2015 MLB Draft

The Beard taking a contrarian viewpoint to the Astros?! Color me shocked!

 

Thank god this can give yall something to talk about incessantly (yet again) for the next few weeks.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Caught the HP umpire coming out of the locker room. He was in on the meeting and said Aiken told his manager it was &quot;tightness&quot; in his arm.</p>&mdash; Josh Norris (@jnorris427) <a href="https://twitter.com/jnorris427/status/578709714885718016">March 20, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Wonder if it is Yu Darvish "arm tightness" or Mark Appel "arm tightness?"

Certainly don't wish him any ill-will, but this has to scare the you know what out of his camp.

 

Here's a nice look at Michael Matuella from Fangraphs. His name has been bandied about for the 2nd overall pick.

 

Brady Aiken having TJ surgery..... So do the Astros get the benefit of the doubt now?

 

wasn't there even concern that TJ surgery wouldn't work given the abnormally small size of his UCL?

 

No the Astros are now evil for putting a curse on Aiken and making him get TJ surgery.

 

Yes, there was that concern.

I guess we will have to wait to see if Brady Aiken's rehab takes.

 

Won't happen until '17 at the earliest, but at least they're thinking about it:

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association expect to discuss the idea of a draft combine in upcoming collective-bargaining negotiations, hoping access to amateur players’ medical information will help avoid the complicated situation that unfolded with the No. 1 pick in 2014, major league sources told Yahoo Sports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...bine-to-assess-players--health-223807445.html

 

Dang, per Keith Law (don't know how to embed tweets), Matuella will have Tommy John surgery.

He was definite possibility with our 1-2 pick. Sad news, but hopefully he bounces back stronger than before.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Duke RHP Mike Matuella, a potential first overall pick in June, tore his UCL and will have Tommy John surgery</p>&mdash; keithlaw (@keithlaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/583356009772650496">April 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I wanted Matuella at 2. I think this pretty much assures Rodgers going #1.

Not sure who I want at 2 now...I'm not really sold on Kirby or any other prospect really.

 

Yeah, this is definitely the worst draft in recent memory to have two top 5 picks.

 

Matuella has to be an option at 5 still?

No way will TJ surgery destroy his draft stock with the way guys have come back from it.

 

Matuella had back problems before as well, so it isn't just one injury.

On the plus side, it should be a good draft to save money at the top and then sign overslot guys later.

 

wonder if theres 0% chance of us nabbing aiken at 2 or 5.

think there is too much animosity? aiken at 5 might be too good to pass up

 

Forget him.

 

he has to consent, in writing, prior to the draft to be re-drafted by the Astros or the Astros can't take him...to my knowledge he won't be doing that so its a moot point.

 

My understanding is that any drafted player that is not signed has to sign a document that allows the same team to draft them again. I am pretty sure that Nix didn't sign, meaning we are not allowed to re-draft him, and I would not be surprised if Aiken doesn't sign either.

For all intents and purposes, we should probably move on from any non-signee from last year.