The Official 2018 Amateur Draft Thread

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

watched Glibert pitch a few innings gin the ncaa regionals yesterday.  He's legit.

He went 7 innings, threw 120+ pitches and had 14 Ks

 

His curve was silly good in that game.

Edited June 4, 2018 by Inside Pitch

[Docwaukee]

I'm hoping that there's a run on pitchers so we can grab India or Bohm but I know that's not gonna happen.  

Hoping we can grab Adams in the 2nd.  I know a lot of people don't like him, but I think Seth Beer is going to be a great major league hitter.  I'd be cool with him in the 2nd round as well.  

[Docwaukee]

Jordan Groshans is another guy who's been mocked to us.  Prep 3b.  Gives a hunter pence vibe.  

[Inside Pitch]

14 minutes ago, REDneck said:

Isn't this kid supposed to play football for NC?

Yep -- same kid.      Word is he's been talking up his options with FB in order to drive up his signing bonus.  Not sure if he's heard it's not 2011 anymore and teams are much more married to slot $ than in the past, but he's made bonus money a topic of conversation. 

 Tremendous athlete, but I worry about guys who make getting paid as big of a deal as some have reported he has.

[Inside Pitch]

K Law's mock draft 4.0

17. Los Angeles Angels: Logan Gilbert, RHP, Stetson

College arms, a few prep arms (notably Rodriguez and Weathers), and select prep bats, notably Adams.

[eaterfan]

I don't follow the draft too closely. I know last year Adell was immediately ranked as a top 3 prospect in our system. Are there any guys we could draft this year that will even crack our top 10 before playing a professional inning? 

This is a comment both on the strides our system has taken and on picking 17th instead of 10th. 

[Angel Oracle]

One thing for sure, they won't be drafted a 3rd round quality guy with the 17th pick and then celebrating like they found the next Johnny Bench.

[Vlad27Trout27]

I hope for this Draft the focus is on high upside infielder and pitchers. 

[Chuck]

BA's last mock draft (or at least their latest)

Jackson Kowar

FloridaRHP

Notes:

If the board plays out this way, Los Angeles might decide between Kowar and Stetson righthander Logan Gilbert.

[Chuck]

[Angel Oracle]

Is that a misprint on Gilbert's WHIP?   0.40 doesn't seem possible. 

[Dave Saltzer]

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Is that a misprint on Gilbert's WHIP?   0.40 doesn't seem possible. 

Here are Logan Gilbert's stats according to baseball cube 

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct
2016	Stetson	AtlSun	NCAA-1	Fr	30	S/R	19	2	1	2.74	21	5	16	0	0	0	0	49.0	44	19	15	3	27	43	0	0	0	1.44	8.03	0.55	4.93	7.84	1.59	.667
2017	Stetson	AtlSun	NCAA-1	So	30	S/R	20	10	0	2.02	15	12	3	2	0	0	0	89.0	65	23	20	1	26	107	0	0	0	1.02	6.57	0.10	2.63	10.82	4.12	1.000
2018	Stetson	AtlSun	NCAA-1	-		ST	21	10	1	2.52	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	60	31	28	7	20	143	1	0	0	0.80	5.40	0.63	1.80	12.87	7.15	.909
NCAA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								22	2	2.38	50	31	19	2	0	0	0	238.0	169	73	63	11	73	293	1	0	0	1.02	6.38	0.42	2.76	11.06	4.01	.917

 

According to d1baseball.com, they have this:

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	APP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	HP	OBA
2016		2	1	2.74	21	5	0	0	0	49.1	44	19	15	27	43	2	4	.317
2017		10	0	2.02	15	12	2	1	0	89.0	65	23	20	26	107	4	8	.202
2018	STET	11	1	2.52	15	15	0	0	0	107.0	65	33	30	23	157	1	8	.172

[ten ocho recon scout]

When does it start?!?!?!

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

When does it start?!?!?!

4pm

[Angel Oracle]

0.80 WHIP then for Gilbert, very good WHIP it is.   Do they take the bigger potential of Kowar or Rolison, or the more refined command of Gilbert?

[Dave Saltzer]

16 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

0.80 WHIP then for Gilbert, very good WHIP it is.   Do they take the bigger potential of Kowar or Rolison, or the more refined command of Gilbert?

If you are going for power and possibly the highest ceiling, if he's available (since Mize won't be) you'd take McClanahan. 

[Second Base]

21 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

0.80 WHIP then for Gilbert, very good WHIP it is.   Do they take the bigger potential of Kowar or Rolison, or the more refined command of Gilbert?

I feel like Gilbert is the guy the Angels take of the rest of their draft plan goes to crap before their pick is up. Meaning Rocker, Weathers, Adams, Kowar and McClanahan are all off the board.

[Chuck]

McClanahan looks like southpaw version of Riley Pint to me. Hard pass IMO.

Go for strike throwers with a decent fastball, good change and a breaking ball. 

[Chuck]

Have you guys heard that in addition to Jordyn Adams, we've been looking at Xavier Edwards and Brice Turang as position players?

[HaloRed]

Whose the best athlete with tools to develop from, in HS? 

Today's MLB draft buzz suggests Kyler Murray was the best athlete in the 2015 draft before committed to OU for Football and Baseball.  Murray is the next QB behind (the Browns idiotic 1st pick of Mayfield) but the article suggests he could be lured into this year's draft.  Whether the Angels would want to take him at 17 if he's there...too risky or rewardy?

[Dave Saltzer]

15 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Have you guys heard that in addition to Jordyn Adams, we've been looking at Xavier Edwards and Brice Turang as position players?

Yes. And, we've taken a long look at Winn out of Orange Lutheran. I doubt that Winn will be available to us at 17, but, it would be a very nice pick if he is. I doubt that Edwards will be there in the second round, but, that would be a great pick if we could get him there.

[taylorblakeward]

17 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Have you guys heard that in addition to Jordyn Adams, we've been looking at Xavier Edwards and Brice Turang as position players?

Someone finally read my latest mock

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, taylorblakeward said:

Someone finally read my latest mock

I try to read everything you do, @taylorblakeward. 

[Dave Saltzer]

I have to wonder how this year's draft affects us at the trade deadline and in the offseason. Imagine if we get another player like Marsh in the second round, or do extremely well with some pitching that we get. If, near the end of July, we are seeing some success, does that help make other prospects expendable to fix the parent club? Lots of possibilities . . . 

[Angel Oracle]

51 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Have you guys heard that in addition to Jordyn Adams, we've been looking at Xavier Edwards and Brice Turang as position players?

Wasn't Turang originally thought a year ago to be a potential #1 overall pick in this draft? 

One note to Jordyn Adams: the slotting system recently instituted has made it pretty much a no brainer for first round picks to sign.   Even if you move up say 12 spots 3 years from now, the money won't be that much more plus you sacrificed 3 years minor league development in the meantime.