Official MLB Draft Thread

[KevinJ14]

Richie Martin just hit a laser out for a HR.

[Taylor]

Bump this thread in 3-5 years if any of the draftees pan out.

[Guest]

What's going on with Brady Aiken? Is he having health concerns? I saw a mock draft that didn't even have him in the first round.

he had tommy john. he's a massive douche. 

[Inside Pitch]

This BS with making the draft a prime time event is annoying...   I had hoped to slapdick all day tomorrow listening/watching the draft and now it seems I'll actually have to get some work done.

Color me bitter.

[ukyah]

This BS with making the draft a prime time event is annoying...   I had hoped to slapdick all day tomorrow listening/watching the draft and now it seems I'll actually have to get some work done.

Color me bitter.

 

 

you don't really here, "slapdick" very often.

[Stradling]

you don't really here, "slapdick" very often.

Cez?

[Inside Pitch]

Cez?

 

Thats a completely different kind of slapdickery

[Cdaniel]

he had tommy john. he's a massive douche.

Do we pick Aiken if he falls to the Angels?

[SoWhat]

Do we pick Aiken if he falls to the Angels?

Nope. You can't risk your first pick on a guy like Aiken when the farm system is barren.

[Stradling]

I believe farm systems are built in the first five rounds of the draft. It would be tough to pass on Aiken, a number one overall pick last year. Admittedly I don't follow college or high school baseball.

[Second Base]

You don't pass on Aiken's upside, no matter how much pitching depth you have. This isn't Jeremy Rhoades or DeLoach who are both good, this is a guy with more upside than Sean Newcomb, who we considered a steal at 15. If you get Aiken at 26, you take him.

[ELEVEN]

You don't pass on Aiken's upside, no matter how much pitching depth you have. This isn't Jeremy Rhoades or DeLoach who are both good, this is a guy with more upside than Sean Newcomb, who we considered a steal at 15. If you get Aiken at 26, you take him.

Yep.

[ELEVEN]

he had tommy john. he's a massive douche.

CJ's replacement!

[Tyler]

Aiken would probably eat up too much of the alotted draft money. Look for college guys early and often.

Edited June 8, 2015 by Shane

[TeemuTrout]

Chris Betts = Hank Conger

[ukyah]

aiken was the #1 pick last year, he's not dropping to the angels. tommy john is far from the end of the world, he won't make it past 15. probably easy top ten.

[Cdaniel]

aiken was the #1 pick last year, he's not dropping to the angels. tommy john is far from the end of the world, he won't make it past 15. probably easy top ten.

I've seen mock drafts with him slipping to the comp picks.

[Stradling]

I've seen mock drafts with him slipping to the comp picks.

I was looking last night and most of the ones I looked at have him in the 15-17 range.

[CanadianHalo]

Like Todd Gurley, Aiken will go a lot higher than people expect. If by some miracle he is there at 26 you take him.

[Cdaniel]

Might have been just Keith Laws mock draft then.

[Dick B Back]

you don't really here, "slapdick" very often.

And you shouldn't as I find it insulting.

[Angel Oracle]

Just pleeease, no more Crons with the first round pick.

Make sure that the position players selected then have some sort of understanding of the strike zone.

[Second Base]

The funny thing is, Cron came out of college with a considerably different scouting report.  He was a decent enough defensive catcher, but a shoulder injury prevented him from playing there in his final year at Utah.  Thus, he moved over to 1B and DH.  It mattered little since he came prepackaged with plus raw power and a very advanced understanding of the strike zone.

 

Unfortunately, that last part didn't transfer to the majors.  The difference between collegiate off-speed pitches and those in the pros just wasn't something Cron could fully adjust to.  He was also more of a dead-pull hitter coming out of college.  Around AA he began using the entire field, which we've seen in the majors. 

 

But with Cron, he's an example of the risk that comes with scouting a player based on what he did in college with the assumption it transfers to the pros.  Generally, plate discipline in college DOES translate to the minor leagues and down the road, the pros.  But not always. 

 

I'm hoping for D.J. Stewart still, who admittedly has some comparisons to Cron, except he can capably play the corner OF. 

[nando714]

Can we draft Cubans yet? Or do we need to pay 90 mill for them still

[Inside Pitch]

The funny thing is, Cron came out of college with a considerably different scouting report.  He was a decent enough defensive catcher, but a shoulder injury prevented him from playing there in his final year at Utah.  Thus, he moved over to 1B and DH.  It mattered little since he came prepackaged with plus raw power and a very advanced understanding of the strike zone.

 

Unfortunately, that last part didn't transfer to the majors.  The difference between collegiate off-speed pitches and those in the pros just wasn't something Cron could fully adjust to.  He was also more of a dead-pull hitter coming out of college.  Around AA he began using the entire field, which we've seen in the majors. 

 

But with Cron, he's an example of the risk that comes with scouting a player based on what he did in college with the assumption it transfers to the pros.  Generally, plate discipline in college DOES translate to the minor leagues and down the road, the pros.  But not always. 

 

I'm hoping for D.J. Stewart still, who admittedly has some comparisons to Cron, except he can capably play the corner OF. 

 

I worry about Stewart because of his potentially fluffy body, but he's got a lot of things going for him and he knows how to work the strike zone.  He's also got baseball bloodlines, his Dad played in the Pads system back in the early 90s but his Dad's game was more about speed than his bat.  Still, I do worry about his conditioning..  Stewart has been getting progressively rounder as his college career has gone on.    

 

To his credit, he seems to lose some of the roundness as the season wears on.  But the kid likes to eat.