The Official Los Angeles Angels 2016 MLB Draft Thread

[Mark68]

Astros pick (#17) RHP Forrest Whitley, Alamo Heights HS, TX

[Stradling]

You guys are awesome.  One or two of you have ever seen more than a handful of these guys play.  You can watch youtube clips but that isn't nearly enough to have a real opinion of a guy.  This is a college guy that hit .375 with power and an OBP of .470.  We all know we have to build a team that can compete sooner rather than later, so why not take a very good college bat. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

BLAH BLAH BLAH....... Enter ScottyA~.....

 

Well, Ric Wilson is a former Catcher.....So, there you go!

[Oz27]

Just now, hangin n wangin said:

Because there were better prospects available who didn't play catcher.

Plenty of mock drafts had him going in the 30s, I didn't see one which had him in the 20s. If we're drafting him as a 1B, not sure how he is deemed a better prospect than someone like Rutherford.

[Blarg]

4 minutes ago, Mark68 said:

With the #16 pick, Eppler & Co choose C Matt Thaiss, Virginia

Matt Thaiss

MattThaiss

MatThaiss

Mathaiss

Mathiss

Mathis!!!!!!

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

So, just to be clear, we hate the pick because he is a catcher?  Everyone on here is saying his bat is why they drafted him, so why is everyone pissed off?

because it seems like another reach relative to other players ranked ahead of him.  None of us are really in a position to question that, but just going by consensus from multiple publications we probably went cheap.  

[fan_since79]

from Sporting News:

Thaiss is a highly coveted blend of lefthanded contact and power hitting, plus an accurate righthanded thrower. He's durable too, having led Virginia in hitting while starting all 67 games last season.

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

Sporting News College Player of the Year.

.323, 10 HR, 64 RBI for Virginia in 2015.

 

 

10 bombs while playing in that park is pretty nifty...  .470 OBP too..   39 BB -- 16 Ks...

[Angels Never Die]

It may sound rough, but I hope Rutherford doesn't become anything.

[Docwaukee]

Just now, Blarg said:

Matt Thaiss

MattThaiss

MatThaiss

Mathaiss

Mathiss

Mathis!!!!!!

haha!!! that's awesome.  

[Chuck]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

10 bombs while playing in that park is pretty nifty...  .470 OBP too..   39 BB -- 16 Ks...

I've warmed to this like a camp fire in the freezing fucking cold 

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, Dochalo said:

haha!!! that's awesome.  

Blarg is an evil dude...

 

[hangin n wangin]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Matt Thaiss

MattThaiss

MatThaiss

Mathaiss

Mathiss

Mathis!!!!!!

Lol that's funny.

[AngelsFaninGA]

Okay, so he's not a catcher. But is his bat good enough for 1B or OF? Because the expectations at those positions are much higher than at C

[Angels Never Die]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

You guys are awesome.  One or two of you have ever seen more than a handful of these guys play.  You can watch youtube clips but that isn't nearly enough to have a real opinion of a guy.  This is a college guy that hit .375 with power and an OBP of .470.  We all know we have to build a team that can compete sooner rather than later, so why not take a very good college bat. 

You can't be that picky, or else you risk artificially limiting the talent pool at your pick even more. You take BPA, regardless of when you think they'll be ready.

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, Mark68 said:

Astros pick (#17) RHP Forrest Whitley, Alamo Heights HS, TX

I liked him.  Was hoping he'd be our guy.  

[BaseballMom]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

Maybe we just drafted the best bat in the draft dudes?

Just saying..

Excuse me????

[Angel Oracle]

Seems like another trying to save first round slot money to use in the next rounds?

[Angelsjunky]

5 minutes ago, nando714 said:

who is running this draft?

Jim Abbott's little arm.

[Chuck]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

Blarg is an evil dude...

 

F that Blarg guy

[fan_since79]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

So we ignore his stats because he is a catcher? 

He sounds like a very decent catcher to me and someone who can actually hit a baseball.

 

[Angels Never Die]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Matt Thaiss

MattThaiss

MatThaiss

Mathaiss

Mathiss

Mathis!!!!!!

Illuminati confirmed

[Chuck]

Just now, Angelsjunky said:

Jim Abbott's little arm.

Asshole

[Mark68]

Maybe Thaiss is our Schwarber?

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

because it seems like another reach relative to other players ranked ahead of him.  None of us are really in a position to question that, but just going by consensus from multiple publications we probably went cheap.  

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2016/5/12/11656042/2016-mlb-draft-matt-thaiss-c-university-of-virginia

" If you think Thaiss will be a decent defender eventually, he's a certain first rounder and maybe sooner than people think; a team that believes in the glove could target him for an under-slot deal. If you think that he's destined for first base, he is more of a compensation round pick. Either way his bat will get him drafted on day one, especially given the relative lack of polished college bats."