MLB Draft Thread

Southcack77 said:
Nah, I'm good with the write up. Limited upside to pick 2 and 3 and big questions about #1. Pretty universal consensus.
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Lodise literally projects as a starting caliber SS.

Middling power? Not sure where you're getting that when his write ups say he has above average power. The same goes for Tate.
 
zbhargrove said:
Middling power? lol okay dude… that’s just a troll statement

Additionally, Tate had some late helium, putting up some of the best EV in the combine.
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I agree ZB, but I also agree with South. Helium...Helium...let that sink in. I hate pop up prospects who have helium before the draft. Not that they are less attractive prospects, but hell....give me a baseball, I'll throw it 70 on a good day. I liken it to football. The tape don't lie. The teams that know that are successful. It's why you get an Ian Anderson and Kolby Allard type.
 
Deester11 said:
I agree ZB, but I also agree with South. Helium...Helium...let that sink in. I hate pop up prospects who have helium before the draft. Not that they are less attractive prospects, but hell....give me a baseball, I'll throw it 70 on a good day. I liken it to football. The tape don't lie. The teams that know that are successful. It's why you get an Ian Anderson and Kolby Allard type.
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But he wasn’t a pop up. He was always thought to be at least a second round talent and then he showed out and improved his stock. It was reported several other teams wanted him in the first round.
 
Deester11 said:
I agree ZB, but I also agree with South. Helium...Helium...let that sink in. I hate pop up prospects who have helium before the draft. Not that they are less attractive prospects, but hell....give me a baseball, I'll throw it 70 on a good day. I liken it to football. The tape don't lie. The teams that know that are successful. It's why you get an Ian Anderson and Kolby Allard type.
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Regardless of whether Tate was a good pick, the Braves are suckers for helium. They bit hard on Murphy's velocity bump before they took him. That looks to have an outlier.

Murphy might turn out to be a good pitcher but there's no way he's a first rounder if teams knew his velocity was going to drop back to where it was.
 
Hudson2 said:
I saw the same stuff. It wasn't just helium he was rising up boards.
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A rapid rise up draft boards due to recent results is literally the definition of helium. Helium isn't good or bad. Sometimes the helium is justified, sometimes it's fools gold.

Tate benefited from helium at the right time. Maybe it's real and he's a star. Maybe it's not and he's a stat. Either way, he had late helium.
 
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