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

We did well with the 3 HS players taken after the 10th round last year: Suarez, Keller and Hellinger.

We took three more this year: Rowland, Howell and Benson. Will be keeping an eye on those three.
 
KB21 said:
The high upside bat everyone is wanting will be signed in the J2 signing period next month. Atlanta will also likely have their choice in the 2017 draft of an elite high school bat in Mark Vientos or an elite college bat in JJ Schwartz. Vientos has drawn comparisons to Manny Machado.

If it were me, I'd go with Vientos and his upside, as I feel Schwartz and KJ Harrison are not quite the college bats that Seth Beer and Luken Baker are.
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The Braves will draft an under slot singnable pitcher at #1 next year...

There's no evidence to suggest that they will do anything differently
 
sturg33 said:
The Braves will draft an under slot singnable pitcher at #1 next year...

There's no evidence to suggest that they will do anything differently
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If there is no clear No. 1 player, you might well be right. Remember, Astros did that and still got Correa...
 
Carolina Kid said:
There's no evidence to suggest they will do that either, but don't let you overall cynicism get in the way of things.
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in the 2015 draft... the Braves took 12 of the first 14 players taken as pitchers

This year, with the #3 pick, the Braves took 7 of the first 8 picks as pitchers.

When the Braves had major assets to trade, they mostly traded for pitchers

So I see no reason why anyone would think the Braves will not take pitching next year... And I will disagree with that strategy once again... and the usual suspects will be defending per usual
 
sturg33 said:
The Braves will draft an under slot singnable pitcher at #1 next year...

There's no evidence to suggest that they will do anything differently
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I don't see a reason to believe that, honestly. We now have only 2 years worth of data to evaluate this drafting team; last year Allard was the clear pick for us (a risky, decidely not underslot signable pitcher), Soroka is turning out to be a hell of a pick, and they went with Riley with their next pick. Absolutely no qualms there. This year, the board probably didn't fall the way they wanted it to, and they STILL pulled out 3 top 25 talents. I just don't know why you'd be so overly negative projecting into the future. If the clear 1-1 next year is a bat, we'll take him; if there isn't a clear 1-1, we'll take the guy we like the best which may very well be a pitcher, or we'll try and leverage slot money again if the CBA allows it, or any number of other strategies. This was the SECOND draft from this team (which only ended less than a day ago), and their first one looks like it's turning out pretty damn well. Let's just pump the brakes on this negative nancy crap.
 
Draft notes from Bowman.

With this in mind, the Braves debated using the third-overall selection on University of Tennessee third baseman Nick Senzel, who likely would not have signed for less than the $6.5 million figure assigned to this slot. But even had the Reds not taken Senzel second, many within the Braves' war room understood the greater value of using their first selection on Ian Anderson, an 18-year-old right-hander from upstate New York.
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There was some thought on using the 40th or 44th pick to take Taylor Trammell, an outfielder who recently completed a splendid athletic career at suburban Atlanta's Mount Paran Christian School. But once the Reds selected Trammell with the 35th pick, the Braves jumped at the chance to get Wentz, who may have the most upside of any pitcher taken this year, and Muller, who was recently named Gatorade's National High School Player of the Year.
The Braves would not have had the opportunity to get these three pitchers -- Anderson, Wentz and Muller -- had they used the third-overall selection on a player who demanded a full-slot bonus. Nor would they have been able to target Matt Rowland, a hard-throwing right-hander from suburban Atlanta who will likely receive more than $100,000 after being selected in the 11th round.
If Anderson, Wentz and Muller each sign, the sum of their bonuses will likely sit between $8-9 million. This would leave the Braves approximately $5 million in their bonus pool.
The Braves created some flexibility with some of their earlier selections by drafting college seniors with each of their final five selections. Because these seniors do not have the leverage to stay in school, the sum of their combined signing bonuses will likely be less than $100,000.
Consequently, the Braves will have some wiggle room as they attempt to sign Rowland and the four players -- Brett Cumberland, Drew Harrington, Bryse Wilson and Jeremy Walker -- selected between the high school and college pitchers.
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http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/articl...th-ian-anderson-draft-picks?topicid=167757330
 
From the looks of things, the Braves didn't make a big-name splash on Day 3 that would soak up most of what they had left in the bonus pool. Instead, looks more like they'll be able to use the $ on a number of guys drafted in the 11th round and after to break their college commitments. For the guys in the 11th thru 40th rounds, the first $100k doesn't count toward the bonus pool, so going with a "quantity" approach to spend the remaining pool money in these rounds actually makes a lot of sense.
 
praeceps93 said:
I don't see a reason to believe that, honestly.
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When the Braves starting trading all of their great young taken... we all asked "when are they gonna get some hitters?"

Before the 2015 draft, many of us assumed we would draft some hitters... and we took pitching

Before this draft - most of us assumed we would draft some hitters, and we took pitching

Until I see something else that contradicts that the FO's plan is to win 1-0 for the next 10 years, I'll stop getting my hopes up that we will acquire some hitters
 
Southcack77 said:
I think the idea that the Braves were going to get a bunch of "impact" bats out of this draft was a little unrealistic. From everything I've read about the bats in this draft, they were mostly projected to several years away from filling into roles as average major leaguers.

I do not think picking guys with a chance to be average major leaguers really does much for the major league club or the minor league clubs. Average major leaguers are not that expensive to acquire. Low upside hitting prospects aren't valued that highly in trades.

I think their plan for this draft was very sensible given there were very few hitting prospects who profiled with the upside of all star caliber players. I feel like each of the arms they drafted have an upside of getting there based on what the write ups I have seen on them.

They will need to get some hitting from somewhere, but I think it was not going to realistically be put to rights through this draft. I think they will figure out another way. And quite honestly, they are not particularly close to contending any time soon in my view, so there is no reason to try and draft like they are. If they want to contend next year they would have to open up their wallet and start trading a lot of these guys in the system. It's not realistic that they are going to draft their way into it any time soon.
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But there were certainly enough high risk/high reward bats that you could have taken several of those (like Lewis or Dalbeck) and most likely hit one or two. At the very least, we should have spent more than 1 of our first 8 picks on a high ceiling bat.
 
Well, Harrington is definitely polished. His FB has topped out once at 91. Range between 85-91 and mostly at 88. Very nice breaking pitch, and what I think is a change-up. Mound presence and pace very impressive, and has been able to locate on both sides of the plate. The best part . . . he has stuck out 5 of the first 6 batters, which is not exactly his M.O. It doesn't sound like this UCSB team is known for their offense.

Liking this pick a bit more. He has the look of a guy who has a chance to pitch for the big club in 2017. More of a backend starter though.
 
dak said:
Well, Harrington is definitely polished. His FB has topped out once at 91. Range between 85-91 and mostly at 88. Very nice breaking pitch, and what I think is a change-up. Mound presence and pace very impressive, and has been able to locate on both sides of the plate. The best part . . . he has stuck out 5 of the first 6 batters, which is not exactly his M.O. It doesn't sound like this UCSB team is known for their offense.

Liking this pick a bit more. He has the look of a guy who has a chance to pitch for the big club in 2017. More of a backend starter though.
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I'm pleased with the pick, but I think Atlanta could've gotten him a couple of rounds later. At the very least, I think he can be an EOF out of the pen. That is EOF circa 2009-2013
 
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