I'd feel better about that model if we had a player in our lineup that this model produced.
I agree with the pitching model, but we just threw away a 2nd rounder on Smith a few years ago.
He's a projected 1st rounder only because teams make huge mistakes. Bradfield doesn't belong in the 1st 2 rounds of this draft. He doesn't hit, at all.
I'm petrified we might take him, based on the rumors, even though he didn't fit what we look for.
People keep calling Shanuel a 1B only, but he likely ends up a corner OF. I wouldn't worry too much about his poor performance in the cape code league. He was outstanding in a wood bat league the summer before.
My latest attempt had me selecting OF Chase Davis, 2B Brice Matthews, 3B Jake Gelof, SS Alex Mooney, 3B Sabin Ceballos, and 1B Brock Vrakenburg. Mooney is the only overslot player, as a draft eligible sophomore.
There's a bunch of hitters better than Taylor at 18, but I love Davis at 33. Too many pitchers this early. We've proven well can build a great pitching staff without the help of highly drafted pitchers, and we remain starving for offense.
I landed Shanuel, Brice Matthews, Jake Gelof, and then draft eligible sophomore SS Alex Mooney in round 3.
Matthews is a seriously underrated bat, especially for a 2B.
I hope we land our yearly JuCo pitching steal. Avoid catchers in the top 5 rounds. Concentrate on position players early (except for JuCo pitching robbery).
He has a 1,066 OPS in May, will hit AA any day now, and could still still be playing his college junior season. The Ks will fall once he gains experience against advanced pitching. It's amazing he can even survive against these pitchers with only 1 year of college starting experience.
Agree that Shanuel is very tantalizing, best hitter available (to us), and that 72 walks to 14 strikeouts is fun too.
They absolutely need to start drafting some actual hitters, especially after blowing it by passing on Max Wagner last year.