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Preacher said:
I have a hard time thinking Wright fall to us; but watch it happen and we draft Haseley or something lol.
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You just take that back! I will throw my head through the nearest wall. In reality, the A's are probably licking their chops because they know there's a very strong chance the Braves will do something stupid like that.
 
Sometimes when people fall, there are good reasons for it. If Kyle Wright starts 'falling' down the board and is available at #5, maybe the Braves should pause and think why he fell?

Pipeline has his best pitch as a 60 grade fastball, everything else is either 55 or 50 and his control is a 50.

Here's some info on Wright from Sickles written a couple days ago, I gotta admit, after reading that I'm not quite as high on him.

'total ceiling number 2 in my view, if everything maxes out. More likely a 3 or strong 4. But that's just my opinion, other people like him more ' Sickles

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/5/2/15494548/2017-mlb-draft-profile-kyle-wright-rhp-vanderbilt
 
Preacher said:
Sometimes when people fall, there are good reasons for it. If Kyle Wright starts 'falling' down the board and is available at #5, maybe the Braves should pause and think why he fell?

Pipeline has his best pitch as a 60 grade fastball, everything else is either 55 or 50 and his control is a 50.

Here's some info on Wright from Sickles written a couple days ago, I gotta admit, after reading that I'm not quite as high on him.

'total ceiling number 2 in my view, if everything maxes out. More likely a 3 or strong 4. But that's just my opinion, other people like him more ' Sickles

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/5/2/15494548/2017-mlb-draft-profile-kyle-wright-rhp-vanderbilt
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#5 doesn't really constitute a fall or slide. Everyone has the same top 5, but they're all in a different order. Some like Wright at 1, Sickels obviously disagrees somewhat. I am very confident the Braves will take him if he's there, and I would be ok with that.
 
smootness said:
#5 doesn't really constitute a fall or slide. Everyone has the same top 5, but they're all in a different order. Some like Wright at 1, Sickels obviously disagrees somewhat. I am very confident the Braves will take him if he's there, and I would be ok with that.
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Its a slide when nobody seemed to think he was going to be around at #5 a week ago, heck most thought he was a lock top-3.

I'm really not saying he would be a bad pick, but he also doesn't scream 'slam-dunk' to me either.
 
Preacher said:
Its a slide when nobody seemed to think he was going to be around at #5 a week ago, heck most thought he was a lock top-3.

I'm really not saying he would be a bad pick, but he also doesn't scream 'slam-dunk' to me either.
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All these mock drafts are based on what these guys think certain teams want to do. Callis' sudden switch of McKay back to 1 doesn't mean he's suddenly rising up boards. It just means he got a clearer picture of what he believes the Twins are going to do.

Kyle Wright has established himself as a clear top 5 selection according to everybody who does this. Literally all of them. So 'falling' to 5 doesn't mean that is suddenly wrong, it just means the other 4 that are with him in that group went first.
 
smootness said:
All these mock drafts are based on what these guys think certain teams want to do. Callis' sudden switch of McKay back to 1 doesn't mean he's suddenly rising up boards. It just means he got a clearer picture of what he believes the Twins are going to do.

Kyle Wright has established himself as a clear top 5 selection according to everybody who does this. Literally all of them. So 'falling' to 5 doesn't mean that is suddenly wrong, it just means the other 4 that are with him in that group went first.
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You can't just write it off if people start shifting a guy lower on their boards, that's coming from something, could be the result of a recent workout, interview -- something. Callis switching McKay to the top of his board MIGHT mean he's rising, you can't say it doesn't.

Wright being listed as a top-2 pick for most of this process and now possibly being available at #5, may or may not mean he's 'slipping' in your eyes, but you shouldn't just write it off if teams suddenly start giving off vibes about a guy.
 
I don't know, I read Wright's scouting reports, and I like him less than Gore/Lewis/Beck; I understand that probably puts me on a bit of an island here.
 
CJ9 said:
Did you read the Baseball America mock today or the Pipeline mock from weeks ago that I linked? They are directly connecting the Braves to Tristian Beck. I tried a quick search for the Longenhagen quote but couldn't find it. But there are very clear instances to BA and Pipeline talking about the Braves interesting in him. This isn't something people on here are randomly generating.

Are you really suggesting you need a quote from someone inside the Braves organization before you believe it?
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To be fair, the pipeline article gives no explanation as to why they mention Beck in context with the Braves.
 
smootness said:
All these mock drafts are based on what these guys think certain teams want to do. Callis' sudden switch of McKay back to 1 doesn't mean he's suddenly rising up boards. It just means he got a clearer picture of what he believes the Twins are going to do.

Kyle Wright has established himself as a clear top 5 selection according to everybody who does this. Literally all of them. So 'falling' to 5 doesn't mean that is suddenly wrong, it just means the other 4 that are with him in that group went first.
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It would not bother me a great deal. I'm not particularly high on Lewis and all of the other position players are far from slam dunks either. I don't think this draft has any slam dunks, actually.
 
Callis just responded to me on twitter and said there is a pretty decent chance the Braves get Wright at five based on his current info. Sorry don't know how to link tweets.
 
Preacher said:
You can't just write it off if people start shifting a guy lower on their boards, that's coming from something, could be the result of a recent workout, interview -- something. Callis switching McKay to the top of his board MIGHT mean he's rising, you can't say it doesn't.

Wright being listed as a top-2 pick for most of this process and now possibly being available at #5, may or may not mean he's 'slipping' in your eyes, but you shouldn't just write it off if teams suddenly start giving off vibes about a guy.
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Callis explained why he moved McKay up - because he recently has gotten word they seem to be settling on McKay. He didn't move him up his own personal board, he's picking who he thinks the Twins are going to take. Maybe they've always wanted McKay and that wasn't clear to those outside the org. until now.
 
Callis:

Pretty decent chance, based on information at this moment, @Braves could get Wright at No. 5 in @MLBDraft.
 
I like the high-floor with Wright, no injury concerns, big build, four pitches.

I do wish he had better control as college junior, that seems worrisome to me and none of the secondary pitches seem like killers.
 
Preacher said:
I like the high-floor with Wright, no injury concerns, big build, four pitches.

I do wish he had better control as college junior, that seems worrisome to me and none of the secondary pitches seem like killers.
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His second half of the year has been pretty unreal. The walks were mostly early in the year I believe.
 
Gore has flown up draft boards. So if Wright falls I'd be ecstatic to snatch him up at 5. Gore, Wright, or Lewis I'm perfectly fine with either of those 3.
 
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