2022 11th Round Pick (#317): Zach Showalter - P - (HS) Wesley Chapel HS (FL)

[Moose Milligan]

I like it!  Get more of them!

[seak05]

3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

But we can only give him 250k, right?

I would assume, since they are trying at round 11 and that the Os have always signed their picks, that he is going to sign.

I think we can give up to 125k without it counting towards the bonus pool (but he'll be well over that to sign)

[LookinUp]

7 minutes ago, baltfan said:

Pretty filthy here.

 

Yeah. That's impressive.

[baltfan]

1 minute ago, seak05 said:

I think we can give up to 125k without it counting towards the bonus pool (but he'll be well over that to sign)

Yeah, I suspect this is our sole overslot guy for the rest of the draft unless we were really worried Brehmer would be selected.  Otherwise, why not choose another overslot in Round 12.

[baltfan]

 

[Surhoffan17]

10 minutes ago, Orioles Jim said:

The combination of “Zack” and “Showalter”…

Well so is future potential manager Buck Britton!!!!

[seak05]

2 minutes ago, baltfan said:

Yeah, I suspect this is our sole overslot guy for the rest of the draft unless we were really worried Brehmer would be selected.  Otherwise, why not choose another overslot in Round 12.

I'm assuming they might have cut a deal with him last night, and now they are out of money to use on overslots 

[baltfan]

2 minutes ago, seak05 said:

I'm assuming they might have cut a deal with him last night, and now they are out of money to use on overslots 

Agreed.  Looks like a pretty good arm to me.  If he were a few inches taller, he probably would have been more hyped.

[ChuckS]

Here is our overslot.  The fastball is enough for me.  Better than going all in on a kid because of exit velocities.  

Exit velocities are pretty worthless if you can't make contact.  No similar hurdle for throwing a baseball. 

[Brooks The Great]

This is one of my favorite picks of the O's draft so far. Overall, very happy with the draft at this point even though guys like Ardoin and Crampton profile more as organization depth pieces, although they have paths to be MLB role players and possible throw-ins in trades in the future.

For all the people whining about no pitcher picks on Day 1, Elias and company have obviously pivoted in a major way on Days 2 and 3 to address the lack of pitching depth in the organization.

[Just Regular]

10 minutes ago, baltfan said:

 

No. 57 probably closer to Tuesday Elite than it sounds as I'd guess many of 1-56 the Clubs are mostly peacing out and not breaking the hearts of Clemson Tigers fans.

[Sports Guy]

18 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

No, they can give him $125K plus whatever is unspent of their remaining pool. It will certainly be well over $250K, could be the $1M that Willems signed for last year.

Ah ok.  Thanks for the clarification on that.

[Sports Guy]

13 minutes ago, seak05 said:

I'm assuming they might have cut a deal with him last night, and now they are out of money to use on overslots 

Yea it’s fair to say he’s getting signed and they know the number.

[Can_of_corn]

A local kid for me, less than an hour away.

On one hand he committed to college very early, on the other hand the O's have had hours to talk to him and get a number so I have to assume they are sure he'll sign.

[Just Regular]

15 minutes ago, seak05 said:

I'm assuming they might have cut a deal with him last night, and now they are out of money to use on overslots 

The MLB.com streaming guys...Callis one of them I think, before they threw it to the conference call live stream of rounds 11-15....the host asked for the BAL pick and they nailed Showalter.