MLB Draft June 2017

[SuperBarrFrog]

Being surrounded by mix of Texas and Cali girls seems like a win win to me.

 

[Pharm Frog]

Not many go back to school. That being said $900,000 and $250,000 worth of free school is a [ Finebaum ]load of money.

This is a funny topic to me. I have posed this to more than a few MLB scouts over the past several years. I have asked "what percentage of draftees get their degree under the program" and "what percentage of your draftees get their degree under the program". The percentages have ranged from "65%" to "less than 10%" over the last three years or so. As always, there's an accurate number out there on both accounts although I suspect that it's not easy to track or report.

 

[Moose Stuff]

so you're saying there's a chance!?

i kid, i kid

In all honesty there is some chance. I've heard it's not a slam dunk done deal but not sure how credible that is.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

Here's a look at college programs likely losing top high school recruits to the draft:

TCU and Miami each had 3 high school recruits drafted on the first day of the draft. Last year, Nick Lodolo was drafted 41st and was the highest pick not to sign. List below is in order of highest ranked recruit. # indicates overall pick.

UC Irvine: #1 SS Royce Lewis
UCLA: #2 RHP Hunter Greene, #61 C Hagen Danner, #195 RHP Jeremy Estrada
ECU: #3 LHP MacKenzie Gore
UNC: #6 OF Austin Beck, #142 3B Buddy Kennedy, #196 Ryley Widell (JuCo signed)
Louisville: #10 OF Jo Adell
TCU: #12 RHP Shane Baz, #58 3B Jacob Gonzalez, #71 SS Tyler Freeman
Texas Tech: #13 LHP Trevor Rogers
USC: #14 1B Nick Protto, #66 RHP Hans Crouse, #81 SS Nick Allen
FIU: #19 OF Heliot Ramos, #52 C MJ Melendez (coach's son), #244 RHP Wilberti Rivera
FSU: #21 LHP D.L. Hall, #204 RHP Bowden Francis (JuCo signee)
Alabama: #26 OF Bubba Thompson, #77 LHP Jacob Heatherly
UCF: #29 SS Christopher Seise, #134 RHP Ryan Dease
Miami: #32 SS Jeter Downs, #53 3B Joe Perez, #59 3B Mark Vientiane, #130 RHP James Marinan
Texas: #34 OF Tristen Lutz, #37 RHP Landon Leach
South Carolina: #39 C Luis Compusano
Stanford: #40 RHP Michael Mercado
Georgia: #41 OF Dree Waters
Ole Miss: #42 RHP Steve Jennings, #46 RHP Caden Lemons
Oklahoma St: #48 3B Ryan Vilade, #72 OF Conner Uselton, #78 CF Mason House
U San Diego: #50 OF Cal Mitchell
Arizona: #54 RHP Matt Sauer
Florida: #55 RHP Sam Carlson, #155 C Sam McMillan, #184 C Zach Jackson
Mississippi St: #57 Reynaldo Rivera (JuCo signee) #64 OF Quentin Holmes, #110 RHP Troy Bacon (JuCo signee)
Texas A&M: #60 SS Adam Hall, #128 RHP Jack Conlon, #161 RHP Alex Scherff
Georgia Southern: #63 Coleman Brannen
Pepperdine: #69 C Blake Hunt
LSU: #76 RHP Blayne Enlow, #85 CF Jacob Pearson (draft eligible in '19 if he goes to LSU), #135 3B Andrew Bechtold (JuCo signee)
USF: #80 RHP Freddy Tarnok
Elon: #83 RHP Matt Tabor
Arkansas: #90 LHP Daniel Tillo (JuCo signee), #122 RF Canaan Smith
BYU: #96 LHP Seth Corry
Notre Dame: #107 SS Cash Case
Clemson: #108 RHP Sam Keating
Arizona St: #114 LHP Brendan Murphy
Nebraska: #115 RHP John Swanda
Hawaii: #138 3B Jonny Homza
UAB: #143 LHP Ethan Lindow
Pitt: #144 3B Nick Egnatuk
South Alabama: #145 RHP Joseph Booker
LIU Brooklyn: #150 RHP Charlie Neuweiler
High Point: #151 C Nathan Perry
Auburn: #166 SS Ricardo De La Torre
Michigan: #178 RHP Cody Bolton

 

[f_399]

3rd round is underway

Skoug should be coming up soon right?

 

[H-Town Frog]

If he comes back for his last year of eligibility he loses all leverage. He's unlikely to go up any draft boards from this year to next, so if he comes back it's mostly just a huge financial concession.

True, but not as true as before. Slotting diminished the junior leverage factor.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

True, but not as true as before. Slotting diminished the junior leverage factor.

Still a big factor for guys higher up the board than for guys taken late rounds.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

3 Omaha bound players selected in the third round so far. FSU shortstop, Fullerton's RHP Seabold and Oregon St's catcher.

 

[f_399]

Another 2017 CWS player:
Busby, Dylan Florida State 3B

 

[f_399]

4th round, no Skoug.

 

[Pharm Frog]

4th round, no Skoug.

Gotta figure the difficulty of projecting a field position factoring in here.

EDIT: But I'll be surprised if he slips out of the 4th or 5th round

 

[f_399]

6-7 college catchers already taken, 11 total.

 

[Pharm Frog]

Will Astros get him?

EDIT: They didn't take him in the 4th

 

[f_399]

Rangers or Cubs?

 

[HornedFrogPO]

5th ROUND??? This is crap.

 

[f_399]

Hoping this puts another chip on Skougs shoulders and balls out in the CWS.

 

[Brog]

Maybe he'll be back, after all.

 

[f_399]

Another catcher taken, I think there have been 12 so far.

Is there something they know about Skoug that we don't?

 

[Pharm Frog]

Another catcher taken, I think there have been 12 so far.

Is there something they know about Skoug that we don't?

No

 

[yurintroubl]

I think many were expecting to see a jump in his defense from last year to this year...which didn't happen. So a slow start this year coupled with having to project a position change....