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Perpetual Mediocrity
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Incredible value for the Jays with Yasavage.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: NYC
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Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Red state
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Grades
25. Padres: Kash Mayfield, B- 26. Yankees: Ben Hess, D+ 27. Phillies: Dante Nori, C- 28. Astros: Walker Yanek, A 29. Diamondbacks: Slade Caldwell, B 30. Rangers: Malcolm Moore, B |
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#34 |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Red state
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#35 |
Choco Favre
Join Date: Jul 2012
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#36 |
I'll **** anything that moves!
Join Date: Jan 2022
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So how did we do? Any high school/college experts out there?
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Red state
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I'd say the Royals took BPA at 6 with Zac Caglianone. I just love the loud power tool. They could have taken Weatherholt or Griffin (if you like the risk/reward of a toolsy HS player), but I just don't like that Griffin has a 50 hit grade. And David Shields actually has a deep pitch mix and good command for a HS pitcher. He's young (17), athletic and projectable so it's going to come down to him developing one/two of those pitches into a 60 and staying healthy. It's a riskier pick though. I also would have gone Ryan Sloan or Boston Bateman over Shields for HS pitcher, but that's my personal preference. |
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M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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#39 |
Starter
Join Date: Mar 2021
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Shields may be an under the radar great pick...hits 94 without max-effort and is still only 17. A good all-around athlete, a starting QB in a football crazy area. I hated that they traded #39, but only a few guys a year, if that many, ever make the pros in a significant way, so, beter hit on the ones you select. It's early, but I like this front office so much more than the last, and I gave DM more credit than most.
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M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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So, if you're going to move a pick... And really, that No. 39 pick is most useful for the slot money, and without someone like Bazzana or Burns having crazy demands and forcing teams to pass on them, what are you going to do with it? |
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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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As a Cardinals fan, I'm glad they took him and let Wetherholt fall to STL. I also wonder why they didn't lock up the middle of their infield for the next 1/2 decade w/ a Witt/Wetherholt combo. They have a superstar in Witt - a premier top of the order contact hitter with plus defense at 2b would seem to be a heck of a fit for them. This draft went 7 deep before a drop but in my top 7 I'd have had Braden Montgomery at the 7 spot and then Cags at the top of the next tier at 8. It's a completely defensible pick because the power upside is immense. And maybe it's a 'new park' sort of addition (because at the K, why are you focusing on a power bat?). But it's probably not the way I'd have gone. I'd have taken Wetherholt or Mongtomery. |
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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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But I've always seen some good utility in using that saved slot money for your picks after the first 10 and taking some flyers. |
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M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Just saying... if there's a time you can live with it, it's a draft where the depth and top-end talent have some questions. It doesn't seem like there are many outside-the-top-10, buy them off college guys in this one. Re: Caglianone's chase rate, that's my main concern with him. He did make strides from sophomore to junior year with that, so there's some hope. |
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Join Date: Mar 2021
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Cags also has an improving walk-to-strikeout ratio. So it appears he sees the ball just fine. If the organization can stop him from swinging at just anything he may be a "homerun" addition to the lineup. |
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Red state
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