TheCrew07

I'm right there with you bro, I haven't been excited given the talent still hanging out there, but I'm making an effort not to be negative about the picks. It appears our bonus pool is having an immediate influence on the selections.

There goes Dylan Covey, good for him.

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I've been trying to pull Astin's scouting report from BA since the pick, it appears BA's mysql server is overloaded. Hire better tech guys BA!

I think that's quite a reach considering his age and stuff, if Lohse is our anchor we're in huge trouble.

My other lefty is still out there, Garrett Williams, not only do I despise not having a 1st round pick but our small pool may kill this draft. Signing Lohse was such a colossal blunder. I wonder if we're going to see a college run through the the 10th with teams trying to load up on HS players later.

3rd Round: RHP Barrett Astin Arkansas Astin served as the Razorbacks closer in 2012 and helped them reach the College World Series. This season he has bounced back and forth between the rotation and bullpen, pitching well in both roles. Astin relies on his low-90s sinker. It has good tailing action and he isn’t afraid to attack hitters with it. His secondary offerings aren’t as well-developed as his fastball, but he has the makings of a solid slider. Astin will have to improve his offspeed pitches to be a starter as a professional, but he also has the makeup to pitch in high-leverage situations as a reliever.

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He's BA's scouting report on Neuhaus, kind of a sad story:

On draft day Sessile, I, and some others thought that the ceilings of the draft picks were in reverse order of their draft position. We thought Lopez had the highest ceiling, then Bradley, then Jungmann. Remember that many of us are seeking impact talent, we think the systems needs some guys with 1-2 potential. We have plenty of back of the rotation guys. We'd prefer HS pitchers simply because of where we are drafting... next year if we have a top 5 draft pick we'll have an opportunity to land impact college pitching. Drafting later in the first round those opportunities typically aren't there so you need to go the HS route for impact potential. There is a ton of value in drafting college players not just pitchers, statistically they are much more likely to have a MLB career, however when we are talking impact potential there is very little difference between a HS and a college draftee. This article will help lay it all out. For pitchers if you can nab big league back of the rotation starters or relievers those picks are still valuable. I'm into upside, but I also like a well rounded system so I don't mind the Goforth, Ross, Blaski, Gagnon, Magnifico, and Thornburgs.. guys that maybe have a lower ceilings, or only developed 1 pitch in college, or were 2 way college players who are fairly raw taken later in the draft. I didn't like the Jungmann pick because he was a player with a high floor (as in I thought he'd have a MLB career of some sort), but he didn't have a high ceiling (I still think he's a #3 base case, he didn't and still doesn't have an out pitch).

Beloit pulls away for 7-1 win over Wisconsin Snappers scored six unearned runs with two outs in the eighth By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Beloit Snappers broke up a tight game against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers with six unearned runs after there were two outs in the top of the eighth inning. Beloit beat the Rattlers 7-1 on Thursday night at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Both teams has chances early. Wisconsin (24-31) had runners at first and third with no outs after singles by Michael Reed and Orlando Arcia. But, a caught stealing, a strikeout, and a grounder to third ended the inning with no runs for the Rattlers. The Snappers (34-25) had Daniel Robertson at second base with two outs in the fourth. Matt Olson sent a grounder up the middle and Arcia, the Rattlers shortstop, ranged over and cut the ball off in short center. Arcia saw that he had no play at first. He whirled and threw to the plate as Robertson - thinking the throw would go to first - headed for home. The throw was on target and Robertson was out by a wide margin to keep the game scoreless. Beloit took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning. John Wooten walked to start the inning. Ryan Matthews doubled into the left field corner to send Wooten home with the first run of the game. Wisconsin would get back-to-back one out singles from Tyrone Taylor and Victor Roache to put runners at first and second in the bottom of the sixth inning. Alcantara got out of the jam with a flyout to left and a grounder to second. Damien Magnifico, the starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers, allowed one run on six hits and left the game with the team trailing 1-0 after five innings. Reliever Leonard Lorenzo retired the first six batters he faced in the game. Then, the teams went to the eighth inning. Lorenzo issued a leadoff walk to Roberts. But, Roberts was still at first with two outs. He would steal second base with Bruce Maxwell at the plate. Then, Maxwell sent a grounder to short. The ball was booted by Arcia for an error to keep the inning alive. Renato Nunez singled to center on the next pitch to drive in Roberts for a 2-0 lead. Matt Olson was next and he doubled to send in two more runs for a 4-0 lead. John Wooten's grounder to third was missed for an error on Mike Garza and Olson scored on the play for a 5-0 lead. A single and a walk loaded the bases for Beloit and brought Roberts back to the plate. He singled to drive in two more runs and the Snappers were comfortably in front 7-0 after those six two-out runs in the eighth. Alcantara pitched seven shutout innings to earn his seventh win of the season. He walked one and struck out seven. The Rattlers got on the board in the bottom of the eighth. Arcia walked and Roache singled with one out. Max Walla drove in Arcia with a single to make the score 7-1, but the Rattlers would get no closer to the Snappers. Wisconsin hosts the Snappers in the final game of their three game series on Friday night. Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jim Henderson is scheduled to make a rehabilitation assignment for the Timber Rattlers and Mike Strong (0-1, 3.38) is will also pitch for the Timber Rattlers. Michael Ynoa (0-1, 2.52) is set to start for Beloit. Game time is 7:05pm. Friday is the final game of the Miller Summer Kickoff with Miller products available for $1. Friday is also North Shore Bank Family Night. Children 12 and under receive a voucher good for a free soda and a free hotdog. There is a postgame fireworks display with Kids Run the Bases courtesy of Molina Healthcare for children 14 & under. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, tune in for the broadcast on My NEW32's Sports Showdown starting with their pregame show at 6:30pm. The radio call will be available on AM1280, WNAM and timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:45pm. The game is also available to subscribers of MiLB.TV. WP: Raul Alcantara (7-1) LP: Damien Magnifico (5-1) TIME: 2:54 ATTN: 3,494 Chris nails the title, the quote, and the summary as usual. Things fall apart, the center cannot hold – Postgame Post for June 6, 2013 Wisconsin Boxscore Seeing 2 of the A's best pitching prospects back to back is a rough assignment but the young Rattlers had their chances against Alcantara. Orlando Arcia's error that extended the 8th was a simple fundamental, he looked up to check the runner as he was fielding the ball, *sigh*. Matt Garza's error which also extended the inning was just flat out whiffed. I need to plug Timber Rattlers Field Pass which airs on Time Warner Sports 32, the latest installment with the WI OF prospects was fantastic. I had accidentally cleared my DVR (long story) so I've been trying to catch up Field Pass for awhile. Please give it a watch if you are a Time Warner subscriber. Wisconsin Recap Orlando looked slow running into that out, but then Beloit made a ton of outs on the bases. The IF must be have soggy even though it didn't look it, the OFs did have some noticeable struggles with the wet field though. Wisconsin Bottom of the 1st Michael Reed singles on a line drive to right fielder John Wooten. Orlando Arcia singles on a line drive to center fielder Brett Vertigan. Michael Reed to 3rd. With Tyrone Taylor batting, Orlando Arcia caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Ryan Delgado to second baseman Sam Roberts. Tyrone Taylor called out on strikes. Victor Roache grounds out, third baseman Renato Nunez to first baseman Matt Olson. Wisconsin Gameday

There's a trio of reasons I'd like to continually mix in high upside HS arms: 1. The impact college pitchers are usually gone by the end of the 1st round, if you want impact pitching later in the draft, chances are you're going to have to dip into the HS ranks. 2. Abuse. Many college programs routinely extend their starting pitchers to obscene pitch counts, for example Carlos Rodon threw 130 pitches in the NCAA regionals last week. 3. Similar to 2 college coaching is hit or miss on mechanics, teaching plus pitches, and so on. Many college pitchers still need significant development time post college. If it's going to take you 3-4 years to get the player to MLB the typical 21 year old college pitcher is 25 years old by the time he debuts. For the 3-4 years of development time anyway are you really better off taking a college arm?

I would rather see the Brewers take Ward or Puk but I think both would be impossible signs right now. I believe they both will go to college and up their stock so they can be taken in the 1st round. Nate why do you like Puk so much? Just the big body LHP thing? He's already 220 lbs at 6'7" is it certain he'll add more velocity? I'm sincerely curious.

Always a ray of sunshine. It's never a bad thing to add dynamic athletes to already solid systems. With organizations that consistently have success with high upside players it's not a stretch to say they had a good draft by adding more players of significant upside. Obviously we won't know how those players will pan out for years, but it's not like any of the teams in our division have significantly reached so far this year, they've all been relatively sound picks. In the past it was pretty easy to hate on the Cubs' draft picks for example, they were that awful, lately they've been the exact opposite.

Nice call dude!

Of good weight? Or MLB pitcher weight? Still being relatively lean he could easily end up in the 210-220 range. If he puts on bad weight like so many of us non athletes he could be much heavier.

He's similar to Hunter Green, except he's a righty, he scares me some. Very nice upside, needs mechanical work, not all that polished, but projectable. edit. I should have been more clear He's 6'4" but only 175 lbs... so he still has to fill out his body and it's likely he can pick up significant velocity. The thing that scares me is that the Brewers haven't done well correcting these kinds of kids with poor control in the past.