2019 MLB Draft Day 1 Thread

Wow that OSU coach had about as much TV personality as a certain catcher from St. Paul.

Ooof, I woke up (it's 1am here in the UK) expecting them to be halfway through the 1st round and they're only on pick #6?! Holy crap, I could probably watch the second round about breakfast time at this point

 

Ooof, I woke up (it's 1am here in the UK) expecting them to be halfway through the 1st round and they're only on pick #6?! Holy crap, I could probably watch the second round about breakfast time at this point

I'm making dinner (pasta) ... and literally made watching water boil a priority over watching the draft

I tried watching once. When I was a sports freak. It almost killed me from boredom. No trades. Too long between picks. It was brutal.

I'm hoping for Rutledge. Thompson would be nice too.

The Jung pick just made things interesting.

Jung to Texas at #8.

 

First name often linked to the Twins to go.

 

I was having trouble feeling all that excited about him I think just because he'd be kind of similar to Rooker and Larnach and it's always easier to get more excited about something different.

MLB coverage is extremely annoying, they show that the next pick is in and then start a new interview before announcing the pick.

Well, there's one off the board for the Twins.

Now Langliers goes #9 to Atlanta.

 

I liked what I heard about him, but he seemed to have a decent amount of helium the last few weeks so unsurprisingly he didn't make it close to #13.

Law and others state this is one of the worst drafts for college pitchers. But when I read the pluses of some of the top college arms, I see several guys with velocity and a big breaking pitch that have low floors but high ceilings.

 

1] Even at 13, is this the season to take a shot there and hope you get the right guy?

 

2] Could this mean a slide to the compensation or 2nd round for some of those arms?

Given the run on position players.  There may actually be value in college arms at 13

Hoping somebody else drafts Stott quickly here, the one guy who just doesn't excite me.  Would like to see a pitcher, couple interesting guys out there.  

Atleast Cavaco, Carroll, and Stott are still available.

Corey

7:07 Is there a team that because you admire their draft acumen or philosophy, you are excited to see who they take? Dodgers, Astros, etc?

Eric A Longenhagen

7:07 those teams, LAA, MIN, NYY, we'll learn a lot about ARI tonight too

I’d love to see them go Carroll, but I’m guessing Cavaco.

Ryan

8:17 Twins take cavaco now that Jung is off the board or could another college bat interest them?

Eric A Longenhagen

8:17 have to think they take a long look at stott if he's there

 

Law and others state this is one of the worst drafts for college pitchers. But when I read the pluses of some of the top college arms, I see several guys with velocity and a big breaking pitch that have low floors but high ceilings.

1] Even at 13, is this the season to take a shot there and hope you get the right guy?

2] Could this mean a slide to the compensation or 2nd round for some of those arms?

 

Law can tend to overstate things a bit sometimes.  The Fangraphs guys seem to think that the pitching is average once you get past the top of the draft.  There has only has gone in the top ten, so teams haven't really been reaching for pitchers, and it wouldn't be a reach if the Twins went that way with one of the top pitchers available.

Allan's there ... Take him

Stott still available, seems like the best rated guy left on the board.

Twins on the clock!

It seems like Stott will be the guy. I hope they look at Rutledge or Allen though. Wouldn't be upset with any of the three

Stott is the highest rated by fangraphs and others will he be the pick or will they go against the grain and come up with someone different? They could go with Carroll as well.

Carroll or Stott, prep or college?

I'd be thrilled with Allan or Rutledge here.

Okay ... here we go ...

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I wonder what the highest pick has been to the owner of the best record at the time of the draft. 13 is kind of high

I'm still feeling some of the pain from last year, and it felt worse than the #13 pick. (It also felt worse than the final record - 78-84?)

 

Edited June 4, 2019 by gil4

Stott has pretty similar ratings to what Swanson and Bregman had when they were drafted.

I'm guessing it comes down to bonus numbers.

 

Johnny Flynn!!!