GDT: 2019 MLB draft

[MurrayBannerman]

Well, the Mets just blew their whole load.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Not sure I like the A's reaching so far for Marcus Smith. The speed and D are enticing, though.

 

[tony d]

Will be interesting to see how all these players pan out. Of the 4 major sports the baseball draft seems to be the one that matters the least.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Will be interesting to see how all these players pan out. Of the 4 major sports the baseball draft seems to be the one that matters the least.

Matters least? What?

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Will be interesting to see how all these players pan out. Of the 4 major sports the baseball draft seems to be the one that matters the least.

Its the biggest crap shoot for sure

 

[TootooTrain]

Matters least? What?

In terms of the probability of the team able to actually retain the player and the probability of the player being good.

 

[darko]

Will be interesting to see how all these players pan out. Of the 4 major sports the baseball draft seems to be the one that matters the least.

I'd argue it's the most important. If you are good at drafting you can set yourself up for years with one or two drafts. Hard to do that in the other 3 sports (except maybe football where you can nail your QB pick).

 

[darko]

If I was Mets I'd give Allan that 4 mill he wants. Arguably the best pitcher in the draft.

 

[BSHH]

White Sox, Diamondbacks, Braves, Dodgers, and Pirates.

Please don't be too harsh on the Tigers: They took two guys off your list.

Gruß,
BSHH

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Please don't be too harsh on the Tigers: They took two guys off your list.

Gruß,
BSHH

The Tigers have done pretty well! I'm a Riley Greene fan.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

I'd argue it's the most important. If you are good at drafting you can set yourself up for years with one or two drafts. Hard to do that in the other 3 sports (except maybe football where you can nail your QB pick).

Yeah, the Bulls didn't set themselves up for years when they acquired Jordan and Pippen and a QB w/o a good OL is so good. Name a good QB/OL combo that was picked in only 2 drafts.

Many great players have been drafted after the 6th round:

Round 7: Wade Boggs
Round 11: Andre Dawson
Round 12: Nolan Ryan
Round 13: Albert Pujols
Round 17: Kenny Lofton

and even in the now non-existent post-40th rounds:

Keith Hernandez, Cardinals, 1971 (42nd round)
Mike Piazza, Dodgers, 1988 (62nd round)

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Many great players have been drafted after the 6th round:

Round 7: Wade Boggs
Round 11: Andre Dawson
Round 12: Nolan Ryan
Round 13: Albert Pujols
Round 17: Kenny Lofton

and even in the now non-existent post-40th rounds:

Keith Hernandez, Cardinals, 1971 (42nd round)
Mike Piazza, Dodgers, 1988 (62nd round)

Whenever the late picks get brought up, I'm always most impressed with Nolan Ryan. What a pick

 

[Dr Pepper]

Blue Jays drafted Roy Halladay's kid.

Nice touch.

In terms of the probability of the team able to actually retain the player and the probability of the player being good.

Amazing how so few players turn out, given how the MLB's draft (which is still ongoing, three days in, now in ROUND 36), is bigger than the other three leagues combined.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Blue Jays drafted Roy Halladay's kid.

Nice touch.

And in the 32nd round, appropriately enough.

 

[Dr Pepper]

And in the 32nd round, appropriately enough.

Wow, I didn't even make that connection.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Mike Trout was the 25th pick in the draft.

The Yankees drafted Al Leiter's son.

 

[darko]

9 years ago the Yankees drafted Cito Culver at 32 overall.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Some thoughts:

Bobby Witt Jr.'s dad was the 3rd overall pick in 1985. Bobby Jr. was picked 2nd by the Royals. So they're the first father/son duo to both be picked in the top five in their respective draft year.

The MLB draft is the biggest crapshoot by far of the four major sports leagues. But teams being able to control players well into their late 20s is huge if they nail the pick.

I know that isn't the entire list, but I'd hardly say that there were "many" great players drafted after the 6th round.

Being a downer here for a sec... sure, the Halladay's kid thing is cool, but it seems like a waste of a pick to me even though the odds of a 32nd round pick even making the majors are very long. This isn't the first time a team took a player because of the story, and it won't be the last. If I recall correctly, the Diamondbacks a few years back took a paralyzed player in the draft. I mean, good for the kid, but come on.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Being a downer here for a sec... sure, the Halladay's kid thing is cool, but it seems like a waste of a pick to me even though the odds of a 32nd round pick even making the majors are very long. This isn't the first time a team took a player because of the story, and it won't be the last. If I recall correctly, the Diamondbacks a few years back took a paralyzed player in the draft. I mean, good for the kid, but come on.

32nd round is for high school players that are never going to sign or college senior type roster fillers that don't have major league talent. Drafting Halladay's kid there is fine.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

32nd round is for high school players that are never going to sign or college senior type roster fillers that don't have major league talent. Drafting Halladay's kid there is fine.

Yea, you're filling out your org with guys the area scout says are good teammates or have like one interesting quality.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

It's like the ~1000th pick in the draft, too lol.

 

[Terry Yake]

Some thoughts:

Bobby Witt Jr.'s dad was the 3rd overall pick in 1985. Bobby Jr. was picked 2nd by the Royals. So they're the first father/son duo to both be picked in the top five in their respective draft year.

The MLB draft is the biggest crapshoot by far of the four major sports leagues. But teams being able to control players well into their late 20s is huge if they nail the pick.

I know that isn't the entire list, but I'd hardly say that there were "many" great players drafted after the 6th round.

Being a downer here for a sec... sure, the Halladay's kid thing is cool, but it seems like a waste of a pick to me even though the odds of a 32nd round pick even making the majors are very long. This isn't the first time a team took a player because of the story, and it won't be the last. If I recall correctly, the Diamondbacks a few years back took a paralyzed player in the draft. I mean, good for the kid, but come on.

that paralyzed player was cory hahn. local orange county kid who absolutely tore it up in HS (top player in CA 2010) and would have for sure been drafted pretty high if he hadn't been paralyzed in his 2nd or 3rd game at ASU

d-backs took him in the 34th round (his high school number) and i believe he now works in their FO

sad but inspirational story

 

[Big McLargehuge]

32nd round is for high school players that are never going to sign or college senior type roster fillers that don't have major league talent. Drafting Halladay's kid there is fine.

Just to drive this point home, the WAR of 32nd round picks that signed from a decade ago at the 2009 Draft: 0

One legitimate player was drafted in that round, Luke Voit...but he falls in that high school player who was never going to sign camp and didn't turn pro for another 4 years. The only other guy to make the Majors drafted in that round has a negative WAR, but even he went back into the draft the next year (Parker Merkel).

 

[John Price]