Article: 2024 MLB Draft Day 1 Thread

[markedman5]

6 minutes ago, StearnsFTW said:

Not a fan of Burke, but I assume there's a plan

 

Maybe the plan is they like Burke more than you do? 😁

[Bulldogboy]

7 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Brewers spent down to the final penny of their allotted pool last year.

Good to know. I would prefer when our time to pick comes up draft the best players available. Pay them what they are worth and stack as much high level talent as possible given where they are drafting. Thank you.

[Bulldogboy]

5 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

So there's a new CBA rule that if you get an MLB draft physical that you are guaranteed 3/4 slot which would mean Payne is guaranteed $3.4M...makes that pick feel a lot weirder to me.

Exactly 

[82brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Good to know. I would prefer when our time to pick comes up draft the best players available. Pay them what they are worth and stack as much high level talent as possible given where they are drafting. Thank you.

So you don't like last years draft?

[PlayerHader]

2 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Good to know. I would prefer when our time to pick comes up draft the best players available. Pay them what they are worth and stack as much high level talent as possible given where they are drafting. Thank you.

Clearly they believe their guys at the slots they got them are the best value. They always spend their full allowance, so what’s your complaint?

[StearnsFTW]

There goes Sloan.

[LouisEly]

Well, hopefully they weren't trying to buy Sloan down to 57 or 67

[MilwaukeeBeers]

Well that really sucks. Mariners having an awesome draft. 

[Bulldogboy]

Just now, PlayerHader said:

Clearly they believe their guys at the slots they got them are the best value. They always spend their full allowance, so what’s your complaint?

My complaint is they are not taking the time honored approach of drafting best player available. As a small market only way you are going to get high level talent is the draft. Drafting the 60 best player at 17 is not that.

[Matt]

Bryce Meccage - HS RHP.

[LouisEly]

Just now, Matt said:

Bryce Meccage - HS RHP.

Elite spin, surprise

[titletownking]

Love Meccage, big fastball and huge frame. Overslot for sure 

[duewizard]

1 minute ago, Matt said:

Bryce Meccage - HS RHP.

That's more like it. Interesting guy, lets see what we can do with him

[wiguy94]

3 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

My complaint is they are not taking the time honored approach of drafting best player available. As a small market only way you are going to get high level talent is the draft. Drafting the 60 best player at 17 is not that.

BPA is not how the MLB draft works.

[duewizard]

I'll refrain from judging the draft until at least tomorrow night but so far 1 meh, 1 I don't like, 1 I like

[nate82]

2 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

My complaint is they are not taking the time honored approach of drafting best player available. As a small market only way you are going to get high level talent is the draft. Drafting the 60 best player at 17 is not that.

That is not how the MLB draft works you also have to take into account what the player is going to sign for.  You can only go over so much before you start losing future draft picks.

[Never Outhustled]

3 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

My complaint is they are not taking the time honored approach of drafting best player available. As a small market only way you are going to get high level talent is the draft. Drafting the 60 best player at 17 is not that.

Last year, they executed this approach perfectly and produced what might become the best draft in organization history. A few years ago, we picked Brown and Moore at the top, which turned out to be a rather empty draft. We'll see how this plays out. 

[sveumrules]

3 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

My complaint is they are not taking the time honored approach of drafting best player available. As a small market only way you are going to get high level talent is the draft. Drafting the 60 best player at 17 is not that.

Cooper Pratt, drafted over slot last year at #182 with money saved by going under slot on earlier picks, just played in the Futures Game and cracked MLB Pipeline’s Top 100.

[narwhalattack]

Kinda peeved that the Mariners took the guy I wanted not once, but twice. Wanted Cijntje and they took him. Wanted Sloan, and they took him. 
 

That being said, I like what I’m hearing about Meccage. I’ll take a HS pitcher with good build and elite spin any day of the week.

[Brewcrew82]

Meccage is definitely going to be overslot. Nice, projectable arm with a big fastball and a great feel for spin. Brewers pick to a T. 

[snoogans8056]

18 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

So there's a new CBA rule that if you get an MLB draft physical that you are guaranteed 3/4 slot which would mean Payne is guaranteed $3.4M...makes that pick feel a lot weirder to me.

Woof. Do we know about this rule? Hopefully he didn’t take a physical… Ha.

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Meccage is definitely going to be overslot. Nice, projectable arm with a big fastball and a great feel for spin. Brewers pick to a T. 

He honestly seems like Josh Knoth +frame -FB shape based on reading a couple scouting reports.

[wallus]

Hill with the next pick?

[Bulldogboy]

5 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

BPA is not how the MLB draft works.

It should be for a team like Milwaukee. 

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

He honestly seems like Josh Knoth +frame -FB shape based on reading a couple scouting reports.

Yep. Quite a bit bigger. Different arm slot. But, certainly in that mold.