DJ Spinoza
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That's fair, I think there's projection there but it's more average power and not really pop. The main reason I like it is not being fully sold on the prep guys and not liking a catcher, but Mayer looks like he could be really coming on. I'm back to where I was for most of this amateur season, namely wanting to see Rocker and Leiter shove and make it a hard call between them. I think he's a reach at 1.1 but for me there are enough question marks in some of the other guys that once you start pivoting to underslot ideas, I'll glady take a guy with the upside of 40 doubles, 8-12 HRs, and good defense/speed.
I didn't include this in what I said above, but on the FanGraphs stream, Longenhagen basically seems to think that neither are quite as good as Meyer or Lacy (though not a great comparison since they've had at least some advance over bing college players), and would put Leiter with Hancock.
Goldstein said some Rocker showings would have him as a top-20 prospect whereas others would be more in the latter 1/5th of the list. At the end of the day, even if you do the nitpicking and take a more skeptical view of both, they have FOR/ace upside. No matter what argument I try to entertain or follow about other players, I can't get past the notion that it's really just preferences and other factors, and not significant gaps in talent. Maybe Mayer makes some more noise or something, or Davis really goes crazy to end the season, but given all the contextual factors of our pick, it's still a bit too much overthinkng to really overlook both of the Vandy pitchers.
I didn't include this in what I said above, but on the FanGraphs stream, Longenhagen basically seems to think that neither are quite as good as Meyer or Lacy (though not a great comparison since they've had at least some advance over bing college players), and would put Leiter with Hancock.
Goldstein said some Rocker showings would have him as a top-20 prospect whereas others would be more in the latter 1/5th of the list. At the end of the day, even if you do the nitpicking and take a more skeptical view of both, they have FOR/ace upside. No matter what argument I try to entertain or follow about other players, I can't get past the notion that it's really just preferences and other factors, and not significant gaps in talent. Maybe Mayer makes some more noise or something, or Davis really goes crazy to end the season, but given all the contextual factors of our pick, it's still a bit too much overthinkng to really overlook both of the Vandy pitchers.