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Michael Baumann
1:56
I feel obliged to mention that Jackson Flora is outrageously charismatic. Almost all of the potential first-round guys who did media scrums at the combine were good enough talkers but Flora held court for like 20 minutes
ericlindberg
1:57
DeRosa with the worst comp of the day so far. Says Lackey is "Buster Posey with athleticism"
Eric A Longenhagen
1:57
It's what the Georgia Tech coach told him.
Multiple sources telling me Pittsburgh is taking Derek Curiel
Michael Baumann
2:00
"the Georgia Tech coach," btw, is former Cardinals first-rounder James Ramsey, who actually played at Florida State *after* Buster
millvillemeltdown
2:01
i will preface this by saying that i believe in the human element of scouting a lot and there's things that no model, no matter how advanced, will capture. that said: how much data is actually valuable for draft prospects, signal vs noise? how confident would you be in a Magic Machine Numbers Box to munch stuff like hs/college surface and underlying stats and spit out meaningful rankings? it's not like there's statcast at "brookwood" in ga
Brendan Gawlowski
2:01
It's helpful but can be difficult to properly contextualize
Different equipment a real challenge to account for
Phillip Denny
2:02
Curiel is already an OOTP stud and therefore I'm inclined to love that pick
Michael Baumann
2:02
I got five years of solid center field play out of Jorvorskie Lane Jr. in my Phillies OOTP save, let's see if this trend continues
Eric A Longenhagen
2:04
Right now my sources are telling my Eric Booth goes 6 to KC, Drew Burress goes 7 to Baltimore. Will alert you if there's change.
now some dissent on KC
Graham Lewis
2:05
Curriel a “reach” there?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:05
Defensible to take the athlete with hit skill here imo.
It's not exactly drafting for need but PIT's big OF will lead them to value guys who can go get it out there more than most.
Eric A Longenhagen
2:05
More Zion Rose smoke at 6
rainingmozzarella
2:06
I miss ESPN's broadcast of the draft. MLB Network's is exhausting. I have no idea what they're talking about half the time.
Michael Baumann
2:06
Not to quote Eric back to Eric but he said this in yesterday's post:
"There’s always a portion of the draft where teams get sufficiently nervous about these sorts of players that they run to safe-feeling college hitters who make a lot of contact, usually in big conferences. This tends to happen in the mid-to-late first round...This year, that might start happening inside the top 10. "
Eric A Longenhagen
2:06
Kiley is literally sitting on his couch. Maybe the most mis-used person in sports media.
millvillemeltdown
2:09
if you were drafting for post-baseball career success (however you measure that) how would the board change
drplantwrench
2:10
lakers -> lose lebron
angels -> get lebron

angels >>> lakers?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:10
This would be pretty funny.
Michael Baumann
2:10
Coleman Borthwick told me that if he makes it to campus he's going to major in something called wildlife enterprise management, which from what he said sounds like running private hunting ranches. I told him that was the most Auburn-ass thing I'd ever heard in my life
Eric A Longenhagen
2:13
Sounds like Drew Burress is going 8
Michael Baumann
2:14
Burress is listed at 5-foot-9 and I want everyone to know that this is one of the most audacious lies in baseball history
Eric A Longenhagen
2:14
5-ft-7
Michael Baumann
2:15
I'd give him the gentleman's 5-foot-7 just to be polite but he comes up to about the same spot Jose Altuve does
Klubot3000
2:15
lol Baumann is the best. Cracking me up
Eric A Longenhagen
2:15
It's good we're sitting two seats apart so I can work
Michael Baumann
2:16
it's so loud in here we wouldn't be able to hear each other anyway
SPArn
2:17
I was watching the Combine in the background one day, and all I jotted down was "Caden Bogenpohl comically large" - can sources confirm?
Michael Baumann
2:17
Caden Bogenpohl is comically large. If you're interested in reading more he's in my article on the combine's most hosslike prospects
Eric A Longenhagen
2:18
Multiple sources have AJ Gracia going to Atlanta. Was top 5 on my board entering the year, didn't hit for as much power as I hoped. Good hitter, though.
Michael Baumann
2:19
Gracia is a New Jersey kid, which says good things about his makeup
Eric A Longenhagen
2:20
Can't pump gas tho
Michael Baumann
2:21
he went to college out of state I'm sure he learned at some point
Eric A Longenhagen
2:22
Tyler Bell going to Rockies
bubbles
2:23
Any info on what amount it would take to keep Spangler away from Stanford?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:23
I dont know the number but the general sentiment at the Combine was that people considered him signable even though the spring wasn't as good.
CosmicSparrow
2:23
Think Gracia is going under-slot?
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