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2023 MLB Draft

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Rockets34Legend, Dec 17, 2022.

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  1. Buck Turgidson

    Buck Turgidson Member

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    The Dodgers ~12 through ~17 drafts are just stupid (didn't look further), no high picks, and the players they found....**** those guys
     
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    Best case he decides to forgo baseball and is playing football somewhere soon.
    what a waste.
     
    #142 BlindHog, Jul 9, 2023
  3. Snake Diggit

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    LAD, HOU, and CLE, imho the 3 furthest ahead teams in terms of talent evaluation, all drafted players rated much lower than where they were chosen. They either identified a talent other teams didn’t, know how to manipulate bonus pools better than other teams, or both.
     
    #143 Snake Diggit, Jul 9, 2023
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    Huh? He's a college baseball player who didn't play football there. That's not happening.
     
    #144 HTown2017Champs, Jul 9, 2023
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    Damn. Floyd went to Reds. Great pick for them.
     
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  6. Buck Turgidson

    Buck Turgidson Member

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    Who?
     
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    I guess it’s possible, but highly improbable unless Matthews was a special football talent; and if that were the case we’d of heard that already.
     
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    I guess it’s possible, but highly improbable unless Matthews was a special football talent; and if that were the case we’d of heard that already.
     
    #149 vince, Jul 9, 2023
  10. BlindHog

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    Mathews.
     
    #150 BlindHog, Jul 9, 2023
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    Mainly saying the baseball draft is by far the toughest to gauge, picking 1.1 is a pretty big crapshoot, once you get to the end of the round I really don’t care what the prognosticators think, you just have to hope you can trust your GM and his team
     
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  12. Snake Diggit

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    Cmon dude. You really that confident in your ability to identify/evaluate all the amateur talent out there better than the Astros front office that you’re gonna jump out of the gate and label this pick a “waste”? Pretty silly.
     
    #152 Snake Diggit, Jul 9, 2023
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  13. Buck Turgidson

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    He knows. He's scouted all of these HS and college players by watching some stuff on the internet.
     
    #153 Buck Turgidson, Jul 9, 2023
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    Second coming of Drew Henson? Casserly thought he was so smart with this 6th round selection!
     
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    He looked on MLB.com, saw that he was ranked 57th, and concluded that the Astros do not know what they are doing.
     
    #155 Astrofan59, Jul 9, 2023
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    Looks like the best athlete we’ve drafted since Springer.
     
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    but...but...but... he was ranked 57th on MLB.com. When I heard "best exit velocities in the draft" I was okay with the pick
     
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  18. Buck Turgidson

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    ...but he played both sports so he must be one of "those types"
     
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    Reminds me of the Zach Daniels and Jordan Brewer picks. Super athlete, rare power/speed, plays up the middle, late bloomer in college. I like the ceiling but anytime a college player has a track record of striking out, it’s a big risk.
     
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    I will say, when we go college bat in the first round (and probably second, as well), I prefer more BB than K, but for now I trust that Brown is doing his job well.
     
    #160 HTown2017Champs, Jul 9, 2023
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