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2014 Mock Draft Early Returns Versus Real Picks - Gigantes




In the John Sickels 2014 Mock Draft the Giants "drafted" the following:

14) Grant Holmes, RHP, South Carolina HS
52) Jack Flaherty, 3B-RHP, California HS
87) Dylan Davis, OF, Oregon State University
118) James Norwood, RHP, St. Louis University
SUMMARY: Holmes is just a really good pitching prospect all-around and seems to fit the Giants organization well. Flaherty is a two-way guy who is a top prospect as both a hitter and pitcher. I’d probably try him as a hitter first and you can always switch him to the mound later if that doesn’t work. Davis gets press for his strong bat but he would be a prospect as a pitcher, too, given his arm strength. I see him as good value in the third. Norwood is a New York kid who went to college in the Midwest and has developed a mid-90s fastball. I like the balance in this class, with Flaherty’s signability away from North Carolina being the main caution flag.

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2014/6/1/5770278/2014-minor-league-ball-community-mock-draft-nl-west-summary

In real life the Giants drafted the following:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?team_ID=SFG&year_ID=2014&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year

14) Tyler Beede, RHP, Vanderbilt

52) Aramis Garcia, C, Florida International

87) Dylan Davis, OF, OSU

118) Logan Webb, RHP, CA HS

Beede versus Holmes:

Beede: 15.1 IP, 16H, 5ER, 7BB, 18K - very limited action due to Vandy going deep and winning the CWS.

Holmes was drafted by the Hated Dodgers (22nd overall, a pretty big steal in my opinion): 48.1 IP, 39H, 21R/20ER, 13BB, 58K, 3HR - very solid debut for sure.

Garcia versus Flaherty: (With a big note that Flaherty was drafted by the Cards for $2MM (overslot) 34th overall, blowing up the "mock" pretty well, as the Giants didn't have that kind of financial firepower)

Garcia: hit 225/301/343 with 10BB/25K in 114 PAs, 2 Jacks, over rookie ball and short season, mainly short season. Catchers generally have terrible starts as they get the book thrown at them in pro ball learning the defensive side.

Flaherty: 22.2IP, 18H, 9R/4ER, 4BB, 28K - pretty solid in short sample

Davis Versus Davis: Hit 230/291/385 with 10BB/35K in 134 PAs, 4 Jacks over rookie ball and short season, mainly short season. Not very impressive, I personally think they are giving him a shot with the bat before they convert him to try and take advantage of his 95 MPH fastball.

Webb versus Norwood:

Webb: one of the youngest players in the draft, 4IP, 3H, 2R/1ER, 3BB, 5K

Norwood: drafted by the Cubs in the 7th round (199th overall) 20IP over Rookie/Short season with 20H, 17R/17ER, 8BB, 20K. It appears his stuff was pretty hittable in early returns.

Conclusion: Giants got sneaky going overslot with Webb, who was a "pop up" guy with big velocity who didn't make a lot of ranking lists (214 on the BA500, 41 in CA for BA). The mock draft crew doesn't have access to players and "Advisors" demands, we blew it with the Flaherty bonus, which is twice the slot there and impossible to fill without having an additional supplemental pick (of note the Cards and Red Sox have the best track record at making efforts to secure said supplemental pick, the Cards get this one courtesy of letting Don Carlos Beltran walk). Tyler Beede versus Grant Holmes will be a great Giant-Dodger discussion. Of note, the D-backs took Touki Touissant in real life, and the Rockies took Aaron Nola Kyle Freeland. So two hyped yoots, and two hyped SEC college pitchers all in the NL West to go sort out what's what. Too early to really see what is going on with Beede, but Grant Holmes looks to be a horse.

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