2023 MLB Draft thread 6pm on ESPN

[Beau Vine 54443]

Witt, LBJ, and DC likely to be the first good guys off the board.

[Dr Fear 1268]

I'm just here for the hot bonus pool talk.

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

6 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Witt, LBJ, and DC likely to be the first good guys off the board.

Witt will be the interesting one. Lots of rumors that he could be returning.

Will he be drafted early if he has major signability worries? 

[Underdog 28776]

Buccos will take Skenes in order to groom him for his big payday with the Yankees in a few years. 

[UTexasFight 9534]

5 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Buccos will take Skenes in order to groom him for his big payday with the Yankees in a few years. 

That’s probably right.

cole’s contract comes off the books after 2028.

 

[Helobious 9466]

Hope Blake Mitchell falls to the Yankees in round 1.

[Beau Vine 54443]

I said it in the college thread, but I think Langford will be better than Crews.

[Beau Vine 54443]

STFU and FOAD, Manfred.

[Radical Larry 28663]

[YGIFS 19452]

what's the deadline to return to NCAA baseball if you don't like your draft offer (either incoming freshman or returning player to college)?  

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

3 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

what's the deadline to return to NCAA baseball if you don't like your draft offer (either incoming freshman or returning player to college)?  

No idea but I don't think this is going to be an issue with any Texas players. 

No team is going to draft a player in the top 10 rounds unless they're almost guaranteed they will sign. There are exceptions of course. 

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

Surely the Rangers can't be lucky enough to have Langford fall all the way to 4. 

[Beau Vine 54443]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

Surely the Rangers can't be lucky enough to have Langford fall all the way to 4. 

Nope, Tigers will take him at 3.

[tx 3 putt 77459]

2 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Surely the Rangers can't be lucky enough to have Langford fall all the way to 4. 

fuck me 

[pacman 7371]

7 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

what's the deadline to return to NCAA baseball if you don't like your draft offer (either incoming freshman or returning player to college)?  

Only deadline is probably the mlb deadline, August 1, for teams to sign their picks.

Edited July 9, 2023 by pacman

[tx 3 putt 77459]

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

Oh god, the Rangers are going to land Langford. 

What a steal. 

[Beau Vine 54443]

1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

Nope, Tigers will take him at 3.

This guy doesn't know shit.  And neither do the Tigers.  What a stupid pick.

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

Langford has as much upside/potential as anyone in the draft. 

Damn, all the way to 4. Please fuck this up Rangers and take somebody else. 

[tx 3 putt 77459]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

Langford has as much upside/potential as anyone in the draft. 

Damn, all the way to 4. Please fuck this up Rangers and take somebody else. 

[pacman 7371]

2 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

This guy doesn't know shit.  And neither do the Tigers.  What a stupid pick.

You weren't alone.

https://www.alligator.org/article/2023/07/langford-draft

 

[tx 3 putt 77459]

Langford might make the roster this year 

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

Welp. Rangers are already the big winner of the draft. 

WTF Detroit? 

[Beau Vine 54443]

He's not Mike Trout, but that's who he reminds me of -- he's the rare freak athlete who is also really really good at baseball.  

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

The Tigers drafting a HS prospect over Langford slippnig to 3 is a good way to summarize why they've been shit for nearly a decade. 

[billfromlaketravis 11524]

Do the Astros get an early promotion pick if they call up Gilbert this season? If so, just pull the f***ing trigger already. 

[Beau Vine 54443]

2 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

The Tigers drafting a HS prospect over Langford slippnig to 3 is a good way to summarize why they've been shit for nearly a decade. 

Hey, when you have a chance to draft a high school kid from <checks notes> INDIANA, you, uh... I got nothin.

WTF did Harold just say?

[tx 3 putt 77459]

MLB needs to make the A’s owners sell 

[Beau Vine 54443]

"We're starting to see teams take personalities.  Langford looks like a Texas Ranger.  Crews looks like the team he's on."

 

[cmontexas 3283]

Im not a scout but why is Roc Riggio not even in the top 100?

[Beau Vine 54443]

Just now, cmontexas said:

Im not a scout but why is Roc Riggio not even in the top 100?

Because he's a soph.

[Beau Vine 54443]

Jack Wilson was wearing a blazer, a black hoodie, and a plain black baseball cap.  Is that "in" this year?

[Beau Vine 54443]

Shit, I could see the Reds putting Lowder in their bullpen next month.

[cmontexas 3283]

Lowder is gonna put up huge ERAs in the middle of that Reds rotation

[WBT 20670]

Having to see Wake's field again in these Lowder highlights

[Don Johnson 4757]

27 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

No idea but I don't think this is going to be an issue with any Texas players. 

No team is going to draft a player in the top 10 rounds unless they're almost guaranteed they will sign. There are exceptions of course. 

Yeah. It’s like 99.9% you sign if drafted in top 10 rounds. Deal already made. Only doesn’t happen if some injury stuff pops up. 

[tx 3 putt 77459]

Vanderbilt and LSU recruiting taking big hits 

[WBT 20670]

Why are they doing this in the football stadium when there's like 1000 people there?

[tx 3 putt 77459]

 

This was a very deep draft

[Beau Vine 54443]

Noble Meyer: not an ugly girlfriend, does not lack confidence.

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

4 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Noble Meyer: not an ugly girlfriend, does not lack confidence.

My exact thoughts on seeing those TaTas...

[Beau Vine 54443]

Schnauel had a ridiculous 2023.  I don't think I've ever seen a guy with more HBP's than K's.

[billfromlaketravis 11524]

32 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Jack Wilson was wearing a blazer, a black hoodie, and a plain black baseball cap.  Is that "in" this year?

Do you even Succession bro?

[txhorns 2413]

 

14 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Noble Meyer: not an ugly girlfriend, does not lack confidence.

 

11 minutes ago, BillyGoatHill said:

My exact thoughts on seeing those TaTas...

Careful, she may not be of age yet.

[BERT 4381]

15 minutes ago, txhorns said:

 

 

Careful, she may not be of age yet.

Be careful looking at my tv screen?? 

[tx 3 putt 77459]

I like the bradfield pick

 

[Herbie Hancock 7376]

Only Eduardo Perez's dumbass could find a way to talk about the soccer skills of a guy taken in the first round. Multiple times.

Also, if you gave me the opportunity to punch only one of Kiley McDaniel or Manfred in the face, I'm really not sure who it would be. I'm not sure you could find two bigger cocksuckers even if you looked for them in the Astros thread.

[tx 3 putt 77459]

3 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

Only Eduardo Perez's dumbass could find a way to talk about the soccer skills of a guy taken in the first round. Multiple times.

Also, if you gave me the opportunity to punch only one of Kiley McDaniel or Manfred in the face, I'm really not sure who it would be. I'm not sure you could find two bigger cocksuckers even if you looked for them in the Astros thread.

I agree, the Astros thread is full of cocksuckers 

[Beau Vine 54443]

George Lombard Jr seems like he sucks.

[UTexasFight 9534]

100% booing participation:

non-Astro fans at the astros

 

astros fans at Manfred