2023 MLB Draft thread 6pm on ESPN

[Shoxthemonkey 1983]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

He threw 100+ from short stop and the of during the prospect combine. Hits 97 on the mound. If he can bat, move him out from behind the plate 

This is my hope. The angst about the pick is more about the GM and draft director being holdovers from the Dayton Moore regime. The drafting they did at DMs direction was nothing less than horrible. The total WAR from first round picks since 2015 is 5.7 and Brady Singer accounts for 5.9 of that. Lot of negative WAR from the Hunter Doziers of those drafts. The kid seems like a solid player, maybe taken a few slots too early, but athletic enough to move to a more needed position. I'm hopeful he will be a solid ML player.

[YGIFS 19452]

Rounds 11-20 about to start.  I like the tracker for UT.  But the high school one is a beating.  Anybody know a shortcut where I can see which commits of ours got picked and which are still on the board today?  Thanks.

[rvm96 1643]

DJ Uiagalelei, former 5* QB recruit, got drafted by the Dodgers in the 20th round today. Apparently it's their second try at getting him to play baseball.

 

 

[Beau Vine 54466]

Sawchick:

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This year's draft wasn't only dominated by college stars at the top; it was dominated by college stars throughout the top 10 rounds.

From 1992-2001, there was nearly an even split between college (53.4%) and high school players in the first 10 rounds.

But in the decade after the "Moneyball" draft, the college share of picks in the first 10 rounds rose to 66.7%.

And from 2012-21, as the bonus-pool era came along, the college rate jumped to 73.9% in those rounds.

The first 10 rounds this year? A whopping 80.6% of selections were college players.

 

[Helobious 9467]

On 7/9/2023 at 6:37 PM, Beau Vine said:

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?

Max Clark’s pro stats so far: .333 AVG/.917 SLG/ 1.312 OPS. Is that good?

[Beau Vine 54466]

30 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Max Clark’s pro stats so far: .333 AVG/.917 SLG/ 1.312 OPS. Is that good?

Oh goody, you're going to latch onto another prospect.  Whatever happened to Jasson Dominguez??

[Helobious 9467]

53 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Oh goody, you're going to latch onto another prospect.  Whatever happened to Jasson Dominguez??

You know how Texas was basically always getting recruits everyone wanted, then they got here and they kind of sucked? I’ve accepted that’s Yankee player development. Clark is different. Kid came straight out of high school and is already dominating rookie ball.

[Beau Vine 54466]

11 hours ago, Helobious said:

Clark is different. Kid came straight out of high school and is already dominating rookie ball.

You do realize that he has played three whole games, right?

[Helobious 9467]

I had thought he played 13 games but that was plate appearances. Doesn’t change the fact that I think he’s legit

[Beau Vine 54466]

20 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I had thought he played 13 games but that was plate appearances. Doesn’t change the fact that I think he’s legit

Well, no shit he's legit, he was a top 5 talent in the draft.  Here's the guy I criticized the Tigers for passing on:

And here's the other guy (also high schooler) I would have picked ahead of Clark:

 

[Helobious 9467]

Oh and you’ll soon be eating your words about Jasson @Beau Vine