2019 MLB Draft

[hrubes20]

Kameron Misner is starting really strong for Missouri as well.  If he keeps that up in SEC play, he could end up going quite high.

[devils1854]

1 hour ago, hrubes20 said:

Kameron Misner is starting really strong for Missouri as well.  If he keeps that up in SEC play, he could end up going quite high.

He's who I want at #9 for Atlanta, but he might be playing his way to #2 or 3. 

[THE DUKE]

Graham Stinson is falling waaaaaay down draft boards.  He's been 88-90 through his first two starts with iffy control.  Was the consensus top college pitcher heading into the season.  Still has time to rebound, but he hasn't looked good.

[devils1854]

19 minutes ago, THE DUKE said:

Graham Stinson is falling waaaaaay down draft boards.  He's been 88-90 through his first two starts with iffy control.  Was the consensus top college pitcher heading into the season.  Still has time to rebound, but he hasn't looked good.

He's fat and cant replicate the delivery........saw this a mile away. 

[holt_bruce81]

So knowing nothing about these guys....Could someone tell me a bit more on Spencer Jones? Is he a hard Vandy Commit? The very little I've seen, I think his future is definitely on the mound, Is that the consensus?

 

@devils1854 @THE DUKE @hrubes20

Edited February 28, 2019 by holt_bruce81

[THE DUKE]

1 hour ago, holt_bruce81 said:

So knowing nothing about these guys....Could someone tell me a bit more on Spencer Jones? Is he a hard Vandy Commit? The very little I've seen, I think his future is definitely on the mound, Is that the consensus?

 

@devils1854 @THE DUKE @hrubes20

I haven't looked into the high school side of things too much yet.  Hard to get info there sometimes.  Only thing I've heard recently is that CJ Abrams is considered a top 5 pick now, maybe top 3.

In general, Vandy commits are going to be tough to sign unless you take them in round 1 or a 7 figure bonus in lower rounds.  Similar for a lot of the top schools.  I so wanted the Reds to find a way to sign Tommy Mace a couple years back, but Hunter Greene got his over slot money and that pretty much made it impossible.

[ramssuperbowl99]

6 hours ago, THE DUKE said:

In general, Vandy commits are going to be tough to sign unless you take them in round 1 or a 7 figure bonus in lower rounds.  Similar for a lot of the top schools. 

Nah Vandy kids are uniquely tough signs. Almost all of them really. They recruit so well it's crazy

[devils1854]

Quick 1st round mock trying to think what teams would do, not what they should do

1.Baltimore-Adley Rutschman||C||Oregon State
2.Kansas City-Andrew Vaughn||1B||California
3.Chi White Sox-Kameron Misner||OF||Missouri
4.Miami-CJ Abrams||SS||Blessed Trinity, GA
5.Detroit-Daniel Espino||RHP||Premier Academy, GA
6.San Diego-Bobby Witt Jr||SS||Coleyville Heritage, TX
7.Cincinnati-Bryson Stott||SS||UNLV
8.Texas-Riley Greene||OF||Hagerty, FL
9.Atlanta-Jackson Rutledge||RHP||San Jacinto JC
10.San Francisco-Josh Jung||3B||Texas Tech
11.Toronto-Matthew Allan||RHP||Seminole, FL
12.NY Mets-Shea Langeliers||C||Baylor
13.Minnesota-Corbin Carroll||OF||Lakeside, WA
14.Philadelphia-Alek Manoah||RHP||West Virginia
15.LA Angels-Jerrion Ealy||OF||Jackson Prep, MS
16.Arizona-Michael Busch||OF/1B||North Carolina
17.Washington-Carter Stewart||RHP||Eastern Florida JC
18.Pittsburgh-Will Holland||SS||Auburn
19.St Louis-George Kirby||RHP||Elon
20.Seattle-JJ Bleday||OF||Vanderbilt
21.Atlanta-Maurice Hampton||OF||Memphis, TN
22.Tampa Bay-Graeme Stinson||LHP||Duke
23.Colorado-Rece Hinds||3B||IMG Academy, FL
24.Cleveland-Brennan Malone||RHP||IMG Academy, FL
25.LA Dodgers-JJ Goss||RHP||Cypress Ranch, TX
26.Arizona-Spencer Jones||LHP||La Costa Canyon, CA
27.Chi Cubs-Logan Davidson||SS||Clemson
28.Milwaukee-Brett Baty||3B||Lake Travis, TX
29.Oakland-Zack Thompson||LHP||Kentucky
30.NY Yankees-Matthew Lugo||SS||Beltran Academy, PR
31.LA Dodgers-Chase Strumpf||2B||UCLA
32.Houston-Aaron Schunk||3B||Georgia
33.Boston-Jack Leiter||RHP||Delbarton, NJ

33.Arizona-Braden Shewmake||SS||Texas A&M
34.Arizona-Kyle Stowers||OF||Stanford
35.Miami-Hunter Barco||LHP||Bolles, FL
36.Tampa Bay-Will Wilson||SS||North Carolina State
37.NY Yankees-Quinn Priester||RHP||Cary, IL
38.Pittsburgh-Michael Toglia||OF||UCLA
39.Tampa Bay-Sammy Siani||OF||William Penn, PA
40.Texas-Greg Jones||SS||UNC Wilmington
41.Minnesota-Nasim Nunez||SS||Collins Hill, GA

 

My Top 10 right now

1.Adley Rutschman||C||Oregon State
2.Bobby Witt Jr||SS||Coleyville Heritage, TX
3.Riley Greene||OF||Hagerty, FL
4.Kameron Misner||OF||Missouri
5.Shea Langeliers||C||Baylor
6.Josh Jung||3B||Texas Tech
7.Daniel Espino||RHP||Premier Academy, GA
8.Andrew Vaughn||1B||California
9.Jerrion Ealy||OF||Jackson Prep, MS
10.Brennan Malone||RHP||IMG Academy, FL

Edited March 1, 2019 by devils1854

[hrubes20]

23 hours ago, holt_bruce81 said:

So knowing nothing about these guys....Could someone tell me a bit more on Spencer Jones? Is he a hard Vandy Commit? The very little I've seen, I think his future is definitely on the mound, Is that the consensus?

 

@devils1854 @THE DUKE @hrubes20

I know very little about the prep guys at this point.  Hopefully I will have some time to get up to speed on them over the next month or so.  But as Rams said, Vandy commits are extremely hard to pry away.  

12 hours ago, devils1854 said:

Quick 1st round mock trying to think what teams would do, not what they should do

1.Baltimore-Adley Rutschman||C||Oregon State
2.Kansas City-Andrew Vaughn||1B||California
3.Chi White Sox-Kameron Misner||OF||Missouri
4.Miami-CJ Abrams||SS||Blessed Trinity, GA
5.Detroit-Daniel Espino||RHP||Premier Academy, GA
6.San Diego-Bobby Witt Jr||SS||Coleyville Heritage, TX
7.Cincinnati-Bryson Stott||SS||UNLV
8.Texas-Riley Greene||OF||Hagerty, FL
9.Atlanta-Jackson Rutledge||RHP||San Jacinto JC
10.San Francisco-Josh Jung||3B||Texas Tech
11.Toronto-Matthew Allan||RHP||Seminole, FL
12.NY Mets-Shea Langeliers||C||Baylor
13.Minnesota-Corbin Carroll||OF||Lakeside, WA
14.Philadelphia-Alek Manoah||RHP||West Virginia
15.LA Angels-Jerrion Ealy||OF||Jackson Prep, MS
16.Arizona-Michael Busch||OF/1B||North Carolina
17.Washington-Carter Stewart||RHP||Eastern Florida JC
18.Pittsburgh-Will Holland||SS||Auburn
19.St Louis-George Kirby||RHP||Elon
20.Seattle-JJ Bleday||OF||Vanderbilt
21.Atlanta-Maurice Hampton||OF||Memphis, TN
22.Tampa Bay-Graeme Stinson||LHP||Duke
23.Colorado-Rece Hinds||3B||IMG Academy, FL
24.Cleveland-Brennan Malone||RHP||IMG Academy, FL
25.LA Dodgers-JJ Goss||RHP||Cypress Ranch, TX
26.Arizona-Spencer Jones||LHP||La Costa Canyon, CA
27.Chi Cubs-Logan Davidson||SS||Clemson
28.Milwaukee-Brett Baty||3B||Lake Travis, TX
29.Oakland-Zack Thompson||LHP||Kentucky
30.NY Yankees-Matthew Lugo||SS||Beltran Academy, PR
31.LA Dodgers-Chase Strumpf||2B||UCLA
32.Houston-Aaron Schunk||3B||Georgia
33.Boston-Jack Leiter||RHP||Delbarton, NJ

33.Arizona-Braden Shewmake||SS||Texas A&M
34.Arizona-Kyle Stowers||OF||Stanford
35.Miami-Hunter Barco||LHP||Bolles, FL
36.Tampa Bay-Will Wilson||SS||North Carolina State
37.NY Yankees-Quinn Priester||RHP||Cary, IL
38.Pittsburgh-Michael Toglia||OF||UCLA
39.Tampa Bay-Sammy Siani||OF||William Penn, PA
40.Texas-Greg Jones||SS||UNC Wilmington
41.Minnesota-Nasim Nunez||SS||Collins Hill, GA

 

My Top 10 right now

1.Adley Rutschman||C||Oregon State
2.Bobby Witt Jr||SS||Coleyville Heritage, TX
3.Riley Greene||OF||Hagerty, FL
4.Kameron Misner||OF||Missouri
5.Shea Langeliers||C||Baylor
6.Josh Jung||3B||Texas Tech
7.Daniel Espino||RHP||Premier Academy, GA
8.Andrew Vaughn||1B||California
9.Jerrion Ealy||OF||Jackson Prep, MS
10.Brennan Malone||RHP||IMG Academy, FL

That was fun to look at, even if I don't know much about the prep players.  

Logan Davidson seems like a Cubs pick (up the middle college hitter) but he has been fairly terrible in 2 tries on the Cape.  This FO puts a great deal of stock in Cape performances.  Strumpf seems like a guy they would like, given his really good wood bat league performances.

[Sllim Pickens]

I don't see the Tigers passing on Witt at this point.  They need bats to go with their arms they already have.  They may not want someone so far away but would likely take the chance or draft a college bat like Jung or Langeliers. 

[devils1854]

10 hours ago, Sllim Pickens said:

I don't see the Tigers passing on Witt at this point.  They need bats to go with their arms they already have.  They may not want someone so far away but would likely take the chance or draft a college bat like Jung or Langeliers. 

4 straight years in taking big arm pitchers with their first pick(Mize, Faedo, Manning, Burrows). Thats a pattern like the White Sox taking 6 straight college guys. It could definitely change this season, but until then Ill project an arm like Espino.

Witt is also going through big prospect fatigue right now, and could be a faller like Turang last draft.

[devils1854]

11 hours ago, hrubes20 said:

I know very little about the prep guys at this point.  Hopefully I will have some time to get up to speed on them over the next month or so.  But as Rams said, Vandy commits are extremely hard to pry away.  

That was fun to look at, even if I don't know much about the prep players.  

Logan Davidson seems like a Cubs pick (up the middle college hitter) but he has been fairly terrible in 2 tries on the Cape.  This FO puts a great deal of stock in Cape performances.  Strumpf seems like a guy they would like, given his really good wood bat league performances.

Yeah, the prep players are hard right now. I havent done much research on them. I was mostly going off scouting reports from the top guys for a lot of them.

Someone is going to take Davidson too high. I dont love him because of the reasons you stated. He has been awful in the Cape, and he does have swing and miss issues. There are tools though that some team will probably fall in love with and will take him higher than he should, especially if they think he can stick at short. Logan Warmouth, Kevin Newman, Richie Martin, Alex Blandino, and Kevin Merrell are all middle of the field guys that have been taken in the first round in the past five years that had no place going as high as they did because of their abilities to play in the middle of the field.

[THE DUKE]

On ‎3‎/‎2‎/‎2019 at 12:31 AM, devils1854 said:

4 straight years in taking big arm pitchers with their first pick(Mize, Faedo, Manning, Burrows). Thats a pattern like the White Sox taking 6 straight college guys. It could definitely change this season, but until then Ill project an arm like Espino.

Witt is also going through big prospect fatigue right now, and could be a faller like Turang last draft.

Unlike Turang though, Witt has plus power though.  The bat speed is real.  I don't see him falling anything like Turang did last year, he's still a SS with plus power, run, arm, and defense.  As a Reds fan, i'd be thrilled if he fell to 7, he's exactly the kind of guy they need and he could take over for Jose Peraza in 3-4 years.

[THE DUKE]

Andrew Vaughn making a strong case for being the first ever back to back golden spikes winner.  Through Cal's first 10 games he has 7 HR and is hitting .529/.680/1.176 for a 1.856 OPS after a 4 home run weekend.  Even as a 1B/DH player, if i'm Kansas City, I think long and hard about Vaughn at #2.  Rutschman is a lock at #1 (rightfully so), but Vaughn has a strong argument as the clear premier bat in the draft.  Plus hit and plus power, potentially double plus at both.

[hrubes20]

2 hours ago, THE DUKE said:

Andrew Vaughn making a strong case for being the first ever back to back golden spikes winner.  Through Cal's first 10 games he has 7 HR and is hitting .529/.680/1.176 for a 1.856 OPS after a 4 home run weekend.  Even as a 1B/DH player, if i'm Kansas City, I think long and hard about Vaughn at #2.  Rutschman is a lock at #1 (rightfully so), but Vaughn has a strong argument as the clear premier bat in the draft.  Plus hit and plus power, potentially double plus at both.

I want to disagree with this, but I can't.  That bat is so legit.