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Eli Willits
#5
Let me just pre-empt anyone saying “but they have Masyn Winn!!?!?!” by pointing out that 1) you do not draft for need in baseball, ever, unless you want to lose your job and 2) Willits is 17 years old, so by the time he’s likely to be ready for the majors, Winn will be approaching free agency. Anyway, I think the Cards would take any of the four players I have going ahead of them over Willits. They might also still be the highest spot for Kyson Witherspoon, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them grab a college bat like Wehiwa Aloy instead of going with a high school player. I do not have a good feel for whether they’d take a high school arm here.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/641780 ... -arquette/

I can see them taking Aloy and under slotting him to save money for later picks. Right handed power bat that has moved up quickly in the rankings

This should have been made in the draft thread. My apologies for that.

redbird1.2.3.4 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025 13:56 pm This should have been made in the draft thread. My apologies for that.

no worries, it was posted in the draft thread several days ago

craviduce wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025 13:57 pm

redbird1.2.3.4 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025 13:56 pm This should have been made in the draft thread. My apologies for that.

no worries, it was posted in the draft thread several days ago

Oof. I really gotta check stuff more before I post.

kyace wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025 11:04 am I can see them taking Aloy and under slotting him to save money for later picks. Right handed power bat that has moved up quickly in the rankings

Fifth pick in the draft is not the time for taking someone underslot. The fifth pick in the draft should be for getting the best guy on the board. I hope they don't start getting cute with the draft purse.