DRAFT IN PROGRESS THREAD ... What's past is preamble

striker42 said:
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I think it was 50 that posted about Perfect Game saying the Braves originally wanted to float Anderson to 40.

The Braves were connected to Lewis and Ray at 3 to the very end.

There are other things but I'm pretty confident they wanted a hitter at 40.
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That was a quote from David Rawnsley at Perfect Game. I don't think Anderson would have lasted past 15 at the latest and he may have gone in the top 10. He had "helium" as they say.

I'm a bit surprised by the way things have unfolded after the first day. I think the first day was good. My guess is the Braves were hoping Kieboom, Trammell, and a couple of other bats would be there. That's the risk you take because you honestly can't predict what other teams' behavior will be. As it is, I think the ended up with four really good prospects on the first day.
 
I love how all of us are now at the part where we just spit out random tweets from the same two or three sources, lol.
 
sturg33 said:
Everything the Braves did worked out exactly according to plan and was brilliant.
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You can't predict what other teams are going to do. I think they did really well considering some other teams were higher on guys like Kieboom than the Braves. If folks are going to start barking about reaches, that move by the Nats would clearly qualify as one. I don't necessarily think it is if he was the guy they had on their sheet, but if you're going to bark about the Braves, you better start barking about all the other odd moves that were made by other teams.
 
Matt Gonzalez #359 by BA

A senior, Gonzalez entered Georgia Tech with some fanfare and has been a four-year starter, ranking third in school history with 300 hits. He's played left field predominantly, part of the reason he wasn't drafted as a junior, but always has mixed in some third base, and a utility role is his ticket as a pro, as is his bat. Gonzalez has some bat speed, is at least an average runner and thrower, and finally tapped into his raw power this spring with 11 of his 20 career homers. He cut his swing-and-miss down a bit as a senior, a major issue earlier in his career.

Matt Rowland #496 by BA

A teammate of likely first round pick Josh Lowe, Rowland was seen by scouts often this spring. He has some projection in his 6-foot-3, 180-pound frame, and a strong arm. Rowland's fastball rubs 95 mph and sits comfortably at 91-92. He throws a slider that works in the upper 70s to low 80s and flashed powerful bite and projects as a solid-average offering. Rowland throws from a slightly lower three-quarters arm slot and has some funkiness to his delivery, with some length to his arm swing, leading some evaluators to project him as a reliever at the pro level. He is committed to Kennesaw State.

We apparently also draft two Brandon White's in a row.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Matt Gonzalez #359 by BA

A senior, Gonzalez entered Georgia Tech with some fanfare and has been a four-year starter, ranking third in school history with 300 hits. He's played left field predominantly, part of the reason he wasn't drafted as a junior, but always has mixed in some third base, and a utility role is his ticket as a pro, as is his bat. Gonzalez has some bat speed, is at least an average runner and thrower, and finally tapped into his raw power this spring with 11 of his 20 career homers. He cut his swing-and-miss down a bit as a senior, a major issue earlier in his career.

Matt Rowland #496 by BA

A teammate of likely first round pick Josh Lowe, Rowland was seen by scouts often this spring. He has some projection in his 6-foot-3, 180-pound frame, and a strong arm. Rowland's fastball rubs 95 mph and sits comfortably at 91-92. He throws a slider that works in the upper 70s to low 80s and flashed powerful bite and projects as a solid-average offering. Rowland throws from a slightly lower three-quarters arm slot and has some funkiness to his delivery, with some length to his arm swing, leading some evaluators to project him as a reliever at the pro level. He is committed to Kennesaw State.

We apparently also draft two Brandon White's in a row.
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I saw that. I wonder if they are just effin' around when they do that. Both had pretty good stats.
 
It seems like we drafted 4 players who have an obvious chance to be contributors (yes, I get it that there can be some late round surprises)

it irks me that 3 of them are prep arms... the flameout rate for those are tremendous
 
50PoundHead said:
That was a quote from David Rawnsley at Perfect Game. I don't think Anderson would have lasted past 15 at the latest and he may have gone in the top 10. He had "helium" as they say.

I'm a bit surprised by the way things have unfolded after the first day. I think the first day was good. My guess is the Braves were hoping Kieboom, Trammell, and a couple of other bats would be there. That's the risk you take because you honestly can't predict what other teams' behavior will be. As it is, I think the ended up with four really good prospects on the first day.
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Thanks 50! Yeah, there was no chance Anderson was gonna be there at 40. We were all over Anderson back in February when he would have been there at 40. He came on strong late and likely would have gone around 15.

We fell in love with Anderson and had to have him. We knew he wouldn't be there at 40 but he would take way under slot allowing us to get a bat at 40. So we took him at 3 even though that was really early for him.

Unfortunately there was a run on prep hitters leaving us with only Wentz to blow that money on.
 
I can't make up my mind about Wentz. He's something of an enigma.

Last year he was a soft tossing lefty. Last summer he got shut down with a dead arm though some say that was just a precaution.

He lifts a lot last year and comes into this year with a mid 90s fastball to go with good breaking stuff. He jumps into top 10 consideration.

But he couldn't keep the velocity. It eventually fell off to 89-91. Some question his durability or think he has an arm issue. Others noted his fastball straightened out at higher velocity and that he might have backed off intentionally to get more movement (that shows maturity of true).

If he can consistently establish the mid-90s velocity (and do it with movement), his breaking stuff from the left side gives him ace potential. If rhe velocity never shows up he's middle of the rotation starter. It's also totally possible he implodes or his arm falls off and he's moved to the field.

I'm not sold on him at all but I'm also intrigued by his potential.
 
Kevin McAlpin ‏@KevinMcAlpin

#Braves first round pick Ian Anderson tossed a complete game, 5 hit shutout with no walks & 8 strikeouts for @Shen_Baseball
 
striker42 said:
I can't make up my mind about Wentz. He's something of an enigma.

Last year he was a soft tossing lefty. Last summer he got shut down with a dead arm though some say that was just a precaution.

He lifts a lot last year and comes into this year with a mid 90s fastball to go with good breaking stuff. He jumps into top 10 consideration.

But he couldn't keep the velocity. It eventually fell off to 89-91. Some question his durability or think he has an arm issue. Others noted his fastball straightened out at higher velocity and that he might have backed off intentionally to get more movement (that shows maturity of true).

If he can consistently establish the mid-90s velocity (and do it with movement), his breaking stuff from the left side gives him ace potential. If rhe velocity never shows up he's middle of the rotation starter. It's also totally possible he implodes or his arm falls off and he's moved to the field.

I'm not sold on him at all but I'm also intrigued by his potential.
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We could do a lot worse than handing him a Bat!!!!
 
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