MLB Draft

WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:59 pm

68434247474245785F4A5F4244452B0 wrote: Skenes seems a bit nerdy and comes off like a real nice guy. Has an Andrew Luck QB type of vibe. Not sure if I like that?
Air Force Academy can do that to people ;D

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:04 pm

nice article on 8th round pick Austin Strickland

https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/ ... 211283334/

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:13 pm

I have a blah feeling with Day 2 of the Pirates draft. Several pitchers and one position player. It appears none of the pitchers are overwhelming. Maybe a couple future bullpen arms. Forester the infielder might be a future first baseman or even a DH. We will see how the Draft develops tomorrow.

ChillinStation · Post by **ChillinStation** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:50 am

0C20282F2403342232410 wrote: When the Bucs signed Skenes one of the thoughts was that the Pirates were trying to save money so they could pursue players who may command a higher bonus. Well, through their first 6 picks 5 are college juniors/seniors and only their 2nd round compensation pick was a high school pitcher. In short, the picks they have made to date strike me as players who will readily sign for slot or below slot.

That`s what I thought. Not sure what they are doing?

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:51 am

I've seen that too, but I'm not really sure how people thought the current "pitcher prospect of the century" or whatever they're calling him would be an underslot value pick.

UtahPirate · Post by **UtahPirate** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:12 am

I think we'll see something early tomorrow with a couple of hard-to-sign HSers.

In 21 we went overslot to get some kids to choose MiLB over their commitment to college football. I am wondering if NIL makes buying those type of commitments a lot more expensive. There will be something interesting I would guess ...

MaineBucs · Post by **MaineBucs** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 6:08 pm

So ---

Through round 11. 2 position players and 10 pitchers, 9 of whom are college pitchers.

Perhaps some of the pitchers are two-way players, otherwise, some of the coaches may need to play in the Rookie League games so the Bucs can field a team.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 6:26 pm

032F27202B0C3B2D3D4E0 wrote: So ---

Through round 11. 2 position players and 10 pitchers, 9 of whom are college pitchers.

Perhaps some of the pitchers are two-way players, otherwise, some of the coaches may need to play in the Rookie League games so the Bucs can field a team.

I guess BC thinks the Bucs need pitching. Pretty amazing but maybe the hitters are coming from Latin America.

INbuc · Post by **INbuc** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:20 pm

I may be behind the times, but seems like something is different this year. Through six rounds today, I think only 27 of the 180 players drafted were HS players. Moreover, about 50 players from the MLB top 250 prospects list -- several in the top 100 -- remain undrafted.

Maybe agents have instructed teams not to draft their players, or maybe NIL money is impacting this.

One player I was interested in was Will Gasparino -- rated 75 in the MLB draft rankings. His father is a lead scout with the Dodgers.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/ ... ft-feature

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:43 pm

797E524553300 wrote: I may be behind the times, but seems like something is different this year. Through six rounds today, I think only 27 of the 180 players drafted were HS players. Moreover, about 50 players from the MLB top 250 prospects list -- several in the top 100 -- remain undrafted.

Maybe agents have instructed teams not to draft their players, or maybe NIL money is impacting this.

One player I was interested in was Will Gasparino -- rated 75 in the MLB draft rankings. His father is a lead scout with the Dodgers.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/ ... ft-feature

Not that I know anything about this stuff. I just counted 49 of the top 250 rated guys on the MLB site haven't been drafted, and they are in the 18th round. Baltimore just took the 76th rated guy.

I have no idea if it's common 20 percent of the top 250 don't get drafted. Like you said, a lot of top 100 guys not picked, 9 in all, including the 42nd and 44th rated guys. They obviously have solid commitments, but is NIL money that much they can forego being a second round pick, those two guys at 42 and 44? The Astros slot of second round is 1.3 million!!