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Risk of him not signing and the Brewers losing that slot value. Your first pick is your highest valued pick. Any savings on that pick means more you can spend later on. If you over spend on your first pick you have to subtract from one of the next two picks. The lower you get in the pick order the less savings you can get.

Ray was the 6th ranked prospect in that draft and was rated as having a better hit and power tool than Payne. Maybe the Brewers should have did what they did this year and went with Bo Bichette the 90th ranked prospect in that draft.

That is only if they did a pre-draft physical if they didn’t that rule doesn’t apply.

I am not sure the A’s would have much if any interest in Mitchell. I think you could center something around Brown. I think Wiemer makes more sense for the A’s but he would be a throw in and not a major piece in the deal. Something like Brown, a pitching prospect and Wiemer makes sense for Rooker.

In order to draft the Pratt’s and Bitoni’s you have to do what the Brewers did in the first round. You have to be able to sign someone to an under slot deal to do this. You are not going to be able to do this with players ranked around where you are picking. There seems to be this disconnect where people think you can do both when this is not the reality.

Do we know if Payne had a pre-draft physical?

All of the Brewers picks participated in the MLB combine which I found interesting. Of the players remaining I am interested in the following but they may need more money to sign than what the Brewers have left in their pool. Carson Wiggins RHP (HS) Mike Sirota OF Mason Russell LHP (HS) Gage Miller 1B/OF Ryan Prager LHP There will probably be some senior signs to even out the bonus pool so maybe one of Wiggins or Russell could be added with an over slot deal.

No. I doubt there is much NIL money going to the baseball side maybe a bit more than what the track and field people get but not much more. NIL money goes Football -------> Men's Basketball ----> Women's Basketball -----------> Women's Gymnastics --> Women's Volleyball ----> Soccer / Hockey --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> everything else. NIL money isn't really a thing for baseball and if it is it is a smaller amount than what you could get in the draft. There are probably a few players who could get a top deal but I doubt they even crack the top 15 in terms of NIL deals. So the top players may get more than what you would earn in the minor leagues but everyone else it is probably less than what you would get in the minors. This is not taking into account any bonus money from being drafted either.

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.

Now people stop complaining about the Brewers not drafting a 1B!

Didn’t expect that pick.

Hearing Culpepper or Benge.

Sigh

Hoping my contact is wrong about the Cubs pick.

A little bit here and there.

Hearing Smith to the Cubs.

Not surprising he really flew up the draft board.

Was just about to post this.

That player doesn’t really exist at 17 at least not any that are as sure as Smith or Benge are. All the players you listed could fail and be nothing. There could be injuries or the prospects just don’t pan out for whatever reason. Taking a bat at 17 is just a smart play. You have to continue to develop players regardless if they are pitchers or hitters. Take a safer bet at 17 and then gamble with 34 and the other picks.

Unlikely as I think there is only one other catcher on the All Star roster. He will probably play 4 innings maybe more. Mitchell with a nice bomb!

Hopefully that kick starts Contreras.

The point went up and over your head and into outer space. If your main goal is to win the world series then you are setting yourself up for absolute failure. Drafting, scouting and development are a far more important goal than winning the WS. If you can't do any of the three correctly you are not winning a WS or even coming close to making one. So setting the goal as the WS is like staring at the bark and saying yep no forest here just bark.

I think the Brewers go college bat with the 17th pick. Waldschmidt, Smith, Tibbs, Benge or King are the current rumors at this pick. I don't see the Brewers taking a pitcher at 17 unless someone falls to them. There are a few HS players being discussed but they are all bats also with Gillen getting the highest grade. If the college bat is not here Gillen or Sanford maybe the pick. If it is Gillen/Sanford I wouldn't be surprised if they go with Santucci a LHP from Duke at 34. There are some medical concerns with Santucci so this maybe an under slot pick. Maybe someone like White or Jordan at 34 could be a possibility if they last that long. Both Jordan and White could be busts as they K a lot. White tends to be more aggressive in chasing pitches and Jordan is just raw and may never be something more than a Chris Carter or Eric Thames type of a player. He will hit home runs and they will be majestic but he may not hit for enough contact. I still think Jordan has the best raw power in this draft and probably the quickest hands and bat speed. Jordan's hand and bat speed remind me a lot of Weeks. All of the athletic tools that the Brewers have looked for are there but the bat to ball skills are extremely lacking from what the Brewers have been looking for recently. The player I hope that falls to the Brewers is Cameron Smith. I am extremely high on him and he is the player that I want the most. He reminds me of Ryan Braun a lot with his swing and I think there is more potential than what he has shown so far in college. A lot of mocks have the Marlins going with Smith a pick ahead of the Brewers. There is a lot of noise coming from the Marlins that Smith is someone they are looking at seriously drafting. Gillen is also another name coming up for the Marlins along with Benge and Waldschmidt. I think the Brewers and the Marlins are targeting some of the same players at this pick.

And when was the last time they won these WS’s? If your only goal is to win the WS then you are going to fail a lot and be miserable because of this.

Any team that has its ultimate goal as winning the WS will be an absolute joke of a franchise. Just look at the Angels and Mets as proof of this.