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craviduce wrote: ↑23 Jun 2025 19:28 pm EV and Launch Angle data from the MLB Combine....enjoy. There's some great stuff there.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories ... derboards/

Dumesil dropped through the year, fell out of favor on mocks...but dang...he had a 430 foot average distance

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pitcher's break downs are towards the bottom of the liink. If you get time, read over the data.

Tahoe41 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 08:28 am I want no part in drafting a light hitting, "well-rounded" high school shortstop. Not at 5, at 5 they should be taking high potential pitching or a high potential power bat.

craviduce wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 10:41 am https://www.flobaseball.tv/articles/143 ... rld-series

good Mock, picks look good...until you see Doyle at #4. We'll see how that plays out the next few days as Post-Combine mocks start flowing in. Maybe Mr. Doyle impressed everyone? He has too many secondary pitches that are well below average and a work in progress. Big risk there, and the Reliever tag still applies to him. You can't deny his fastball, its' legit, and he can move it so many ways.

our pick was : Eli Willits, SS, Ft.Cobb-Broxton HS, Okla.

seems to be a theme. The industry must be hearing things.

TomTreebow wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 11:05 am

craviduce wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 10:41 am https://www.flobaseball.tv/articles/143 ... rld-series

good Mock, picks look good...until you see Doyle at #4. We'll see how that plays out the next few days as Post-Combine mocks start flowing in. Maybe Mr. Doyle impressed everyone? He has too many secondary pitches that are well below average and a work in progress. Big risk there, and the Reliever tag still applies to him. You can't deny his fastball, its' legit, and he can move it so many ways.

our pick was : Eli Willits, SS, Ft.Cobb-Broxton HS, Okla.

seems to be a theme. The industry must be hearing things.

I've probably missed it but what's your take on Willits' bat? There's a lot to like in his profile and I sort of liken him to Max Clark (Willits is a SS/potential CF being an obvious difference whereas Clark is an OF only) in that he does a little bit of everything well, but just doesn't have much power. Clark seems to have more speed but it's just so hard to get any sort of legit data on HS prospects. I go back and forth on really liking Willits or worrying that he won't have enough power in his swing.

Assuming Holliday, Anderson, and Arnold are gone the group that I like is Willits or an underslot sign with Witherspoon, Irish (based on your reports), or Aloy. Just not super high on Arquette. I could be convinced on Doyle - his fastball is abnormally fun, but only one year of great results with it.

craviduce wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 11:13 am

TomTreebow wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 11:05 am

craviduce wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 10:41 am https://www.flobaseball.tv/articles/143 ... rld-series

good Mock, picks look good...until you see Doyle at #4. We'll see how that plays out the next few days as Post-Combine mocks start flowing in. Maybe Mr. Doyle impressed everyone? He has too many secondary pitches that are well below average and a work in progress. Big risk there, and the Reliever tag still applies to him. You can't deny his fastball, its' legit, and he can move it so many ways.

our pick was : Eli Willits, SS, Ft.Cobb-Broxton HS, Okla.

seems to be a theme. The industry must be hearing things.

I've probably missed it but what's your take on Willits' bat? There's a lot to like in his profile and I sort of liken him to Max Clark (Willits is a SS/potential CF being an obvious difference whereas Clark is an OF only) in that he does a little bit of everything well, but just doesn't have much power. Clark seems to have more speed but it's just so hard to get any sort of legit data on HS prospects. I go back and forth on really liking Willits or worrying that he won't have enough power in his swing.

Assuming Holliday, Anderson, and Arnold are gone the group that I like is Willits or an underslot sign with Witherspoon, Irish (based on your reports), or Aloy. Just not super high on Arquette. I could be convinced on Doyle - his fastball is abnormally fun, but only one year of great results with it.

he was probably 1-1/1-2 in next year's draft if you believe all the pundits, then he reclassified. Will power come? Maybe, they expect to fill out more. Being 17, there's clearly room for that. If he can hit like has in HS and the different exhibition series (Future Stars, etc, etc), he'll be good. I believe he's going to hit, and SS probably won't be his position once he gets to the majors...if not before. If we want a SS to stick, Carlson's your bet.

I want to be knocked off my feet with a #5 pick, just like everyone else...but this draft isn't built like last season. Max Clark is a pretty good comp. I've seen him against Palm Beach last season, highly impressed. He did hit 7 HR's with Lakeland, and that's a CHORE...they designed their Ball Park to be just like Detroit's...abysmal dimensions with the Gulf Wind kicking in.

You have a right to feel good about Willits. He was raised properly...ala Holliday.

Futuregm2 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 12:05 pm

craviduce wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 11:13 am

TomTreebow wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 11:05 am

craviduce wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 10:41 am https://www.flobaseball.tv/articles/143 ... rld-series

good Mock, picks look good...until you see Doyle at #4. We'll see how that plays out the next few days as Post-Combine mocks start flowing in. Maybe Mr. Doyle impressed everyone? He has too many secondary pitches that are well below average and a work in progress. Big risk there, and the Reliever tag still applies to him. You can't deny his fastball, its' legit, and he can move it so many ways.

our pick was : Eli Willits, SS, Ft.Cobb-Broxton HS, Okla.

seems to be a theme. The industry must be hearing things.

I've probably missed it but what's your take on Willits' bat? There's a lot to like in his profile and I sort of liken him to Max Clark (Willits is a SS/potential CF being an obvious difference whereas Clark is an OF only) in that he does a little bit of everything well, but just doesn't have much power. Clark seems to have more speed but it's just so hard to get any sort of legit data on HS prospects. I go back and forth on really liking Willits or worrying that he won't have enough power in his swing.

Assuming Holliday, Anderson, and Arnold are gone the group that I like is Willits or an underslot sign with Witherspoon, Irish (based on your reports), or Aloy. Just not super high on Arquette. I could be convinced on Doyle - his fastball is abnormally fun, but only one year of great results with it.

he was probably 1-1/1-2 in next year's draft if you believe all the pundits, then he reclassified. Will power come? Maybe, they expect to fill out more. Being 17, there's clearly room for that. If he can hit like has in HS and the different exhibition series (Future Stars, etc, etc), he'll be good. I believe he's going to hit, and SS probably won't be his position once he gets to the majors...if not before. If we want a SS to stick, Carlson's your bet.

I want to be knocked off my feet with a #5 pick, just like everyone else...but this draft isn't built like last season. Max Clark is a pretty good comp. I've seen him against Palm Beach last season, highly impressed. He did hit 7 HR's with Lakeland, and that's a CHORE...they designed their Ball Park to be just like Detroit's...abysmal dimensions with the Gulf Wind kicking in.

You have a right to feel good about Willits. He was raised properly...ala Holliday.

Hope he hits for more power than his dad. His dad had 0 career MLB HRs in 1014 PA. Career .302 SLG%

An Old Friend wrote: ↑22 Jun 2025 19:19 pmI’ve seen Arquette in play at #1 in recent days. I think Washington is still up in the air on 5-6 names.

I don’t think Cards would avoid a middle infielder just because of Winn and JJ.

craviduce wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 10:41 am https://www.flobaseball.tv/articles/143 ... rld-series

good Mock, picks look good...until you see Doyle at #4. We'll see how that plays out the next few days as Post-Combine mocks start flowing in. Maybe Mr. Doyle impressed everyone? He has too many secondary pitches that are well below average and a work in progress. Big risk there, and the Reliever tag still applies to him. You can't deny his fastball, its' legit, and he can move it so many ways.

our pick was : Eli Willits, SS, Ft.Cobb-Broxton HS, Okla.

seems to be a theme. The industry must be hearing things.

Karmaloop3 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025 19:52 pm

An Old Friend wrote: ↑22 Jun 2025 19:19 pmI’ve seen Arquette in play at #1 in recent days. I think Washington is still up in the air on 5-6 names.

I don’t think Cards would avoid a middle infielder just because of Winn and JJ.

I'm not ruling out Avia at this point, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't Holliday or Anderson going off the board first. The Nationals haven't really been overly motivated to save money early in the draft. They usually stick to around slot.