The Kumar Rocker/Jack Leiter/Jaden Hill sweepstakes

[Angel Oracle]

Halfway through the 60 game season, the Pirates are in front, with the Halos and Red Sux tied for 2nd, .5 game back.

Edited September 3, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[bloodbrother]

Angels can surpass Pittsburgh, just gotta give Upton and Pujols some more starts down the stretch

[Claude]

I hope Eppler is better than Elgin Baylor with first picks.

[Taylor]

There's a dude named Kumar Rocker? Awesome.

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

There's a dude named Kumar Rocker? Awesome.

Must be Johns' son.

Edited August 24, 2020 by Tank

[Vlad27Trout27]

This team is a mess, there's so many holes.

We need an Ace, and we could grab one.

We also could you a middle of the order bat, that can play 1st. And usually at this pick (s) there's a good chance you can grab an all-start type of bat.

we could also draft a Catcher.. 

We also need a closer, not saying it. but........

we can go a lot of ways. 

what do you guys think is the right pick?

A pitcher that will ultimately, will require Tj (sorry, but at this point every young pitcher that walks thru this organization should be expecting Tj0

Or a bat that could be an All-star

[Angels in 2030]

53 minutes ago, Tank said:

Must be Johns son.

Definitely not - quite possibly the exact opposite. 

[Chuck]

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Please..please..please...would help fast track our rotation rebuild. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

Must be Johns son.

If you see what he looks like you're going to laugh and see why there is zero chance.

[Inside Pitch]

54 minutes ago, Fourts said:

Definitely not - quite possibly the exact opposite. 

Pretty hilarious comment (Tanks), based on what Rocker was famous for outside of his pitching.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Fourts said:

Definitely not - quite possibly the exact opposite. 

I was being ironical.

[ukyah]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

If you see what he looks like you're going to laugh and see why there is zero chance.

i'd think the name kumar would br enough.

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, ukyah said:

i'd think the name kumar would br enough.

Think of the White Castle endorsement deals this kid has waiting for him!

[Angel Oracle]

Only downside with Leiter is that even with a full 2021 college season, he will only have 1 1/3 college seasons under his belt.

Would likely need 2+ minor league seasons to be ready?

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

We need an Ace, and we could grab one.

I'd love to hear your plan for this. What would you do?

[arch stanton]

His dad and uncle both played in the NFL. He's the bizarro Mahomes

[Docwaukee]

Rocker all the way.  

F the 2020 season.  Get the top pick.  
 

[Docwaukee]

BTW, mlb will probably change the draft order rules and we'll somehow get screwed.  

[zenmaster]

As bad as we are the Pirates are worse. Let's hope we can catch them in this lost season of ours.

[Angel Oracle]

6 hours ago, arch stanton said:

His dad and uncle both played in the NFL. He's the bizarro Mahomes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Rocker

Outland Trophy winner in college, short NFL career, I thought I remembered back when he played for Auburn and the Redskins (sorry, PCers).

Edited August 24, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

4 hours ago, Dochalo said:

BTW, mlb will probably change the draft order rules and we'll somehow get screwed.  

Arte should accuse Manfred of racism, and cause him to not change the draft order.  

[Jeremiah]

At this point, I'd be fine with getting as many reps for the top prospects as we can and getting that top pick.

[Angels in 2030]

9 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Only downside with Leiter is that even with a full 2021 college season, he will only have 1 1/3 college seasons under his belt.

Would likely need 2+ minor league seasons to be ready?

This is a good point.  Unfortunately, this is going to be the case for many young guys as well...losing some development time.  Then again, i guess from the Angels standpoint and the curse of TJ injuries, maybe it's best to have them pitching less -- get some guys with less wear/tear on their arms/shoulders.  Grasping at straws these days at glass-half-full viewpoints as an Angel fan.

If indeed we do get a top 5-6 pick, we really need there to be some decent amount of spring College / HS baseball played so scouts can properly evaluate.  If we end up in the 10-15 range, it could be a potential benefit to those teams (& back end of 1st round) with good scouting since guys might be available who otherwise would not have if being able to showcase themselves over a full season.

They better not F with the draft order.  Only thing i'd be cool with would be a lottery for the top pick for the non-playoff teams.  I could get behind this for one season due to the hugely unbalanced 2020 schedule. 

Pirates have won 3 in a row -- keep it up! 

[Angel Oracle]

The country better not still be shutdown in March.   One year and still partly shutdown = uhh uhh.

F the new normal!