Looking ahead to the 2017 draft

[fish]

In some ways he looks a bit like Appel. Nasty breaking ball. The fastball has good heat- but it just seems a little too easy to hit. But Matt Harvey looked a bit like that in college too, so for every yin there's a yang.

[schooldoc]

Friday night, aces up.

Bukauskas 7 shutout innings in a UNC win over Miami. Allowed 3 hits, 2 walks, whiffed 9. He won't last til 8th overall.
McKay trailing 3-1 at NC State, but 7 ip 6 h 3 er 1 bb 14 k won't hurt his stock. He's not lasting til 8th overall either.
Faedo & Lange trading zeroes into the 6th inning in Gainesville.

Houck lost vs. Arkansas: 3.2 ip 5 h 5 r 3 er 1 bb 3 k, hbp
Wright has already allowed 3 runs vs. Texas A&M through 3 innings/Vandy OF Jeren Kendall (could he be there at 8?) has a grand slam in that game

[Squire]

If the draft were held today, my top 8 would be

2 college hitters: Kendall and Haseley
3 College Pitchers: McKay, Bukauskas Faedo
1 HS Pitcher: Greene
2 HS Hitters: Lewis, Beck

I don't want a college pitcher with mediocre numbers.

[schooldoc]

Wright finished 5 ip 6 h 3 er 4 bb 6 k and got the win yesterday.

Keith Law said in his most recent chat that he thinks if the draft were held today, the top 3 would be Greene-McKay-Wright in some order.

[phillychuck]

I don't want a college pitcher with mediocre numbers.

Agree.

[Squire]

Its Friday again. Time for Kyle Wright to be very mediocre and get re-mocked to the Phillies.

Actually some interesting head-to-heads this weekend

UNC (Bukauskas) v. Florida State
Florida (Faedo) v. Missouri (Houck)
Louisville (McKay) v. Virginia (Pavin Smith, Adam Haseley)
Vanderbilt (Wright, Kendall) v. Kentucky

[schooldoc]

Friday night, aces up.

Faedo and Florida defeat Missouri, 4-3
Faedo (W) 7.2 ip 6 h 3 r 1 er 1 bb 7 k, 3 hbp
Houck (L) 7 ip 8 h 4 r 3 er 1 bb 8 k, 2 hbp

Bukauskas wins at FSU: 7 ip 3 h 1 r/er 2 bb 10 k, 3 hbp
Brendan McKay (ND) at UVa: 6 ip 6 h 1 r/er 2 bb 2 k (also 2-4 with a HR)

Kyle Wright goes tomorrow for Vandy.

[Austinfan]

I think it's easier to decide what the Phillies won't take, 1B/LF types who can hit, they're loaded in the system (Hoskins, Hall, Pickett, and Cozens, Ortiz, Randolph are OF candidates who might move to 1B).
Athletic OFs are also in good supply, but you can never have too many.
Pitchers and anyone who projects to 3B (lots of SSs, but no credible 3B prospect outside of Stobbe, and he's a work in progress).would seem to be the priority.

[schooldoc]

Squire called it, Wright bad today. Vandy trails 7-0 after 5 against UK.

[phillychuck]

I want absolutely no part of Wright. Bad college pitchers rarely make good pros.

[fish]

To be fair, before this six game stretch he's been a good college pitcher. He's likely either got draftitus, struggling with mechanics to try to throw harder, or hurt. I wouldn't draft him at 8 right now, but I'm willing to see how the season plays out.

[flyers19rw]

Alex Lange pitched well in LSU's loss to TAMU on Thursday.
8.0/9/2/2/1/12. ERA is at 3.16. TAMU took the series 2-1.

[Squire]

BA posted the Actual Slot Values/Pool Values yesterday and they were higher than BA's estimates back in January. Phillies pool is about 8.7Million (12th largest overall). I'll try to post the individual Phillies slots later.

[Squire]

Consider this an overreaction but I'm starting to think we need to look for SS and 3B. That being said, other than maybe Royce Lewis, I don't think there is one projected to go at 8 (unless we cut a deal with Burger or something).

[schooldoc]

Friday night, (some) aces up

Bukauskas & UNC rained out--should go today at Boston College
Lange (L) at Arkansas: 4.1 ip 6 h 3 r 2 er 5 bb 7 k, 3 WP (104 p/54 strikes)
Faedo (L) vs, Tennessee: 5.2 ip 10 h 6 r 5 er 1 bb 12 k, hbp
Houck (L) Thursday at UGA: 8 ip 6 h 3 r/er 1 bb 5 k, 2 WP, hbp
McKay (L) vs. Wake Forest: 7 ip 5 h 2 r/er 1 bb 11 k
Wright (ND) at S.Carolina: 6 ip 5 h 3 r 0 er 3 bb 4 k, WP, hbp

[julio]

BA posted the Actual Slot Values/Pool Values yesterday and they were higher than BA's estimates back in January. Phillies pool is about 8.7Million (12th largest overall). I'll try to post the individual Phillies slots later.

Here you go, Squire. This is the table I'll append to the 2017 draft list after the draft:

Rd	#	Draftee	Slot Amt	Bonus	Over/Under
1	8		4,780,400	-	-
2	45		1,523,800	-	-
3	83		676,900	-	-
4	113		473,200	-	-
5	143		353,400	-	-
6	173		266,800	-	-
7	203		208,500	-	-
8	233		166,000	-	-
9	263		144,600	-	-
10	293		135,500	-	-
		POOL	8,729,100	-	-
11	323			-	-
12	353			-	-
		TOTAL	8,729,100	-	-
		Draft Pool x 5%	436,455		(436,455)
		TOTAL @ Pool + 5%	9,165,555	-	(436,455)

[Philsmania]

Consider this an overreaction but I'm starting to think we need to look for SS and 3B. That being said, other than maybe Royce Lewis, I don't think there is one projected to go at 8 (unless we cut a deal with Burger or something).

I think it's always a good idea to be building up depth at every position. You never know what may happen to a guy (catastrophic injury, etc.).

[Squire]

Some college hitters having some pretty interesting seasons:

OF Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt
OF Adam Haseley, Virginia
1B Pavin Smith, Virginia
1B Brendan McKay, Louisville
3B Jake Burger, Missouri State
OF Brent Rooker, Mississippi State

[Squire]

1. Wish there was a SS worthy of the #8 pick. If Royce Lewis gets there I'd take him I guess.

2. Hope Jeren Kendall goes before our pick. That dude just strikes out a ton.

3. Saw some buzz that UVA 1B Pavin Smith is in the discussion for 1.1.

4. I kinda like Adam Haseley, OF from UVA at 8 if he's there notwithstanding that we have a bunch of OFs.

5. My top 8 are: Greene, Lewis, Beck, McKay, Faedo, Haseley, Bukauskas, Smith. I just don't want any college juniors having "off" years at #8.

[fish]

There hasn't been much reporting on draft buzz on Rooker- but a 6'4 220 lb 1b/OF monster of hitter in the SEC doing it without striking out excessively, he's got to be right there with McKay.