Official Draft Day, Post-Draft Thread

[CJ9]

What a great night.

 

[zbhargrove]

Brian Bridges says he will be developed as a corner OFer

 

[zbhargrove]

Rotoworld says we have had perhaps the best draft so far

Its hard not to love it.... But I think the Reds have killed it. However, they also had 3 picks.

 

[Enscheff]

Rotoworld says we have had perhaps the best draft so far

Can't see how the Braves don't get an A for Day 1.

 

[smootness]

Brian Bridges says he will be developed as a corner OFer

Interesting. Tells me they believe in the bat. I'm good with that.

 

[Deester11]

I think he'll settle into right field. The most exciting part for me is that he had the best exit velocity amongst amateurs and can barrel fastballs easily. That's exciting!

 

[Pachoo]

A college pitching prospect with true ace potential and a switch hitting high school outfielder with among the best bat speed (MLB pipeline said he had the top exit velocity on the HS circuit last year) in this class and defensively can be a plus defender in CF? Hell of a top two so far.

We got the #2 and #23 ranked prospects on Baseball America's list. Not bad.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

I think the Reds have done well, but got to be giddy about what the Braves fell into today.

 

[Hudson2]

Wow at the draft so far! Never would of believed this time yesterday that Wright would of fell to 5 or Waters to 41. The farm system is insane!

 

[Russ2dollas]

Brian Bridges says he will be developed as a corner OFer

Interesting they move him already. Must really be projecting his body and his bat. I don't think I've read anything bad about his cf defense. I don't think he's a burner but he's still fast and athletic

 

[smootness]

Reds beat us on quantity, but I like Waters better than Downs or Fairchild.

 

[steveAKAslick]

Place to track it online worth a flip?

MLB app has a draft tracker with a write up of each player selected on a drop down

 

[SidSlid92]

Vientos to the Mets

 

[TheBravos]

Wow at the draft so far! Never would of believed this time yesterday that Wright would of fell to 5 or Waters to 41. The farm system is insane!

And we should add a few more via international, a few more trading vets...and we will have another decently high draft next year

 

[mqt]

I love how 5 hours ago I was talking myself into Keston Hiura so that we could take a prep bat at 41.

 

[praeceps93]

How the hell is Tristan Beck still on the board?

 

[CJ9]

How the hell is Tristan Beck still on the board?

He could go back to school, have a healthy year and be a top-20 pick next year. He'd be a RS JR, so he'd still have leverage and would get paid.

 

[WaitingFor2017]

Tristan Beck is still out there for Round 3. Hopefully the Twins, Reds, Padres, and Rays pass on him.

 

[weso1]

I base draft success on names of those selected.

Kyle Wright - Not a bad name. Some good possible headlines with the name and it does have a bit of flow to it. I give that name a solid 50/50 chance to be successful. The biggest issue is that it's a bit too safe. I predict he'll be a decent #3 starter.

Drew Waters - I mean... guys... Future HOF.

 

[auyushu]

A college pitching prospect with true ace potential and a switch hitting high school outfielder with among the best bat speed (MLB pipeline said he had the top exit velocity on the HS circuit last year) in this class and defensively can be a plus defender in CF? Hell of a top two so far.

We got the #2 and #29 ranked prospects on Baseball America's list. Not bad.

Yep, this was about the best result we could have possibly hoped for with the top two rounds. Fantastic draft so far.