2016 MLB Draft Talk

[phins]

Expect to see Hudson shut down, or limited to a few inning outings after his season is up. This gives us a big reason to root against Miss. St. as college teams are notorious for being hard on their arms in tournament settings. He's already nearly quadrupled his innings this season and is showing signs of fatigue, velocity drop, and a lower release point. Kind in mind these things are fairly normal for pitchers who see this type of innings jump.

I still can't believe the Cards got a guy with a potential 7 pitch (cutter), a potential 6 (fastball), and a frame like his, this late in the draft. Usually, you'll see the smallish right-handers drop, but that is not Hudson. If anything, he needs to watch himself from getting too big. Shades of Lance Lynn in that regard.

Conor Jones, in all reality, I wasn't in love love with as a top-25 pick, but at 70, you really can't be upset there at all. He's a major ground ball guy with some velocity and some size. He's also performed at a very high level on a big stage and in a great conference. I actually think the ACC is a better conference than the SEC in baseball. Don't tell the national pundits.

Carlson is a switch hitter with more power from the left side. Keith Law comped him to Bryce Denton, but he's more fluid in his swing than Denton, and not quite the light tower power of Denton. He's a little light on the hit tool, but as the Cards have shown they are wont to do, he is very young for his class, as he will play the entire season at 17. I'm never a fan of taking high school 1B in the first round (because they have to be true two standard deviation type hitters to be regulars at the major league level), but I imagine they get him signed for far under slot and use some of that money to go over slot for other picks. he has the chance to be a plus defender at 1B, with excellent footwork and a solid arm. I'd put him in RF personally, but we will see what the Cards do here. If you're going to go under slot, why not go for a guy with a chance at 60 power, is young for his draft class at 17, and didn't really go on the showcase circuit so may be a bit under-scouted?

Hudson has already said he will sign. Carlson has already said he will sign. Perez doesn't even have a college commitment, so he is going to sign. Jones, I would expect he'll sign, but he hasn't explicitly said so (his season is over). If I were doing a draft review of this class, and we took four prospects of this caliber in the top-10 rounds, I would call it a successful draft, and we just landed these prospects on the first night. They won't all hit- of course- but that isn't the point of reviewing a draft immediately after. The point is to determine the talent that was brought into the system, and in this case, it was immense.

[Freed Roger]

Is there just a list out there of picks made.? All I find on MLB and other sites are videos and commentary

[Swirls]

Is there just a list out there of picks made.? All I find on MLB and other sites are videos and commentary

http://m.mlb.com/draft/tracker#!ft=all

[Freed Roger]

Is there just a list out there of picks made.? All I find on MLB and other sites are videos and commentary

http://m.mlb.com/draft/tracker#!ft=all

Thanks.
That search player feature is what I was after. A kid from my nephews hs team is expected to go in top 150Ish

[Swirls]

That link will auto-refresh as each team makes their picks once the draft starts back up again this afternoon. I will probably just leave it up on one of my two monitors at my desk.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Pretty sure there's also a draft show on MLB.com, so good thing I have my earbuds.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I think just looking at a few videos, it's pretty clear Perez has serious talent defensively. His offensive ability, however, is what will make/break him as a prospect. He has a lot of room to grow, obviously. He needs to figure out how to recognize pitches from what I read. His swing doesn't look terrible, but it's not great either. All in all, it's a long road. But, the upside if he figures it out and gets stronger is well worth it.

/captain obvious

As long as he keeps the children in mind.

Already drafted, can't undo what's done. At this point, I'm hoping the children get to see a star win multiple World Series ala Yeah Jeets with the Yanks... With the children in mind, that's my hope.

[ghostrunner]

Is it me or does Perez have an odd throwing style?

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/40395496/v ... -shortstop


Also, this new columnist is going to be insufferable:

Interestingly enough, the Cardinals did not make Perez available to the media Thursday night. Mozeliak says they will make him available later when they have a translator. I guess the Cardinals didn’t realize the Post-Dispatch hired a bilingual columnist who grew up not far from Flores’ Latino enclave in Southern California.

He's talking about himself there. And I guess the Cardinals were supposed to give him an exclusive.

[heyzeus]

Is it me or does Perez have an odd throwing style?

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/40395496/v ... -shortstop


Also, this new columnist is going to be insufferable:

Interestingly enough, the Cardinals did not make Perez available to the media Thursday night. Mozeliak says they will make him available later when they have a translator. I guess the Cardinals didn’t realize the Post-Dispatch hired a bilingual columnist who grew up not far from Flores’ Latino enclave in Southern California.

He's talking about himself there. And I guess the Cardinals were supposed to give him an exclusive.

...and trust the press to look after the player's (and team's) interests, when asking the questions and essentially phrasing the answer for him as well - with nobody else in the room who even understands what's being said!

[Freed Roger]

I had to scroll back to find the source of the children reference. Lol.

Children aside, I not a fan of PEDs -esp someone that young (naive I am, I know) having a sort of reliance on them -whether it provides a perceived help or actual help. What happens when/if the kid doesn't use the stuff anymore?

Anyways, I think Flores, has vetted this kid'S pEd situation out. I hope