MLB Draft

ChillinStation · Post by **ChillinStation** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:49 pm

If they take the Pitcher we won`t see him for 2-3 years, something bad will happen. Ask Bullington, Burnett, the kid before Burnett etc.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:10 pm

Ask Cole.

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:12 am

Man, IDK. In a vacuum, I'd say the pitcher. But it seems like we'll see a position player on the Pirates longer.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:24 am

The vacuum begins with the guy making it to the MLB roster. That's no sure thing with any suspect.

After we get past that assumption, I would say that if a team wants to win faster, go SP. It's such a precious commodity, where the position player is one of eight. A dominant SP can do it all by himself, but once every so many games.

If it wants to win longer, then position player might be the better way to go. If I was a GM, I wouldn't care less about "longer." I might be out of a job before it gets to that point, and the person who takes over benefits. I always want to win faster. Time is always the enemy. Time is never a friend.

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:47 pm

35140108300912011405600 wrote: It's getting interesting. Skenes tops the latest MLB Pipeline projections and more than one site have mentioned Max Clark as a possibility suggesting the Pirates may try to repeat the prospect grab of the 2021 draft by working a below slot deal ala Davis.

https://www.piratesprospects.com/2023/0 ... crews.html
One comment about the 2021 draft when the Pirates saved money on 1-1. That year they had the number one pick in each round of the draft. This year they have the first pick, but later rounds they are drafting I believe third. So players they may have wanted could be gone by the time their number gets called.

ChillinStation · Post by **ChillinStation** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:55 pm

Keller

Jared Jones

Priester

Skenes

Solomento

OR

Crews

Reynolds

Davis

Cruz

Suwinski

Hayes

Gonzales

Looks Good both ways. :-/

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:22 pm

0C2726232326211C3B2E3B2620214F0 wrote: Keller

Jared Jones

Priester

Skenes

Solomento

OR

Crews

Reynolds

Davis

Cruz

Suwinski

Hayes

Gonzales

Looks Good both ways. :-/

They both look great, my only concern with Skenes is the potential of TJ surgery. Today so many pitchers end up having this procedure, and with the Bucs luck he would probably break down before he ever threw a pitch in the Big Leagues.

WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:03 pm

545859020B020A07001F05320 wrote: Keller

Jared Jones

Priester

Skenes

Solomento

OR

Crews

Reynolds

Davis

Cruz

Suwinski

Hayes

Gonzales

Looks Good both ways. :-/

They both look great, my only concern with Skenes is the potential of TJ surgery. Today so many pitchers end up having this procedure, and with the Bucs luck he would probably break down before he ever threw a pitch in the Big Leagues.
That's why I like the position player

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:53 pm

Go with the position player.

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:11 pm

5B7D7A6F666A7D6B63080 wrote: Go with the position player.
I agree take the position player, but there is some talk out there that Crews is not interested in signing with the Pirates. If that is true, they may end up with Skenes.