Minor League Thread Part Deux

Hudson2 said:
It'd be nice to hit on a 1st round pick for a change.
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Definitely due for it. The philosophy may or may not have shifted after last year, but I'm hoping for highest upside (BPA) with the first few picks. I'm pretty sure they'll spread it out though.
The last 3 drafts, I'd say they gambled on said upside in the latter rounds and have been pretty "meh" about signing those dart throws, but a few where highly though of:

In 2025, a few players I like:
  • Round 10: Kade Woods, LSU
  • Round 18: Aiven Cabral (RHP, Northeastern)
This class is looking good so far (I like every one of these players, even with Lodise's ups and downs:
  • Round 1 (Pick 22): Tate Southisene, SS, Basic Academy (NV)
  • Round 2 (Pick 60): Alex Lodise, SS, Florida State
  • Round 3 (Pick 96): Cody Miller, SS, East Tennessee State
  • Round 4 (Pick 127): Briggs McKenzie, LHP, Corinth Holders HS (NC)
  • Round 4 Compensation (Pick 136): Dixon Williams, 2B, East Carolina
  • Round 5 (Pick 157): Conor Essenburg, OF, Lincoln-Way West HS (IL)

In 2024, a few players I really like:
  • Round 10 (308): Owen Hackman (RHP, Loyola Marymount)
  • Round 11 (338): Patrick Clohisy (OF, Saint Louis)
  • Round 12 (368): Cayman Goode (RHP, Douglas Freeman HS) — Signed over-slot
  • Round 18 (548): Jake Steels (OF, Cal Poly)
  • Round 20 (608): Eric Hartman (OF, Holy Trinity Academy - This guy alone makes a great case to sign the players you want for the slot money you're willing to pay.
Pretty good class with Cam being a BPA at the time. Holton hasn't pitched, Sinnard has flashes, Hernandez is Jeckyll and Hyde and Montgomery has turned himself into a damn good defensive catcher. At the time, this was viewed as Cam and a high upside draft.
  • Round 1 (Pick 24): Cam Caminiti, LHP, Saguaro HS (AZ)
  • Round 2 (Pick 62): Carter Holton, LHP, Vanderbilt
  • Round 3 (Pick 99): Luke Sinnard, RHP, Indiana
  • Round 4 (Pick 129): Herick Hernandez, LHP, Miami
  • Round 5 (Pick 161): Nick Montgomery, C, Cypress HS (CA
In 2023, darts. All of em.
  • Round 10-14: Pier-Olivier Boucher (OF), Jace Grady (OF), Brady Day (2B, did not sign), Will Verdung (3B), and Mitch Farris (LHP).
  • Round 15-20: David Rodriguez (RHP), Isaac Gallegos (RHP), Kade Kern (OF), Cam Magee (SS), Riley Frey (LHP), and Will King (C)
This draft was an entire WTF after Waldrep. I liked him and still do. Others...draw your own conclusions. Ha.
 
Southcack77 said:
I guess Shewmake was marginal and the Wake Forest guys certainly were, but can't complain about performance of the last five much.

Murphy has a low ceiling but is progressing all right.
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Owen ? You really think low cieling ? I was thinking the sky was the limit with him if he can establish elite command …but I’m no Deester…
 
We only have data for 1 start for Murphy this year, which was 5/2. In that start his fastball was getting elite movement, averaging 19" of IVB and 6" of glove side run. Even with below average velocity, that fastball is pretty great. The curve was pretty great too. The slider flashed plus at times, but was very inconsistent. The changeup was just flat out bad. He threw one changeup that had mlb average movement. I don't know what they need to do with his change to get more movement, but it's basically a meatball with it's current movement profile.

I'm not sure why his command has vanished. Maybe it's a mechanical issue. May be they're having him work on something specific. But there is plenty enough there to dream on.
 
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