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We did a live reaction recording of the MLB draft on day 1, it was about an hour long. Had some good moments leading up to the no. 5 pick and afterwards. Not sure when it’ll get posted though, will have to ask John. -
I think Orelvis is going to climb the ladder quickly and enter Top 100 prospect lists as soon as next year, his future is very bright. I think Kirk and Manoah are on the cusp of entering Top 100 status had there been a minor league season, and further along in their development. He should, I actually thought about including Kay in the top 10. I ultimately went with Adam Kloffenstein as I’m really high on him and he should be a mainstay on that list. This wasn’t meant to be a Top 20 list. As twitter has a character limit, I regret having to leave out a few guys as I believe they’d graduate very quickly, like Kay, McGuire, Hatch, Merryweather, etc. Joey Murray is a good name, I should’ve tried fitting him in there. But thanks for your feedback guys! I’ll keep that in mind when we do our official prospect rankings update on the website.
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https://theathletic.com/1863718/2020/06/10/the-fire-and-fun-of-austin-martin-i-hate-losing-even-more-than-i-like-winning/ Great article on Austin Martin. The Athletic is not expensive and really worth it for content like this.
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https://theathletic.com/1869780/2020/06/13/bowden-lets-take-a-look-at-the-winners-and-losers-of-this-years-mlb-draft/ https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2020-mlb-draft-prospects-chat-32520/
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95 MPH with late movement and high-spin, filthy 12-6 curveball. CJ Van Eyk was very well regarded by the Jays. There’s a lot to like here for a second round pick. We talked about this before the draft: Grab the best hitter available at #5 and then go ham on college arms. You know you’re getting elite hitting with Austin Martin, so they had the luxury to roll with three college arms with upside. The bulk of the under-slot money is likely coming from #77 ($793,000), but Trent Palmer is an intriguing arm too. This looks like a solid draft overall. Van Eyk interview: Van Eyk interview 2:https://youtu.be/QmzVnyG0rPw Van Eyk throwing session:
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They’re roughly at 6.6 M with the 5% over money. If 7.2 is the number, they’d have to save around 600K. Assuming the report Van Eyk is signing for slot/slight above is accurate, they’ll need to save 400-600K between picks 77, 106, and 136. Those three picks combine for around 1.75 M, so you need to save roughly a third of that. They cannot just unsign the 136th pick, failing to sign means you lose the whole slot money. If that’s their plan they needed to get someone willing to sign for minimum on 136 (AKA punting a pick) but that doesn’t seem to be the case here. Either picks 77, 106, 136 go below slot deals, or Martin’s asking price isn’t as high as we thought. That’s why the 42nd pick was telling of the current bonus negotiation with Martin, the fact they didn’t punt any picks mean they probably have it worked out.
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Max Meyer reached a deal with the Marlins pending physicals, rumoured 7M to 7.2M. I’m expecting Martin to sign for something similar, maybe a little bit higher.
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+ James Paxton?
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https://www.tsn.ca/gm-ross-atkins-holding-out-hope-blue-jays-can-play-in-toronto-this-summer-1.1485373?tsn-amp&__twitter_impression=true A lot of the high upside prep picks went unsigned. They probably had high asking prices and teams wouldn’t bite, they’ll go college. e.g. Kevin Parada, Chase Davis, Enrique Bradfield, Tanner Witt. Sounds like Martin’s asking price isn’t astronomical and the rd 3-5 picks will get under-slotted to some degree.
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Imagine our Arizona Fall League team: Bats: Austin Martin Jordan Groshans Alejandro Kirk Orelvis Martinez Miguel Hiraldo Gabriel Moreno Griffin Conine Otto Lopez Dasan Brown Rotation: Nate Pearson Alek Manoah Simeon Woods-Richardson Adam Kloffenstein Kendall Williams Patrick Murphy CJ Van Eyk Thomas Hatch Just STACKED! I’m not even including Estiven Machado, and Rikelvin de Castro, and Eric Pardinho (recovering)
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Keith Law:
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We know Austin Martin is a plus-plus hitter, but what about his other tools?
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Future rotation arm in 2024-2025, you guys heard it here first.
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@0:50 that play looks like Nolan Arenado more defensive plays at 3B @5:22 @6:30
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We are collecting all the cape-cod all-stars
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Trent Palmer had 9 starts last year before getting put into a BP role for Jacksonville where they continued to develop him. Has mostly been a reliever in college. He switched to a full time starter this season and was excellent in his 4 starts including that complete game vs Illinois State with 13 K’s (program record). Season ended abruptly before he could prove he could do it for a whole season.
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03/06/2020 vs Illinois State 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 13 K 2020 season: 4 GS, 27.2 IP, 1.30 ERA, 5 BB, 41 K, .130 OBA
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LOL Brie Larson Nissan commercial.
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Avg age for Blue Jays in 2019: 25.9 (youngest in MLB)
