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Some things happened in the draft tonight that many of us discussed earlier. The following comments I made on May 30th;

Minnesota and Houston have both worked out Correa recently. Houston could pull a major surprise and take Correa or Zunino. Nothing would surprise me with this draft. It seems eveybody likes the top six of Appel, Correa, Buxton, Gausman and Zunino with Zimmer ranked right at the top by some teams. Appel slipped all the way to the Pirates.

Yesterday at 2:49 PM I wrote the following; The top 3 could change at anytime and as I said earlier the top three picks could be hitters or pitchers. You could have Appel, Gausman and Zimmer going 1, 2 and 3. You could also have Buxton, Correa and Zunino going 1, 2 and 3 and the Orioles would have to decide between Appel and Gausman. I would be happy with either of these pitchers. The hitters went 1,2 and 3 and left us with Gausman, Appel and Zimmer to choose from. We went with Gausman and KC went with Zimmer. Appel slipped to the Pirates at #8. Quite a surprise.

They say things happen for a reason and Gausman being available for the Orioles apparently was meant to be. I am really surprised the Twins took Buxton more so than Houston taking Correa because Houston had worked out Correa and needs a SS. The talk out of Minnesota was most of their fans and the front office said they need pitching. Similar to what you heard locally although many would have understood if DD would have taken Almora who went to the Cubs at #6. Zimmer went #5 after us. I did have 6 of the top 7 chosen although not in the correct order. The NFL draft isn't that accurate.

I hope we can land McCullers or Johnson in the 2nd round.

Many of us made great contributions to the draft and I think we all deserve a B+ on the first round.

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Brit Ghiroli was just on 105.7 this morning and said Buck said yesterday they were going to take Correa if he was available. If this has been reported on here already please disregard. We got the best pitcher available instead.

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Brit Ghiroli was just on 105.7 this morning and said Buck said yesterday they were going to take Correa if he was available. If this has been reported on here already please disregard. We got the best pitcher available instead.

Interesting. I think Rajisch said KG was #1 on his board.

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Interesting. I think Rajisch said KG was #1 on his board.

The quote I read was Rajisch saying KG was the number #1 guy on thier board when they selected. Thus, they might have had higher rated guys already taken by another club.

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The quote I read was Rajisch saying KG was the number #1 guy on thier board when they selected. Thus, they might have had higher rated guys already taken by another club.

Exactly! Buck made it pretty clear that if Correa was available at #4 he wouldn't have gone any farther. With Correa (and Buxton) off the board, KG was the top player left on the Orioles board. In other words, going into the draft I believe the Orioles board was:

1 - Correa

2 - Buxton

3 - Gausman

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