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craviduce wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025 10:03 am

TraveledLessRoad wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025 09:33 am

craviduce wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025 08:39 am https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-m ... ne-12-2025

MLB.com's new mock. Callis' turn this week.

Billy Carlson, SS, Corona HS (Calif)

Yeah, I hope this one doesn't happen

he hit for power in March, then fell off after that. Still hit over .300 on a national stage, the Defense is the best in class, the arm strength is best in class....and he did this on a team with the hardest HS schedule in the nation. I think they faced and beat 6 or 7 Top 25 teams in the nation this year. And he was the talk of the town that the North Carolina super invitational in April. Willits and Holliday became sexier picks...

@ #5, we hope we can do a bit better, but I wouldn't bemoan the pick either. The top of the draft is full of 50/80 graded college players at or near their ceiling, and 45-50/80 HS players near their floor still trying to identify their ceiling.

We as fans need to find a comfort zone with the picks...like 6-8 picks we'd live with...if you can narrow it down more, then go for it....but I don't think we can say like several of us did last year "Bazzana or Wetherholt".... then several of us said "Burns or Smith, need the FOTR"....it was usually 2 picks we could live with....it's not working out that way this season....too much muck, and the cream hasn't risen.

Pick your 6-8, you'll feel better once the draft commences

craviduce wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025 07:00 am https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/641780 ... -arquette/

Keith Law's new mock

Eli Willits, SS, Ft.Cobb-Broxton HS (Okla.)

Law says the Cards would take any of his first 4 ahead of Willits, which includes Arquette, Doyle, Anderson, Holliday. He also says Witherspoon and Aloy (surprised by that one ~ College SS if we decide against a high school SS) could land at #5

renostl wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025 12:38 pm

craviduce wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025 07:00 am https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/641780 ... -arquette/

Keith Law's new mock

Eli Willits, SS, Ft.Cobb-Broxton HS (Okla.)

Law says the Cards would take any of his first 4 ahead of Willits, which includes Arquette, Doyle, Anderson, Holliday. He also says Witherspoon and Aloy (surprised by that one ~ College SS if we decide against a high school SS) could land at #5

I wonder what Law has heard, he has decent connections.

Aloy projections are similar to the Irish kid. They both have solid builds, will gain some power, and have very
good balance and weight shift at the plate. Something the bigger kids IMO are behind them on. Arquette and LaViolette.

This draft is wide open, partly due to my own ignorance on this group, I've been in Helena this year.
A player falling into the top of 2nd will not surprise me in the slightest. Such as Petry, Taylor, Conrad, Belyeu, or my bias
some of the bigger framed pitchers.

craviduce wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025 14:18 pm UCLA up 2-0 early....Murray State overmatched and just happy to be there? Or can they mount a come back?

craviduce wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025 14:11 pm

renostl wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025 12:38 pm

craviduce wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025 07:00 am https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/641780 ... -arquette/

Keith Law's new mock

Eli Willits, SS, Ft.Cobb-Broxton HS (Okla.)

Law says the Cards would take any of his first 4 ahead of Willits, which includes Arquette, Doyle, Anderson, Holliday. He also says Witherspoon and Aloy (surprised by that one ~ College SS if we decide against a high school SS) could land at #5

I wonder what Law has heard, he has decent connections.

Aloy projections are similar to the Irish kid. They both have solid builds, will gain some power, and have very
good balance and weight shift at the plate. Something the bigger kids IMO are behind them on. Arquette and LaViolette.

This draft is wide open, partly due to my own ignorance on this group, I've been in Helena this year.
A player falling into the top of 2nd will not surprise me in the slightest. Such as Petry, Taylor, Conrad, Belyeu, or my bias
some of the bigger framed pitchers.

here it is.

Any one of Petry, Taylor, Conrad, Belyeu, the Vandy lead off man (name escapes me for some reason), the Other IU kid, too....Arkansas' Davalan...I'd take those at #55 2nd round

Aday96 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025 19:55 pm Think it's safe to say Anderson won't be available at 5.

craviduce wrote: ↑16 Jun 2025 10:19 am https://www.justbaseball.com/mlb-draft/ ... ock-draft/

Justbaseball.com draft 2.0 w/Slot Value. This will have to be like last season's slot picks...none of them went for slot in the Top 5 picks, but they did set records for biggest contracts. Ironically, JJ went slot at #7

The talent nowhere near the caliber of last season. Can't imagine a world where one of these guys makes more than Condon and Burns

our pick in this draft.... Jamie Arnold, LHP, FSU

billybaseball wrote: ↑16 Jun 2025 12:19 pm The more I read about Jojo Parker the more I think he's a guy we should seriously consider.