- STARTS TODAY AT 7PM - 2016 June Amateur Draft Discussion

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http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/mock-draft-5-0/#6EEZlVRXt3lHRG1z.97

BA's latest mock.

3. BRAVES: Atlanta remains connected to college bats—Nick Senzel, Lewis and Ray. They’ve also scouted the top prep arms, Groome and righties Riley Pint and Ian Anderson, with Anderson picking up steam this week with a dynamic start over the weekend in which he sat at in the mid-90s with his fastball for seven innings. The club is tight-lipped and not tipping its pick, but this time around, we’ll go local with Lewis, with Anderson possibly being floated down the draft to their second pick. PICK: Kyle Lewis, of | Video
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Would be hard to pass on Lewis if hes there.

And all the Groome questions now coming up, probably wont be there but still.
 
Oh, and as my luck would have it, the draft starts Thursday night after I get to have a root canal done Thursday morning.
 
Has Lewis worked out for anybody else? That article said he wasn't planning on working out for anybody but did the Braves today.
 
KB21 said:
OK. He did not do as well in the Cape?

.300/.344/.500 with 7 HR, 7 2B, 1 3B, 24 RBI, 2 SB, 11 BB, and 29 strike outs in 150 at bats.

Obviously, it isn't as good as what he did at Mercer, but it was among the best at the Cape.
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FWIW, the pitching he saw in the Southern Conference this season isn't in the same zip code as what he saw on the Cape. Not saying he hasn't improved (by any stretch), but it's pretty tough to disagree with those who have level-of-competition concerns. I'm a Southern Conference guy (and alumnus), but it's really not even close.

That doesn't mean I'm "against" taking him at #3, but I do think the scouts will have to feel awfully confident in him to overcome the "drafting for need at the MLB-level" stigma in meetings.
 
clvclv said:
FWIW, the pitching he saw in the Southern Conference this season isn't in the same zip code as what he saw on the Cape. Not saying he hasn't improved (by any stretch), but it's pretty tough to disagree with those who have level-of-competition concerns. I'm a Southern Conference guy (and alumnus), but it's really not even close.

That doesn't mean I'm "against" taking him at #3, but I do think the scouts will have to feel awfully confident in him to overcome the "drafting for need at the MLB-level" stigma in meetings.
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But he was still one of the best hitters at the Cape.
 
KB21 said:
http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/mercers-lewis-has-surge-of-the-summer/

I didn't realize that Kyle was a 6.6 runner in the 60. At 6'4", 210 lbs, that's moving pretty dang well. He might actually be able to stay in center field. His coach thinks he can hit 20+ home runs and steal 20-25 bases.
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Just poking a bit, but I came through high school in NC during the first season of the 3 point line. The Head Coach of our biggest rival won the State Championship the season after I graduated and swore that the team I played on the previous season had 6 guys who would've shot better than 50% from there and would've walked away with it if we got the bonuses.

Tough for me to put much stock in personal Coaches' opinions or their scouting reports about their toughest rivals - that's where legends come from. LOL.
 
zbhargrove said:
But he was still one of the best hitters at the Cape.
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Over 150 ABs against Pitchers without much in the way of scouting reports.

Like I said, I'm not down on Lewis - it'd just be much easier to sell me on him if our scouts are convinced that his Cape numbers reflect who he is.
 
Ben from tomahawktake think that the Braves have or will have deals in placed with their first 3 picks in the draft... that saying, I could see us taking Lewis at #3 (signing underslot), a prep arm at 40 (overslot), and a prep bat at 44 (overslot).

And somebody mention on page 79 to draft Pint at 3 and give him $4.5 million, but it's going to take more than that. If we offer him no more, he's going to college. Why? He has leverage in signing issues b/c he doesn't have to sign, so he can ask for more money. That being said, I'd rather draft Lewis, who's a college bat, because we have a better chance of signing him underslot and spreading money out to the other 2+ picks.
 
If the Rockies are truly locked in on taking a pitcher at 4 (and I think they're right to do so), it would give the Braves a strong negotiating position with the college bats. The slot value of the #3 pick is $2.1m greater than the #5 pick held by Milwaukee. So the Braves could offer Lewis / Senzel / Ray $1.5m to $2m under slot, knowing that Milwaukee would need to go over slot to offer them more.
 
clvclv said:
Over 150 ABs against Pitchers without much in the way of scouting reports.

Like I said, I'm not down on Lewis - it'd just be much easier to sell me on him if our scouts are convinced that his Cape numbers reflect who he is.
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http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=11900

This was Perfect Game's top 30 prospects in the Cape Cod League.

1. Kyle Lewis, of, Orleans (Mercer/JR in 2016)
The summer that Mercer’s Kyle Lewis used to launch himself into first round discussion didn’t come out of the complete blue considering the monstrous numbers he put up during the spring of 2015. After posting a .367/.423/.677 slash for the Bears, the ultra-projectable and long-limbed 6-foot-4, 195-pound Lewis suited up for the talent laden Orleans Cardinals and proved to be the star attraction throughout the league from the moment he stepped foot in Massachusetts. The frame alone is worth mentioning as you seldom see a player built like Lewis who oozes athleticism and an overall looseness that make him easy to project upon getting even stronger at the next level. A righthander hitter who showed a sound approach in the box, Lewis showed the ability to work a count, taking borderline pitches that most would swing through while fouling off tough “pitcher’s pitches.” In doing so he is susceptible to the strikeout as the spring and summer stats suggest, but the overall results often overshadow that consequence. Perhaps the main contributing factor to Lewis’s success both with Mercer and on the Cape is his ability to see the ball deep in the zone, something made possible by how explosive his hands are and how direct his barrel path to the ball is. He works all fields comfortably with the bat, able turn on an inner half pitch or drive the outer half ones deep to the opposite field and does so with intent. He may not have led the league in any particular offensive category but he did hit .300 with seven home runs and 24 RBI over 150 at-bats. He’s not a one- or two-tool player though as he’s at least a solid runner both on the bases and in right field where he spent a majority of the summer. Lewis put himself in the discussion with the other top outfield prospects for 2015, including fellow Cape Cod participant Bryan Reynolds as detailed below.
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I'll see if I can find Baseball America's top prospects list.

FWIW, here is PG's summer write up on a guy I've been told the Braves may take at 44:

28. Heath Quinn, of, Falmouth (Samford/JR in 2016)
Heath Quinn may be listed at 6-foot-3, 220-pounds but don’t let his build fool you as he was one of the more athletic players on the Cape the entire summer. With attention grabbing numbers in the spring while at Samford, the righthanded hitting Quinn continued to shine while swinging wood with Falmouth and will be a target for scouts to see this coming spring. Capable of turning in above average run times down the line thanks to his long, balanced strides, Quinn is capable of kicking it into another gear as he moves from base to base and is something you wouldn’t necessarily expect from a player with his physicality. That strength does impact his abilities at the plate in a very good way as he possesses power that plays with the best right now, connecting for four home runs over the summer while showing a very fast set of hands capable of turning on an inner half fastball with relative ease. He does a nice job of shortening up with two strikes and shows a nice approach, staying short and smooth to the ball while working the count to his favor evidenced by his .317 average this summer.
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Regarding Belinsky's comment on Lewis and the Cape Cod league, my recollection is he was referencing his performance in his second season in the league versus his first. I think it's in the first half of the video linked int he tweet. Not sure if it's a reasonable knock . . . just passing on what he said. Most of Belinsky's concern seemed to be focused on Lewis' swing and level of competition faced.
 
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