Well, Pache is still more of a bust - a 5th OF rather than a 4th OF (with Merrifield having been our 4th). And of course Marsh also still isn't even an everyday player, per se.
If Crawford gets traded it is because the Phillies stood firm on Miller. Everyone's asking for Miller first.
Nori is now the highest drafted player from Michigan in the last 10 years.
BA ranks of our picks
Dante Nori 80Griffin Burkholder 50John Spikerman 124Carson DeMarini 63Carter Mathieson 227Kodey Shinojawa 311Joel Dragoo 441Camron Hill 220Marcus Morgan 179Brady Day 347
This smells like the Phillies drafts of old where they targeted guys and picked them regardless of whoever else may have been available.
With the baseball draft there is also the âwhat do they wantâ factor. You donât always just take best available in a slot, if you did you wouldnât be able to sign them all probably. It is a value versus your remaining estimated pool.
I wonder if they already didnât have a number with Nori that allowed them to go after guys later and maybe âstealâ a HS player in rounds 11-13.
I do think we probably have a deal with a top 200 HS guy in the 11th round tomorrow. Weâll know by 2:40pm
Hope it's a pitcher.
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Uh. This is a draft thread.....
In the 11th Round of the 2024 MLB Draft, the Philadelphia Phillies interrupt this important discussion about the irrelevance of the draft and select:
Titan Hayes, RHP, Austin Peay University, Sr.
No big deals this year for us.
Bummer. Seems like they should have had money left. I guess they think the early HS guys will be pricy
wow!! this has the makings of a real poor draft. We will eventually see.
In the 12th Round of the 2024 MLB Draft the Philadelphia Phillies select:
A.J. Wilson, LHP, UNC Charlotte, Grad Student
Double Wow!!
The first couple of picks are usually exciting. It is just hard to think we have to go over slot on too many of the previous picks including our first two. I guess there are more older college players than normal out there because many got that extra covid year of eligibility, but most of those are of the non drafted free agent variety.
Hayes seems to have a biggish arm...getting up to 97
I've lost interest.
And there is no Phillies game today. And there is plenty of discussion on the Phillies season and daily game day threads. This is a special occasion.
Here is Matt's running day 3 thread. At least Hayes is a redshirt junior with a big arm.
And the day 2 summary.
I know Matt doesn't need the promotion, but we appreciate his thoughts (and research) on all these picks.
A grad student in the 12th round? Yikes!
