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Tough injury to DJ. Looks like he'll be ok, but had to come out. Looks like he made the catch but dropped his glove and the ball in pain. Silly it wasn't an out. Hope he's ok.

Well, some of those under 27ers looked better after they left, but either way, I hope the new approach yields even better development.

Or developing the guys we get consistently.

Considering things like Conlon failed physical and switching to Bishop a few years back, wouldn't taking one be worthwhile in the event of bad news? While I may not make that pick 11.1, it seems having 1-2 unlikely signing guys is ok as insurance. https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-signing-bonus-pool-mlb-draft-20190531-story.html While I think losing the 2020 first rounder is out of the question (I'd be shocked otherwise), I wonder if near 5% is out of the question. That's another 691k (minus a few to stay under 5% for sure). Grab 10ish college seniors you could be in the ballpark of 1.5-2 mill which could change minds. It would add ~500k tax, so 1.25mill more to the draft budget. It would certainly let us know Elias controls the budget and that he's pulling from ML team and allocating towards draft/international as suggested.

3C, 3SS, 3OF and 2 pitchers. Certainly interesting. I know generally SS and CF are most athletic guys on the field, so they likely can (and some likely will) profile more as COF, 3B/2B depending on growth. Do C's typically fall in line with that, but more the C/1B/DH? Seems like a lot of C's especially given the makeup of the top one looking so promising. With a large number of pitchers on the lower levels, it's probably a factor on pitching drafting. Song one pick before us was disappointing (depending on how the Navy stuff goes). However, if the college guys were less worthy, it's not going to help in the near term and it could make a mess of things in the lower levels. There are guys in line for a promotion and I'm sure there will be more P today. As others have mentioned, I don't know much about any of these guys, so I'm good to give Elias a shot and if nothing else it seems like the picks aren't major head scratchers.

3 rounds to go today. Over/under of 1.5 by days end. Looking like the under (official reverse jinx...? ?)

Johnny Rizer, OF. Still no pitching. While they have a plan, this is interesting for sure.

2 Stanford guys, wonder if they'd start at same level.

Maverick Handley, C...so still no pitchers.

Yeah, I guess they get a 7th inning stretch.

Into the 6th we go.

Or it could be Elias/Houston like strategy.

I was just thinking the same thing.

Yeah, his worry today should be establishing himself with his current opportunity. If he can't do that then AR doesn't change anything. If he does well, he could 1B/DH/C here and/or be traded.

Dalquist to WS.

Just picked. Zach Watson. Thread continues on Amateur Draft page

https://www.mlb.com/video/2019-mlb-draft-day-2-c2525313883 This is how I'm watching.

You mentioned Dalquist as a pontential signability issue guy before but not here. Is he more of a 50/50 guy? Or did you just skip him.

So for those that don't track, like myself... 3-10 today starting at 1pm 11-40 tomorrow starting at noon.

Thanks, overall this is what i thought, but didn't really do a good breakdown. I guess if they save 750k-ish on AR and give it to GH, they could go tough at 3.1 and do lower 4-10. I think it was mentioned first 3 are protected, so this would be a good pick to gamble since they could get another chance 2020 with a 3.2, unlike 4-10.

So quick review. Each guy taken last night (and early this morning) are all likely about at slot picks. So Luke's list of guys, the '$" guys are likely out, right? Unless we take a try in the event someone misses a physical or changes their demands?

Well you guys seem happy, so cool. Haha. Goodnight

This draft process is so slow. They won't finish day 1 on day 1 at this rate.

So they could still do it with a bunch though. Only 2 of 7 were from 2018.

Also, can someone tell me current pick number? Trying to decide if I should just go to bed.