An Early Look at the 2019 Draft

[Can_of_corn]

9 minutes ago, Whammer said:

= Pete Incaviglia  

But at 1B instead of left field.

[baltfan]

2 hours ago, Whammer said:

= Pete Incaviglia 

Sorry, I am not buying that there isn’t something fishy here.  No one hits 500 foot homers in the MLB home run derby and this kid is 15 and doing so.  Obviously he has power but not this much. 

[Jammer7]

20 hours ago, Frobby said:

Well, not many humans can hit a baseball 500 feet, in BP or any other time.    Whether he’ll make solid contact against major league stuff is anybody’s guess at this point.    In any event, I’ll worry about it in 2021.

Yes. I will say that I like how he talked about the inevitable struggles of the game. A lot of young guys don’t get that. The mental side is a modest positive for him, so it seems. 

[joelala]

20 hours ago, baltfan said:

Sorry, I am not buying that there isn’t something fishy here.  No one hits 500 foot homers in the MLB home run derby and this kid is 15 and doing so.  Obviously he has power but not this much. 

He was using a metal bat.  Still very impressive and prodigious power especially for a 15 year old, but this is an important detail.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, joelala said:

He was using a metal bat.  Still very impressive and prodigious power especially for a 15 year old, but this is an important detail.

I bet Prince Fielder could have done it at 15.

[joelala]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I bet Prince Fielder could have done it at 15.

Most likely.

[joelala]

20 hours ago, baltfan said:

Sorry, I am not buying that there isn’t something fishy here.  No one hits 500 foot homers in the MLB home run derby and this kid is 15 and doing so.  Obviously he has power but not this much. 

Also, I'm not sure if you're implying he's using PEDs, but if so, looking at his body, I'd tend to say that's unlikely.

[El_Duderino]

9 minutes ago, joelala said:

Also, I'm not sure if you're implying he's using PEDs, but if so, looking at his body, I'd tend to say that's unlikely.

It’s the metal bat. I went to the MLB HR derby this summer and the farthest balls hit that day we’re by two high schoolers.

[joelala]

Just now, El_Duderino said:

It’s the metal bat. I went to the MLB HR derby this summer and the farthest balls hit that day we’re by two high schoolers.

yup.

[Jammer7]

15 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I bet Prince Fielder could have done it at 15.

Prince used to hit them out of MPB ballparks at 13, so yeah. With wood too.

As far as the metal bat, the BBCOR bats (currently the HS/travel ball standard) are dead compared to quality wood bats. It sounded like a composite bat, also BBCOR, but I don’t know. Very small sweet spots. 

[Greg Pappas]

Updated the OP: Posted by PerfectGame on December 4, 2018  [The Top 300 Draft Prospects] 

 

Reminder: The O's are picking 1, 41, 72,  79, and 109 in the first four rounds, and every 30 slots thereafter.

[Orange in my Veins]

What does anyone think about Kameron Misner?

not as the first pick just asking  

[sportsfan8703]

On 12/29/2018 at 4:35 PM, joelala said:

He was using a metal bat.  Still very impressive and prodigious power especially for a 15 year old, but this is an important detail.

Metal bat is huge. Beer league softball players can hit 400 ft ones.  

On another note, the draft would be so much more fun to follow if teams could trade picks. 

[joelala]

5 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Metal bat is huge. Beer league softball players can hit 400 ft ones.  

On another note, the draft would be so much more fun to follow if teams could trade picks. 

Orioles would definitely trade down in the draft every year lol

[Cumberbundy]