The Official 2023 MLB Amateur Draft Thread

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Oh, I meant Zach, not Ben!

That just means he has more parts to farm.

[mmc]

Angels select OF Rio Foster from Florence-Darlington Tech 474th overall in the 16th round.

Welcome to the Halos!

 

[Chuck]

 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

Angels select Rio Foster from Florence-Darlington Tech 474th overall in the 16th round.

Welcome to the Halos!

39 SBs this year.  3B/OF.

https://www.region10sports.com/sports/bsb/2022-23/players/riofoster22sh

[mmc]

 

[Angel Oracle]

Zach Joyce sits at 95mph with a mid 80s slider.

[jsnpritchett]

Hoping the Angels are setting up some sort of "big splash" to get one of the remaining top-100-ranked high schoolers. 

[mmc]

Angels select P Logan Britt from Abilene Christian 504th overall in the 17th round.

Welcome to the Halos!

 

[mmc]

Same school as Bauman

[Angel Oracle]

16 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

His name is Rio, and he hits bombs over the fence all day!

Edited July 11, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[BTH]

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

Angels select P Logan Britt from Abilene Christian 504th overall in the 17th round.

Welcome to the Halos!

 

He was announced as a pitcher, but he’s only made 1 appearance as pitcher in college according to baseball reference…

Faced 3 batters, gave up 1 hit, 2 walks, and 2 wild pitches.

And it looks like he’s primarily been a hitter. So are they converting him? Or a mistake?

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, Trendon said:

He was announced as a pitcher, but he’s only made 1 appearance as pitcher in college according to baseball reference…

Faced 3 batters, gave up 1 hit, 2 walks, and 2 wild pitches.

And it looks like he’s primarily been a hitter. So are they converting him? Or a mistake?

He was drafted as an OF out of high school, too.  Gotta just be an error?

(Side note: he played on the same high school team as Bobby Witt, Jr.)

[BTH]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

He was drafted as an OF out of high school, too.  Gotta just be an error?

(Side note: he played on the same high school team as Bobby Witt, Jr.)

it’s weird because they announced him as a pitcher on the official MLB draft call.

So it’s not like they just entered it into the draft tracker wrong?

[mmc]

Angels select P Dalton Kendrick from the University of Memphis 534th overall in the 18th round.

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[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, mmc said:

Angels select P Dalton Kendrick from the University of Memphis 534th overall in the 18th round.

Welcome to the Halos!

Big ol' dude.  6'5", 250 lb lefty.

Mediocre numbers in college.  Walks a bunch of guys, K's a good number, too:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kendri000dal

EDIT: Mediocre numbers overall, though this season was definitely better.  Only allowed 5.6 H/9.

Edited July 11, 2023 by jsnpritchett

[Angel Oracle]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Big ol' dude.  6'5", 250 lb lefty.

Mediocre numbers in college.  Walks a bunch of guys, K's a good number, too:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kendri000dal

This season, he was much better.

Sub 1.00 WHIP, 45 innings, only 13 BBs and 55 Ks

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Angel Oracle said:

This season, he was much better.

Sub 1.00 WHIP, 45 innings, only 13 BBs and 55 Ks

Yes, I already edited my post to talk about this season.

[mmc]

Angels select OF Raudi Rodriguez from Georgia Premier Academy 564th overall in the 19th round

Welcome to the Halos!

 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

Angels select SS Raudi Rodriguez from Georgia Premier Academy 564th overall in the 19th round

Welcome to the Halos!

 

Just turned 20.  Old for a HS grad.  Not much about him online.

 

[mmc]

 

[jsnpritchett]

I don't see anyone in the 18 picks so far who should go for much over slot, if at all (Barrett Kent has the largest gap between pre-draft ranking and where he was taken, but from what I've been able to find about him, he doesn't really seem like a guy you'd break the bank on).  So either they're planning on drafting someone in the 20th round who'll require an overpay, or they're just being very conservative with their money this year.

[Deek]

11 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Just turned 20.  Old for a HS grad.  Not much about him online.

 

This kid feels like a Toe Nash reset... look him up...

[Vladdy Issues]

9 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I don't see anyone in the 18 picks so far who should go for much over slot, if at all (Barrett Kent has the largest gap between pre-draft ranking and where he was taken, but from what I've been able to find about him, he doesn't really seem like a guy you'd break the bank on).  So either they're planning on drafting someone in the 20th round who'll require an overpay, or they're just being very conservative with their money this year.

of all the years to be conservative with their draft spending than the year of the deepest draft #AngelWay

[mmc]

Angels select SS Mac McCroskey from Oral Roberts 594th overall with their final pick in the 20th round.

Welcome to the Halos!

 

[mmc]