On the Bright Side: 2023 MLB Draft

[LongLiveMaroth]

2 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2023-mock-draft-1-0/

I think Skenes is a virtual lock at no. 2 regardless of who the first pick is, and I now think there’s a growing likelihood that that first pick will be Langford. Not enough to mock him there just yet, but enough that I’d consider him the second most likely player to go first behind Crews.

37. Detroit Tigers
Pick: Tommy Troy, SS, Stanford

A Langford-Troy 3/37 pick would be a nice get for Harris. 

[Toddwert]

49 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

A Langford-Troy 3/37 pick would be a nice get for Harris. 

I thought Crews was the latest thinking ?

[LongLiveMaroth]

38 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

I thought Crews was the latest thinking ?

I mean I would love Crews as well 

[RandyMarsh]

Yeah I prefer Langford just cause I think his bat is a little better(Crews defense is better though) but I'll gladly take either.

But let's be real we all know how this is gonna turn out, the guy we don't get will turn into Mike Trout and the guy we draft will be a bust.

[kdog]

ESPN has the top 3 as Skenes, Crews, Langford this morning.

Keith Law has Langford, Skenes, and Crews to Detroit.

[KL2]

2 minutes ago, kdog said:

ESPN has the top 3 as Skenes, Crews, Langford this morning.

Keith Law has Langford, Skenes, and Crews to Detroit.

All three?!

 

How the hell do we pull that off??!

[theroundsquare]

Law hates the Tigers so he wants us to feel the pain of three draft busts

[Tigermojo]

2 minutes ago, theroundsquare said:

Law hates the Tigers so he wants us to feel the pain of three draft busts

Haven't we already experienced that many times?

[Tiger337]

8 minutes ago, KL2 said:

All three?!

 

How the hell do we pull that off??!

They've been telling me Harris is a genius.  

[Tenacious D]

Baseball needs to allow picks to be traded.  Would just make everything more interesting.  

[theroundsquare]

4 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Haven't we already experienced that many times?

Yes, but he hates us so much, he wants us to have three busts, all at once, all right at the top of the draft.  That, I think, would be new.

[Tigermojo]

1 minute ago, theroundsquare said:

Yes, but he hates us so much, he wants us to have three busts, all at once, all right at the top of the draft.  That, I think, would be new.

The Grinch of baseball.

[Shinzaki]

You know Avila would have suggested trading that Verlander pick for Ricky Ledee

[Tenacious D]

4 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

You know Avila would have suggested trading that Verlander pick for Ricky Ledee

would have been interesting during the Dombrowski era--seems like we surrendered some 1st rounders to sign free agents.  I think he would have traded any picks we had for vets.

[Edman85]

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Baseball needs to allow picks to be traded.  Would just make everything more interesting.  

Some picks are allowed to be traded.

 

I understand why they don't allow draft day trades, though. The pace of the later rounds would make it drag for many additional if trades reset everything.

Edited July 7, 2023 by Edman85

[Tiger337]

3 hours ago, Shinzaki said:

You know Avila would have suggested trading that Verlander pick for Ricky Ledee

I think that is the opposite of what he would have done.  I think Avila was pretty consistent in his goal of acquiring and retaining young players.  He just wasn't particularly good at it and he was bad at other things such as free agent signings.    

Edited July 7, 2023 by Tiger337

[RatkoVarda]

Like ESPN, Pipeline has Skenes - Crews - Langford,

and then with LHP Whitman (Kent St) at 37

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-2023-mock-draft-july-6?t=mlb-draft-coverage

[RandyMarsh]

I'm at the point where I'm going to be deeply disappointed if we don't end up with Crews or Langford.

[Edman85]

It is a good year to have a ton of draft pool money to play with...

[Tigermojo]

I'm looking forward to what the new front office can do. Rob Metzler was with the Rays for a long time. They've had some pretty good success in the draft.

[mtutiger]

4 hours ago, RandyMarsh said:

I'm at the point where I'm going to be deeply disappointed if we don't end up with Crews or Langford.

Outside of Crews/Langford going in the first two picks, seems pretty unlikely to me.

[Toddwert]

Kieth Laws latest Mock draft has 

1. Langford

2. Skenes

3. Crews

[Toddwert]

28 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Outside of Crews/Langford going in the first two picks, seems pretty unlikely to me.

Sounds like the Nats love Skenes from what a bunch of draft guys have been saying

[gehringer_2]

58 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

Sounds like the Nats love Skenes from what a bunch of draft guys have been saying

watched a bunch of Crews' film and polish is really the right word. Very MLB like approach at the plate - no wasted motion or excess kick to have to get rid of, gets his front foot down fast and easy power to all fields. In the OF he can dive, run, basket catch. None of it means he can hit MLB breaking balls, but if he fails he's going to look good doing it. 

[Tigeraholic1]

Still wouldn’t be mad if they grabbed him.