Draft Q&A

[soxhotcorner14]

15 minutes ago, soxhotcorner14 said:

6.)    Do you think it is getting harder for Elias to get the players who meet his criteria, given that there are two other GM’s who worked with him in Houston and may have similar criteria, and that the Astros’ draft philosophy has been pretty well publicized at this point?

A.) That's the piece I don't know, what Mike will do differently than in Houston.  Jeff is, ever evolving.  So, in short amount of time the approaches will be different. Mainly similar because Mike and Sig have to run this deal on the fly right now.  Milwaukee already quite different than the ours.
 

 

[soxhotcorner14]

19 minutes ago, soxhotcorner14 said:

2.)    Was the selection of so many hitters over pitchers a philosophy, or was it just a matter of BPA?

A.) We've always taken the BPA.
 

 

[soxhotcorner14]

23 minutes ago, soxhotcorner14 said:

3.)    What metrics were you guys focused on and how did that lead to the selection of any particular players?

A.) That's a really involved answer.  Plus, not sure about 2019 O's draft since they were not setup with many processes we had in place for years.  They definitely utilized

- Traditional Scouting

- Trackman Data

- Some form of statistical model or at least a crude fasimile/guestimation of what we have in place.

 

 

[soxhotcorner14]

30 minutes ago, soxhotcorner14 said:

4.)    Give us one guy from the later rounds that you think is a steal?

A.) Kyle Martin

 

[Greg Pappas]

1 hour ago, soxhotcorner14 said:

4.)    Give us one guy from the later rounds that you think is a steal?

A.) Kyle Martin

Cool... Reliever taken in round 15 out of Fordham.

[Luke-OH]

1 minute ago, Greg Pappas said:

Cool... Reliever taken in round 15 out of Fordham.

Sinker/Slider, low 90s, some deception, performer 

[Frobby]

So I guess this scout is still with the Astros?    Very nice of him to answer these questions.    Thanks so much for doing this.   

[Obando]

This is awesome!  Thanks for doing this SoxHotCorner14!  Can’t wait to see the rest of this scout’s answers.  What are the chances that Elias tries to poach this guy from Houston to be our scouting director?

[Can_of_corn]

1 hour ago, Greg Pappas said:

Cool... Reliever taken in round 15 out of Fordham.

I love targeting college relievers.