CONTEST: Guess who the Braves draft.

[KB21]

If Griffin gets past the Royals, my guess is he'll be our guy.

Griffin to Royals

 

[50PoundHead]

Btw we would have had the #26 pick if we had not signed Santana. Would have been nice to pick Chavis there.

Wouldn't we have had the 28th, where the Royals are picking?

 

[KB21]

Does the closest work? I picked 10th and was off by only 1.

I picked the right team though. That should count for something

 

[nsacpi]

Wouldn't we have had the 28th, where the Royals are picking?

No. The new system is a little different. Not a direct transfer from one team to another.

 

[cajunrevenge]

I believe that several mocks had us taking him. He was reputed to be a difficult sign and that he may sign with Atlanta. I don't know if that was true or not, but I believe that was the logic of the people at the various mocks that had him falling to us. There was this thing about the Braves focusing heavily on Georgia (and they did for much of the Roy Clark era) and I think that contributed to the notion that Heyward would end up a Brave as well.

I will research it when I get home but I believe the Braves hid their interest so well that other teams passed on him (sounds like the draft day movie plot). They figured if thr braves who were all over Georgia taleny at the time didn't want him then there was a good reason. I remember a story of a braves scout hiding in the bushes in the outfield to scout him. Heyward also made himself hard to scout because he was too patirnt at the plate.

 

[50PoundHead]

Griffin to Royals

I was afraid of that. Royals were in on Medeiros, but he really flew up the board. That left Griffin as the next best HS LHP. My three guys (Chavis, Medeiros, and Griffin) are all off the board.

 

[nsacpi]

Adams, Ortiz and Reid-Foley still around.

 

[gilesfan]

Wouldn't we have had the 28th, where the Royals are picking?

No, we lose pick, it's not "taken" by Royals. It would have been 24

 

[50PoundHead]

The how did the Royals get two first-round picks? New formula?

 

[cajunrevenge]

RIP Forrest Griffin's career

 

[KB21]

Reds to take the Great Blandino.

 

[nsacpi]

Forbes and Harrison still around too, if we want to go with toolsy high school position players.

 

[50PoundHead]

No. The new system is a little different. Not a direct transfer from one team to another.

Got it.

 

[cajunrevenge]

The how did the Royals get two first-round picks? New formula?

Technically its not a first round pick. They just have the first compensation pick.

 

[nsacpi]

Gatewood and Wall also still around.

 

[gilesfan]

The how did the Royals get two first-round picks? New formula?

They get sandwich pick for losing Santana, but it's not the direct braves pick. 28th is sandwich pick

 

[50PoundHead]

Technically its not a first round pick. They just have the first compensation pick.

Could have fooled me. It is in the first round after all.

 

[gilesfan]

Could have fooled me. It is in the first round after all.

Only 27 first round picks

 

[Heyward]

Guessing a pitcher, not really sure who though.

Wouldnt be against an outfielder either.

 

[KB21]

Luis Ortiz to the Rangers