FanGraphs 2026 Day One Draft Chat
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Michael Baumann
3:31
I got to tell him about Joey Merlino yesterday I'm still having fun
docgooden85
3:31
What is the dividing line of south Jersey vs north Jersey? Does it seem like 75% of the state is the "south" half?
Michael Baumann
3:32
The Quakerbridge Mall or Exit 7A on the turnpike
jmo1984
3:32
are most of these recent college guys gonna go underslot?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:32
I don't think so.
Steven
3:33
Is Ace Reese BPA? Are the Mariners drafting away from college pitching because they don't have a need?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:33
If by "P" you mean "Power" yeah I think so. I have Bo Lowarance as the bets available.
aiyer917
3:34
You think red sox underslotted schaffner to go rocco later?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:34
This one I do think was under slot
Their next target idk, I wouldn't guess Rocco tho. Hit tool too scary
shakersamman
3:35
You guys spend a lot of time with prospects, both in person and while digging into their backgrounds. How often are you like “oh I bet we could be buds” when reading up on a guy
Michael Baumann
3:36
Almost never. I find many if not most of the ballplayers I talk to intelligent and friendly, but the ones I'd want to hang out with outside of work are vanishingly few
3:37
put another way: I used to ask draft prospects what they like to do outside of baseball and school, but I stopped because they all said some combination of hunting, fishing and golf
Eric A Longenhagen
3:37
Have some Ty Head smoke in Milwaukee but feels like they're still working...
Michael Baumann
3:37
time was you had to go to Madison to get Ty Head smoke
war2d2
3:37
Thanks for the head up on Townsend! This may be a reach, but the profile seems like it might be a guy that could come up and be a bullpen arm in a pennant race?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:38
If you're thinking 2026, I don't know if he throws quite enough strikes to push that quickly
war2d2
3:38
What's up with Logan Reddemann? KLaw had him as a top-10 talent, but seems like nobody else did
Michael Baumann
3:39
He got hurt and UCLA faceplanted so bad it made everyone question how good the B1G was
Big Fan
3:39
Scouting report on Ace Reece?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:39
Reports are over on The Board: The Board | FanGraphs Baseball
Michael Baumann
3:40
I was at the Rutgers game where Reddeman struck out 18 and he absolutely looked top-10 good, but many events have unfolded since then
Eric A Longenhagen
3:40
Now hearing Ebel for Milwaukee
So they got both Ebels lol
docgooden85
3:41
Is Mike Trout (Toms River I think?) the south Jersey GOAT?
Michael Baumann
3:41
Trout is Millville. Todd Frazier and Jerry Dipoto are Toms River
3:42
but Trout is at the pinnacle of the Pyramid of South Jersey Excellence, alongside Walt Whitman and Bruce Willis. Carli Lloyd was on that level when she retired, but she's talked her way down to Tier 2 during her second career as a TV analyst
Brendan Gawlowski
3:42
One other thought on Reddeman: In a draft where there are a lot of guys with a very modern, developed look to them, Reddeman looks like more of a traditional no. 3/4 starter.
Can we trade a bunch of decibels for a few degrees in here?
Michael Baumann
3:43
I will leap across this table and throttle you, man, it is so hot outside I can't stand it
Eric A Longenhagen
3:44
This one is the first wowzer crazy off the board pick, Carter Beck from Indiana State. The Braves will almost certainly have more over slot picks to come
3:46
Beck is tooled up, super physical Canadian high schooler who went to a small school in North Dakota before Indiana State. Risky because he has little exposure to large conference pitching, tough to say how he'll adjust to it, but toolsy enough that he has big ceiling if it turns out to work.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:49
Worth noting that Atlanta's farm has a few arrow-up success stories in this realm
3:50
Hartman and Carey are both cold weather guys, Southisene isn't but he was taken ahead of where most folks had him
Eric A Longenhagen
3:51
Added Wiggins to the board, was a 40+ for me in January, stuff was a little down at the Combine but not so much to be scared off him entirely
Three kids with ties to North Dakota have now gone in the top 40
Dan Labriola
3:52
Thoughts on Mets pick of Wiggins?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:52
Fits with their style: Might be a reliever, but it's huge stuff.
Not necessarily any riskier than some of the other big stuff RP risk arms left
Conor
3:52
No Wiggins scouting report on the board - is this a huge reach or a sneaky upside play?
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