2023 MLB Draft

[Vdubfan]

Our picks from Round 8 onward aren't even ranked on MLB's Top 250 Draft Prospects, so seems like we allocated most of our draft pool to the first 7 picks who are all Top 160-ish players, according to MLB Pipeline. That seems like a great outcome all things considered for where we picked, and missing a 2nd rounder.

 

Sam Shaw was 139 on Kiley's final draft rankings list, so he may be an overslot sign as a HS kid.

[TheHurl]

He's like the proverbial old gunslinger who has buried his six shooter and now life circumstances are making him dig it out and get back into action, however reluctantly.

 

Yep, but the plot twist is that the gunslinger finds out that, not only now is he the actual bad guy in the scenario, but that he always was.

[Terminator]

Yep, but the plot twist is that the gunslinger finds out that, not only now is he the actual bad guy in the scenario, but that he always was.

 

[wamco]

And that while he was away, his girl was turning tricks at the saloon.

[Krylian]

Is there going to be a separate signings thread?

[Krylian]

[Krylian]

[Spanky99]

Our picks from Round 8 onward aren't even ranked on MLB's Top 250 Draft Prospects, so seems like we allocated most of our draft pool to the first 7 picks who are all Top 160-ish players, according to MLB Pipeline. That seems like a great outcome all things considered for where we picked, and missing a 2nd rounder.

 

Agreed. Well done by the FO me thinks. I feel 2-way player Landen Maroudis prep pick will be the toughest to sign.

[Spanky99]

Is there going to be a separate signings thread?

 

Meh, just keep it in here... websites update the signings anyhow.

[Pendleton]

Is there going to be a separate signings thread?

 

I think Terminator has to make it now. Getting charting Sheriff

[Terminator]

Blue Jays Draft Signings

 

Grant Rogers-SIGNED

Nate LaRue- SIGNED

 

Please follow various Blue Jays twitter accounts for updates.

[metafour]

Signings are starting to flood in. Nothing for the Jays that I can see so far, but we have movement.

[Spanky99]

Blue Jays Draft Signings

 

Grant Rogers-SIGNED

Nate LaRue- SIGNED

 

Please follow various Blue Jays twitter accounts for updates.

 

lol

[Krylian]

Blue Jays Draft Signings

 

Grant Rogers-SIGNED

Nate LaRue- SIGNED

 

Please follow various Blue Jays twitter accounts for updates.

 

So Bluebird Banter it is then...

[metafour]

Mason McCrae (apparently he got hired by the Cubs) signaled out 13th rounder Brennan Orf as a model darling. Very similar profile to Alan Roden from last year:

 

 

Brennan Orf, Southern Illinois

Orf’s 8% chase rate this year is the 17th lowest of any player in the statcast era putting him in the 99.7 percentile. What’s more impressive is he ran a 9.1% chase rate the year prior and topped it. He’s walked more than he’s struck out in back-to-back years, 24 times more in fact. He’s an incredible hitter that makes great decisions, has an advanced approach, and knows what he’s capable of doing/not doing. He’s about as fine tuned as it gets in terms of a pure hitter and having an approach.

 

His batted ball data is limited, but he’s hit one as hard as 107 mph and his 90th percentile EV over his career is 102 mph. He might be a 70-grade hitter, but because he’s yet to swing at a pitch above 95 mph in his career, I’d put a 60 on it. He hit 19 home runs this year, the power is a 55. He’s transitioned into the outfield after starting out at first his freshman year. He still plays there now but his primary spot is LF.

[metafour]

Arjun:

 

 

[WryNGinger]

Arjun:

 

 

 

I guess it's a good sign that the Jays will get him to sign a contract? Has it been announced anywhere?

[Spanky99]

I guess it's a good sign that the Jays will get him to sign a contract? Has it been announced anywhere?

 

Not yet, but he's a lock, same with like the other 4 guys invited today.

[metafour]

First Top 10 signing is Canadian HS Sam Shaw:

 

 

[John_Havok]

[metafour]

No announcement yet, but looks like Landen Maroudis signed:

 

 

[Spanky99]

No announcement yet, but looks like Landen Maroudis signed:

 

 

 

Wow, awesome, I thought he'd be going to school for sure. The pundits thought he wouldn't sign with any team.

[metafour]

Wow, awesome, I thought he'd be going to school for sure. The pundits thought he wouldn't sign with any team.

 

Again, he wouldn't have been drafted in the 4th round. That's a big miss and loss of pool money fort a team (the Jays) that already didn't have a 2nd round pick. Why would they pick him?

[Krylian]

Again, he wouldn't have been drafted in the 4th round. That's a big miss and loss of pool money fort a team (the Jays) that already didn't have a 2nd round pick. Why would they pick him?

 

Some memories still linger of AA taking high risk guys and losing them. Good to see that this team is seemingly much more concrete in their ability to lock guys up ahead of time.

[Spanky99]

Again, he wouldn't have been drafted in the 4th round. That's a big miss and loss of pool money fort a team (the Jays) that already didn't have a 2nd round pick. Why would they pick him?

 

Huh? Did you type that out right?

[metafour]

Some memories still linger of AA taking high risk guys and losing them. Good to see that this team is seemingly much more concrete in their ability to lock guys up ahead of time.

 

Sure, but this FO's first draft class was in 2016 and since then they have failed to sign a total of zero players drafted within the Top 10 rounds. They have no misses. And it's not like they're just taking college kids with every pick.

 

It's just funny that we're still at the point of "boy, I hope they can sign all of these guys". Their draft classes are clearly incredibly calculated - they generally end up spending right down to the limit before penalty.

 

If they drafted someone with a Top 10 round pick, it's because they intend on signing the player. That has been concluded by now.

[Spanky99]

Sure, but this FO's first draft class was in 2016 and since then they have failed to sign a total of zero players drafted within the Top 10 rounds. They have no misses. And it's not like they're just taking college kids with every pick.

 

It's just funny that we're still at the point of "boy, I hope they can sign all of these guys". Their draft classes are clearly incredibly calculated - they generally end up spending right down to the limit before penalty.

 

If they drafted someone with a Top 10 round pick, it's because they intend on signing the player. That has been concluded by now.

 

I was simply echoing what BA wrote on the kid, nice hyperbole though. If you're indeed talking about me.

[Stangstag]

Arjun:

 

 

 

His swing looks like Ryan Braun’s. Very odd finish

[metafour]

I was simply echoing what BA wrote on the kid, nice hyperbole though.

 

What BA wrote about the kid would be overridden by what actually happens. Did you consider that? If the kid was actually "going to college", why would the Jays draft him? His draft slot is worth $547K, I'm sure you know that this amount is lost from their pool if he doesn't sign. So you think they willfully drafted a player that they knew wouldn't sign, which would harm the rest of their draft class as well? Again, you also have the actual track record of the fact that this FO doesn't "guess" on player signability, so there really isn't any basis to conclude that for the first time ever they chose to draft a player that they couldn't sign. Try connecting the dots a little bit.

 

Kevin McConigle, the Tigers' #37 pick was also written about pre-draft as being unsignable. The fact that he went #37 overall means that he's signing. The pre-draft stuff is therefore no longer relevant.

[metafour]