Official 2021 MLB draft thread

[rafibomb]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

 

Plus arm? Move him to pitcher!

[rafibomb]

 

 

[arch stanton]

5 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

 

You can never have too many Puerto Rican catchers

[rafibomb]

Albanese looking a little bit like his Louisville teammate we drafted a season ago

 

Edited July 14, 2021 by rafibomb

[CanadianHalo]

 

 

[Lou]

On 7/12/2021 at 2:49 PM, rafibomb said:

 

 

 

 

On 7/12/2021 at 3:00 PM, Lou said:

Olthoff's response:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.saturdaydownsouth.com/mississippi-state-football/mississippi-states-accusation-that-tulane-pitcher-used-pine-tar-gets-jomboy-treatment-nsfw/amp/

 

[ScruffytheJanitor]

6 hours ago, rafibomb said:

Albanese looking a little bit like his Louisville teammate we drafted a season ago

 

Might be my favorite pick in the draft; great value, should move fairly quickly, and should be a reliever from the get-go. 

[Docwaukee]

7 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/draft-combine-batting-leaders-day-1

his name showing up a few times.  

[DMVol]

12 hours ago, Dochalo said:

good that they went out and got some pitching.  They kinda neglected that in the draft.  

You can never have enough.....

[failos]

What can we complain about now? Not enough catchers in the organization? 

[GrittyVeterans]

So I stopped paying attention after the first round due to work. I understand that we went very heavy on pitching, but can someone fill me in on if the selections make sense/are solid picks with upside?

@Dochalo

@Inside Pitch

@totdprods

[Stradling]

11 minutes ago, failos said:

What can we complain about now? Not enough catchers in the organization? 

The development of these pitchers is all that matters.  It certainly seems like we are seeing a ton of steps forward on the mound this year in the minors and with guys like Sandoval and Suarez.  Hopefully the guys being brought in create some talented depth going forward.  

[Jason]

27 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

So I stopped paying attention after the first round due to work. I understand that we went very heavy on pitching, but can someone fill me in on if the selections make sense/are solid picks with upside?

@Dochalo

@Inside Pitch

@totdprods

They have posted a ton of info in this thread and several of the pitchers selected have their own threads. I'd start there as it's fairly comprehensive 

[sportstr44]

 

[Lazorko Saves]

Excellent, Perry and Co. moving on UDFAs.  This will be important in a short draft era.

It's criminal that we only signed *one* last year in the shortest draft in everyone's lifetime.  That was like passing on your 6th round pick, passing on your 7th round pick, etc.

This year, according to the BA UDFA tracker, we're moving on more players than any other team so far.

[greginpsca]

If the team gets 2  good starters and 2-4 solid relievers out of this group, it bodes well for the future.

[sportstr44]

 

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[BTH]

3 hours ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Excellent, Perry and Co. moving on UDFAs.  This will be important in a short draft era.

It's criminal that we only signed *one* last year in the shortest draft in everyone's lifetime.  That was like passing on your 6th round pick, passing on your 7th round pick, etc.

This year, according to the BA UDFA tracker, we're moving on more players than any other team so far.

I wonder if a lot of it had to do with Eppler's status. I feel like Arte may not have given Eppler a ton of resources knowing that Eppler wasn't gonna be the guy long-term. Now that a new front office is in place for years to come, Minasian and Co. are being given resources to try and make the organization successful.

[tomsred]

6 minutes ago, Trendon said:

I wonder if a lot of it had to do with Eppler's status. I feel like Arte may not have given Eppler a ton of resources knowing that Eppler wasn't gonna be the guy long-term. Now that a new front office is in place for years to come, Minasian and Co. are being given resources to try and make the organization successful.

Wow, you're hopeful.

[BTH]

13 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Wow, you're hopeful.

Not being hopeful, just realistic.

Minasian is in year 1 of a 4 year deal. Dipoto and Eppler both lasted at least through their first contracts as GM's, so I don't have any reason to believe Minasian won't either.

[Lazorko Saves]

Ya'll thought you were joking about catchers.  Four UDFA so far.

• Myles Emmerson, C, Cal Poly
• Zach Humphreys, C, Texas Christian
• Kyle Lovelace, C, Houston
• Gabe Matthews, 1B, Oregon
• Matthew McMillan, RHP, UT-Tyler
• Lucas Torres, C, Cayey, P.R.
• Paxton Wallace, 3B, Wichita State
• Joey Walsh, LHP, Boston College
• Kenyon Yovan, RHP/IF, Oregon