2014 First-Year Player Draft GDT | Day 2: June 6 - 12:30 PM EST | Live on MLB.com

[Angrioter]

Astros 2-1: J.D Davis 3B - JR - Cal State - Fullerton

Marlins 2-2:

WSox 2-3:

[flafson]

Pff, this format sucks, couldn't they keep the tables with the guys to go on the podium?

[GoFlamesGo]

marlins take Anderson, Brian Arkansas (AR)

[TwistedLogic]

Can you imagine if the Marlins were trying to draft this Bryan Anderson guy last night and accidentally punted their pick by saying Blake Anderson? http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif

 

Reetz could be a nice get too, come to think of it. The top prep catcher, who is expected to stay there.

 

Yeah I'd love Reetz, but I'm at the point where I'm thinking, the Jays gotta start punting soon, don't they?

[Abomination]

Don't forget Boyd.

 

I was only referring to the 1k - 5k guys since those are more realistically considered punted picks for cap space. If one or two of those actually produce major leaguers, it would be amazing.

[GoFlamesGo]

WS take Fry, Jace Oregon State (OR)

[Angrioter]

Astros 2-1: J.D Davis 3B - JR - Cal State - Fullerton

Marlins 2-2: Brian Anderson 2B - JR - Arkansas

WSox 2-3: Jace Fry LHP -JR - Oregon State

[ace3113]

Can you imagine if the Marlins were trying to draft this Bryan Anderson guy last night and accidentally punted their pick by saying Blake Anderson? http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif

 

 

 

Yeah I'd love Reetz, but I'm at the point where I'm thinking, the Jays gotta start punting soon, don't they?

 

Punting usually starts in the 4th round, but I could be wrong.

[Angrioter]

Astros 3-1: J.D Davis 3B - JR - Cal State - Fullerton

Marlins 3-2: Brian Anderson 2B - JR - Arkansas

WSox 3-3: Jace Fry LHP -JR - Oregon State

Cubs 3-4: Zagunis, Mark Virginia Tech (VA) C R/R JR

[burlingtonbandit]

Can you imagine if the Marlins were trying to draft this Bryan Anderson guy last night and accidentally punted their pick by saying Blake Anderson? http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif

 

 

 

Yeah I'd love Reetz, but I'm at the point where I'm thinking, the Jays gotta start punting soon, don't they?

 

You can do that from rounds 5-10. Theres still some great players you can get in the 3rd round. As well, I don't think we need too much over slot value needed so far from our picks.

[ace3113]

Cubs draft the poor man's Max Pentecost.

[Ehjays]

Astros 2-1: J.D Davis 3B - JR - Cal State - Fullerton

Marlins 2-2: Brian Anderson 2B - JR - Arkansas

WSox 2-3: Jace Fry LHP -JR - Oregon State

 

you mean 3-1

3-2

3-3

[GoFlamesGo]

There isn't any need to punt for at least another two rounds. The jays did well by getting likely underslot guys in the 1st round.

[Angrioter]

you mean 3-1

3-2

3-3

 

My bad!

[Ehjays]

My bad!

no problem

[Abomination]

I'd like to get Bryce Montes de Oca with this next pick.

[GoFlamesGo]

My bad!

 

How could you....

[bowld]

jays on the clock

[GoFlamesGo]

Here we go....

[GoFlamesGo]

Nick Wells. Nice to get a Lefty

[Angrioter]

Vernon's cousin, great!!

[ace3113]

From BA:

 

Nick Wells, LHP, Battlefield HS, Haymarket, Va.

 

In a banner year for high school pitching in Virginia, Wells is the headlining lefthander. And while many of the other Virginia prep arms are on the smaller side, Wells has a large frame and lean, projectable build at 6-foot-5, 180 pounds. After showing mid-80s velocity and touching 89 mph last fall, he has been consistently around 87-91 mph this spring, touching 93. From a drop and drive delivery, he has a quick arm and the ball jumps out of his hand. His curveball shows plus potential and he can vary the shape of the offering. He rarely uses his changeup. He’s athletic and throws enough strikes to project him to have average control. Wells will likely be in play in the top three to four rounds.

[flafson]

Big skinny guy.

[Angrioter]

f*** you Smoral. Now we have a legit tall lefty.

[flafson]

Did anyone else notice, the guy who called the pick was AA?

[Camps]

Hard to argue with a big projectable high school lefty who thows in the low 90s.

[ace3113]

Stone Garrett is the guy lol

 

Also hasn't been mentioned yet but Cre Finfrock (spelling?) would be a nice pick

 

I'm really starting to hope Bobby Bradley falls out of the top 10 rounds so we could get him like Tellez. I think he's the top HS first baseman in the draft. Potential above average power and hit from the left side.

[Angrioter]

Nick Wells

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/recruiting-insider/Images/nickwellsaction.jpg.jpeg

 

Every time 6-foot-5 Battlefield left-handed pitcher Nick Wells stepped on the mound this season, it was a spectacle. He has long been on Major League Baseball scouts’ radar because of the combination of his skills and frame, and his stock continued to improve during his dominant senior season.

 

The three-day draft begins Thursday night with the first two rounds. As Baseball America’s No. 119 prospect Wells is expected to be taken early in Friday proceedings, when rounds three through 10 take place. The national magazine lists Wells as the sixth-best prospect in Virginia and the top left-hander in the state.

 

Members of the British Army's Red Devils parachute team perform a manoeuvre during a display in Ranville, France June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history seventy years ago to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

 

Wells was nearly untouchable this season, and in his final start he struck out 14 batters in a complete-game 4-0 win over South County. In 53 innings pitched, he had 102 strikeouts, six complete games and two no-hitters while allowing eight earned runs for a 1.06 ERA.

 

In his first start of the season, March 31 against Woodbridge, 50 scouts were in the stands. Afterward, there was a steady flow of 20-25 scouts at each of his starts for the Bobcats.

 

Wells has added seven mph on his fastball since last spring through a grueling weight program with Battlefield wreslter Justus Weaver. Weaver is signed to wrestle at Virginia Tech next year at a projected 157 pounds.

 

“You have to work hard to get where you want to be,” said Wells, a College of Charleston signee who will have to decide between college and pro ball. “People said if I work hard, all this could happen. There were days I didn’t want to come out to lift, but Justus Weaver has done a number for me.”

 

Weaver and Wells spent the summer, fall and winter working out together in a barn in Gainesville that belongs to friends of the Wells family. The barn holds a weight room, and Wells said it felt like 100 degrees inside when the duo started the regimen in the summer. As it got progressively colder, they kept working.

 

In the summer, Wells lifted seven times a week and worked out at the Research and Development Baseball Academy four times a week

 

In the fall, scouts took notice of Wells at the Perfect Game WWBA World Championship, where he touched 89 mph. The following week at the South Atlantic Border Battle at the University of North Carolina, about 20 scouts saw him again.

 

At UNC, an adviser told Wells interest in him was soon to heat up, but Wells didn’t believe it. By December, he was receiving at least five questionnaires a week from MLB teams.

 

“I didn’t know it would get like this,” Wells said. “I thought it was two flukes, and it turned out that they really liked me.

 

When the winter hit, his fastball went from 83-86 to 90-93 consistently, his curveball had become sharper, and he gained more command on his change-up. Still, he says his change-up needs more work.

 

Wells hasn’t always been taller than most of his classmates. His mother still has the U14 Virginia Sabres travel ball team photo, in which he was one of the shortest kids. But in the ninth grade, he reached 6 feet, and he has kept growing and might not be finished.

 

Over the next couple weeks, Wells will be faced with a significant decision.

 

College of Charleston advanced to an NCAA super regional and resume play Saturday against Texas Tech, and while Wells has been in constant contact with Cougars Coach Monte Lee, he said Lee has not attempted to sway him.

 

“He’s been great,” Wells said. “ He said, ‘If you get the money you want, I’m not going to hold you back.’ He’s not pushing me either way. He’s been great about it.”

 

After Wells’s name is called, he’s unsure whether he will sign a pro contract. For now, he’s dealing with the realization his high school career is over after the Bobcats lost to McLean in a Virginia 6A North quarterfinal on Monday.

 

“There isn’t a definite number,” Wells said. “If the money comes in and looks good, I’ll take it. But right now I’m still headed down to College of Charleston.”

 

Regarding how highly Wells could get drafted, MLB.com senior writer Jim Callis said, “A lot of it depends on signability with high school guys. . . . If he’s touching 93, you can see that in the third to fifth round.”

[Atothe]

Big projectable high school lefty with a potential plus secondary pitch. Sounds like a bluejays scouting department wet dream.

[burlingtonbandit]

Off the board a bit with Nick Wells. Hopefully a chance to save some money. But you wouldn't think of high school kids in that category but maybe he doesn't want to go to school Commitment is Charleston. So will see.

 

Sounds like he is willing to go to school. I think we could get him to sign with slot or a little bit higher.