2026 MLB Draft Thread

Pugfan said:
Pathetic response. It’s a rather easy mistake to make
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Take it easy. It was funny and the team is the best in the league despite some set backs. Have some fun man. It will help your soul.

JR is like 12. Give him sometime to percolate. His change and curve are good. Owen and Cam are coming back from some arm issues and jury is out for a bit.

The one I am most disappointed in is Baumann. But a team that developed Strier, schwelly, waldrep and Elder is a team I tend to trust.
 
Pugfan said:
And Ritchie has been ass. Walks everybody. What pitching prospect hasn’t been ass this year? Fuentes and? Hope Sinnard turns out to be good but he’s another fragile pitcher. Maybe Bagwell turns out ok. But fangraphs has it at 35+ so not holding my breath. If anyone thinks the pitching in this system is good than I can’t take you seriously with any Braves take
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This is, objectively, one of the worst takes I've seen.

Your opinion lacks any sort of nuance. Like the fact that Cam is one of the youngest pitchers in A+ ball. Despite the results not being great, his metrics are great. Great K rate, solid BB rate, solid HR rate. It's possible he's been the victim of some bad luck.

If you are judging Ritchie based on his performance as a rookie in the majors, it's hard to take you serious at all. He was nearly unhittable in Gwinnett and his stock is quite literally higher than it's ever been.

Murphy has not been good that is true. Though, there is plenty of data available to realize he doesn't "suck." The fastball genuinely is an elite pitch, sitting at 19" of IVB and another 7-8" of run. I don't know where his control has gone from last year, but there is plenty enough reason to still be high on Murphy.

Bagwell has been great thus far in Augusta. Hernandez has been mostly terrific in Columbus. Sears has been good as well. And that is without mentioning that 2 of our best SP prospects in McKenzie and Sinnard just started their seasons this past week.
 
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cajunrevenge said:
Well it's not really BPA anymore. They are more likely to take an underslot player and use the savings on later picks.
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I would argue we took BPA in the first round in 2 of the last 3 drafts. Waldrep and Caminiti both were projected top 10-15 picks on several draft sites. Tate might not have been BPA to us, but they clearly were justified in taking him based on his performance this year.
 
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