2024 MLB Draft Day 2 Thread

[Jeremy Nygaard]

The Brewers added four players on Sunday night and will add eight more on Monday. This article will be updated with each Brewers pick, so check back often.

Today's portion of the draft, which will include rounds 3 through 10, will begin at 1 p.m. CT.

Keep up to date with the Brewers Draft Tracker.

A quick recap from yesterday:

1 (17) - Braylon Payne, OF, Elkins (TX) HS
17 years old. 6-2, 186. #56 on the Consensus Big Board
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1C (34) - Blake Burke, 1B, Tennessee
21 years old. 6-3, 236. #49 on the Consensus Big Board
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2 (51) - Bryce Meccage, RHP, The Pennington School (NJ)
18 years old. 6-4, 210. #63 on the Consensus Big Board
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2C (59) - Chris Levonas, RHP, Christian Brothers Academy (NJ)
18 years old. 6-2, 170. #79 on the Consensus Big Board
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3 (93) - Jaron DeBerry, RHP, Dallas Baptist
21 years old. 6-3, 178. (Senior) 

4 (123) - Marco Dinges, C, Florida State
20 years old. 6-0, 205.

5 (156) - John Holobetz, P, Old Dominion
21 years old. 6-3, 190.

6 (185) - Chandler Welch, RHP, Tulane
21 years old. 6-0, 100.

7 (215) - Mason Molina, LHP, Arkansas
21 years old. 6-2, 230. #218 on the Consensus Big Board

Molina spent his first two college seasons at Texas Tech and was the Red Raiders' top starter in 2023. After attending the U.S. collegiate national team trials that summer, he transferred to Arkansas. He pitched well early in the season before an ankle injury and control issues limited his effectiveness down the stretch. Molina depends on the carry of his fastball and the effectiveness of his changeup. Though he only averages 90 mph and tops out at 95 with his heater, he throws it two-thirds of the time and gets swings and misses thanks to its carry through the strike zone. His plus changeup grades as his best pitch, fading and sinking in the low 80s and helping his fastball play up. While Molina features two distinct breaking balls with depth, he has trouble landing his low-80s slider and mid-70s curveball for strikes and often misses badly with his curve. He threw more strikes at Texas Tech than he did this spring, and he'll need to do a better job of locating his offerings against pro hitters because he has little margin for error. His body got thicker this year, carrying 230 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame, and he'll have to devote more time to conditioning. - MLB.com

8 (245) - Sam Garcia, LHP, Oklahoma State
22 years old. 6-4, 218. (Senior)

9 (275) - Griffin Tobias, RHP, Lake Central (IN) HS
18 years old. 6-0, 185. 

10 (305) - Ethan Dorchies, RHP, Cary-Grove (IL) HS
17 years old. 6-4, 200.  

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Bonus Pool Situation

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In the meantime, what did you think about what happened Sunday night? What are you looking forward to on Monday?

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[jay87shot]

Any thoughts on how much draft pool we may have saved?

My thoughts

Payne= 3 million  -1.534

Burke= 2 million. -.698

Meccage=1.56. Slot

Lavonis= 1.56     +.336

That's an estimated 1.896 million saved.

[Joseph Zarr]

I think @wiguy94was bringing up a new wrinkle in the CBA that MLB physical participants qualify for 75% of their slot money. To that tune, if this is indeed accurate (and I have no reason to think it is not given who is sharing this info), I do believe Payne qualifies for more money. 

[nate82]

1 minute ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I think @wiguy94was bringing up a new wrinkle in the CBA that MLB physical participants qualify for 75% of their slot money. To that tune, if this is indeed accurate (and I have no reason to think it is not given who is sharing this info), I do believe Payne qualifies for more money. 

Pre-draft physical not physical participants.  This is because of the Mets and what they did with Rocker in 2021. 

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, nate82 said:

Pre-draft physical not physical participants.  This is because of the Mets and what they did with Rocker in 2021. 

So, a pre-draft physical with the teams themselves? Does it somehow have to be sanctioned by an MLB-specified doctor (or team of doctors)? Not being a CBA nuanced person, I guess I'll learn more after the slot bonus official announcements?

[nate82]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

So, a pre-draft physical with the teams themselves? Does it somehow have to be sanctioned by an MLB-specified doctor (or team of doctors)? Not being a CBA nuanced person, I guess I'll learn more after the slot bonus official announcements?

Pre-draft as in at the draft combine.  Payne was at the combine it is unknown at this time if he had a physical at the combine or not.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, nate82 said:

Pre-draft as in at the draft combine.  Payne was at the combine it is unknown at this time if he had a physical at the combine or not.

Thanks for getting me up to speed! Appreciated.

[jay87shot]

So does that mean we have to likely pay him 75% slot. That is like 3.4 million.

[nate82]

Just now, jay87shot said:

So does that mean we have to likely pay him 75% slot. That is like 3.4 million.

Unknown at this time.  Unless someone knows he took the physical at the combine.

[brewers888]

If we have to spend 3.4 million on this kid its really a terrible pick. We will likely know what the story is when they draft today. If they pick what looks like unsignable players like Pratt and Bitonti we'll know we have saved a lot on the first pick but if its a bunch of low ceiling college seniors we are probably forced to pay the 3.4 which would be insane.

[nate82]

There will be seniors drafted today with or without the first pick savings.  Just go back to last year’s draft.

[CheeseheadInQC]

30 high schoolers have been picked so far. Between recent precedent and the generally weak reviews for this prep class, I would wager 50 or so get drafted and sign for the remainder of the draft.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 hour ago, nate82 said:

There will be seniors drafted today with or without the first pick savings.  Just go back to last year’s draft.

I won't go back. Only looking forward. No time but the present!

** I'm obviously kidding **

[Jenkins5]

Pool for those first 4 picks was just over 10 million dollars. 

My mind: Payne: 3m (Tod believe teams valued him as a late 1st early comp pick). Burke 1.75 million. Meccage and Lavonas 2 million each (Knoth got last year). 

If that is close they'd have little over a million to play with in saving. Then we know we will get 3-4 senior cheap signings. Last year we had, 75k, 10k, 27k, 17k in rounds 7-10. So money should be there to be aggressive somewhere in these rounds. Tod knows how to play with money, that's for sure.

[Jenkins5]

Which Round do we land our JUCO SP gem this year? I predict the 4th round.

[Jeremy Nygaard]

1 hour ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I think @wiguy94was bringing up a new wrinkle in the CBA that MLB physical participants qualify for 75% of their slot money. To that tune, if this is indeed accurate (and I have no reason to think it is not given who is sharing this info), I do believe Payne qualifies for more money. 

This is true, but I think its more protection of a team failing a player on his physical. I'm curious if it actually something the team and player can negotiate around.

[Joseph Zarr]

Man I am reminded of how much I love the picking pace of Day 2. This is glorious. 😅

[Joseph Zarr]

Guardians grabbing Oakie. Man, I love their FO. Very very smart group. 

[Fire Manfred]

Some of the guys that seem interesting to me for day 2

Daniel Eagen - Presbyterian

Khadim Diaw - LMU

Nick Brink - Portland 

Luke Sinnard - Indiana

 

[sveumrules]

1 minute ago, Fire Manfred said:

Some of the guys that seem interesting to me for day 2

Daniel Eagen - Presbyterian

Khadijah Diaw - LMU

Nick Brink - Portland 

Luke Sinnard - Indiana

Reading through the scouting reports for undrafted players remaining on the FanGraphs board Sinnard and Eagen both sounded like Brewers kind of picks to me. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Dallas Baptist's RHP Jaron Deberry

[sveumrules]

Jaron DeBerry, 4th year senior RHP from Dallas Baptist.

[CheeseheadInQC]

Senior in the third? Interesting.

[Joseph Zarr]

Apparently a heavy spin guy - tight slider, heavy curve, 92-94 heater. Analytics darling.

[mudbutt]

https://futurestarsseries.com/mlb-draft-sleeper-underrated-prospects-farone-kohn-obermueller/

Featured on underrated sleeper post linked above:

A fourth-year senior, DeBerry’s a supinator whose game is command, projection, and spin. His best pitch is a low-80s sweeper up to 3000 RPMs, and he commands to the corners of the plate.

DeBerry tends to cut his fastball in the low-90s, up to 94 mph, but it has yet to miss bats much, despite favorable command. DeBerry does a good job separating the shapes of his sweeper and curveball, the latter being more of a hammer with sharp downward movement.

Pitchers that can legitimately command the baseball are difficult to find, and DeBerry’s lean, athletic frame (6-3/180) and easy mechanics all serve as foundational traits clubs seek in starting pitchers.