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Please remember to not discuss the Orioles selections in this thread, but in their own threads. Each one will have one made as usual. If one was not made, feel free to make one like the previous. I will try and keep up but may need some help as always.  Thanks for keeping things organized.  
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I truly don't understand the aversion to picking pitchers. We now have the following guys competing for outfield spots in the near future. 

Stowers, Kjersted, O'Hearn, Santander, Mullins, Hays, Beavers, Norby, Fabian.  That's not including Honeycutt or Bradfield. Now name our top 5 pitching prospects. It's super thin after Povich, Johnson, and McDermott, and I don't see a TOR starter in any of them. 

Edit: Forgot about Cowser too. 

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Yankees drafted a pitcher that had 12 HBP for 2024.  They have their man that will hit Oriole batters for years to come.

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My nauseous pregnant wife who is on her way to bed just goes "Why aren't we drafting any pitchers?!?!"

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1 minute ago, O-The-Memories said:

I truly don't understand the aversion to picking pitchers. We now have the following guys competing for outfield spots in the near future. 

Stowers, Kjersted, O'Hearn, Santander, Mullins, Hays, Beavers, Norby, Fabian.  That's not including Honeycutt or Bradfield. Now name our top 5 pitching prospects. It's super thin after Povich, Johnson, and McDermott, and I don't see a TOR starter in any of them. 

You don't draft based on need in MLB. It's not the NFL where they're on your roster next year.

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9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Or a low ceiling...wait..is that a flaw?

I'd say the floor and ceiling sound high. I can't really tell if you like the pick or not, but I'm just saying the hit tool is the flaw and whoever we picked this low will probably have a flawed tool somewhere, no?

I'm not crazy about another whiffy guy seeing as our recent #5 pick is still very whiffy, but ya know, hard to argue with the other tools.

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8 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'd rather see a pitcher but you aren't getting something in a player at this point in the draft.

I also wanted to see a pitcher .  Our farm system needs pitchers to balance out positional players.  But I will sit back and see how this kid plays 

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3 minutes ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Fabian and Honeycutt are not the same players. Honeycutt is Fabian on steroids. Honeycutt 65 homerun and 76 SB in 3 seasons. Fabian 56 HR and 26 SB in 4 seasons. Honeycutt 1050 OPS , Fabian 925. 

Oh great so Elias picked a guy on PEDs.

That's going to end well!

Don't they test in college?

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1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

You don't draft based on need in MLB. It's not the NFL where they're on your roster next year.

That’s fair but there is a major league pitcher at that spot.  Find  out better how to find them.  

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1 minute ago, interloper said:

I'd say the floor and ceiling sound high. I can't really tell if you like the pick or not, but I'm just saying the hit tool is the flaw and whoever we picked this low will probably have a flawed tool somewhere, no?

The floor is he can't hit and never makes the majors.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

You don't draft based on need in MLB. It's not the NFL where they're on your roster next year.

right not like your getting a Skenes at 22, any pitcher selected wont be there for a few years. 

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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

The floor is he can't hit and never makes the majors.

 

 

I think the floor is he's a defensive replacement type in the big leagues. Similar to Bradfield in that way. A ML floor of any kind at #22 is high to me. Others may see it differently.

Like he's not a 2B with this toolset. 

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16 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

This now opens up chance to move Bradfield as the center piece in a deal.  

Or to have an outfield with two good glove caliber center fielders that let nothing drop…could help the pitching

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2 minutes ago, interloper said:

I'd say the floor and ceiling sound high. I can't really tell if you like the pick or not, but I'm just saying the hit tool is the flaw and whoever we picked this low will probably have a flawed tool somewhere, no?

I'm pretty ambivalent about it.

I don't think it's a bad pick but it's not the direction I would have gone.

You don't draft for need but you do need to look at what you already have and how a player is a future fit.

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Just now, interloper said:

I think the floor is he's a defensive replacement type in the big leagues. Similar to Bradfield in that way. A ML floor of act kind at #22 is high to me. Others may see it differently.

I don't think many teams keep a defensive replacement outfielder on the roster.

Maybe keep them in AAA in a glass box that says break in case of emergency.

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