Draft lottery will be on MLB Network and MLB.com today at 2:30 Pacific - Angels are selecting 8th overall

[Ender]

Also the Reds finished above .500 and get the 2nd pick? Yeah this lottery is dumb. 

[Second Base]

2 minutes ago, Ender said:

Also the Reds finished above .500 and get the 2nd pick? Yeah this lottery is dumb. 

Ohio teams had horseshoes stuck up their collective asses on this one.

[Erstad Grit]

7 minutes ago, Ender said:

Also the Reds finished above .500 and get the 2nd pick? Yeah this lottery is dumb. 

My assumption is its to prevent tanking. 

[Second Base]

And despite the Angels losing a couple slots again, it doesn't seem like it'll be a big deal. The guys available at the 6th pick and 8th are pretty comparable. 

Typically the top 3 guys really separate themselves. And everything after that 4-15ish is close in value, and 15-30 as well. 

This last draft was the strongest in YEARS. So picks 1-5 were all elite and the guys taken at the end of the first round were typically guys you get in picks 10-15 in a normal class. The biggest difference really was the 2nd round. Many of those guys were legit 1st rounders any other year. And wouldn't you know, the Angels just happen to not have a 2nd round pick the year where it actually means something. Mariners made out like bandits though. 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Second Base

[REDneck]

That's what happens when you have to play the lottery.

The Angels are one of the six people I have to stand behind and wait on in line at the gas station because these people think it's a roulette table at the gas station.

All I wanted was a Pepsi!

 

 

[Inside Pitch]

I want to configure my Alexa alerts on all things Angels to play the Pac Man death sound at the end...

[ELEVEN]

3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

I want to configure my Alexa alerts on all things Angels to play the Pac Man death sound at the end...

Pac Man Death Sound would be a pretty good band name.

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

I want to configure my Alexa alerts on all things Angels to play the Pac Man death sound at the end...

 

[REDneck]

So wait all the suck they did this year only yielded a participation trophy?

[EdmontonAngelsFan]

I'm on the Vance Honeycutt train and I have no idea why!

[ELEVEN]

6 hours ago, EdmontonAngelsFan said:

I'm on the Vance Honeycutt train and I have no idea why!

Check your ticket.

[Chuck]

Baseball America already has their mock 2024 amateur draft up and has us selecting Seaver King with our 8th pick. (Great name!) 

[T.G.]

The name "Seaver King" sounds like a big time baller.

[Angels in 2030]

20 hours ago, Second Base said:

And despite the Angels losing a couple slots again, it doesn't seem like it'll be a big deal. The guys available at the 6th pick and 8th are pretty comparable. 

Typically the top 3 guys really separate themselves. And everything after that 4-15ish is close in value, and 15-30 as well. 

This last draft was the strongest in YEARS. So picks 1-5 were all elite and the guys taken at the end of the first round were typically guys you get in picks 10-15 in a normal class. The biggest difference really was the 2nd round. Many of those guys were legit 1st rounders any other year. And wouldn't you know, the Angels just happen to not have a 2nd round pick the year where it actually means something. Mariners made out like bandits though. 

That sounds reasonable enough.  However, i'd still prefer to be picking at #6 than #8.

[Blarg]

On 12/5/2023 at 4:17 PM, cals said:

I guess I don’t understand why they need a lottery.  W-L itself was a pretty good indicator of who sucked and who needed higher draft picks.  The lottery hurts competitive balance, it doesn’t help in any way.

I'd have less problem with the lottery if it didn't set the order from round one on to the end. Keep the lottery for the gimmick (it's not preventing tanking) and then from round 2 on it's where each teams record placed them. 

So this year the Angels take the 8th pick in the first round and then 6th the rest of the draft. 

[jsnpritchett]

38 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I'd have less problem with the lottery if it didn't set the order from round one on to the end. Keep the lottery for the gimmick (it's not preventing tanking) and then from round 2 on it's where each teams record placed them. 

So this year the Angels take the 8th pick in the first round and then 6th the rest of the draft. 

That's exactly what it does. It only applies to the first round. 

[AngelStew43]

Do we really need to draft another SS?  At 8, we can't get a near ready starting pitcher with upside? 

[totdprods]

On 12/6/2023 at 2:56 PM, Chuck said:

Baseball America already has their mock 2024 amateur draft up and has us selecting Seaver King with our 8th pick. (Great name!) 

Sounds like someone who'd make Neto available in a trade.

[Chuck]

 

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, totdprods said:

Sounds like someone who'd make Neto available in a trade.

Or he is the next 3rd baseman and Neto stay as SS. That is really the best scenario that locks down thee infield for quite a while. 

[m0nkey]

22 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

That's exactly what it does. It only applies to the first round. 

I love these types of interactions

[Chuck]

11 minutes ago, Chuck said:

 

BA had Honeycutt going 6th to the Royals. 

[Inside Pitch]

On 12/6/2023 at 4:46 PM, Angels in 2030 said:

That sounds reasonable enough.  However, i'd still prefer to be picking at #6 than #8.

I would too just for the extra pool money.

[cals]

47 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

I love these types of interactions

When it’s someone schooling Blarg it’s the best.

[tomsred]

I thought we were going to take all pitchers once again.