2021 Draft Thread

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, glenn__davis said:

I'm usually one that makes fun of people for overreacting to the draft, but gotta say this just seems like a really puzzling day 2.

Going to be piggy-backing all these outfielders to get them at bats.

 

[SCJeff]

All I know is if I was an OF in our system who was older and/or not producing,  I would really be worried about getting released within the month. 

[joelala]

I’d say I’m annoyed by our draft so far. Cowser is fine, and I really like Norby. Trimble is somewhat exciting too. But I’m confused by all of the seemingly flawed and/or mediocre college seniors we’re taking. I’ll admit that I didn’t like the Westburg pick last year though and so far have been proven thoroughly wrong. 
 

Reserving judgement, but yea, I’m annoyed. 

[Pushmonkey]

7 minutes ago, SCJeff said:

All I know is if I was an OF in our system who was older and/or not producing,  I would really be worried about getting released within the month. 

This

[Frobby]

30 minutes ago, Ridgway22 said:

Melewski:

First pitcher taken by O’s in last three drafts:

In round eight in 2019 after eight position players were selected.
In round five of 2020 after five position players.
In round five of 2021 after five position players.

It’s weird.  In Elias’ 7 years with the Astros, they picked a pitcher 1st four times.   I count 19 pitchers selected by the Astros in the first 5 rounds of the draft in those years.  So it doesn’t seem like he came to Baltimore with an inherent philosophy of preferring to draft hitters over pitchers.   

[Sports Guy]

Lol

 

 

[waroriole]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Lol

 

 

Yikes. Great idea to only look at one position at a time  

[Frobby]

7 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Yikes. Great idea to only look at one position at a time  

Well, I don’t think that’s exactly what he’s saying, but that’s essentially what they did in 2019.  In rounds 11-20 they chose 8 pitchers.  

[Yossarian]

21 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Lol

 

 

I don't think they took anywhere near the best available, did they?

[jamalshw]

What are everyone's thoughts on some of the higher ranked guys still on the board? Do the Orioles take a chance on someone like Will Taylor or Chase Burns despite obvious signability concerns? Willems seems to be the only overslot guy so far so I would imagine there's still plenty of money to spare. I would love to see another high upside pick. 

[jabba72]

Have they even made any overslot picks yet? I dont see any high schoolers. 

[lovetoaster]

4 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

Have they even made any overslot picks yet? I dont see any high schoolers. 

The two draft-eligible sophomores could be overslot, as well as the high school catcher from Texas in the eighth round. 

[Three Run Homer]

My guess is that the plan is to draft a bunch of HS pitchers that have slipped to Day 3 due to signability concerns, using the savings from Cowser and the college seniors to sign a couple of them.   I'm not sure if this strategy actually ever works--I recall the O's doing this on several occasions in the past but I don't recall any of those overslot pitchers ever working out.  

[jamalshw]

I imagine we will see several teams go for high-upside, signabllity question-marks tomorrow now that the teams won't lose the slot allotment for selected them if they don't sign. 

[Sports Guy]

16 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

I don't think they took anywhere near the best available, did they?

That’s my thought. Maybe Norby was.  I don’t believe for a second anyone else was and I really don’t think Norby was but it’s possible.