Harold's Leg Lift

Asa Lacy may end up being the best player in this draft. My god this dude is nasty.

No. Just a go to name I use.

Larry: How many of these college pitchers have a chance to grade out better than last years top college pitcher Nick Lodolo? Keith Law: 3-5. It’s a great pitching class. Great minds. ?

Agree to disagree.

He said he wasn't on it the last two years he was eligible.

You don't see enough teams employing the errant pickoff throw offense. This just might work.

His name was brought up along with Kolten Wong and Kevin Newman none of whom ever made his top 100. Solid players but not stars. There is a method to the madness.

The Braves reported $476M in revenue last season but remember bAsEbAlL pLaYeRs mAkE tOo mUcH mOnEy!!!!!

Just listened to Law's podcast with Logenhagen and they discussed Madrigal for several minutes. Logenhagen: "I think there is an argument that I especially have over-corrected on this type of player." Logenhagen: "He is not a 70 runner but the run times are often 70's." Law: "He has a very little ceiling. There is very little chance for this player to become a star." Law: "A player like that basically has to hit .320 to be valuable and the number of guys in the last 10 seasons who have hit .320 or better in the majors with an iso of under .100 which Madrigal is clearly going to do at this point is 1. Dee Gordan who is an 80 runner." Law: "if you can't make hard contact it's hard to hit over .300." Law: "if he were a SS if he were a CF, if he were a catcher if he were an 80 runner those would be considerations in his favor." Law: "I favor upside on my list."

Confirmed 8 months ago. ?

He was 2.3 years older than the avg player in AA.

There's a good chance 4-5 of these guys are better than last years top college arm Nick Lodolo. If I can get one of them at pick 11 there is no way I'm passing on that.

It's thinking like that that led them to pass on Jarred Kelenic.

Sorry about that mate.

Correct. Law's list is tools driven. Fangraphs tries to lean more towards tools but they also scout the stat line . BP is obviously stats driven. I have no idea what drives MLB Pipeline's list other than draft position and whoever actually answers Callis' phone calls.

The Sox haven't drafted a HS pitcher in the first round since 2001 and with such an incredibly deep pool of college arms I don't think this is the year to change that. Draft one next year when they will presumably have a later pick.

but they all have the potential to be and that's the point. It's a list of players who have the talent/tools to be great not a list of players who have the talent/tools to be average.

I love Keith Law.

It's gonna be fun to see how it all shakes out. I currently have 6 college pitchers going in the top 10 and that doesn't include Ginn (I'm not optimistic) , Crochet or Cavalli. I love Ed but I really want one of these college pitchers.

Lots of Dudes throwing like Dudes today.

I worked at Party City with a guy named Less Bunting.

I hate everything.

They're bypassing an OF corner pretty quick. He has some Jermaine Dye in him. Put him on a corner and let him rake.

Holy crap does this dude have a nice swing and he's 6'5"!?! That's some serious projection going on right there.

I think it was a 55 yard dash.