2014 MLB Draft

[navamind]

The NFL draft might be starting tonight, but MLB's draft is just one month away (June 5-7). Baseball America just released their first mock draft.

2014 Draft Preview: Track Record Lands Rodon Atop First Mock - BaseballAmerica.com

 

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[navamind]

This information is useless to Yankee fans.

I lol'd.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Defintely think we should grab a hitter who can make the jump to the big leagues rather quickly. I think we have enough pitching in the majors and the minors. Last year we may have drafted the best power-hitter in the draft in Dom Smith, this year, I hope we can grab a College bat.

 

[navamind]

Defintely think we should grab a hitter who can make the jump to the big leagues rather quickly. I think we have enough pitching in the majors and the minors. Last year we may have drafted the best power-hitter in the draft in Dom Smith, this year, I hope we can grab a College bat.

Conforto would be a good pick for the Mets.

 

[gunnarthor]

Hoffman injury really fucks things up. I'm hoping the Twins take Jackson but the smoke is saying Nick Gordon.

 

[Toucanbird]

It's hard for me to get excited about the MLB draft. Unlike the NFL or NBA, none of these guys are going to be impact players as soon as they are drafted (go through the minors right out of the gate) and even then, it seems like more times than not, players don't pan out. Unless these guys are a Bryce Harper or Steven Strasberg type of talent, it usually takes 3-4 years for a lot of these guys to make their big league debuts, so you don't really have any sort of way to gauge just how good a draft class is until 7 or 8 years after the draft.

Then again, I'm not a big follower of college baseball and I don't keep track of who the big name guys out of high school are, so perhaps it's just a matter of being uninformed and not seeing the "potential" these guys have when they get drafted. Another thing is so many prospects get traded in MLB nowadays that even if my team drafts a player, I have doubts that they'll ever play a game for my team.

 

[Arizona_Sting]

It's hard for me to get excited about the MLB draft. Unlike the NFL or NBA, none of these guys are going to be impact players as soon as they are drafted (go through the minors right out of the gate) and even then, it seems like more times than not, players don't pan out. Unless these guys are a Bryce Harper or Steven Strasberg type of talent, it usually takes 3-4 years for a lot of these guys to make their big league debuts, so you don't really have any sort of way to gauge just how good a draft class is until 7 or 8 years after the draft.

Then again, I'm not a big follower of college baseball and I don't keep track of who the big name guys out of high school are, so perhaps it's just a matter of being uninformed and not seeing the "potential" these guys have when they get drafted. Another thing is so many prospects get traded in MLB nowadays that even if my team drafts a player, I have doubts that they'll ever play a game for my team.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Man I hate this new Baseball America layout..

 

[navamind]

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draft's tomorrow nighttttt

 

[podsox]

It's hard for me to get excited about the MLB draft. Unlike the NFL or NBA, none of these guys are going to be impact players as soon as they are drafted (go through the minors right out of the gate) and even then, it seems like more times than not, players don't pan out. Unless these guys are a Bryce Harper or Steven Strasberg type of talent, it usually takes 3-4 years for a lot of these guys to make their big league debuts, so you don't really have any sort of way to gauge just how good a draft class is until 7 or 8 years after the draft.

Then again, I'm not a big follower of college baseball and I don't keep track of who the big name guys out of high school are, so perhaps it's just a matter of being uninformed and not seeing the "potential" these guys have when they get drafted. Another thing is so many prospects get traded in MLB nowadays that even if my team drafts a player, I have doubts that they'll ever play a game for my team.

Chris sale did but it is rare