2024 MLB Draft Chat

[Alasdaire]

6 minutes ago, O-The-Memories said:

I truly don't understand the aversion to picking pitchers.

Why does it necessarily have to be an aversion to picking pitchers? Couldn't it be an attraction to picking hitters?

The front office clearly has a model. And that model has proven pretty effective in identifying hitters. If that's where their convictions lie, then so be it. I certainly wouldn't want them to deviate from that based on need or external pressure.

[Big Mac]

8 minutes 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. 

Edit: Forgot about Cowser too. 

I don't think any of O'Hearn, Santander, Mullins or Hays factor much into the OF equation beyond this year.  Also not sure there is an everyday OFer between Stowers, Beavers, Norby, Fabian.  Likely no more than 2 at most.   Going forward I view it as Kjerstad and Cowser penciled into the OF with the remaining spots a big question mark. 

[O-The-Memories]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

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.

We kept defensive replacements like McKenna who actually couldn't field, so I'm probably being irrational with my degree of negativity towards the pick. 

[truespectra]

It doesn’t matter that they don’t deaft based on need. Caminiti and Brecht were on the board, and we have very few pitching prospects of note currently. Yet we have position prospects that will never see the majors that are blocked by multiple players that Elias refuses to trade. There are also many pitchers drafted in The first round that have gone on to successful starting pitcher careers (Grayson for instance). It’s almost like they are scared to draft pitchers in the first round 

[OsFanInOhio]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

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.

Eh. Way too early to worry about how players fit in to your future team. You take the best player, develop them the best you can, and worst case you have a surplus and trade for what you need. Especially if you have a niche type that you develop well. 
 

also, if we have to work on his hit tool, he’s probably not a fast mover through the minors. Projecting what our outfield is going to look like in 3 years is a complete shot in the dark. Cowser will be there, and maybe Heston if he’s not dh or 1b.

[86this]

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

[RZNJ]

12 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. 

Jud Fabian 211 strikeouts in 4 years.  Vance Honeycutt 224 strikeouts in 3 years.

[Malike]

1 minute ago, RZNJ said:

Jud Fabian 211 strikeouts in 4 years.  Vance Honeycutt 224 strikeouts in 3 years.

There is a ton of risk/reward in this pick. The upside is much greater than Fabian's, in my opinion. Definite risk here.

[RZNJ]

Just now, Malike said:

There is a ton of risk/reward in this pick. The upside is much greater than Fabian's, in my opinion. Definite risk here.

Agree.

[Malike]

There is no way Brecht is there at 32.

[O-The-Memories]

Brecht has TOR upside and better stuff than any of our other pitching prospects, but man, it would be nice to have someone who had decent control. 

[RZNJ]

Will Brecht get past Texas at 30?   Not sure we would take him even if he slides to 32.  I’m sensing a Ryan Waldschmidt at #32 just to drive everyone crazy.   Another OF?

[RZNJ]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

There is no way Brecht is there at 32.

Only 3 picks before we get there.   

[Moose Milligan]

How far are we from our next pick?

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Jud Fabian 211 strikeouts in 4 years.  Vance Honeycutt 224 strikeouts in 3 years.

That's the roids.