OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: About that Hayes kid...

[DJ Spinoza]

https://www.instagram.com/bubbachandler_/?hl=en

Chandler updated his IG page already lol

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Kellington reads as very similar to the D3 pitcher we took last year. Probably underscouted, late riser for people but not in the sense that he's gonna get overslot or anything. Who knows obviously, but sounds like an interesting play here that is also shaving some money.

 

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[DJ Spinoza]

 

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Just leaves Lonnie yet but I'd guess he's signing as well.

Way underslot for Davis.

Maybe slight overslot for Solometo but wouldn't surprise me to see @ slot (2M).

White and Chandler fairly decent overslots.

Kellington probably signs for half of the allotted 500K.

 

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[cookthebooks]

i dont love how the major league club is run rn, but gmbc running of this draft so far has been peak professionalism. no leaks, seemingly all his ducks in a row ahead of time. truly impressive stuff and hopefully the same attention to detail hits federal st soon

 

[Fogel]

There is a college senior sign.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Not bad for a 5th year senior

 

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i dont love how the major league club is run rn, but gmbc running of this draft so far has been peak professionalism. no leaks, seemingly all his ducks in a row ahead of time. truly impressive stuff and hopefully the same attention to detail hits federal st soon

Agreed. I've been signing his praises for a while now. I think most of the trades he's made have been positive, 2020's draft seems like it might shape up to be pretty darn good. And now you throw in the first 4 rounds this year?

 

[Empoleon8771]

They're totally going to fast track Davis through the minors. Really hope his defense can catch up to his offense.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

It'll be interesting to see. When Rutschman was drafted, he played a few games in rookie ball, then went to low A for a few weeks, and finished up in high A. I would expect something similar for Davis. Obviously there are a number of very good pitchers at high A who you'd love for him to line up with, and maybe we think his bat is advanced enough that he'll do fine there, but I'd be surprised if he goes there quickly.

For selfish reasons, it's better if he goes to Bradenton, since then we can watch him more on MiLB tv.

 

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Mike Jarvis college SS

 

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Mike Jarvis college SS

Davis + our last 3 picks are the money savings for White and Chandler.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

If I were betting I'd say we might completely ride out with college seniors, then in round 11 take a prep we either have some agreement with or just want to see if we can afford if the rest of it lines up well.

This is a very minor thing, but with covid wiping out the draft last year, there's maybe a little more of a possibility for surprise upside out of college seniors this year, since some of it is spillover from last year and due to the structure of the draft, they have no leverage to negotiate really.

 

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[ChaosAgent]

https://www.instagram.com/bubbachandler_/?hl=en

Chandler updated his IG page already lol

Great negotiating job.

 

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[Empoleon8771]

Looks like the Pirates got their financial stuff figured out at this point. Looks like they went cheap on rounds 4-6 and are now sitting fine with the spending limits.

 

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MLB Draft: How Pirates' approach landed four top-50 players, including Penn State, Clemson football commits

 

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[xlm34]

As a Pitt fan it’s nice to see the Pirates steal players away from Clemson and Penn State. It’s petty but it’s basically all we’ve got.

 

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