The Reverse Pennant Chase

With 3 games to go.

1 back of 7th, 2 games back of 6th.

Hopefully lose out, and get a top 8 pick at worst.
 
If we dont screw this and tank there is a huge chance that we finish 6 with the match ups of San Diego vs San Francisco and New York and Philadelphia. Probably Philadelphia and San Francisco both they will be tanking to get pick 1 or 2.
 
Anywhere from 6-8 could be just fine. When you see teams drafting the way they did this year, allowing Wright to fall to us at 5, tells me we could easily get one of the top 3-4 picks on our board in that 6-8 slot. It would be kind of exciting to see someone other than a pitcher be that guy, however.
 
As of games through 9/28:

1.) Giants (62-97, .390)
2.) Tigers (63-96, .396)
3.) Phillies (64-95, .403)
4.) White Sox (66-93, .415)
5.) Reds (67-92, .421)
6.) Mutts (69-90, .434)
7.) Padres (70-89, .440)
8.) Braves (71-88, .447)
9.) Pirates (73-86, .459)
10.) Athletics (74-85, .465)
T11.) Marlins (75-84, .472)
T11.) Blue Jays (75-84, .472)
T11.) Orioles (75-84, .472)
14.) Rangers (76-83, .478)
T15.) Rays (77-82, .484)
T15.) Mariners (77-82, .484)
T17.) Angels (78-81, .491)
T17.) Royals (78-81, .491)
 
CJ9 said:
Just for some more perspective on Beer, Baseball America released some draft rankings today and Beer is 17th on their COLLEGE only list. http://www.baseballamerica.com/draf...r.com&utm_campaign=buffer#7iscfgoZF7dZi7EF.97
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My eyes keep getting drawn to Griffin Conine on that list. I understand that Beer is the sexy name for those looking for a slugger that can possibly move fast, but I'd rather have the better all-around player who could deliver 20-25 HR pop and is already good enough defensively to play LF better than Beer likely ever will be.
 
Things would have to go really poorly for us to fall lower than the 8th pick. Even if we tie with the Pirates or Athletics, we would still pick ahead of them. As far as the Padres, a tie with them would mean the Padres get the higher pick, so we need to get one full game worse than them to pick higher. Tying with the Mets is enough for us to pick higher than them.

At this point, it feels pretty likely that we'll pick 8.
 
mfree80 said:
Honest question... What do you think this list will look like a month before the draft? How accurate are these things this far out?
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No question it'll change.

Thinking back to this time last year -- Royce Lewis and Hunter Greene were top 5 HS prospects for sure. Gore was in the 10-15 range and then his velocity jumped as a senior. Austin Beck was mostly unknown as far as first round rankings went.
 
Thanks CJ9 for the tie updates and the links. After seeing all those highly ranked state of GA high school pitchers, I just wonder which one of those we end up drafting.
 
A college hitter at C, OF, 3B would certainly fill a need if someone worthy of the pick is available. C and 3B rarely go Top 10, so maybe we finally get to see the Braves take an OFer with their first pick.

BPA is still the best practice though.
 
CJ9 said:
Just for some more perspective on Beer, Baseball America released some draft rankings today and Beer is 17th on their COLLEGE only list. http://www.baseballamerica.com/draf...r.com&utm_campaign=buffer#7iscfgoZF7dZi7EF.97
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The college and high school lists are interesting to peruse. As usual a lot will change between now and draft day, but my initial thought is that there is one position player on each list that interests me a lot. Brice Turang on the high school list. And Nick Madrigal on the college list. Otherwise, the pitchers seem more impressive.
 
nsacpi said:
The college and high school lists are interesting to peruse. As usual a lot will change between now and draft day, but my initial thought is that there is one position player on each list that interests me a lot. Brice Turang on the high school list. And Nick Madrigal on the college list. Otherwise, the pitchers seem more impressive.
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I like Jeremy Eierman from Southwest Missouri State as a possible 3B pickup (12th on BA college list). He plays SS now and is solid defensively, but seems to have enough power for a corner IF position.
 
With tonight's loss, we are locked in to pick no worse than 8th. The only two teams we could pass for a higher pick are the Mets and Padres.

To get a better pick than either, we have to lose both games and both of those teams would have to win out (3 for SD, 2 for NYM). Seems pretty likely that we end up at 8, but hopefully at least one of those teams win out.
 
CJ9 said:
With tonight's loss, we are locked in to pick no worse than 8th. The only two teams we could pass for a higher pick are the Mets and Padres.

To get a better pick than either, we have to lose both games and both of those teams would have to win out (3 for SD, 2 for NYM). Seems pretty likely that we end up at 8, but hopefully at least one of those teams win out.
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If San Diego wins 2 and we lose 2 we finish 7!
 
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