2019 Draft Order Tracker

[atomic]

42 minutes ago, Ripken said:

I hope we start Chris Davis on the mound against KC.  And put him at lead off.  For all three games.

And bring Pedro back up and start him in centerfield.

[Greg Pappas]

The draft standings updated after Monday's games-- 8/6/18. 

1. (Tie) Orioles 34-78

1. (Tie) Royals 34-78  

3. White Sox 41-71  /  7.0 GB

[OriolesMagic83]

6 hours ago, atomic said:

And bring Pedro back up and start him in centerfield.

Mountcastle could play SS.  He was drafted as a SS, right.

[Hallas]

How bad do the Royals have to be, to be tied with us for the worst record, IN THE AL CENTRAL where every team not Cleveland has <50% win rate?

They effed us through dumb luck in 2014, and now they're fixing to do the same.  And on top of that, somehow their farm is even worse than ours was pre-trade.

I'm almost feeling like they actually deserve Bobby Witt as a pity prize.

[UpstateNYfan]

1 hour ago, Hallas said:

How bad do the Royals have to be, to be tied with us for the worst record, IN THE AL CENTRAL where every team not Cleveland has <50% win rate?

They effed us through dumb luck in 2014, and now they're fixing to do the same.  And on top of that, somehow their farm is even worse than ours was pre-trade.

I'm almost feeling like they actually deserve Bobby Witt as a pity prize.

The last time I checked, the Division was 80+ games under .500 as a whole. It seemed like an impossibility since they play 40 something percent within the division. Strange...I think Frobby pointed out to me that we had losing records against KC and White Sox??? So, the O's are right there.

[atomic]

5 hours ago, Hallas said:

How bad do the Royals have to be, to be tied with us for the worst record, IN THE AL CENTRAL where every team not Cleveland has <50% win rate?

They effed us through dumb luck in 2014, and now they're fixing to do the same.  And on top of that, somehow their farm is even worse than ours was pre-trade.

I'm almost feeling like they actually deserve Bobby Witt as a pity prize.

You say that until they sweep us. 

[Horsepower]

6 hours ago, Hallas said:

How bad do the Royals have to be, to be tied with us for the worst record, IN THE AL CENTRAL where every team not Cleveland has <50% win rate?

They effed us through dumb luck in 2014, and now they're fixing to do the same.  And on top of that, somehow their farm is even worse than ours was pre-trade.

I'm almost feeling like they actually deserve Bobby Witt as a pity prize.

We should not give anyone a pity prize of Bobby Witt Jr.  Many scouts indicated that if he was in the draft last year he would have been the number one overall pick.  I know its very early but if a "cornerstone" player comes along, especially a SS, you do not let someone else have him out of pity.

[Es4M11]

6 hours ago, Hallas said:

How bad do the Royals have to be, to be tied with us for the worst record, IN THE AL CENTRAL where every team not Cleveland has <50% win rate?

They effed us through dumb luck in 2014, and now they're fixing to do the same.  And on top of that, somehow their farm is even worse than ours was pre-trade.

I'm almost feeling like they actually deserve Bobby Witt as a pity prize.

 

9 minutes ago, Horsepower said:

We should not give anyone a pity prize of Bobby Witt Jr.  Many scouts indicated that if he was in the draft last year he would have been the number one overall pick.  I know its very early but if a "cornerstone" player comes along, especially a SS, you do not let someone else have him out of pity.

The Royals have their World Series trophy and their "O's ain't Royal" shirts to keep their spirits up. The Orioles have no trophy or lame shirts and in fact are the ones who deserve the pity prize. Bobby Witt jr will do just fine for me. If the Royals take this from us, I will be very disappointed.

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Horsepower said:

We should not give anyone a pity prize of Bobby Witt Jr.  Many scouts indicated that if he was in the draft last year he would have been the number one overall pick. I know its very early but if a "cornerstone" player comes along, especially a SS, you do not let someone else have him out of pity.

Please show me the quotes where any scouts said this.    I don’t know who is getting more ridiculous hype by some folks here, Victor Victor Mesa or Witt.

Here’s the current Fangraphs draft board, where Witt ranks 11th, 5th among shortstops, 2nd among high school shortstops:  https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=2019mlb&type=0&pos=all&team=all

Here’s a mock draft from Bleacher Report, which has us drafting no. 1 and picking a SS other than Witt.  https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2779712-2019-mlb-mock-draft-early-predictions-for-top-1st-round-baseball-prospects.amp.html

I’m not knocking Witt.    There are other sources that do list him no. 1 for now.   But it’s not unanimous, it’s not a no-brainer and there’s a full year of baseball to be played between now and the draft.     It’s anyone’s guess as to whether Witt will go no. 1 a year from now.   

[Horsepower]

56 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Please show me the quotes where any scouts said this.    I don’t know who is getting more ridiculous hype by some folks here, Victor Victor Mesa or Witt.

Here’s the current Fangraphs draft board, where Witt ranks 11th, 5th among shortstops, 2nd among high school shortstops:  https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=2019mlb&type=0&pos=all&team=all

Here’s a mock draft from Bleacher Report, which has us drafting no. 1 and picking a SS other than Witt.  https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2779712-2019-mlb-mock-draft-early-predictions-for-top-1st-round-baseball-prospects.amp.html

I’m not knocking Witt.    There are other sources that do list him no. 1 for now.   But it’s not unanimous, it’s not a no-brainer and there’s a full year of baseball to be played between now and the draft.     It’s anyone’s guess as to whether Witt will go no. 1 a year from now.   

Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com

Mayo: Had Witt been in the 2018 class, many thought he would be at or near the top of the first round. He'll get his chance a year from now. The Texas high schooler has five-tool potential with the ability to stay at shortstop long-term. One evaluator put at least a 60 (on the 20-to-80 scale) on all of his tools.

 

And obviously there is a year of baseball to be played and all we can do is speculate on the "right now".

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/article212812254.html#storylink=cpy

[Roll Tide]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Please show me the quotes where any scouts said this.    I don’t know who is getting more ridiculous hype by some folks here, Victor Victor Mesa or Witt.

Here’s the current Fangraphs draft board, where Witt ranks 11th, 5th among shortstops, 2nd among high school shortstops:  https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=2019mlb&type=0&pos=all&team=all

Here’s a mock draft from Bleacher Report, which has us drafting no. 1 and picking a SS other than Witt.  https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2779712-2019-mlb-mock-draft-early-predictions-for-top-1st-round-baseball-prospects.amp.html

I’m not knocking Witt.    There are other sources that do list him no. 1 for now.   But it’s not unanimous, it’s not a no-brainer and there’s a full year of baseball to be played between now and the draft.     It’s anyone’s guess as to whether Witt will go no. 1 a year from now.   

Don't know about scouts opinions but he's selected to go #1 in some mock drafts.

 

heres an example

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Here's a way-too-early 2019 MLB mock draft. Local high school phenom goes No. 1

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/article212812254.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/article212812254.html

[Frobby]

10 minutes ago, Horsepower said:

Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com

Mayo: Had Witt been in the 2018 class, many thought he would be at or near the top of the first round. He'll get his chance a year from now. The Texas high schooler has five-tool potential with the ability to stay at shortstop long-term. One evaluator put at least a 60 (on the 20-to-80 scale) on all of his tools.

 

And obviously there is a year of baseball to be played and all we can do is speculate on the "right now".

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/article212812254.html#storylink=cpy

At or near the top of the first round is a bit softer than saying he’d go no. 1, IMO.    Anyway, I wish Witt all the success in the world and if he’s picked no. 1 next year, great.    I just don’t think it’s obvious that that’ll be the case.   

 

[Hallas]

5 hours ago, atomic said:

You say that until they sweep us. 

Good. Then we probably get the #1 overall.  Of course it would have been much better if we swept them in 2014, and they sweep us in 2018.

[Hallas]

3 hours ago, Frobby said:

Please show me the quotes where any scouts said this.    I don’t know who is getting more ridiculous hype by some folks here, Victor Victor Mesa or Witt.

Here’s the current Fangraphs draft board, where Witt ranks 11th, 5th among shortstops, 2nd among high school shortstops:  https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=2019mlb&type=0&pos=all&team=all

Here’s a mock draft from Bleacher Report, which has us drafting no. 1 and picking a SS other than Witt.  https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2779712-2019-mlb-mock-draft-early-predictions-for-top-1st-round-baseball-prospects.amp.html

I’m not knocking Witt.    There are other sources that do list him no. 1 for now.   But it’s not unanimous, it’s not a no-brainer and there’s a full year of baseball to be played between now and the draft.     It’s anyone’s guess as to whether Witt will go no. 1 a year from now.   

You're right of course.  At least to me, Bobby Witt Jr. is just a placeholder for the actual #1 overall.  The #1 overall has a lot of value, and if scouts think that some other prospect is more worthy of this draft slot than Witt Jr. I'll take it in stride and have faith that we took the BPA until proven otherwise. (yes I know that's a lot of faith to have given that it's the Orioles.)

[Rojo13]

Do we really want to draft #1. It's scary to look at how bad many of the #1 picks in recent years are.

 

My goodness. Look at the last 6.

 

2013	Mark Appel#	Houston Astros	Right-handed pitcher	Stanford University
2014	Brady Aiken°	Houston Astros	Left-handed pitcher	Cathedral Catholic High School (San Diego, California)
2015	Dansby Swanson	Arizona Diamondbacks	Shortstop	Vanderbilt University
2016	Mickey Moniak	Philadelphia Phillies	Outfielder	La Costa Canyon High School (Carlsbad, California)
2017	Royce Lewis	Minnesota Twins	Shortstop	JSerra Catholic High School (San Juan Capistrano, California)
2018	Casey Mize	Detroit Tigers	Right-handed pitcher	Auburn University