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Brendan Gawlowski
2:48
That was when the marching band was getting after it
Eric A Longenhagen
2:51
When do we get a smoke break?
Big Fan
2:52
At what pick do the options for the Braves at 26 start to come into focus?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:52
I'll let you know when I start hearing
Michael Baumann
2:52
At the end of the first round we're ditching the draft and going to the El Bar to get sloshed on citywides
acann
2:55
How good would Erling Haaland be in an MLB outfield?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:55
I can only imagine it'd be fun
Jake Marisnick energy
Brendan Gawlowski
2:55
Meditating before he comes to a full stop on a sliding catch
Michael Baumann
2:57
Helfrick is the kind of safe college catcher I was talking about. I feel pretty confident he'll have a real big league career, but it might be a lot of .190 with 20 homers 2 WAR seasons.
magpieball
2:57
When can we see the FanGraphs post-draft analysis article?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:58
Tomorrow
smb11488
2:58
I've got a Drew Stubbs comp on Haaland
Eric A Longenhagen
2:58
Same diff
millvillemeltdown
2:59
best infielder out of current soccer stars?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:59
Enzo
Eric A Longenhagen
2:59
Logan Hughes to Houston
Phillip Denny
2:59
Michael so you're saying the Helfrick comp is Zunino? lol
Michael Baumann
3:00
Zunino is the ur-college catcher. He wasn't anywhere near as good as I thought he'd be coming out of Florida, but almost 900 games over 11 years in the majors and 17 WAR is a good return on just about any pick
Eric A Longenhagen
3:01
Justin Lebron, Reds, one source
Kenny
3:02
Are the PCA-Condon comps from the MLB Network guys actually insane? Asking a Cubs fan, don’t want the Cards to have their own Pete.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:02
I mean, PCA's defense was just so, so special from the jump, he's kind of a 1-of-1 in that sense. I can't remember putting a def 7 or 8 on a HS outfielder's defense.
jonmberra
3:03
Card's fan here, what's your thoughts on the Condon pick?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:03
We were having a talk about whether he's the least toolsy guy taken so far...
Eric A Longenhagen
3:04
Good little athlete, contact oriented, well-rounded, not big loud tools tho
Phillip Denny
3:05
Almost half the top picks have been OF, that's a bit unusual isn't it?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:05
Yeah. It's light on shortstops/infielders in general this year.
Conor
3:06
Logan Hughes - the Kyle Stowers comp makes sense? That much swing and miss risk?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:06
Way different guys imo
Hughes is more like Josh Naylor but LF
Softer body guy, contact, loft, not huge raw but a good hitter who hits for enough power for a corner
Brendan Gawlowski
3:07
it might look like what Naylor did in the outfield
defensively I mean
Denjix
3:08
This feels like a crazy idea but the Astros are so starved for OF help. Is there a chance they rush Hughes up this year?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:09
I'm hesitant to project anybody moves that quickly but Hughes is really hitterish and mature in the box. Probably doesn't need a lot of seasoning.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:09
Multiple folks have Cleveland with Liam Peterson
springer
3:09
What position do you see Hacopian ending up at?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:09
You try 2B, if not it's 1B/LF
Brendan Gawlowski
3:10
Cleveland/Boston/Seattle would all be good landing spots for the volatile college pitchers
Phillip Denny
3:10
Have we hit the talent tier dropoff yet? Top dudes left on the Board are Lowrance, Carlon, Peterson, Head, Townsend, and Dietz.
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