2024 MLB Draft Day 2 Thread

[Joseph Zarr]

IF Molina can find more control for his breaker toolkit, we might have a sneaky pick here. The haircut and look will absolutely play.

[Playing Catch]

If there is a pattern that I'm seeing so far is that the pitchers they are drafting all look identical. They are of average height, they have athletic builds, and have beautiful deliveries --- not sure if that's Molina or not.

As for Dinges, I have to think that they have intel on his ability to catch. FSU had a senior Buster Posey Award Watch List starting catcher, so perhaps Dinges has real catching ability... but of course, perhaps not.

[Joseph Zarr]

5 minutes ago, Playing Catch said:

If there is a pattern that I'm seeing so far is that the pitchers they are drafting all look identical. They are of average height, they have athletic builds, and have beautiful deliveries --- not sure if that's Molina or not.

As for Dinges, I have to think that they have intel on his ability to catch. FSU had a senior Buster Posey Award Watch List starting catcher, so perhaps Dinges has real catching ability... but of course, perhaps not.

Here's FSU Head Coach Link Jarrett:

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“He’s a fun guy to watch and he’s a fun guy to interact with,” Jarrett said. “So you know that going in and you know he’s very talented. The positional piece, clearly he can catch and some of the things that happen when you’re in the middle of your season and he’s functioning as the designated hitter, and that’s not always an easy role for people, getting him back behind the plate has been something we clearly have kind of put on the back-burner.

 

“It’s not that he couldn’t do it. He’ll probably be a catcher at the professional level and could catch here. We have other guys that are doing a nice job. So you’re trying to figure out in the recruiting where the athletes fit in.”

 

[mudbutt]

19 minutes ago, Madhawk23 said:

If my very quick research is accurate, all of these HS names remain on the board.  I'll be a tad bit disappointed in this years draft class, if we don't at least try to over-slot sign one of these guys on day 3 tomorrow. Certainly feels like we should still have plenty of $$ left in the bonus pool to make a splash or two (or three) on Day 3 going after some of these remaining HS guys.  Obviously, you still want to feel good about your ability to sign them, but if I'm understanding the system correctly - if we don't end up signing them, we'll only take a $150K hit in our bonus pool on the third day if they go unsigned.

You don't take any hit against your pool if day 3 guys are unsigned.  Your pool is based on the first 10 rounds and if any those guys go unassigned, they are subtracted out of the total pool.  After that, you get 150k to sign the guys and anything above that goes against your pool based on the 10 rounds.  So you can definitely see 11th round and later guys that vastly more talented than guys earlier in your draft class because they are probably higher risk to sign.  As mentioned earlier look at Letson and what he is accomplishing as an 11th round pick last year. And he was signed at like 5th round slot money.

[Joseph Zarr]

Oh, hey, another pitcher you say?!? 

LHP Sam Garcia, Oklahoma State - 115 K in 89 IP and only 19 BB. Yowza.

[Playing Catch]

3 minutes ago, mudbutt said:

You don't take any hit against your pool if day 3 guys are unsigned.  Your pool is based on the first 10 rounds and if any those guys go unassigned, they are subtracted out of the total pool.  After that, you get 150k to sign the guys and anything above that goes against your pool based on the 10 rounds.  So you can definitely see 11th round and later guys that vastly more talented than guys earlier in your draft class because they are probably higher risk to sign.  As mentioned earlier look at Letson and what he is accomplishing as an 11th round pick last year. And he was signed at like 5th round slot money.

So what you're saying is tomorrow all of us will still be refreshing our browsers seeking out the next Bishop Letson?

I'm okay with that.

[Joseph Zarr]

Garcia has some size to boot - 6'4" 220. Like it.

[MilwaukeeBeers]

Haven't really taken a big swing today makes me wonder if Braylon Payne isn't gonna be as cheap as we think... which isn't ideal. 

[sveumrules]

Griffin Tobias RHP from Lake Central High School in Indiana.

[Joseph Zarr]

A cutter you say? NO!?!

 

[wallus]

Seems like there should be some interesting Day 3 guys available at least.

[wiguy94]

A Midwest high schooler? Let Ginger Poulson cook!

[Joseph Zarr]

 

[Joseph Zarr]

I really like the trio of HS hurlers we grabbed in the first two days. Like, reallllllly like them. I'm excite!

[Joseph Zarr]

Got some athleticism in this frame baby. Check out this pounce and twirl and toss to 1B:

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Don't listen to me. Listen to the guy who coaches pitchers:

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Jim Callis' intonation and tone is so hilarious. He comes across as a perennial Emo whiner with every pick he discusses. 😅

[Joseph Zarr]

I think the Brewers staff may be realizing they have struck gold via an entirely new metric:

1) Pitcher

2) Must have Tobias in name

3) 

[Jenkins5]

16 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Griffin Tobias RHP from Lake Central High School in Indiana.

https://lcbaseball.org/2024/07/07/the-times-2024-player-of-the-year-griffin-tobias-will-go-down-at-one-of-lcs-most-decorated-athletes/

[Lathund]

59 minutes ago, Playing Catch said:

If there is a pattern that I'm seeing so far is that the pitchers they are drafting all look identical. They are of average height, they have athletic builds, and have beautiful deliveries

 

Brewers are seemingly good at tweaking existing or introducing new individual pitches and grips and such. As well as some pretty good results at increasing velo. So as a general philosophy it would make sense to acquire players who have room for improvement in the areas they know they're good at improving, but who are already good at things theyr'e not as good at improving. Raw athleticism is harder to develop. And I should think that generally an athletic player will have an easier time to repeat their delivery (i.e more consistent command), and perhaps also an easier time changing mechanics if needed. 

Obviously this is a simplified take on things, and I don't know anywhere near enough about pitching mechanics to know what I'm talking about. But coordinating which players you acquire with what you're good or less good at developing makes a lot of sense. Like at the major league level, Brewers spend essentially nothing (Outside of arbitration salaries) on the bullpen. Because why would you, when you can "create" relievers from scratch. And instead focus the money elsewhere. I imagine that thinking applies to more parts of the organization. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Another HS pitcher. RHP Ethan Dorchies (I believe from Illinois?)

[snoogans8056]

Ending the day with two high school pitchers was such a tease. WE HAVE MONEY.

[Joseph Zarr]

 

[wiguy94]

4 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Another HS pitcher. RHP Ethan Dorchies (I believe from Illinois?)

I’ll say it again…Let Ginger Poulson cook!

[Joseph Zarr]

10 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

I’ll say it again…Let Ginger Poulson cook!

Ginger just sent me this GIF. Crazy!