Callis said McKay turned down an offer the Twins made him. I forgot how to link tweets here

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Is the MLB.com stream stuttering for anyone else? 

With our pitching the way it is, the idea that this team would take a position player at 1:1 ticks me off.

 

I have wanted Greene for long time and that hasn't changed!

I don't think you can use the #1 pick base upon need. You take the player with the best chance of being a superstar.

 

I'll be ticked if they use the #1 overall pick on a guy that's projected to be a #3 starter. Draft for talent and upside, and take the pocketbook out of mothballs and use it for once on a SP in the short-term.

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Reds will jump all over Greene.

 

A toolsy high-school position player is hardly a risk-averse pick. McKay as a pitcher would be "safer."

Taking that child molester at 1-1 would be a risk too. Risk isn't necessarily good.

So Twins offered McKay something in line with #4 pick?

I trust Falvine with Royce Lewis and look forward to 35 and 37.

Blue Screen..

 

Is the MLB.com stream stuttering for anyone else? 

Open TD and the draft in separate browsers.

 

Taking that child molester at 1-1 would be a risk too. Risk isn't necessarily good.

 

All picks are "risky" in various ways, I was refuting the claim that Lewis is a "risk-averse" selection. That's just not the case.

 

Whether it's a good pick is a completely separate issue.

I think 10% of the people at Target field care

my excitement for the draft is gone.

Prepared to be disappointed

This is sickening, toolsy hs SS, has massive bust written all over it.  Have seen nothing about him remotely worthy of #1 consideration.  To take a massive gamble on athleticism may as well just take Green or Gore.  Just to have money for later slots-look at the history of picks 30-40, not much talent there, most years 1-2 players pan out.  Compare this to the top 10, your key players are in the top 10 and you shouldn't mess around.

Lewis. There you go. Well, I don't get it, but whatever.

later all.

Gad, five minutes in and I'm already disappointed. 

Love the pick me and 3 other people clapped lots of confused looks

Well, I said I'd act a fool. I'm a man of my word. Look out, cars on my block. Y'all about to get flipped. 

Ugh. Uninspiring.

Lol, for crying out loud. They actually left Hunter Greene on the table. We'll look back on this amazement (in a bad way).

This pick makes me wonder if Falvey is taking the Cubs approach of "avoid pitchers". Not sure a mid-market team can play that game but whatever, we'll all know in a few years. I don't get riled up about the draft because when you get right down to it, none of us know jack crap about these players.

Sets up to take great pitching at 35 and 37 where failure is tolerable. Once again falvey makes the smarter option

Sets up to take great pitching at 35 and 37 where failure is tolerable. Once again falvey makes the smarter option

Really not a fan of this at first overall. Like at all.

 

But I think it behooves me to wait and see what happens at 35 & 37.

WTF

Sets up to take great pitching at 35 and 37 where failure is tolerable. Once again falvey makes the smarter option

I agree. Digging into Lewis I like him more. A lot depends on how they follow this up.

I don't hate Lewis on a personal level. He seems like a great pick but I don't see why we'd take a HS guy in this draft.  And I doubt he'd take a huge discount as a Boras guy. So why do we pass on guys who might be able to help the current core?

Look at all of the s-eating grins in the Reds war room.

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So, does this set them up to take great pitching at 35 and 37? Not sure if we're clear on that.