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Mlb is paying the independent Atlantic league to experiment with rule changes: -robo ump -no mound visits except p change -3 batter minimum for pitchers except for injury -no shift allowed -mound moved back two feet in second half of season -

Just wanted to put the numbers into some perspective. Definitely better than not performing though, just saying it can't be really compared with the college guys.

To be fair it is HS competition. He certainly is talented but tim tebow hit .450 in his HS career... The average hs pitcher throws like upper 70s with the better guys throwing low to mid 80s.

Why? Hs prospects take longer but the very top hs prospects don't take that long. Correa took 3 years, harper and trout two years, kershaw 3 years.

I feel it is a pretty good draft to draft third as there is no big drop off in the top4. Rutschman probably would be preferable but vaughn, Abrams and witt all seem to be pretty comparable albeit with different risk and upside profiles. I think either one would be fine so you don't have to worry that much about what the teams in front of you do. This also means it doesn't make much sense to go for a late riser this year.

I think the main knock against gonzalez is that he is old. 23.5 years old and hasn't played above A ball. Yeah he had a great season but it was high A ball as a 23 year old. Also 14 homers last year was a power improvement but if he is a corner OF that still is below average and at 23 he likely won't gain much more power. He likely won't arrive in the majors before he turns 25 so I can understand why he is down on him. But if he repeats last year and gains a bit more power I can see him making the top100, he just is behind in the age curve and needs to show it at higher levels.

It is int That is interesting, longenhagen said that vaughns raw power isn't that outatanding (around 60 raw) but he makes it play up due to his good contact, i.e. he hits a lot of balls hard at good launch angles but not necessarily 450 foot moonshots.

I think the opener is smart but probably not great for thre aesthetics of the game. There is already some traction for limiting pen action like installing a 3 batter minimum for a pitcher or something.

But after graduating early from HS, so he essentially was hs age

Some recent top5 HS hitters: 2015 Kyle Tucker 2014 Nick Gordon 2013 Clint Frazier 2012 correa Buxton 2011 bubba sterling Looks quite good, only sterling is a complete bust. What you said about Vaughn is right of course. It doesn't have to be quite vlad though. If it is Peter alonso it would be ok too. Vaughn has a little less power than alonso but a better hit tool according to the fangraphs guys so he could be a similar prospect.

Problem is you don't know who is going to be a superstar. Every once in a while there is a floor ceiling total package like harper but usually with HS players the high upside guys also have high risk. There are the mike trouts and bo bichettes but also Alex Jackson or tim beckham.

Vaughn batted 308/368/654 in cape cod last year. Not as dominant as in college but still very good.

I wish reinsdorf would do it like mike illitch and spend the final years of his life. I mean billionaires are businessmen and don't give away money but what is the point in saving if you are 85 years old? Illitch just said screw it and spent money to win one more championship. Sure his sons probably didn't like it but who cares, they still will be super rich.

Pretty wild inning by bummer. 2k,3bb,2 doubles

There have been a lot of theories about this. Most prominent was probably the "inverted w" thing which basically was derived from mike marshall's theory. Not sure if you can prove anything of it and if you can what kind of actions could prevent this.

You can't really do that. I'm all for leaving him down the two weeks an while it will piss him off he will understand it. But leaving a ML ready top prospect down a whole year will create issues like him becoming a clubhouse cancer in AAA and losing motivation. You can delay prospects but there is a limit to it.

No way hahn goes HS pitcher at 3rd, that would be totally untypical for him, he values floor more than anything and nothing is more risky than hs pitchers.

The royals have needs everywhere. They have some depth in 40s and 45s but they lack high end talent. Nick pratto is a decent 1b prospect and they have some C prospects too but none of them is a surefire mlb starter. If I was the royals I would take a HS guy. They are going to suck the next 3 years anyway and they don't need quick moving talent but star upside.

Eloy will be pissed but he will go to the highest bidder in 7 years. If that is the sox he will sign, if it is someone else he will sign there.

I think there were some swing and miss issues against good pitching. Still great athlete and power. Also was a two sport guy i think so maybe there is more room to grow.

Top3 overall a HS hitter shouldn't be that raw. Still more raw than a top college bat but not as raw as a late first round or overslot second round HS bat.

Would be interesting if the royals pick Vaughn.would the sox go HS then?

If abreu is healthy and has a good start he has aome trade value but only if the sox eat like half of his salary which I hope they will do. Unfortunately abreu often is a bit bad in cold weather and doesn't start that well though.

I think rutschman is by far the best player of the draft, looks like buster posey. Vaughn is very good too but position limits his value a little, probably a 2.5 to 3 win guy.

If vaughn really could become konerko that would be fantastic. 1b was one of the few positions of strength of the sox in the last 20 years and if they can get another one as good as konkerko and abreu that would be really good. That might be only a 55 but even if it is only 3 war you still get a 125 OPS+ with 25-30 homers and solid obp.