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Ok, so I've compiled my notes and here's how I project out the top dozen or so players:

Tier 1: Rutschman

Tier 2: Witt

Tier 3: Vaughn, Abrams, Greene

Tier 4: Bleday, Lodolo

Tier 5: Langeliers, Manoah, Stott, Bishop, Rutledge


We pick 10. Rutschman and Witt almost certainly won't fall to us. Probably not Vaughn or Abrams. Greene is unlikely.

So given all that, I'd be pretty stoked if we got Bleday or Lodolo. We won't take Langeliers (we have Joey Bart).

My preference, in terms of players possibly there at 10:

1. Lodolo
2. Bleday
3. Rutledge
4. Manoah
5. Stott -- a lot of people think this is our pick.
6. Bishop
 

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A lot of smoke around Stott. He projects to stay at SS, so that is nice...
 

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Giants got to be somewhat predictable in recent years with the draft (after having the same regime for 10+ years, makes it pretty easy), but no clue what to expect this year. The dodger's recent draft history has been toosly college guys with questionable hit tools and JUCO athletes.

They really need some high-end pitching. They also need a SS pretty bad (Luciano, while potential super-stud, is all they got).
 

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Giants got to be somewhat predictable in recent years with the draft (after having the same regime for 10+ years, makes it pretty easy), but no clue what to expect this year. The dodger's recent draft history has been toosly college guys with questionable hit tools and JUCO athletes.

They really need some high-end pitching. They also need a SS pretty bad (Luciano, while potential super-stud, is all they got).
They also need outfielders.

And first basemen.

And second basemen.

And third basemen.

And...
 

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FWIW, Melissa Lockhard's mock has 1-7 identical to mine. She has us taking Stott at 10
 

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Any good ownership prospects in the draft this year?
I hear rumors, with that helipad you have, that you could be a possible pick. You'd have to work your way up to majority share, though. No guarantees of promotion.
 

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I hear rumors, with that helipad you have, that you could be a possible pick. You'd have to work your way up to majority share, though. No guarantees of promotion.
I expect to own Augusta this year, with a guarantee of ownership in Richmond by next year.
 

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I expect to own Augusta this year, with a guarantee of ownership in Richmond by next year.
They must see some promise in you for that kind of jump (or you may have a rather exaggerated understanding of your owning skills).
 

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They must see some promise in you for that kind of jump (or you may have a rather exaggerated understanding of your owning skills).
Boras is my Agent. Those are my terms...
 

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Jesus, I didn't realize the draft was on Monday
I am kinda unplugged on this year’s draft as well. Everything seems to be pointing to us taking Stott, though.
 

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I am kinda unplugged on this year’s draft as well. Everything seems to be pointing to us taking Stott, though.

Yeah I haven't a clue. I look at Bishop's numbers and they seem good so I wouldn't mind that. Whoever they take will fill a 'need'
 

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Here's a pretty interesting draft article related to prep players. There's a belief this year that a significant number of high school bats are willing to forego some money in the draft because they don't want to go to college. The reason behind it is because many collegiate programs are well behind the times and notorious for breaking swings/approaches (the infamous "Stanford" swing is one that always comes to mind), whereas the majority of ML teams are more in-line with the current climate.

Eric and I have spoken with numerous scouts in recent weeks about a topic that came up innocently in our draft prep but that, when we dug deeper, appears to be indicative of a larger trend in the game. There are an unusual amount of high school position player prospects who are signable in the $250,000 to $500,000 bonus range. One crosschecker said his region normally has at most one prospect per year of this sort, and this year there are at least seven. Every other regional or national scout we’ve asked has confirmed that they’ve noticed the same thing, but none had a ready-made explanation for why it is happening. We put together a hypothesis, and got universal agreement that we were onto something.

Swing Changers: Spurning College to Get Pro Development
 

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Here's a pretty interesting draft article related to prep players. There's a belief this year that a significant number of high school bats are willing to forego some money in the draft because they don't want to go to college. The reason behind it is because many collegiate programs are well behind the times and notorious for breaking swings/approaches (the infamous "Stanford" swing is one that always comes to mind), whereas the majority of ML teams are more in-line with the current climate.



Swing Changers: Spurning College to Get Pro Development
There is also a shift happening that college isn't as important to this generation that it was to the last couple of generations, so I wouldn't be surprised if that plays into it as well.
 
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