2024 Draft

[calsnowskier]

1st 7 picks are all 4th year college JRs.

 

[calsnowskier]

Christian Moore was the MLB #13 prospect. He went #8 to the Angels.

 

[LHG]

I have seen a few names mentioned in relation to the Giants, though I have low confidence in any of these names…

Cam Caminiti (Ken’s cousin, not his son)
Nick Kurtz
Kash Mayfield
Carson Benge (2-way player)
Theo Gillen

I either misread that or the relationship was reported incorrectly.

 

[LHG]

Giants up next. I expect either Caminiti or Honeycutt.

 

[calsnowskier]

We are on the clock, and everyone we have mentioned, except Kurtz and Moore are still available.

 

[LHG]

1st 7 picks are all 4th year college JRs.

4YR simply means 4 year college student athletes.

 

[LHG]

Wow, the approximate pick value at 13 is just about half of the number 1 pick.

 

[calsnowskier]

4YR simply means 4 year college student athletes.

I think most draftable players use a readshirt season still, don’t they?

 

[LHG]

I think most draftable players use a readshirt season still, don’t they?

No. Most won't, unless they are injured for most or all of a season.

 

[LHG]

You would think Wake Forest won the college world series, with 3 picks in the top 10.

 

[calsnowskier]

You would think Wake Forest won the college world series, with 3 picks in the top 10.

Didn’t Duke have like 3 of the top 4 picks in the basketball draft a few years back?

 

[LHG]

And James Tibbs it is!

From mlb.com:
"After an all-state career at Pope High School in Georgia, Tibbs headed to Florida State for college ball. He's done nothing but hit with the Seminoles, with a combined 1.066 OPS over his first two seasons, including hitting 17 homers and slugging .682 as a sophomore in 2023. He put himself even more on the Draft map by continuing to rake with a wood bat, hitting .303/.390/.472 with six homers in the Cape Cod League over the summer, then vaulted into the first-round landscape with a huge junior campaign. It will be Tibbs' bat that gets him drafted in the first few rounds. The left-handed hitter is confident and smart at the plate, with an approach he's improved over his time at Florida State, cutting his strikeout rate and upping his walk rate considerably from his freshman to his sophomore seasons, and even more so this spring. He punishes fastballs and has been showing the ability to get to his average power and drive the ball to all fields, though he's struggled more with breaking stuff in the past. Tibbs is likely limited to left field at the next level because he is a below-average runner and some wonder if he might have a possible home at first base, a spot he saw considerable time at with the Seminoles a year ago. There might be more floor than ceiling here, but there's enough bat to think he could be the first Florida State hitter to go in the top two rounds since the Reds took catcher Mat Nelson No. 35 overall in 2021."

 

[LHG]

Didn’t Duke have like 3 of the top 4 picks in the basketball draft a few years back?

No idea. I don't keep up much with college basketball or the NBA.

 

[calsnowskier]

James Tibbs III

OF from Florida St

 

[LHG]

James Tibbs III

OF from Florida St

First college senior drafted, per mlb.com

 

[calsnowskier]

Big, slow hitter who projects to LF or 1B

Not overly impressive on first impression…

 

[calsnowskier]

First college senior drafted, per mlb.com

…

Not gonna say it…

 

[calsnowskier]

Just watched the video of him on MLB.com.

Looks like a short-bus rider to me.

 

[LHG]

I think most draftable players use a readshirt season still, don’t they?

The Cubs took a guy with a redshirt year - Cam Smith. You can tell because he is reported as a 4YR SO, and sophomores at a 4 year college cannot be drafted their sophomore year, unless they redshirted a year or two prior.

 

[LHG]

Big, slow hitter who projects to LF or 1B

Not overly impressive on first impression…

Well, he isn't a two way player . . .