Ruzious

Oh wow. I missed this post - I had the exact same idea. Great minds... well. Anyway, Langaliers (the 2nd catcher picked in the Adley draft) is likely the Braves catcher of the future - ahead of Contreras.

Not a free agent, but I'd look to make a trade for William Contreras of the Braves. He's hit real well in AAA but has had trouble in multiple tries in the majors. Seems like he's being passed over in the Braves organization - as Shae Langaliers is now their likely catcher of the future, and they extended d/Arnaud for 2 more years and signed Manny Pina to a 2/8 contract to be their backup. And the Braves are always looking for relievers. I know ideally you'd want a veteran to team with Adley, but Adley's so mature for a soon to be rookie, that going young with the #2 catcher might work out.

Yes, as long as he's over the vertigo and eye issues. As someone who's had vertigo, that's a scary problem.

Great stuff - particularly about De Los Santos - fascinating combo of OBP, potential power, and intriguing defensively as a 3rd baseman.

Baseball Prospectus had him 79th before the 2019 season. He's never hit well at any level, but he's just 24, so probably worth more of a look than some on the O's 40 man roster.

I would/will not predict that anyone specifically of the 9 will not be successful major leaguers.

None is a perfectly fine answer, and I'll go with it.

I like his chances - a 6'2 guy with speed who got an OBP of .380ish - if he can add some strength to the lanky frame. He obviously has to work hard this offseason.

Haskin is the one that I'm surprised isn't in the top 26. He's shown very good ability to get on base, and is young enough at 22 to add more muscle on his 6'2 frame and improve on his XBH's.

Do you think his curveball was a good pitch for him before going to AAA? Apologies if you've already spoken to that.

The O's will run on crypt O currency.

That's an intimidating dude. Batters hit .126 against him last season at the 3 levels combined, and he's only given up 6 homers in him minor league career. Mr. Bat Misser. Glad he's on our side.

Seems a lot like Ramon Urias - might become a little better offensively. I think he and Ortiz might get promoted to Baltimore quicker than some of their more heralded infield prospects.

And remember, 2023 could be the debuts for Heston and Cowser in the Baltimore OF.

Because our system appears to be so deep, I think we can sweeten the pot to make a Mullns trade get us quite a haul of top pitching prospects. But I could be wrong.

Destitute man's Schwarber - at best.

Maybe they meant Baumler's a better athlete than Luke Greinke; Zack's brother. Luke was a 12th round pick of the Yankees in 2008, but injuries quickly ended his career... in baseball. Yeah, they probably meant Luke.

To give an idea of how athletic Greinke is, he's won 6 GG's and 2 Silver Sluggers. If I remember right, he was used as a pinch-hitter in one of this year's WS's games - and got a hit - sharply to the opposite field. He had 8 XBH's in 2019, 3 steals in 2018. Oh, and he can pitch.

Ha, this is my 3rd straight time picking him.

Yeah, I have Hudson Haskin ahead of Watson.

I like both of these picks - even though I got them wrong. I have to admit - Mayo doing so well probably affected my view of Baumler - as did the fact that Baumler was one of the few pitchers they really seemed to like.

I went with Vavra and Bradish for the 2nd straight time. I thought I was wrong then. Now, I think there's a much better chance I'm right - but still not feeling confident, because my gut says Baumler is the next best prospect. .

That's gotta be the hardest thing about evaluating teenage players - weighing the ceiling vs most likely outcome. As far as starters vs relievers, yes starters are more valuable, but the difference gets smaller every year. When you find a guy who can be a dominant reliever, I think that's sometimes more valuable than a 4th or 5th starter. But I get that finding starters is much harder than finding relievers - and that has to fit in the equation.

It sounds like Bauman isn't likely to stay a starter in the bigs. But then again, I don't know if Bradish is either.

I thought 11 & 12 was easy, but 13 & 14 could be any of the choices other than Bauman and Vavra. I went with Bradish and Vavra, but I think I'm wrong.