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Everything posted by metafour
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Every team drafts HS guys who fall after the 10th round. All those guys you mentioned were drafted long before any of those players chose not to sign. They'll do the same this year because no one expects to sign 40 rounds worth of guys, but that doesn't mean we're going to be punting picks away.
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HS pitcher. Really punting those picks boys!
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Thats why they look into signability extensively. They've been on Singer and Maese forever. Maese will not be a hard sign, hence why he's already come out stating that he plans on signing. Singer appears a safe bet to sign as well otherwise he wouldn't have been drafted.
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They already know what the guys we've drafted will sign for. If its going to take an extra $500K, then sure, they'll account for that and save some money. The whole "punt all the picks" approach? Won't happen. You guys act like we do that every year when we've literally only done it once, and it was a special scenario (an absurd amount of high picks). By the way, you know how many big over-slot guys we signed after the 10th round last year? Zero. Like I said, its a pipe dream. When we landed Tellez and Brentz it was because we blew our first pick in Bickford.
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Those guys are pipe-dreams. They aren't going to throw away 4+ rounds of decent picks so that you can have a ~50% chance of landing one kid later on for over-slot. Don't expect any crazy pick punting.
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Harris will sign for slot. Singer will likely sign for around slot too. Maese is a pop-up guy who couldn't even dream of going 3rd round 6 months ago. he'll be an easy sign.
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What would they punt for? We don't have any high-bonus guys drafted. The "punting" thing was only a strategy when we had 7 Top 100 picks and wanted to sell out to get the best 7-9 guys we could. I think you'll see some sleeper College picks that will sign for real money and maybe another couple lightly-hyped HS kids who will sign. I don't expect any crazy "punting" where we're drafting $5,000 guys.
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f***.
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Maese was actually #33 on Keith Law's big board. Chris Crawford says there were rumors about us taking him at #29 (that would have been a way under-slot deal). Lots of buzz about interest in the supplemental first as well.
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Justin Maese after being drafted:
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Justin Maese. No surprise.
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Hooper ain't an option for us my man.
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Guardado was a big pop-up guy this spring. Him and Maese were the two big pop-ups.
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We're still in the 3rd round. This would still be "high" for a projection pick. He's dropped into this range on virtually every board.
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Jinx. :-\
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Jacob Nix not drafted yet...could be a target for us.
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Booo I wanted Bryan Hudson.
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Doubt its the commitment. His hitting is all over the place. You've seen multiple of these "huge, athletic, powerful" outfielders look like crap hitting the ball in recent times. Orimoloye looks like Austin Wilson who people popped boners over repeatedly, and he sucks.
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Don’t be surprised to see Miles Gordon go a lot higher than expected, maybe even in this 3rd round. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he was taken over Orimoloye. Like Naylor, he was really hitting well during Team Canada’s Dominican Republic trip.
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Davis was a super young kid from a state that is very poor for high school talent. He is absolutely still a prospect, as he is still nearly 2 years younger than average for the Midwest League. Is he still a longshot? Yes, but his strikeout rate is down, his walk rate is up, and his hitting is up in literally every aspect. His OBP and SLG are both up by literally 100 points from last season. That is called improvement. People expect every kid to look like a top player right out of the gate. That isn't how it works all the time.
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He's trying to be funny. Harris is not "low ceiling".
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Good job, you picked one guy who's stated that he has no intention of signing. Please hand back your Scout identification card.
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Pop-up HS RHP Justin Maese was mentioned as a target by Keith Law. Probably a 3rd/4th round type prospect.
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Hillman and Singer both available.
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There is nothing wrong with Jenkins. No idea why you guys all hate him so much. Would have been a fine pick in the 2nd round. The Rangers took him and they know a bit about scouting.