Jim Cowan Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 3:47 PM, Tiger337 said: Gavin Cross -Good baseball name and sounds like he's a hitter. Jace Jung - Alliteration is good, but his name is Jace. He'll be overrated. Justin Crawford - Will be overrated because his father played. Brock Porter - A pitcher with two last names. That won't work. Cole Young - Again, two last names, but a hitter can get away with it. Connor Prielipp - Just a terrible name and they are already talking reliever. Forget about him. Expand You can tell a lot about a player from his nickname. Avoid "Spaz". Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 7:12 PM, Longgone said: All the speculation is kind of silly. They have their board, the top of which is most assuredly dominated by hitters, but it all depends on who goes before their pick, and then they'll take whoever is their highest rated player remaining. Expand Eh, it's all the fun of the lead up to the draft, with the MLB club doing as bad as this is as good a distraction as any. Quote
chasfh Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) On 7/15/2022 at 4:21 PM, pyrotigers said: Given it's a Tigers draft, I'll assume we'll draft the highest rated player who falls to us, and they'll likely either be: A hard throwing right-hander with injury and control problems Or A right handed power bat with holes in their swing and problems with pitch recognition Expand Front office sent Jim Leyland and David F****** Chadd to scout kids for the draft, so ... one right-handed high school pitcher coming right up. Welcome aboard, Dylan Lesko. Edited July 15, 2022 by chasfh Quote
Tiger337 Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 8:06 PM, LongLiveMaroth said: Eh, it's all the fun of the lead up to the draft, with the MLB club doing as bad as this is as good a distraction as any. Expand People talk about the draft like it's the NBA or the NFL draft, but the baseball draft just doesn't have the same impact and it has no immediate impact. It's is fun to speculate and dream though. 1 Quote
Jim Cowan Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 9:32 PM, Tiger337 said: People talk about the draft like it's the NBA or the NFL draft, but the baseball draft just doesn't have the same impact and it has no immediate impact. It's is fun to speculate and dream though. Expand Quote
Tenacious D Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 9:32 PM, Tiger337 said: People talk about the draft like it's the NBA or the NFL draft, but the baseball draft just doesn't have the same impact and it has no immediate impact. It's is fun to speculate and dream though. Expand Would help if it 1) college baseball had a much larger following and 2) teams could trade picks. Quote
gkelly Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 3:47 PM, Tiger337 said: Jace Jung - Alliteration is good, but his name is Jace. He'll be overrated. Expand I don't believe this qualifies as alliteration. I believe his last name is pronounced Young; although, if I am incorrect on the pronunciation, I apologize. Quote
Tiger337 Posted July 16, 2022 Posted July 16, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 11:37 PM, gkelly said: I don't believe this qualifies as alliteration. I believe his last name is pronounced Young; although, if I am incorrect on the pronunciation, I apologize. Expand You are correct. My mistake. Quote
Tiger337 Posted July 16, 2022 Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) On 7/15/2022 at 11:16 PM, Tenacious D said: Would help if it 1) college baseball had a much larger following and 2) teams could trade picks. Expand It would make it more interesting for sure, but they still wouldn't make the same impact as NBA first rounders. Edited July 16, 2022 by Tiger337 Quote
RandyMarsh Posted July 16, 2022 Author Posted July 16, 2022 Speaking of trading draft picks In hindsight it seems ridiculous but I still remember one of the national pundits say back before the 2018 draft that we could've gotten a haul for the 1st pick from a playoff contender due to how good Mize was and how ready he was perceived to be. I'm almost certain it was Law but not a 100%. Quote
1984Echoes Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 I'm going to watch the draft on ESPN tonight... I doubt there's any excitement there... But I'm tired and bored and not up for any excitement. I might zone in and out of the draft as consciousness also waxes and wains... Quote
Tenacious D Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 Please post your draft party pictures here. And if anyone has a killer recipe for a 7-layer dip, don’t be greedy. Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 10:26 PM, Tenacious D said: Please post your draft party pictures here. And if anyone has a killer recipe for a 7-layer dip, don’t be greedy. Expand Nah, gotta hold those off until the Rule V Party Quote
Tiger337 Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 10:42 PM, LongLiveMaroth said: Nah, gotta hold those off until the Rule V Party Expand Nothing at the Rule V party involves a recipe. Quote
1984Echoes Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 10:48 PM, Tiger337 said: Nothing at the Rule V party involves a recipe. Expand I DO have a recipe... that I believe would be appropriate... It's for a Russian Quaalude: One shot of Stoli's Vodka, one shot of Kahlua, one shot of Bailey's Irish Cream, one shot of Frangelico hazelnut liqueur. Shaken over ice, and poured into (4) shot glasses. A "White Russian on steroids" shot. 1 Quote
Tenacious D Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 10:54 PM, 1984Echoes said: I DO have a recipe... that I believe would be appropriate... It's for a Russian Quaalude: One shot of Stoli's Vodka, one shot of Kahlua, one shot of Bailey's Irish Cream, one shot of Frangelico hazelnut liqueur. Shaken over ice, and poured into (4) shot glasses. A "White Russian on steroids" shot. Expand Doctor recommended prior to the Pick the Stick portion of each pre-game. Quote
RandyMarsh Posted July 17, 2022 Author Posted July 17, 2022 Orioles take highly touted 2nd generational player, no not Druw Jones but instead Jackson Holliday HS SS from Oklahoma. Quote
Tenacious D Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 Orioles make a bold move drafting a 14-year old SS in Jackson Holliday. Signability pick? 1 Quote
1984Echoes Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 Kumar Rocker selected 3rd overall by the Rangers. Woohoo!!! Quote
RandyMarsh Posted July 17, 2022 Author Posted July 17, 2022 Whoa after Jones goes to the Dbacks the Rangers take Kumar at 3! Weird about a year ago people thought that they'd take him at 2 instead of Leiter, a year later and they end up with both of them. Quote
RandyMarsh Posted July 17, 2022 Author Posted July 17, 2022 Many mocks had all hitters going before the Tigers pick so with Rocker going that frees up atleast one bat at the Tigers pick that many thought wouldn't be there for the Tigers. Quote
buddha Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 i'm old enough to remember the fubar for kumar thread. 2 Quote
mtutiger Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 11:33 PM, RandyMarsh said: Many mocks had all hitters going before the Tigers pick so with Rocker going that frees up atleast one bat at the Tigers pick that many thought wouldn't be there for the Tigers. Expand Yep, it frees up one of the bats to fall to 12. Now go watch them pick Brock Porter lol Quote
Tenacious D Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 11:33 PM, RandyMarsh said: Many mocks had all hitters going before the Tigers pick so with Rocker going that frees up atleast one bat at the Tigers pick that many thought wouldn't be there for the Tigers. Expand That’s logical, but probably won’t impact the Tigers if they have locked into someone. Quote
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