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2024 Prospect Promotion Incentive (#32): Griff O'Ferrall - SS - (Jr) Virginia (VA)

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7 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Steven Kwan at SS

Kwan had a .920 OPS his junior year at OSU. He walked 50 times and struck out 18. I’ve seen Griff play a few times and I don’t see it, but I hope to be wrong!

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If you are using scrappy to defend the pick, it’s not a good pick.

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$135,400 savings.

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Really disappointing pick when Brecht was sitting right there.

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12 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

The biggest think people forget in mlb draft is money is one of the biggest factors that is not issue in other draft.  That is why you see guys picked earlier then expected then other guys fall.  William Schmidt is highest upside hs pitcher but must have a big number attached to him since no one has pulled trigger on him.   When you don’t have lot of draft capital you have to be creative and save money at certain spots.  

It was said on the MLB Network broadcast that Schmidt had announced he was going to enroll at LSU.

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Hit .396 as a sophomore and hit .463 in 10 games with Team USA.   Tried to tap into more power this year and his overall stats suffered.   Not a sexy pick like Honeycutt but hopefully he hits.  

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2 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Hit .396 as a sophomore and hit .463 in 10 games with Team USA.   Tried to tap into more power this year and his overall stats suffered.   Not a sexy pick like Honeycutt but hopefully he hits.  

Yeah, this team has too many "swing for the fence" hitters.  Maybe it's time to get some contact hitters that get on base for the big bats.

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2 minutes ago, 86this said:

Yeah, this team has too many "swing for the fence" hitters.  Maybe it's time to get some contact hitters that get on base for the big bats.

I don’t mind that thought…but where does he play?

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I don’t mind that thought…but where does he play?

You're right.  Utility IF unless he outplays someone else.  Would probably be better than Urias right now.

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Just now, Can_of_corn said:

You don't ever want to pay first round picks slot right?

 

He doesn’t want to pay anyone slot.  “What are they gonna do.  Go back to school and lose all their leverage next year?”

It’s SG hardball negotiations to create goodwill with amateurs.

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You don't ever want to pay first round picks slot right?

 

Not ever but I think most of the time, you don’t need to.  These guys aren’t going to go back to school over 300-600k especially if they are guys that a lot of question marks that could be exposed with another year in college.

Yes, you will see guys go back like Fabian did but I just don’t see most of these guys going back in the draft..especially this year when the draft is down.

That means they likely go lower next year unless this guy founds more power or Honeycutt cuts down on his swing and miss.

 

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Trying to like this but I'm struggling, especially with a huge need for pitching in the org.  I didn't like the Westburg pick so here's hoping Elias found another good one.  The bat-to-ball skill could be good on a team that hacks at everything. 

Clearly, this is a signal that Mike is trading Holliday.  ;) 

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