2018 MLB Draft | Day 2 | June 5 - 12:30 PM ET

[BlueRocky]

Lars Nootbaar to the Cards

cards win again

[Spanky99]

The draft is in the 5th round and they've already agreed to a signing bonus with their 3rd round pick? I call BS

 

Likely pre-draft agreement with all of their first 3 picks, I like it. Groshans said he'd sign also.

[Spanky99]

And if you know me I'm a prospects guy.

 

ROFLMAO!!!

 

cf

[burlingtonbandit]

Apparently Liberatore signing for close to slot with Tampa which makes the Gorshans pick more underwhelming. Wonder if the Jays offered Liberatore similar money and he turned it down.

[BlueRocky]

Or maybe they valued Groshans and Kloffenstein as a package more than Liberatore

[Spanky99]

Has Owen Sharts been picked? Would be fun for shits and giggles... *Womp-Womp*

[Pendleton]

Has Owen Sharts been picked? Would be fun for shits and giggles... *Womp-Womp*

 

Duce just went

[Jonn]

Has Owen Sharts been picked? Would be fun for shits and giggles... *Womp-Womp*

 

Good Orioles pick in 3 years from now

[jaysguy44]

Apparently Liberatore signing for close to slot with Tampa which makes the Gorshans pick more underwhelming. Wonder if the Jays offered Liberatore similar money and he turned it down.

 

You know the Jays weren't the only team that passed on him, maybe it wasn't strictly because of money.

[Jonn]

Rays had an incredible draft. Obviously it may not turn out that way but they have so much intruguing talent.

[Krylian]

Or maybe they valued Groshans and Kloffenstein as a package more than Liberatore

Except it's not just Liberatore. It would've been Liberatore plus whoever else they would've taken with the 3rd round pick.

[Jonn]

Robert Broom arm angle is insane. That could be a nice reliever to follow. He throws up to 93 as a sidewinder

[MarcoSanchez]

Or maybe they valued Groshans and Kloffenstein as a package more than Liberatore

 

Two lottery picks are better than one

[Angrioter]

Two lottery picks are better than one

 

Yeah. Correa + McCullers over Byron Buxton

[Laika]

This Blue Jays draft crop seems like it will be really fun to follow. Little bit of everything.

[BlueRocky]

Except it's not just Liberatore. It would've been Liberatore plus whoever else they would've taken with the 3rd round pick.

True

[King]

[Spanky99]

 

Well... it wasn't money then. Colour me confused.

[King]

I’ve prided myself on pitching and not just chucking it since I was 14 or 15,” said Kloffenstein. “I hate walking people. This year I had 19 walks, and that’s still a little more walks than I’d want to have. I want to make guys hit it, I want to make my defence work and make guys put the ball in play.”

 

The mature approach will serve him well in pro ball, which he’s excited to begin even as there are some nerves about taking the next steps.

 

 

 

Great. Conner Greene 2.0

 

We drafted a pitch to contact doofus

[Krylian]

I’ve prided myself on pitching and not just chucking it since I was 14 or 15,” said Kloffenstein. “I hate walking people. This year I had 19 walks, and that’s still a little more walks than I’d want to have. I want to make guys hit it, I want to make my defence work and make guys put the ball in play.”The mature approach will serve him well in pro ball, which he’s excited to begin even as there are some nerves about taking the next steps.Great. Conner Greene 2.0We drafted a pitch to contact doofus

I don't necessarily take it as, "pitch to contact" as much as, throw strikes. Strikes don't just mean making contact. He seems to have swing and miss stuff from reports too.

[metafour]

So for some reason the A's are actually paying OVER slot to sign Murray (~5 million), AND letting him play football this fall. Mind blown.

[Jonn]

What if Murray has an incredible season and an NFL team wants him. He clearly loves Football. You can’t pass up the opurtunity to play QB in that offence.

 

You also run the risk of major injury if you sign him now.

[P2F]

So for some reason the A's are actually paying OVER slot to sign Murray (~5 million), AND letting him play football this fall. Mind blown.

It makes no sense why they passed on Swaggerty. The decision could've been defended if they had agreed to a well-below underslot deal with Murray, but that didn't happen. With football in the mix, it would seem like Murray is significantly less likely to reach his ceiling than Swaggerty, which is, for all intents and purposes, about equal to Swaggerty's. LOL.

[THANOS]

I’ve prided myself on pitching and not just chucking it since I was 14 or 15,” said Kloffenstein. “I hate walking people. This year I had 19 walks, and that’s still a little more walks than I’d want to have. I want to make guys hit it, I want to make my defence work and make guys put the ball in play.”

 

The mature approach will serve him well in pro ball, which he’s excited to begin even as there are some nerves about taking the next steps.

 

 

 

Great. Conner Greene 2.0

 

We drafted a pitch to contact doofus

 

Well, if our development staff is actually as good as Shatkins says they are, hopefully that mindset will go out the window.

[metafour]

Check the post date on this. Come at me brahs.

[Brownie19]

https://www.mlb.com/news/creativity-was-key-in-torontos-draft-strategy/c-280085920

 

I also saw an article on MLB.com that said that Jays had the 2nd best Day 2 in the draft.

[Jonn]

Check the post date on this. Come at me brahs.

 

Props for this.

[Bobthe4th]

[Spanky99]

 

What a conundrum that kid is sandwiched in. Way before the draft we talked about this, personally through a work to sport, is redonkulous.

Edited June 8, 2018 by Spanky99

[Krylian]

A "poor kid" that did it to himself