2024 3rd Round Pick (#97): Austin Overn - OF - (So) USC (CA)

[86this]

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4YR Sophomore

[86this]

I think we found the guy that Ben Hess of the Yanks can HBP now.

[Sports Guy]

Another freaking college OFer.  Seriously, wtf? 

[LookinUp]

So done with this strategy.

[ChosenOne21]

We can teach him to hit and we'll have another Enrique Bradfield Jr!

--Mike Elias, probably

[Sports Guy]

Apparently top end speed and a plus defender…but he hit 270 with an 810 OPS this year. Thats pretty ugly.

[ChosenOne21]

We're at the point where everyone we draft is a huge gamble. Can we at least gamble on pitching now?

[Sports Guy]

Not an overdraft, according to BA.

[Sports Guy]

Better year last year.  That makes me feel better.  
 

 

[Rbiggs2525]

Intriguing guy. Seems like an Uber athlete that was supposed to be first round pick before the season started. Mayo called him fastest player in the draft. 

[Big Mac]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

Better year last year.  That makes me feel better.  
 

 

He did hit really well in the Cape this summer too.  .314/.412/.535 in 102 PAs.

[Hazmat]

Hopefully, better than Donta Williams.

[Sports Guy]

Just now, Big Mac said:

He did hit really well in the Cape this summer too.  .314/.412/.535 in 102 PAs.

Yep..that helps especially since it’s wooden bats.

Great athlete..like a lot about the profile. It’s just..another college OFer?  Is this what we are going to constantly draft in later rounds all the time?

[Ripken]

We're going to need this extreme speed in the OF, and great defense up the middle, when our 17th round pitchers start getting called up to Baltimore.

[Big Mac]

1 minute ago, Sports Guy said:

Yep..that helps especially since it’s wooden bats.

Great athlete..like a lot about the profile. It’s just..another college OFer?  Is this what we are going to constantly draft in later rounds all the time?

I find that frustrating too, hopefully we do something else with most of the rest of the Day 2 picks.