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

I absolutely love what Im reading and hearing about Ian Anderson. Hes 18 and getting better and better. Some had him ranked 7th, while consensus was around 12-13th best prospect. Not ideal for a #3 selection at all, but going under slot gives us room to get a steal with picks 40 and 44. We will see if that plan works.

Personally, and im not a GM, but I would have for sure went hitting. At some point, we need to focus on hitting. I know the organization knows this, so I wont harp on it too much. I think at the end of the day, we are going to be glad we got Anderson and stockpiled some big time pitchers. We will use them in trades to get hitters and the depth will just be absolutely outstanding.

As a fan though, im getting extremely impatient with all the pitchers. Its obvious the plan as stated above, but when you have Kyle Lewis sitting in your lap at #3, its just frustrating us getting another pitcher.

All in all, I LOVE Ian Anderson, but not at 3 and lets get some hitters! How many games this year have we scored less than 3 runs???
 
Man, reading this thread is a buzz kill. The characteristics of the draft have been the dearth of elite-level talent and the excess of solid, not elite, players. If #13 and #3 are roughly the same but one is far cheaper, go with the cheaper one and save your pennies for later in the draft. It's common sense in a system that is a crapshoot.

That being said, please go watch Ian throw. It'll make you feel better. That is the easiest, smoothest delivery from a high school kid I've seen all night. The only one close to him is Groome, who is not a slam dunk ace.

I think many of y'all are confusing the MLB draft for the NFL draft. It doesn't matter who we pick, you won't see them for years and there's a solid chance they'll never amount to much.

Relax. Enjoy the draft and the weekend.
 
thewupk said:
So in that scenario Ian isn't the BPA and the team is just cheap?
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Haha no, what the heck. He still may be BPA in the Braves' eyes, but you're not going to tell them that in negotiations. Is there something about a negotiation you're having trouble with?
 
Carter Kieboom gone, both Texas and Atlanta may be sad to see that. I thought he'd go to Texas if not the Nats. Either way not falling to Atlanta.
 
Well, maybe we can shift some draft money to the international market. We're gonna be hard pressed to spend it all now.
 
smootness said:
Haha no, what the heck. He still may be BPA in the Braves' eyes, but you're not going to tell them that in negotiations. Is there something about a negotiation you're having trouble with?
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So they will lie to Ian and his agent but tells Gammons the truth?
 
brian22 said:
Man, reading this thread is a buzz kill. The characteristics of the draft have been the dearth of elite-level talent and the excess of solid, not elite, players. If #13 and #3 are roughly the same but one is far cheaper, go with the cheaper one and save your pennies for later in the draft. It's common sense in a system that is a crapshoot.

That being said, please go watch Ian throw. It'll make you feel better. That is the easiest, smoothest delivery from a high school kid I've seen all night. The only one close to him is Groome, who is not a slam dunk ace.

I think many of y'all are confusing the MLB draft for the NFL draft. It doesn't matter who we pick, you won't see them for years and there's a solid chance they'll never amount to much.

Relax. Enjoy the draft and the weekend.
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Post more.
 
thewupk said:
So they will lie to Ian and his agent but tells Gammons the truth?
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After they've agreed to it? Sure. Who knows, maybe they said, 'We think you're the top pitcher, but we really need a hitter. We'll take you only if you'll agree to $___, which is more than you'll get if we don't take you and you fall to __, where you're projected.'

Again, who the heck knows. But assuming both sides know exactly what they other's thinking is naive.
 
Most likely the conversation went like this

Braves - "Hey if we take Ian at #3 would he sign for 3.5 million"

Ian's agent - "How about 4 million"

Braves - "We arent that far off, if he's there we will take him and go from there".
 
Its highly likely the Braves will draft someone after the 10th round who will end up better than the guys some of you are fretting about.

They have a board that has a huge number of players on it, and scouts who have seen all of them play.
 
smootness said:
After they've agreed to it? Sure.
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That certainly is an apologist view of the situation. The likely scenario is the simplest one. We drafted a guy we knew we could sign cheap and who we liked well enough. We did this to try to snag one or two of the elite talents that often fall in the draft. We traded for another pick to help this plan.

This year we don't have anyone who fell.

We took a risk by drafting Anderson and hoping someone fell. The risk didn't pay off. It sucks. It's not a risk I take with the third pick but one o can at least understand.
 
striker42 said:
That certainly is an apologist view of the situation. The likely scenario is the simplest one. We drafted a guy we knew we could sign cheap and who we liked well enough. We did this to try to snag one or two of the elite talents that often fall in the draft. We traded for another pick to help this plan.

This year we don't have anyone who fell.

We took a risk by drafting Anderson and hoping someone fell. The risk didn't pay off. It sucks. It's not a risk I take with the third pick but one o can at least understand.
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It will be a couple of days before we even have an idea if this is true, and even longer to be sure.
 
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