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[82birds]

Arnold goes 6 and two thirds
113 PC
1 run
9 SO

[craviduce]

Crav, I don't know why this popped into my head tonight while watching the FSU game, but I'd like to nominate two more names to our pile of Arnold comparisons: Sean Manaea and Dave Dravecky.

He's looking good tonight. Riding him hard...but that's what colleges tend to do in the Post Season..110 pitches

Quinn Mathews laughs at 110 pitches in a Super Regional . . .

what was that? 150ish? LOL. Scouts nightmare are the Regionals/Super REgionals/CWS....ride the pitcher hard time.... he's lifted at 113

[Futuregm2]

Crav, I don't know why this popped into my head tonight while watching the FSU game, but I'd like to nominate two more names to our pile of Arnold comparisons: Sean Manaea and Dave Dravecky.

He's looking good tonight. Riding him hard...but that's what colleges tend to do in the Post Season..110 pitches

Quinn Mathews laughs at 110 pitches in a Super Regional . . .

what was that? 150ish? LOL. Scouts nightmare are the Regionals/Super REgionals/CWS....ride the pitcher hard time.... he's lifted at 113

That Wright State coach is a scouts best friend

[NYCardsFan]

Crav, I don't know why this popped into my head tonight while watching the FSU game, but I'd like to nominate two more names to our pile of Arnold comparisons: Sean Manaea and Dave Dravecky.

He's looking good tonight. Riding him hard...but that's what colleges tend to do in the Post Season..110 pitches

Quinn Mathews laughs at 110 pitches in a Super Regional . . .

what was that? 150ish? LOL. Scouts nightmare are the Regionals/Super REgionals/CWS....ride the pitcher hard time.... he's lifted at 113

156 pitches. I watched that game live, and it was pretty gut-wrenching from about the 7th inning on. He had 130 pitches entering the 9th.

[craviduce]

Crav, I don't know why this popped into my head tonight while watching the FSU game, but I'd like to nominate two more names to our pile of Arnold comparisons: Sean Manaea and Dave Dravecky.

He's looking good tonight. Riding him hard...but that's what colleges tend to do in the Post Season..110 pitches

Quinn Mathews laughs at 110 pitches in a Super Regional . . .

what was that? 150ish? LOL. Scouts nightmare are the Regionals/Super REgionals/CWS....ride the pitcher hard time.... he's lifted at 113

That Wright State coach is a scouts best friend

[82birds]

2-1 Florida State after 7

[craviduce]

FSU's BP is suspect...this lead isn't safe

[82birds]

Best case scenario for the cards is one of Doyle or Anderson falls to 5 or one of Holliday or Willits as the hs bats. Grab one of those four and I'm pretty happy with it being a weak draft.

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[Aday96]

Didn't get to watch, but Doyle got lit up in a must win at Arkansas. Out of the three lefties, Arnold has looked the best in the postseason so far. I keep going back and forth who would be the best option for the cards at 5. Seems like a crapshoot at the top of the draft this year.

[ramfandan]

Didn't get to watch, but Doyle got lit up in a must win at Arkansas. Out of the three lefties, Arnold has looked the best in the postseason so far. I keep going back and forth who would be the best option for the cards at 5. Seems like a crapshoot at the top of the draft this year.

Liam Doyle is very talented but also quite volatile on the mound. Eariler in the year , he called opposing batter a 'effing [kittycat]' during his at bat
(because the batter called a timeout ). Doyle gets ticked when batters do that vs. him . He had another incident swearing at a batter too.

Doyle's grandma was none to happy .. called him and let him know it
https://atozsports.com/nashville/volunt ... n-grandma/

Whoever drafts him gets a ultra competitive type guy but they also are getting a pretty wild guy too . Wonder if some teams will not want to deal with that part of his personality . Will be interesting to see where he gets selected .

[Monsieur De Treville]

Should the Cards draft for need or the grab their highest rated player. Well, here's a warning to think about...

June 7 1966... to select Reggie Jackson or not, that is the question facing the New York Mets, who have the first pick in the free-agent draft. The Mets did not!

Instead the Mets choose Steve Chilcott, a catcher for Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California. Chilcott hit .500 with 11 homers and 38 RBI in 25 games as a senior and impressed Mets manager Casey Stengel.

“It was a position pick," said Joe McDonald, who is in the Mets' front office at the time. "We did not feel that we had an adequate catching prospect in the organization."

Chilcott's career will be plagued by injuries and he will never reach the majors! Over a seven-year minor league career, he will play only 331 games before being released by the Yankees in 1972.

Jackson, a sophomore outfielder with Arizona State is picked second overall by the Kansas City Athletics. Reggie will go on to hit 563 home runs in a Hall of Fame career and become Mr October.

Food for thought....

[renostl]

Should the Cards draft for need or the grab their highest rated player. Well, here's a warning to think about...

June 7 1966... to select Reggie Jackson or not, that is the question facing the New York Mets, who have the first pick in the free-agent draft. The Mets did not!

Instead the Mets choose Steve Chilcott, a catcher for Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California. Chilcott hit .500 with 11 homers and 38 RBI in 25 games as a senior and impressed Mets manager Casey Stengel.

“It was a position pick," said Joe McDonald, who is in the Mets' front office at the time. "We did not feel that we had an adequate catching prospect in the organization."

Chilcott's career will be plagued by injuries and he will never reach the majors! Over a seven-year minor league career, he will play only 331 games before being released by the Yankees in 1972.

Jackson, a sophomore outfielder with Arizona State is picked second overall by the Kansas City Athletics. Reggie will go on to hit 563 home runs in a Hall of Fame career and become Mr October.

Food for thought....

Who is this seasons Jackson?
Holliday, if so, yes that would be a shame on the
Cardinals if they passed on him.

[Monsieur De Treville]

Should the Cards draft for need or the grab their highest rated player. Well, here's a warning to think about...

June 7 1966... to select Reggie Jackson or not, that is the question facing the New York Mets, who have the first pick in the free-agent draft. The Mets did not!

Instead the Mets choose Steve Chilcott, a catcher for Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California. Chilcott hit .500 with 11 homers and 38 RBI in 25 games as a senior and impressed Mets manager Casey Stengel.

“It was a position pick," said Joe McDonald, who is in the Mets' front office at the time. "We did not feel that we had an adequate catching prospect in the organization."

Chilcott's career will be plagued by injuries and he will never reach the majors! Over a seven-year minor league career, he will play only 331 games before being released by the Yankees in 1972.

Jackson, a sophomore outfielder with Arizona State is picked second overall by the Kansas City Athletics. Reggie will go on to hit 563 home runs in a Hall of Fame career and become Mr October.

Food for thought....

Who is this seasons Jackson?
Holliday, if so, yes that would be a shame on the
Cardinals if they passed on him.

I'm thinking it's Willits...but...what 'da heck do I know?!?!

[craviduce]

Baseball America's Mock 4.0

1. Nationals ~ Ethan Holliday, SS/3B, Stillwater HS (OK)
2. Angels ~ Kade Anderson, LHP, LSU
3. Mariners ~ Aiva Arquette, SS, Oregon St.
4. Rockies ~ Liam Doyle, LHP, Tennessee
5. Cardinals ~ Eli Willits, SS, Ft. Cobb/Broxton HS (OK)
6. Pirates ~ Seth Hernandez, RHP, Corona HS (CA)
7. Marlins ~ Jaime Arnold, LHP, Florida St.
8. Blue Jays ~ Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma
9. Reds ~ Ike Irish, OF/C, Auburn
10. White Sox ~ Billy Carlson, SS, Corona HS (CA)

[craviduce]

other draft (2024) related news.... 2nd overall pick, RHP Chase Burns gets promoted to AAA Louisville. He was 6-1, 1.29 ERA, 56 K, 4 BB with AA Chattanooga.

Reds likely 2026 opening day rotation ~ Hunter Greene, Rhett Lowder, Chase Petty, and Chase Burns .

[Adam2]

Didn't get to watch, but Doyle got lit up in a must win at Arkansas. Out of the three lefties, Arnold has looked the best in the postseason so far. I keep going back and forth who would be the best option for the cards at 5. Seems like a crapshoot at the top of the draft this year.

Liam Doyle is very talented but also quite volatile on the mound. Eariler in the year , he called opposing batter a 'effing [kittycat]' during his at bat
(because the batter called a timeout ). Doyle gets ticked when batters do that vs. him . He had another incident swearing at a batter too.

Doyle's grandma was none to happy .. called him and let him know it
https://atozsports.com/nashville/volunt ... n-grandma/

Whoever drafts him gets a ultra competitive type guy but they also are getting a pretty wild guy too . Wonder if some teams will not want to deal with that part of his personality . Will be interesting to see where he gets selected .

I like Doyle's fire, sort of reminds me of the Chris Carpenter attitude. However, he does seem to be a bit much at times. There is a fine line between Carpenter's competitive fire and being over the top and difficult like a Trevor Bauer. Hopefully he can keep it in check just a little. just a little, as i do like some personality