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Which late round guys will be the toughest signs, highest upside?

Son of David Cooper

lmao, what a skimpy article to paywall. 335 words!

C'mon, this is common sense. He's hitting it as a SP. In theory he could sit and hit higher as a reliever. He's also relatively inexperienced as a pitcher. It's not unreasonable to think he could add velocity. But we know nothing about him and he's an 11th round pick so this is really silly.

It's close to the line, for a right handed reliever. It would be in the top 49 of qualified relievers right now, based on average FB velocity. Probably not "plus" in the sense of standard deviation, but in the classical scouting grade usage the label would be applied. A bit of semantics. Average velocities have changed rapidly of course.

Sellers seems pretty interesting. Apparently he's never started before this season (closer in high school) so you have to take his numbers with a grain of salt. Seems like he could potentially have a bag of average or fringe-plus pitches. Twitter videos have him touching 95, so it's probably a plus fastball in relief at least. Athleticism is underrated in pitchers. It's hard to quantify how important it can be in development.

Your probably dum

It looks like these owners still need to make some cuts or moves, or else they'll lose decent draft picks: Speedy, Spanky, Havok, GeorgiaPeach, torontofan, featherD (Some may have already posted cuts on previous pages.)

I do like Eickhoff and Felix and would own. I just traded for Felix in LoD. I doubt your guyses prices would be palatable though.

Also my rotation is fine. Jake Arrieta is fine.

Excuse me, I'm using the pick and everything will be fine. Cutch is on fire now so everything is fine. My team is fine.

Yeah I would have probably done that.

Havok has an interesting decision with Suxton. Past the threshold and absolutely awful. Probably forced to dump him on a rebuilding team?

lol as if GD thought Domingo was available

Anybody want to post this Davidi BA article? http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/blue-jays-top-picks-trend-right-direction/#9Zlk2bcHjS3KCyCE.97

yes (tonight now) yes (9am) YAS!

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Blue Jays have picked 4/5 college players and 4/5 position players. It's so good to be free of AA's awful draft process.

I would take a flyer on him, not really interested in giving up much though

I was hot for this guy in the offseason. What a disappointment.

2080 had a report on Adams. Reading between the lines, sounds like this report wants to say: 40 hit 60 raw power 60 arm 50 defense (future) + slight plus for athletic build + slight plus for plate discipline "Riley Adams, C, Univ. of San Diego | 2017 Draft Class Ht/Wt: 6’4”/225 B/T: R/R Age (as of 2017 MLB Draft) 20y, 11m A three-year performer at the University of San Diego, Adams shows off a lean athletic build including a high waist, wide shoulders, and long legs. He has present strength in his upper half, and he should be able to continue maturing physically without affecting his overall build or pushing him off the catcher position. He utilizes a relaxed stance, keeping his front arm tight to the body throughout the swing, allowing his hands to quickly attack the ball. The bat follows a short upward path, generating easy loft and backspin, and he flashes solid-plus raw power to the pull side during BP, with balls jumping to left-center field. While the swing works to help lift balls with consistency, the path can open up holes down and away, and he can show a willingness to chase off-speed pitches in the dirt when he falls behind (as evidenced in his five strikeouts in 16 plate appearances in a recent series against Santa Clara University). Defensively, Adams showed many positives. Tall fore the position, he keeps a low target with a soft receiving hand and shows the ability to frame balls higher in the zone. He moves well laterally and is quick to smother and block balls into the dirt. Adams showcased an above-average arm against Santa Clara, taking a tough curveball low and away and putting it on the bag accurately to get a quick runner with a 2.0 pop time. He neutralized the run game all weekend, keeping balls in front of him and being quick to his feet after blocking. Though hitting just .255 through 26 games in 2017, Adams’s pop (.256 ISO) and ability to work a walk (.381 OBP) are each attractive qualities in a catcher and, combined with a solid defensive profile, those qualities could help to push him up draft boards this June. – Ryan Ozella"

Yeah that first report is glowing, and probably a bit hyperbolic. Gotta love guys that can goose their OBP though!

Pearson isn't safe in any respect because he's a JuCo pitcher with a screw in his elbow and he has the pernicious gift of elite velocity. You can think of him as slightly less risky than your typical high school flamethrower, because he's a bit closer and a bit more experienced.

Stroman was regarded as a safe pick because there was very little doubt that he could immediately be a good MLB reliever with his FB/SL combo and good command. Decent floor = relatively safe pick. Stroman with intent to develop him as a starter wasn't considered safe. Injury risk, size, blah, blah blah.