Chris Stratton was the one college pitcher who I liked amongst all the HS arms who would possibly be available at #20 for the Giants. So many mock drafts had him being picked earlier, I had pretty much given up on him as a possibility though. Ty Hensley was also still on the Board after the Dodgers unexpectedly took Corey Seager at #18 and the Cards took Michael Wacha at #19, so I was hoping for Hensley, but I can't say Stratton is a disappointing pick. With a fastball that goes 91-96 MPH and 3 other nearly fully developed pitches, Stratton may well be a more fully developed Ty Hensley, so why take the chance on the HS guy if the higher floor guy has just as high a ceiling?
Stratton stands 6'2", 197 lbs. Early in the season, he struck out 17 LSU batters. His best secondary pitch is the slider which BA rates as a true plus offering. His curveball is solid-average. He was the SEC pitcher of the year, which is saying something. His season line was 11-2, 2.38, 109.2 IP, 25 BB, 127 K's. Keith Law, who usually hates on everything the Giants do, projects Stratton as a future #2 starter. He figure to move quickly through the system. He should sign quickly for slot bonus and get in some games this season, probably starting in Salem-Keizer.
Solid high ceiling/high floor pick by the Giants. Stratton should go a long ways toward bolstering the Giants organizational pitching depth.
I'll break down the rest of the first round in a later post.
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I see Stratton as a type of Wheeler-replacement and potential fill-in if Lincecum walks (or the Giants don't want to extend him). Most reports I've read say Stratton doesn't need much development time, possibly being ready by mid-2014. That would be just in time to slot in somewhere in the rotation behind Cain and Bumgarner. The Giants have done a good job on the pitching-side the past few years, so I trust 'em with this pick.
ReplyDeletePart of me wished they'd drafted Richie Schaefer, but I know there are concerns about his swing. And, the Giants haven't done the best job drafting impact hitters outside of Buster Posey (the jury is still out on Belt). So, I think they made the best decision with Stratton.
I would have been happy with Shaffer, but you can't draft everybody and I'm happy with Stratton too.
Deletekids uncle is head chef at an upscale restaraunt in the castro...the eureka...he bikes to games...i see a quick signing and a new place for giants fans to gather
ReplyDeletei know lots of people were hoping for hensley...but despite his dad, kid is gonna be a 3 year work in progress
i dont like the new draft rules...highlights the biggest prob in the mlb...owners really dont want to spend on development...that is not how you plan for the future...have a feeling that appel will not sign with bucs...bad for them and the game
I don't agree with this, Bacci. Different teams reacted to the new rules in different ways, but there really weren't many fallers due to signability concerns. Take the A's for example. With cost certainty on the signing bonus and protection in the form of compensation if they fail to sign their picks,.....Moneyball? Pffft!! Forget that $#&*! Billy went with his scouts and went with pure ceiling. Yeah, Appel fell, but he fell because teams at the top of the draft wanted talent with higher ceilings than Appel gave them and the new rules gave them the security to go for it.
DeleteWhat options does Appel have? If he goes back to school, he risks injury with a very low probability of improving his draft stock and loses all negotiating leverage. Trust me, Appel is going to sign and he's going to like it.
DeleteI'd say bad for Appel, not bad for the game. That's talent evaluation in action, and frankly he was overhyped. Velocity for velocities sake won't play. He should take his lumps and go sign, because a senior year for the chance to get a max of 7 spots is a fool's game. I wouldn't have wanted the Giants to draft him at the 20 personally.
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Deleteif the caps were matched with a raise in minor league salaries, plus a raise in what teams must spend in development, i would be fine with it
i dont like caps...
and no matter what barr says, looks like the giants are using this draft to go after arms
I don't like them either, Bacci. I'd be fine with no slot bonus recommendations at all, but that charade they had going on before was a joke. At least the current system will produce drafts where the talent is drafted where it should be and not dictated by bonus demands It also eliminates players dictating where they are drafting by having different bonus demands for different teams.
DeleteThe issue isn't really that owners don't want to spend on development. The issue is that even for the top pick of the draft, numero uno, you can spend $6M and you have worse than a coin flip's chance of him turning into even a good player, let alone a Hall of Fame player. And teams were fine with that, when the bonuses were much lower.
DeleteI would call this the "Boras Rules" because he would leverage teams over and over again to get higher and higher bonuses. Teams had really no choice but to pay more and bite the bullet in other areas of the organization. That led to very high inflation in the spending on draft picks over the years.
Sure, there are some teams that will just sit on their extra money. The A's come to mind.
But, while this most probably is not perfect, at least it is the first step towards fixing up the draft. It was meant for the lousier teams to be able to to select from the best talents available, first. But with Boras leading the charge, agents and their players would whisper huge demands (like Posey's rumored $12M bonus demand) in order to get the lousy teams to pass on them, allowing the better teams (and generally those have more money too) to pick them off later, paying way over slot bonuses. They get paid like top picks but end up with good teams.
Hopefully, teams will use the extra money to spend on their farm systems. But some will instead spend it on free agents to fix the team now. And others, yes, will pocket the money. That would have happened anyway in the old system, those teams that pocket now would have drafted lesser players and pocket the money. Now, however, they have a pretty good chance of signing anybody they draft in the first round given the slot rules, they are protected - somewhat, the rules have not played out yet, so perhaps Boras has figured out a loophole already - from prospects playing the game to leverage more money out of baseball.
To me the issue is not the top picks like Strasburg or Harper. Sure, they probably get less than half what they actually got, but $6M is still life-changing money. If they are as good as their agents think they are, they will make way more than the money they lost in bonus money eventually. If they aren't as good, then the team's loss is limited by the slot.
It is one thing if most of these young men were going to end up good players. ALL the players after the first 5 picks have less than a quarter chance of making the majors, by the end of the first round, 10% or less, and it just goes down exponentially after that. Yet these young men will get roughly $2M each, even though 75-80% of them will never be a good player. They might become journeymen at best. Is that what you were expecting when paying them $2M?
If anything, this high bonus system has ended up making the minors into haves and have nots. They are paid horribly and support seems to be non-existent for any prospect who is not a top prospect. The bonus babies have the money to continue working out and practicing/learning, while the others have to worry about where to work and live, regular lives. Hopefully teams will start spending some of this money freed to give these players better working conditions: better pay, better support, just give them a decent chance of becoming all that their desire, as well as talent, can take them.
Yet, you don't want to make it so good that guys will just stick around because of the lifestyle either. So there will need to be a balance.
Appel did not really fall that far. None of the rankers had him as the top prospect. He was 3-4 in the ones I saw, though one noted that really the 2-3-4 could be interchangeable. So he maybe fell 4-5 spots, not a lot really.
DeleteAnd he has Boras to blame. With the new rules, you can be sure that Boras will try to force the team to devote more of their allocated budget to his player, hurting the chances of signing the rest of that team's draft picks. Teams had an expectation of who they were going to select, and probably had pre-draft agreements with the ones who don't have Boras as an agent. Why blow up that sure thing for the possibility that Boras could take his player and go play in the next draft?
The Pirates probably took the chance because they have dealt with Boras before and feel a comfort level with that process than other teams. Plus, by that point Appel was too good to pass up.
Still, I don't see how Appel can pass up on $2.9M, risk injury and/or poor performance, just to get back to the $$-6M bonus level. And assuming Boras leaves a bad taste in the Pirates mouth (again; remember Pedro Alvarez's last minute change?), Appel might fall even more in next year's draft, just to avoid dealing with Boras. And it won't get him much more money unless the MLB left a huge loophole for Boras to climb through.
I don't really like caps either. But something had to be done, the system was not working if teams like the Tigers, Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, can keep on buying good talent later in the draft. I see this as step one towards fixing the system. At least they are taking the step. Maybe forcing a raise in spending on the farm system is the next move if this is not working well. we'll see.
DeleteStratton - I like the pick.. high ceiling/not much development time..
ReplyDeleteThe biggest surprise for me was Mark Appell dropping to #8 to the Pirates. I liked watching this better then the NFL draft because there is only 5 minutes between picks. Very interesting when it was the Giants turn to pick because Hensley, Stroman, Stratton,Shaffer, and Piscotty were all available at the time..
Looking forward to see who they pick in day 2..
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Appel showed one reason why he might have fallen by releasing a pouty statement that refused to say he was happy or honored to be drafted by the Bucs. Wow! I guess he feels pretty entitled, huh?
DeleteHere's hoping the Giants look towards HI for some OF help sometime today LG!
DeleteRemember, DrB, Stanfurd, where entitlement lives for some (though I know some pretty cool Stanford grads, so not all bad).
DeleteVery nice job done by the Giants. Was hoping they picked Stroman or McCullers Jr. but I think Stratton is more of a sure bet to be a starter rather than a reliever (both of the guys I wanted are projected by many scouts to be relievers in pro). His ceiling is not as high as both guys but I see he as a very solid #3. Can anyone who was watching the draft tell me who did they compare him to,?? Luckily we didnt get Marrero, I really didnt understand that pick for Red Sox, they usually go for high upside guys. St. Louis had a very disappointing draft as well. Another shock was Appel falling all the way to #8, I think he didnt go #1 because Houston wanted to get a top pick with their second pick (Lance McCullers Jr) and wouldnt have had enough money. Interesting, John Hart on MLB said that he thinks Lewis Brinson is better than Buxton. Man, really scared about those Nats, they got 4 top 1-1 picks in 4 years (Rendon, Harper, Strasburg, Giolito). Giolito if healthy is the best pitcher in this draft.
ReplyDeleteKeon Barnum was drafted #48 by White Sox, DrB liked you said it, they compared him to Ryan Howard, but I still dont know if he was a reached or did BA just rated him do damn low.
Names still available:
Trey Williams, Nolan Sanburn, Nick Williams, Alex Bregman, Peter O'Brien, Alex Bregman, Ron Miller, Alex Wood, Stephen Johnson, Martin Agosta
If they fall at #84, will love Johnson, Agosta or Sanburn.
Does anybody know at what time does the 2nd Round begin???
Yeah, I didn't really dig the Cards or BoSox draft. I'll have to check CNN to see if there were any riots in Boston last night. LOVE what the ChiSox did. Man, these new draft rules were tailor made for Kenny Williams! Agree that if the Nats can get Giolito signed, he might turn out to be the best pick in the draft. He'll probably have to go through the TJ process first, but then still a high probability talent after that.
DeleteWhat about Billy Beane just thumbing his nose at the Moneyball crowd? Man, has he moved on or what? This was a pure scouts draft for the A's!
Interesting Broxton went so high. Yes, I liked him a lot and thought the BA's of the world were ranking him too low.
I've been thinking Jeff Gelalich at #84 for the Giants but he's off the board now. I'd be happy with Trey Williams, Bregman, Ron Miller, Agosta. What about Brandon Thomas? Cam Perkins would be OK at either 2'nd or 3'rd round. What about a Nolan Fontana who I think might be a better SS than Marrero?
Sorry, I meant Barnum above. Barnum, Broxton, Buxton? I'm getting my names that start with B all mixed up.
DeleteBillie Beane took my guy! The Yanks got a steal in Hensley. I like the Stratton pick a lot, he should move quick, he's SEC battled tested, and he misses bats.
DeleteI think the Rangers got almost the same player in Brinson 27 picks after Broxton was off the board.
DJ Davis seemed like a reach to me to the Jays, as did Heaney to the Marlins. I was surprised McCullers and Rahier dropped. McCullers has to be a tough sign for the Astros.
My favorite player in the draft was Courtney Hawkins, and the way he lit up the draft room with his personality really reinforced that. The Mets are going to be really sorry they passed on him for Cecchini. The ChiSox shocked the pundits by not going with college pitching.
Should be a good day 2. Alex Bremgan! Trey Williams! Ron Miller! There are some nice bats out there. I like Fontana as well, and I do think he's better than Marrero with the bat for sure.
hawkins is great. but a real project. possible 5 tool player, but has gotta work on swing and pitch recognition.
Deletehowever, when he gets to the bigs...kid is gonna be a star that a team can really market
Obviously, started already, and we got Agosto, who you listed.
DeleteI'm VERY pleased we got Stratton. As DrB said, he's Tyler Hensley but more advanced. He should move pretty quickly through the system.
ReplyDeleteI'm still hoping for Purdue 3B Cameron Perkins somewhere in today's draft.
Good call Lyle. There are some sneaky picks like Perkins and Muncy.
DeleteMatt Garrioch has a Top 50 remaining players list over on MLB Draft Guide. Lots of really interesting names there. I keep saying this is a deep draft. Giants should be able to snag some really good players at #84 and #115.
ReplyDeleteMAybe the Giants can get Stratton for lets say $1.2-$1.5M and leave $300,000 so that the GIants could go overslot in the 2nd and 3rd round with upside guys like Ron Miller, both Williams, Bregman, Carson Kelly, Kieran Lovegrove, Nick Williams. Get 2 top HS (hitters or pitchers) in round 2 and 3. That will be an awesome draft!!!
ReplyDeleteStratton fell from where most mocks had him going, roughly mid-teens, so he is not going to accept $300K shave from the bonus. He's going to want to get all that he can get.
DeleteI like the pick helps us replace the Wheeler trade. But, he is where the giants scouts have to make their money. Recently the Giants have not done well after the first round with only Wilson, Romo, Belt and Tommy Joseph being quality prospects. And bullpen arms are more easily replaceable. Don't get me wrong, what the giants have done in the 1st round is remarkable, but if you want to stay competitive while picking at the bottom you need those late round steals to grow or use as trade bait. Seems as though the is the one area the giants haven't done well, because all of our star/good players, Bumgardner- 1st, Lincecum- 1st, Cain-1st, Posey- 1st, Panda- FA are 1st rounders or international signings.
ReplyDeleteEh, they're at least average. Belt is a great recent find.
Delete2003: Wilson. Closer.
2004: Jonathan Sanchez, Quality Starter eventually traded for Mely Cabrera.John Bowker. Eventually traded for Javier Lopez.
2005: Sergio Romo. Elite reliever.
2006: Brett Pill: RH bat off bench.
2007: Dan Runzler, Steve Edlefsen, Danny Otrero. Spare bullpen with upside to do better.
2008: Brandon Crawford, Starting SS. Eric Surkamp, likely will be a starter at some point. SCott Barnes, traded for Ryan Garko. Roger Kieschnick will likely be a callup some day.
2009: Tommy Joseph is probably the current Giants top prospect. Brandon Belt is a potential star. Chris Heston looks like a potential contributor.
2010: Hembree likely a future shutdown reliever. Brett Bochy looking like a sure-fire contributor. Kickham has a very good shot. Lots of time for the rest of the class.
2011: Way too early to tell. But good early returns on Blackburn and Crick in particular.
Brett Pill, if it wasn't for giants he should not even be on a MLB roster, same with Burriss and Schierholtz.
DeleteBrandon Belt looks more like a potential bust to me right now.
Hembree according to Baggarly, guy can pitch in back-to-back games, and with that ERA that dont shout out to me shutdown reliever.
I think what Logan is trying to say is that the Giants havent really produce impact players outside of the 1st Round. Look at Boston for an example: Josh Reddick, Jed Lowrie, Ryan Kalish, Dustin Pedroia, Will Middlebrooks, Jon Lester.
Giants outside of the first round the only players they've produced have been relievers and Jonathan Sanchez who have made an impact. I wont count guys like Burriss, Schierholtz, Bowker (yeah he got us Lopez because Pirates brass were morons), Otero, Edlefsen (not major leaguers)
The Red Sox used a huge capital advantage to overpay slot and also had very smart people. That led to a lot of great lower round picks and they were probably top in the industry.
DeleteBut there is a huge gap between "not as good as top in the industry" vs "not good".
It's just very nit-picky to complain about when basically the whole team is made up of guys either drafted, acquired via trades for drafted guys, or low-cost freebies.
The one thing the Giants have not done well is sign big free agents not named Barry Bonds....and those big Zito, Rowand mistakes are getting closer to the rear view and hopefully not made again.
im not sure who the anon at 1146 is...but if a player is in the bigs, he deserves to be on a major league roster
Deletehembree can pitch back to back games and he is in the minors to work on secondary pitches...
your entire post is nonsensical
What I mean is that other than bullpen arms there have been little or none impact or even very useful players taken after 1st round or even Supp. Blackburn looks like he has a chance, Surkamp is iffy with the elbow and Joseph looks good so hopefully we have some on the way
DeleteYeah, when you look at overall success rates from the second round on, it's pretty tough to criticize the Giants for not developing more players from those rounds because the overall success rate for those rounds is so dismal for everybody. I think the Giants have actually done better than average in that department.
DeleteLooks like the days of teams like Boston grabbing players with signability issues who drop to them in the supplemental and second rounds and then sign them for way above slot are now a thing of the past. Go ask Boston fans how they are feeling about the draft this morning!
Giants are loading up on arms, starters, relievers, lefty's rightys, hard throwers and soft tossers. They're just drafting arms!
ReplyDeleteLike Agosta in the second round. I don't see that there is much, if any, dropoff in talent from some of the late first and supplemental round picks.
I'm scratching my head a bit on the hitter in round 3 but he does seem to have some athleticism to go with his power. I'm just a bit leary of the BA which is not good for a college hitter.
Okert should turn into a terrific LOOGY.
Blach might end up at the back of the rotation.
The RHP in round 6 sounds like a beast of a closer prospect. Touches triple digits?
And they take another big bodied college reliever in Round 7!
Deleteno matter what barr says, the team is using this draft to load up on arms...which is good
Deleteto me it also means that they are gonna make a serious play for both melky and pagan and are happy with the development of the position guys they have on the farm
susac caught agosta in hs...should be another quick and ez signing
@bacci40: I think he said that to hide the fact they were clearly going after pitchers.
DeleteAnd rightfully so. Trading Wheeler left us without much hope in terms of starters in A+, AA or AAA.
Next year San Jose will be stocked with high-upside Sally Leaguers: (Crick, Blackburn, Marlow and Bandilla)and the draftees (Stratton, Agosta, and Blach)...amongst the other guys they drafted who look more like relievers. Surely some will be in sally, and some will be relievers, but there is also hope that a Stratton or Blackburn could advance quickyl and end next year in AA. Which is striking distance for the bigs.
I don't think Susac knows it yet, (and mostly wishful thinking on my part) but I bet he is going to repeat San Jose next year just so he can work with all these guys. JMO though.
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ReplyDeleteSo for you Huff deserves to be in the majors as well??
A 1B whos hitting .150/.303/.245 1HR 5RBI in 28Games
This is what Baggarly had to say about Giants top prospects, not very encouraging
"Gary Brown is not going to fly through the minors the way everyone thought and it looks like he’ll need to overhaul his unorthodox swing. Kyle Crick is not the same kind of strike thrower that Madison Bumgarner was as a teenager and Matt Cain became in short order. And Heath Hembree, after a great start, is not being used on consecutive days at Triple-A Fresno. It sounds as if he’s being coaxed along, possibly because of arm tenderness."
"deserves" is a vague term that can mean different things to different people. Probably not a good choice of words there.
DeleteBaggerly certainly summed up the pessimistic viewpoint there. A lot of us anticipated that Brownie might run into some challenges in the Eastern League. Nobody has ever suggested that Kyle Crick is or was the next Madison Bumgarner and Heath Hembree has flown up the system on the strength of one pitch and will likely never be anything but a reliever.
What Baggarly doesn't mention is the success of Clayton Blackburn, the fact that Mejia is making progress, Brett Bochy's success, Chris Heston's success. Can't just point to one quote and say that defines the Giants organization.
huff did deserve to be in the majors....then he destroyed his body
Deletehowever, if you dont wanna use deserve...how about belongs
craw and pill belong in the majors
as for hembree...baggs isnt there, and no one in fresno is saying what he is
if hembree is injured...he is on the dl....
they could be watching his inning count for a possible move to the bigs...maybe i will ask ellen
crick is 19....when drafted, everyone knew he was a work in progress
And the 8'th round pick is yet another pitcher, Lefty starter from Penn State. The weakest part of this draft has always been college hitters and the Giants obviously had no intention of testing the new CBA rules by drafting HS players. That leaves College pitchers, which I'm OK with....for this year.
ReplyDeleteI'm OK with it to an extent. We've left a couple nice players on the board though, the Purdue 3B and some nice 2B scrappers, who just got snagged in the 9th, including your sleeper.
DeleteMy man, Jamodrick Magruder, goes off the board to the Mariners at #281.
ReplyDeleteHah. Yup. And LJ Mazzilli. I am a tad upset at Los Gigantes on this one.
DeleteI meant the top 3 prospects not the whole organisation. Blackburn has been amazing so far. Hopefully giants snag a HS kid in the 9th or 10th.
ReplyDeleteBingo! Shilo McCall, HS CF from Farmington, NM. Giants have a good track record of signing these HS kids that they draft in the later single digit rounds. MLB has a scouting video. Stocky kid. Doesn't really look like an OF. Maybe a move to 2B, or even catcher?
DeleteMy first job out of residency was working at a small hospital and clinic in Monument Valley, UT. We use to drive about 3 hours to Farmington to go shopping, obviously not very often! Man, that is out in the badlands of New Mexico!!
It's nice to see us get at least one HS bat in the draft. Though I was always in the camp that starting pitching is what we needed the most. We're going to have to replace Zito, Timmy, and Vogelsong sooner than latter and now is the time to grab a few arms that could possibly replace them.
DeleteLots of college prospects both hitters and pitchers.
ReplyDeleteI liked a couple of the picks towards the end, but the 5-15 was pretty uninspiring. Stephen Johnson may turn out to be a Tidrow special steal at 6 and McCall looks interesting, but this is an old draft class. Stratton can hopefully move fast, if Agosta can as well great. Nobody really stood out and they squandered some opportunity to take a shot at some hitting. C grade at best.
ReplyDeleteWhen you consider where they were drafting and the organizational need for pitching depth, I give them a solid B.
DeleteDepressing draft. Not much upside besides the HS hitter don't know much about him either besides that he was rated 2nd prospect in NM behind Bregman. Most interesting pick was Stephen Johnson, can move fast as a reliever and chance to be closer. Other than that a lot of the guys the Giants drafted, hadn't even heard of them. Didn't understand why they drafted 2 catchers when that's the position they are loaded. All of the hitters they drafted look more like organisational depth rather than prospects except for Shilo. Surprisingly was that as DrB has said they usually draft a HS arm between the 10-20 round hasn't happened yet hopefully tomorrow, although not much to chose from. Ron Miller went to Marlins. Bregman still available.
ReplyDeleteDon't really understand this new CBA thing but I think you can give whatever amount you want after the 10th round.
Astros had a mighty draft: Correa, McCullers, Ruiz, Fontana, Virant. Boston one looks exactly like the Giants, not good for Cherington and Co. in their first year.
Bonuses in rounds 11-40 are essentially limited to $100 K. They might be able take money from the total pool which would be $100 K X 30 = $3 M and sign the #11 guy for, say $2 M and then spread the other $1 M over the next 29 picks, but they most definitely cannot spend whatever they want.
DeleteThe Giants have openly said in the past that once they get past a certain point in the draft, they are drafting to fill out the short season rosters more than anything else. It's just not realistiic to think that all 40 picks are taken because they think they've found the next sleeper HOF'er.
The fact that Bregman is still available should tell you that he's not signable.
Not sure what you see in Shilo that makes you think he's anything special. He looks like a squatty second baseman to me.
I think it's pretty clear that the Giants decided to go all in for college arms. From about the 9'th round on, they are drafting to fill out organizational rosters and to take a few fliers on longshot talents.
When you consider where the Giants were drafting and how much slot money they have to work with, I think they did very well in the draft. I'm not depressed about it at all!
It will be interesting to see how the HS talent shakes out in the signing process. Most of the first rounders will sign. They'd be foolish not to. I think it gets dicey as early as the supplemental round. If the 'Stros can get all those kids signed, more power to 'em, but I'd be willing to bet at least one or two don't sign. That would not help them the others because they lose their slot allowance for any slot that does not sign.
I'm sure this just didn't pop in what you just laid down but picks 11-40 are limited to 100K and if you go over that amount it counts against the 1-10 cap. So there is no taking 2MM and plopping it down on 17 Black so to speak.
DeleteThe Bregman is still here argument is so-so. Obviously the chance had to be taken in the 2nd. Most likely his bonus demands were too much, we might not never know.
What we do know now is that Appel refused a pre-draft deal for 6MM and the Astros lucked out by moving on to Correa. Got the best player in the draft, and it'll cost em 5MM and change, they will most likely have money to sign McCullers.
I can sympathize with their budget and where they are drafting, and looking over other teams drafts there is a lot of this going on across MLB. I wish they were a little more creative in their grabs, there were some good hitters they turned down their nose at. I'm going back over it, some are my pet projects but there BA ranking would back up some of it beyond that.
Sorry, not buying the B grade. Solid C.
Check that grade for a sec. And check on the selling Shilo McCall short as well. Gints have a deal in place with him, they were negotiating as they drafted. He is the Gatorade New Mexico player of the year. I didn't know much about him, but he looks like a dirt dog to me.
DeleteHere's the local papers story: http://www.daily-times.com/ci_20787513/piedra-vistas-shilo-mccall-drafted-by-san-francisco?source=most_emailed
I am feeling a little bit better about this, its showing a little bit of creativity. I really didn't like our 5,7 and 8 picks though, and the OK lefty at 4 as well. I'm curious if they were in on Alex Yarbrough who got picked right in front of them in the 4th. That guy is a pure hitter and could really bolster the MI depth. Anyways, there are 5 picks in the first 10 that I do like, so I might be twisted up to a B grade. I've looked over other teams drafts, they're all doing this type of stuff the Gints did with the college seniors. Kevin Goldstein called the new CBA a complete failure actually on twitter. So maybe a grudging B from me afterall.
My understanding is that there is a limit of $100 K per pick after round 10 also. I just was trying to figure out who drafting Hunter Virant in round 11 was going to help anything for the 'Stros. If the bonus limit for Virant is $100 K, he's going to school. End of story.
DeleteI really don't know anything about McCall. I just know he looks a bit on the squatty side to me. Very typical 2B body. Not that 2B is the end of the world, but he'd have more value as a CF and he just doesn't look the part to me. That's me playing scout.
DeleteBeen reading up on BA and PG. 100K limit, then its going against your bonus pool from 1-10. So Houston has saved up some dough from Correa, they might have enough to go grab him with that pool money. Its basically a hedge if McCullers backs out. I like it.
DeleteMentioned this in your next post, but if you're looking at that MLB video on McCall, aspect ratio is screwed up, making him look squat.
There are several scouting reports that refer to McCall as "thick". Thick, squat, it might have been a poor choice of words but the same idea.
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