Day Two Discussion Thread
by John Sickels on Jun 8, 2025 12:01 PM EDT
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rumor flying around
is that the Nats are taking LHP Sammy Solis here. I prefer Workman, but that’s a very good pick.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:03 PM EDT reply actions
solis
Solis makes way too much sense. If the rumors about Workman are true, then it makes even more sense.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Solis is an excellent pick for slot money
I like him a lot.
by jar75 on Jun 8, 2025 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yankees pick, Cito Culver
dont know much about him. Was he a good pick?
by Yankees10 on Jun 8, 2025 12:04 PM EDT reply actions
eh
If they wanted to go cheap, he was okay. The Yankees really wanted a shortstop early in this draft. A lot depends on how spendy they’ll be over their next few picks . . .
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Solis
this isn’t directed at you in particular, but just Solis in general:
I have watched Solis throw three times this year, twice at the recently completed Tempe regional and once when San Diego played Arizona St back in March and I was not impressed at all. He got lit up in all three appearences. He is around the plate alot and doesn’t have very good stuff. A fastball that sat 88 and peaked at 90 that looked pretty straight, a decent change and an ave breaking ball. When we rock a stud pitcher I take it with a grain of salt because we are always one of the top 3-5 teams in the nation, but then I watched Hawaii blow him up as well.
Basically what I saw was a guy that throws a lot of strikes, always around the plate, gets hit hard, then tries to compensate by overthrowing and loses control.
IMO he would have been only the 4th or 5th best pitcher on our (ASU) rotation behind Blair, Swagerty, Barrett and Lambson
by ScottAZ on Jun 8, 2025 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea
But I would love it if they did.
by jar75 on Jun 8, 2025 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
sure sounds like it
I’m guessing they’ve been in contact with his camp over the last few hours and they’re not far off on money.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice P pair for Pirates
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
Just wow. Huntington is going to turn that franchise around, I truly believe.
http://bullpenbanter.com
by gatling on Jun 8, 2025 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't imagine they made the pick
without being willing to pay the price. The $3 million price tag was out there early this morning.
http://bullpenbanter.com
by gatling on Jun 8, 2025 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Define affordable to a
team that hasn’t had a winning season in, oh…however?
by thomasps3 on Jun 8, 2025 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely a good draft thus far.....
Surely, it is different from years past.
by CabreraKilledMyChildhood on Jun 8, 2025 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
MLB blew the coverage!
Braves take Todd Cunningham as a 3B.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:15 PM EDT reply actions
Eibner -- not sure if they announced him as a P or OF though
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice pick. 3B or P?
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm guessing he regrets not signing last year
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
oh yes
Good value if he gets back to where he was.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
never a good sign when even the mlb.com analysts are saying
“If the Indians can get him interested in actually playing baseball this year….”
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Washington
Saw him play last year in HS. I was impressed. Good throw from CF to get runner at 3B. Fell down stealing 2B, got up and still beat the throw. I saw 3 ABs: BB, HR, BB.
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but
That guy was nowhere to be seen this season.
by FI2 on Jun 8, 2025 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
yep.
The Red Sox are clearly trying to crap on the slotting system as much as possible, aren’t they?
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I just hate that they're smart
Teams with essentially unlimited resources should be forced to be idiots, a la the mid-1980s Yankees, in order to make it fair on everyone else.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Or the current Yankees
What a waste of resources, makes me envy Red Sox fans and their front office.
by cookiedabookie on Jun 8, 2025 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Astros take RHP Vincent Velazquez
I know nothing about him.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:21 PM EDT reply actions
and incidentally
I didn’t know it was pronounced “Jerk-O”
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
there you go
was hoping he’d drop to the Rays
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Who are you targeting for the Rays this round?
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Workman, Cabrera, Golden, Paxton
down to 50% of those
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Like this pick a lot
Choice and Cabrera is a good start!
http://bullpenbanter.com
by gatling on Jun 8, 2025 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
cue the Jays fans angry about a pitching-heavy draft in 3...2...1....
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
the funny part is
The Pirates going Taillon and then Allie is like a lock to make Blue Jays fans furious about their draft spending.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah damn the jays for not drafting taillon
by handknit on Jun 8, 2025 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Dats coo'...
First pick I’m somewhat jazzed about.
by royshowell on Jun 8, 2025 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
White Sox go predictable with hard throwing but risky Jacob Petricka, RHP
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:26 PM EDT reply actions
Didn't he go to the White Sox here in the community mock?
by Outshined_One on Jun 8, 2025 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember when I took LeVon Washington for the Indians in the 2nd round here
CRAZY, RIGHT
by RedSoxFaithful on Jun 8, 2025 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
Better college arms still available.
If that’s what they were going for.
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
2 things
1) I don’t see any argument that he’s better than Paxton; and
2) He’s almost certainly still there at 79, which is the Rays’ unprotected pick. Would be a fine pick there.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
picks
Marcus Littlewood to Seattle
Drew Smyly to Detroit
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:31 PM EDT reply actions
had to figure this was coming
They worked him out not that long ago and really liked him.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Kellen Sweeney to Toronto
I like this draft a lot.
by jar75 on Jun 8, 2025 12:32 PM EDT reply actions
jays fans probably hate it!
Sweeney is a good player, doesn’t really show big upside though.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
niko
with their glut of CF’er I bet they give him a shot to stick at SS. Would make little sense to have Span, Revere, Hicks and then him all lined up in the same spot, especially since SS looks real slim in their system
by ScottAZ on Jun 8, 2025 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, he's an interesting one
Big kid, very nice athlete, pretty raw.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Hope so
Agreed. Too many OF’s stacked up. They need him to at least try it out at SS, though with Sano….anyone think 2B could be an option? Side note…the kid runs on stilts. Holy skinny legs Batman!!! Gotta think some more power will come when he fills out.
by purppride1 on Jun 8, 2025 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Sano
isn’t Sano thought to eventually out grow SS and most likely be a 3b, or am I thinking of someone else?
Regardless, you can always move one to 2b, and with Sano only being 16, that decision won’t have to be made for years
by ScottAZ on Jun 8, 2025 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
no you're right on
Wow Blackburn makes nearly identical money as Baker does now....
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 8, 2025 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
rangers
Really nice draft so far given the budgetary concerns.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Marlins get Rob Rasmussen
I like him a lot.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
rasmussen
very good pitcher
i have watched him many times over the past few years and have always liked him.
by ScottAZ on Jun 8, 2025 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
and there goes Jarrett Parker
best college player left on my list
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:36 PM EDT reply actions
Giants take Jarrett Parker, OF
Between him and Gary Brown, they’ve got the market cornered on college OFs with shaky plate discipline.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:36 PM EDT reply actions
Rays Shadow
SS Derek Dietrich, Georgia Tech
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:40 PM EDT reply actions
was looking at Bettis and Hahn
then Bettis goes to the Jays (pitching!) and Hahn is hurt, so I take the best college bat here
and wow, nailed it
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Like the pick
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Another arm!
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Rick Hague
Love the pick
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:45 PM EDT reply actions
+1
love the Nats draft so far. Probably would say the Nationals, Red Sox and Rays are having the best drafts so far — with all the caveats John mentions on the front page.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, if they can sign both Taillon and Allie
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Several very interesting players left
Maybe AJ Cole and Austin Wilson are not going to sign. But I like Paxon, Gausmann, Wates, and some others. Dan Klien.
by auclairkeithbc on Jun 8, 2025 12:46 PM EDT reply actions
signability
Cole wants first round money. Gausman would be a draft eligible sophomore, LSU increasingly looking good. Paxton = whoops!
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably
for not signing last year and losing a good chunk of change due to slipping this year.
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
yep
Clearly, Paxton blew it. People haven’t gotten to see him enough this year, and what they’ve seen hasn’t been enough to give him a high draft slot.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
So...
he’s basically got to sign with whoever drafts him? Or is he going to be a pain to sign again?
by auclairkeithbc on Jun 8, 2025 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I assume he wanted more money by re-entering the draft
But by this point, he has utterly no leverage whatsoever. A team can offer him slot and he basically would need to take it.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
He'll get more than 15K
or whatever slot is this low
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by OldProspects on Jun 8, 2025 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
paxton
Pretty sure that is a signing bonus of several hundred thousand dollars . . .but he has utterly no leverage at this point. He blew it.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Dodgers pick?
Anyone clue me on on who? Maybe they took John Wall?
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by Bluto on Jun 8, 2025 12:48 PM EDT reply actions
Ralston Cash
RHP
Lakeview Academy, GA
6’1" 195
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
that ironic?
The Dodgers taking Cash…cash to pay Lee?
by npurcell on Jun 8, 2025 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Good pick
for the Tribe.
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
interesting move, seems signability-based
Wonder what the plan is in KC.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Colon
Olney reported that Colon could make it to the show as early as next year.
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe
He’s certainly polished and you can move him quickly.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Red Sox take Blake Forsythe, C
Highly rated last year, terrible draft season depressed his stock for most of the year.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:51 PM EDT reply actions
If A's take WIlson i'll forgive Beane for the Smoak mess up in 05
by MagicMike23 on Jun 8, 2025 12:53 PM EDT reply actions
Leake
After not signing 7th round pick Smoak in 05, they did not sign Mike Leake, drafted in the 7th round in 06. Throw in the Papelbon pick and there are some real mistakes when it comes to signing draftees.
I will never get over the division rival Rangers taking Smoak just one pick before Oakland selected.
by bl on Jun 8, 2025 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
indeed
Especially painful as Smoak was the only guy left on the board who will ever have a good major league career. Ever.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Smoak wanted to go to college
Beane said as much when he spoke about trying to sign him. Would love to have Smoak in the A’s lineup.
by asyouwish33 on Jun 8, 2025 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
surprised
I think the bigger question might be with his arm. He’s really polished behind the plate, but if you’re not sure he’s going to hit and you question the defensive tools . . .well, that’ll drop a guy quite a bit.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Wates
I’m happy. He was one of the top guys left in my opinion.
by auclairkeithbc on Jun 8, 2025 12:53 PM EDT reply actions
what?
i didn’t see that. he is a corner OF/1B type i think.
by auclairkeithbc on Jun 8, 2025 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
was a 2b/SS
as a freshman before moving positions..
BA says he probably doesn’t have the speed for CF, nor the power for 1b/Lf. Guess thats why he was announced at 2b.
If he can handle it I like the move. He’s certainly athletic enough to be 2b
by ScottAZ on Jun 8, 2025 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
interesting
they definitely want deshields developed as a 2B, though they’ll start him at first in the OF. i guess they could use depth there. maybe he’ll move to 3rd or something as well. don’t know about his arm.
by auclairkeithbc on Jun 8, 2025 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Rays Shadow target
Cecchini. Would also be happy with Paxton, who’s still on the board
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 12:54 PM EDT reply actions
White Sox take Addison Reed, RHP
Skeptical on Petricka, but love the Sale pick and Reed is a really good find here.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 12:58 PM EDT reply actions
Is it too early for David Filak from SUNY Oneota?
by StickRat on Jun 8, 2025 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
yeah, that's a meh for me
Klima seems to think he’s a poor man’s Tony Wolters, and I guess the Rays’ FO has earned some trust. But unless they’re going Austin Wilson in the 4th, I don’t get it.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I really like 3B Joe Leonard, too
he goes to the Braves
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 1:05 PM EDT reply actions
cecchini
Maybe he still signs, but I think he wants a pretty hefty bonus.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Rays Shadow Round 4
Not going to go much longer, but I’m looking at Vanegas, Segedin, Grimm, Stanek
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 1:09 PM EDT reply actions
oops, Stanek off the board
I think I prefer Segedin here. Or Austin Wilson.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Segedin
gone to Yankees
No comp if Wilson does not sign so Grimm looks like best bet
by mtk52983 on Jun 8, 2025 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Dodgers take Leon Landry OF
http://sportingballs.blogspot.com/
by TFelsmaier on Jun 8, 2025 1:10 PM EDT reply actions
Yanks pop Segedin
well, they couldn’t stay stupid forever. Oh well.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 8, 2025 1:14 PM EDT reply actions
they've had a pretty solid couple of days
They’ve really stocked the cupboard with arms, and a couple of good looking bats.
by mrkupe on Jun 8, 2025 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Gausman
looking like a real tough sign at this point?
by auclairkeithbc on Jun 8, 2025 1:16 PM EDT reply actions
AJ Cole to Washington
Trying to lay claim to best draft?
by jar75 on Jun 8, 2025 1:18 PM EDT reply actions
Damn
The wrong bird team from the AL East took Trent Mummey.
by royshowell on Jun 8, 2025 1:22 PM EDT reply actions
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