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I am all in on these picks. We do well with high school hitters and college pitchers. If these guys are the best available, and they are because I am following the show as well, then great!!! I just hate we have to wait so long to see them in action.Well according to all “experts” there weren’t any college hitters left so that kind of sucks but hopefully these kids work out.
Also want to say this is the first draft I’ve watched and they have done a really good job of making it feel big, but wish they’d allow trades and quit the slotting and money pool stuff.
Agreed, but you have to take best player available in baseball. It just seemed there wasn't top end pitching when Mariners made their picks I am good with it. The wait will be years but maybe worth. Maybe.I am more of a pitching kind of person and these high school players will take ages to develop. I guess in 2026-27 we will see if these guys can make it to that point.
3rd Round Pick
Teddy McGraw
RHP, Wake Forest
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- AGE
21- BATS
R- DOB
10/30/2001- THROWS
R- HT
6' 3"- WT
210
@teddy_mcgraw
Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45
After recovering from 2019 Tommy John surgery that cost him his high school senior year, McGraw projected as perhaps the best Saturday starter in the 2023 Draft, but his elbow gave out again right before this season started. He was sitting at 95-98 mph with a wipeout slider in intrasquad action when he went down and required a second elbow reconstruction with an internal brace. He may have more upside than fellow Wake Forest right-hander Rhett Lowder, a lock first-rounder, but McGraw can't match his consistency or health.
A healthy McGraw usually operates at 92-95 mph and tops out at 98 with his fastball, though it gets a lot more grounders than swings and misses because it features sinking action rather than carry. His best pitch is a mid-80s slider with sweep and depth that grades as plus when he lands it in the zone. He also dodges bats with an upper-80s changeup with fade and tumble.
While McGraw has the potential for three solid or better pitches, he has yet to harness them on a regular basis. He has the athleticism and delivery for at least average control and command, but he walked 5.8 batters per nine innings in his first two years with the Demon Deacons. A potential first-rounder before he got hurt, he's now a wild card.