see about all of it. The Braves veered a bit differently this year in their pattern, but they seemed to be able to land some solid guys.
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The new amount for rounds 11-20 is $150k under the new CBA. Collazo reported today that Verdung signed for that, haven’t seen anything on the other two.
 
I see #6 RHP Lucas Braun signed for about $50,000 over slot. Seems odd for a college senior (unless he had a COVID year redshirt). Some confusion in that he's listed as both a junior and a senior on his Cal-Northridge webpage. Was expected to be an underslot signing, but another example of those of us on this side of the line not knowing everything.
 
It’s tough to see all these upside HS picks signing for $2 million and realizing we gave that to a college pitcher with almost a 6 ERA.

This front office has certainly proven they deserve trust, but it would’ve been fun to have an upside high schooler to follow.
 
CJ9 said:
It’s tough to see all these upside HS picks signing for $2 million and realizing we gave that to a college pitcher with almost a 6 ERA.

This front office has certainly proven they deserve trust, but it would’ve been fun to have an upside high schooler to follow.
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It is totally fair and reasonable to both:

A. Acknowledge that the Braves have earned the benefit of the doubt, and
B. Raise a skeptical eyebrow at the Braves using a second round pick to go overslot on a not-terribly-impressive college pitcher.

I will say, the difference between his performance as a freshman in 2022 vs. this last season is kind of interesting. Home run rate is functionally identical, walks jumped by nearly a batter per nine while he also jacked up his strikeout rate by more than 20 percent. And yet the ERA shot up to 5.8. The big difference is the hits allowed -- he gave up 113 hits in 85 1/3 innings last season. I wonder if he just had some bad BABIP luck in front of a college defense?
 
MadduxFanII said:
It is totally fair and reasonable to both:

A. Acknowledge that the Braves have earned the benefit of the doubt, and
B. Raise a skeptical eyebrow at the Braves using a second round pick to go overslot on a not-terribly-impressive college pitcher.

I will say, the difference between his performance as a freshman in 2022 vs. this last season is kind of interesting. Home run rate is functionally identical, walks jumped by nearly a batter per nine while he also jacked up his strikeout rate by more than 20 percent. And yet the ERA shot up to 5.8. The big difference is the hits allowed -- he gave up 113 hits in 85 1/3 innings last season. I wonder if he just had some bad BABIP luck in front of a college defense?
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Definitely seems like BABIP luck was involved. Bowman has written a few times that the Braves blame the turf infield at VT for the hits being so high.
 
The Braves clearly see something they think will improve big time to draft him that high. He’ll be interesting to watch and see.
 
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