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2021 2nd round pick (41): Connor Norby - 2B - (Junior) East Carolina University

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Initial Take: Another advanced bat to ball polished hitter who had really good success this season and also against some top pitchers like Leiter. His college coach says he's the best right handed hitter he's ever coached and he coached D.J. LeMahieu. He's going to be limited to second base most likely due to his arm, but he sounds like a guy who can move quickly to the big leagues. 

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Just now, waynebug said:

mlb.com has Norby as the # 58 prospect.  We used the 41st pick on the 58th prospect.

We're about to pick again 65 or 66.

If you read the thread, Fangraphs and Keith Law had him at #25. None of those rankings are gospel and the Orioles obviously have their own list.

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So two rounds and we don't get a premium defensive player A corner OF'er with questionable power and a 2B No CF'er, No SS no guys that are going to solidify the Orioles terrible defense

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I suspect GM's all over baseball will study how the Pirates run their operation after this masterful draft.

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Don't you dare tell SG that getting worked up is silly.  SG will damn well get worked up wherever he damn well pleases.

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Just now, waynebug said:

mlb.com has Norby as the # 58 prospect.  We used the 41st pick on the 58th prospect.

We're about to pick again 65 or 66.

And Keith Law and Fangraphs both had him a 25. CBS has him a 32. MLB.com seems to be the lowest on him. 

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26 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Norby seems like a solid although uninspiring pick.  There is a lot of high upside HS talent sitting there and the O's passed on it.  I am sure we will be told that the HS kid we take in R4 is every bit as good though.

I like that he is a college bat though.  Maybe Elias will promote him to AA by 2024!

O's are going to need to start trading some of these MIers they are accumulating.

We have to get pitchers somewhere, if we aren't going to draft them I guess we have to trade for them.

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2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Pirates went underslot with the 1st pick and have now taken 2 high upside HS players.  This is what you do when you go underslot.

I suspect GM's all over baseball will study how the Pirates run their operation after this masterful draft.

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25 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Pirates went underslot with the 1st pick and have now taken 2 high upside HS players.  This is what you do when you go underslot.

They've taken a quarterback and a wide receiver.   They still need some help on the offensive line.

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I think Cowser and Norby both go to Tier 1 with Rutschman as candidate Orioles batters to control the strike zone as the team improves.

Be interesting to see if Norby can play at a Henderson/Westburg level and threaten to make Vavra, Jones and all other comers utility types.   I still don't know if there's a SS there, but another pillar underneath the floor of the rest of the infield on an Adley-friendly timeline.

 

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Just now, OrioleDog said:

I think Cowser and Norby both go to Tier 1 with Rutschman as candidate Orioles batters to control the strike zone as the team improves.

Be interesting to see if Norby can play at a Henderson/Westburg level and threaten to make Vavra, Jones and all other comers utility types.   I still don't know if there's a SS there, but another pillar underneath the floor of the rest of the infield on an Adley-friendly timeline.

I'm no expert, but I really like this pick too. Seems almost like a plug and play guy. Good approach. Second baseman of the future type of fella. I also love his quote guaranteeing he'll be in the pros. Not sure what Sig's data does to account for character, but that's a positive in my world.

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1 hour ago, MurphDogg said:

They are almost certainly going to spend pretty much all of the draft slot value, so getting worked up over where they go overslot seems silly.

We'll see. Will Taylor and Bubba Chandler are still on the board. If one of those is the pick at #65 would you be happy?

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Just now, MurphDogg said:

Hey, Taylor is still available!

I will be right there with you storming the warehouse if they don't spend the draft pool allotment. 

They'll spend it, but I don't think some massive over slot is coming. I think they think more highly of the guys we drafted than the rankers do.

Hopefully 1 good over slot guy though.

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