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Craig
7:10
Who are the Mariners linked with?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:10
Unsettled, on all 4 demographics. Gilbert seems like the best guess but lots in play. Naylor a dark horse there.
Justin
7:10
Would Grayson Rodriguez be a steal at 36 for the Bucs?
Eric A Longenhagen
7:10
We literally have him ranked 36th
Jimmy
7:11
How does Seth Beer compare to Kyle Schwarber defensively? The general gist seems like he could be that kind of bat but is he even worse defensively than Schwarber?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:12
Beer is a 20 runner/defender/athlete that's sketchy at 1B, Vogelbach level. Schwarber is fine at 1B
More 30-40 in LF, 40-45 runner
Eric A Longenhagen
7:12
Hoping we get to see Jim Leyland chain smoke live on TV at some point
Okay, so let's talk about Casey Mize....
7:13
93-96, touches 97, it's pretty straight and doesn't play great in the zone. Plus cutter and splitter, above-average slider.
Mike Huey
7:13
As a Giants fan should I be terribly disappointed if the Giants go under slot at #2?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:13
We're hearing they won't and yes I would be if it's Winn.
Mike
7:13
NFL and NBA drafts get huge tv ratings. Is the MLB at all motivated to turn their draft into a bigger spectacle?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:14
you know what the MLB draft needs?
WHAT HAS FOUR THUMBS AND IS RUNNING THIS CHAT
Eric A Longenhagen
7:14
Command is plus some nights and closer to average on others. Missed two starts as a soph, had more forearm soreness in the summer on TEAM USA, had a PRP injection in August. Was healthy all year so post-draft physical should go okay.
Ryan
7:15
Hey Eric! If you're leading the Rays draft room, what's your strategy for tonight?
Eric A Longenhagen
7:15
Mixing prep players with a college guy or two. Preferably Kowar or Gilbert and a college bat.
Players who go to college
7:16
Who are we?
Eric A Longenhagen
7:16
I think we know by the end of the night.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:17
Mike Vasil (duh), Kumar Rocker, Mike Siani, Matt McLain, Mason Denaburg, Max Marusak leading candidates
Nathan
7:18
In the Mets room, is it the baseball people that want Kelenic?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:18
That is what we've heard
And we're 2 for 2!
Timothy Smith
7:18
Does the Kyle Murray chatter have legs or more of a smokescreen in your opinion?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:18
I think people are getting bored with chalk and last 24 hours there's been a lot of wacky things we've heard and not reported
Jimmy
7:19
Are you guys for or against the idea of allowing all picks to be traded? Seems like it is one thing that makes the NFL/NBA draft interesting and good live tv.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:19
IT WOULD BE AMAZING PLEASE DO IT
7:20
also we're uniquely qualified at FG to combine scouting info with MLB evals and pick values into trade value things
so it fits our skillset as a site amazingly well
Eric A Longenhagen
7:20
I think there are unintended consequences and measures would need to be put in place to prevent, I don't know, Baltimore maybe, from trading everyone.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:20
every group has one and they're ours
Scott
7:20
Is Heimlich going to get drafted?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:21
we're hearing yes, not a great sense of when or by who. no one will admit he's on their board but we've def gotten some no's from teams and heard some other teams are on him
homer simpson
7:21
BART!!!!!!!!!!!
Craig
7:22
The Giants were right to pick the BPA in Bart, but now that they have him, do they move Posey to 1B when Bart is ready or what?
Curious
7:22
you guys are slightly ahead of the mlb.com stream for some people just fyi
AvatarKiley McDaniel
7:22
I'm watching on TV so I think I'm about 30 seconds ahead
Eric A Longenhagen
7:22
Probably, or they split time like Yadi Molina should have been this year.
Guest
7:22
You guys are 2 for 2! How many picks are you going to miss in the first round?
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