2019 Draft Pick Discussion, Rounds 1-5

[And That]

Please use this thread to share your thoughts, links, stories, pictures and anything else on the Brewers' picks from rounds 1 through 5. Please do not start separate threads to discuss the individual picks.

 

Please use the in-draft thread to talk about the picks, similar to a game thread.

[And That]

The Brewers will be making the 28th and 65th overall picks tonight.

[Eye Black]

Oregon State C Adley Rutschman goes number one overall as expected.

[yfinn6]

MLB Network's coverage is a little cringe-worthy so far.

[SRB]

I'm willing to improve the MLB Network draft coverage for free! They don't even have to pay me to host it.

[trwi7]

MLB Network's coverage is a little cringe-worthy so far.

 

Why they have Harold Reynolds at the desk I have no idea. Eric Byrnes with the super bro best hitter I've ever seen since I've started following the draft is totally unnecessary too.

[markedman5]

This just in.....MLB network experts have loved every pick......

[SRB]

UNLV player going to play with Bryce Harper. Nice!

[yfinn6]

MLB network cutting in and out for anyone else?

 

Nevermind. I think it's my TV and/or cable.

[JosephC]

Just tuned in. Doesn't appear to be any major droppers so far. The guy that was # 8 on And That's compilation, Corbin Carroll, made it down to #16 but I wouldn't consider that to be a major drop in this draft. Only guy that has gone way higher than anticipated is Keoni Cavaco, a 35 to 40'ish player that went at #13. Twins have been known to take cheaper options earlier and then pay bigger dollars later like with Blayne Enlow in 2017. I don't know if that's the strategy with Cavaco at all, but since the Twins do have that history, then that pick really isn't that much of a surprise either. So far there doesn't seem to be any real surprises.

[SRB]

If MLB is not going to allow draft pick trading, what is their excuse for the first round of the draft being so ponderously slow?

[Never Outhustled]

Braves take Shewmake this early? Very questionable, he just doesn't have the offensive production. Both of their 1st round picks are low ceiling.

[SRB]

A couple big "reaches" here (at least according to most rankings). Good news for the Brewers!

[Never Outhustled]

A couple big "reaches" here (at least according to most rankings). Good news for the Brewers!

 

Yup, it's getting exciting.

[Never Outhustled]

Dang, Dodgers get Hoese.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Prep righty Matt Allen is still available. He has frontline stuff and looks to have slipped a bit. I wonder if there is some signability concerns. If not the case, he would be a great pick for the Brewers.

[SRB]

Dang, Dodgers get Hoese.

 

I'm glad. Seems like he was definitely going to the Cubs otherwise.

[tomwopat]

Hoese the only selection with the 80 batflip so far.

[JDBrewCrew]

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The Arizona Diamondbacks are expected to take North Carolina high school left-hander Blake Walston with the No. 26 pick in the MLB Draft, sources tell yahoo

 

Keep pushing guys down....

[Never Outhustled]

I wasn't thinking a HS pick going in, but it looks like we might have a shot aft Gunnar Henderson. That's exciting. He's kind of another Turang.

[Eye Black]

Based on Toby’s aggregate rankings here are the best players available for the Brewers selection (with just the Cubs left to select before the Brewers)...

 

[pre]Rank Name Pos Level School

16 Matt Allan RHP H Seminole HS (FL)

17 Brennan Malone RHP H IMG Academy (FL)

20 Michael Busch 1B/OF C North Carolina

23 Logan Davidson SS C Clemson

26 J.J. Goss RHP H Cypress Ranch HS (TX)

27 Kameron Misner OF C Missouri

29 Jack Leiter RHP H Delbarton HS (NJ)

30 Gunnar Henderson SS H Morgan Academy (AL)

31 Seth Johnson RHP C Campbell

32 Hunter Barco LHP H Bolles HS (FL)

34 Maurice Hampton OF H Memphis University HS (TN)

35 Brooks Lee SS/2B H San Luis Obispo HS (CA)

36 Ethan Small LHP C Mississippi State

37 Tyler Callihan 3B H Providence HS (FL)

38 Matt Wallner OF/RHP C Southern Mississippi

40 Nasim Nunez SS H Collins Hill HS (GA)

43 Matthew Lugo SS H Carlos Beltran Academy (PR)

44 Drey Jameson RHP C Ball State

45 Brady McConnell SS C Florida

46 Chase Strumpf 2B C UCLA

47 Anthony Volpe SS H Delbarton HS (NJ)

48 Sammy Siani OF H Penn Charter HS (PA)

49 Isaiah Campbell RHP C Arkansas

50 Kendall Williams RHP H IMG Academy (FL)

51 Bryce Osmond RHP/SS H Jenks HS (OK)

52 Kyren Paris SS H Freedom HS (CA)

53 Rece Hinds 3B H IMG Academy (FL)

54 Josh Wolf RHP H St. Thomas HS (TX)

55 Jimmy Lewis RHP H Lake Travis HS (TX)

56 John Doxakis LHP C Texas A&M

57 T.J. Sikkema LHP C Missouri

58 Josh Smith SS C LSU

59 Matt Canterino RHP C Rice

60 Matthew Thompson RHP H Cypress Ranch HS (TX)[/pre]

[True Blue Brew Crew]

I was just trying to compile that, Eye Black. Thank you!

[JDBrewCrew]

Ryan Jensen to the Cubs

[True Blue Brew Crew]

Commercial break coming right after they discuss the Cubs pick no doubt.

[homer]

Cubs go off the grid....field is wide open for Brewers.