190 for a guy who is 5'10" is not skinny. Second, I'm confused as to why Gonzales' height matters but Meyer's doesn't. Jose Bautista was a home run king at 6'-0".
For those who haven't seen it, here is Max Meyer in action. I'm not as much of an expert as others on here but this delivery doesn't look great to me. Looks like he really "short arms" the ball. The delivery isn't fluid and his arm looks a bit late to me.
Pre draft bargaining. In theory, they could be trying to work out a deal with Hancock or Gonzales, for example, and throwing around Meyer to get them to agree to a smaller number that they wouldn't be able to get further down the draft board.
The theory could be total BS, that would just be the logic behind it. I've got 18 delicious sours riding on them picking Gonzales so they better make it happen.
Max Meyer does not have a minimal effort delivery lol
High effort delivery + heavy slider usage + premium velocity, that scares me. I see him going the way of Carlos Rodon pretty easily. When pitchers have such a high attrition rate, I just don't know why you'd want that profile over someone like Emerson Hancock, who is probably ML ready right now, has more pitches and much better command with a much more solid frame.
Being said, Nick Gonzales is the clear pick for me here. I'd take him over everyone outside of Martin and Tork. I hate getting invested in the draft.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/200570/4068224-episode-42-we-emerge-to-talk-about-the-draft.mp3?blob_id=15619469&download=true
Hope you all enjoy! BlueRocky knows his stuff.
Yeah, I'd definitely take Martin over Gonzales...I'm just saying I see them being in the same tier and there's no way I'd take Lacy or Meyer over him.
The way I see the top 5, in order: Martin, Tork, Gonzales, Hancock, Veen