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I feel like we might be in on Kelenic more than people think. Hostetler mentioned getting to see a guy now that its warm and that was almost definitely Kelenic and there was another interview where he made inference to what could only have been Kelenic. Edit: Also for anyone who didn't read the article, the group the Phillies are looking at that was mentioned was Bohm, Bart, India, Madrigal, Swaggerty. So our board is basically Bohm, Bart, India, Madrigal, Swaggerty, McClanahan, Singer, Kelenic, which fits the 7-8 Hostetler keeps mentioning.

I wonder if either of them can actually trace heir ancestry back that far.

Probably because the major defensive questions. Several scouts say he should be able to stay at third, but right now he looks bad there.

I want another Madrigal teammate in Steven Kwan. He has some pretty crazy hitting stats. With the stats he has he probably has very good bat control, so I would love to be able to see what he could do with a launch angle optimized swing change. He is small (listed 5'9" 170lbs) but if Albies can hit dingers in the majors it shouldn't be a problem.

I believe Singer also had some arm issues during his physical coming out of high school and that was a big reason he didn't sign.

When did he get injured? I missed it.

I don't know if the Sox will end up taking India, but if they do I bet they announce him as a SS.

I believe Zavala played OF in college, so if all three of them made it to the bigs, Bart would probably catch the majority of the time with Collins at 1B and DH and Zavala in LF and DH and maybe catching when the other guys need a break/are injured. The odds of all of them being on the same team in the majors is pretty low though just because of all the different things that could happen to prevent it (not taking Bart/one failing/one being traded).

Yeah, look at what Brent Rooker did last year and he was still only a comp pick. Even Bren Spillane this year is going crazy and BA has him at 164 in their top 500. Reynolds is all the way down at 401. So maybe he'll end up going in the 7-10 round area for a senior sign type discount.

Yeah, I just thought he would be gone by our pick. Him and Jordyn Adams seem like they have a lot of talk of them getting picked in the back of the first or the comp.

So if I got this right I think our picks are 4, 46, 81, 108, then its normal (so 138,168,198, etc.) As for that second rounder, there are a ton of good guys. Xavier Edwards who sounds like a more athletic HS version of Madrigal, Joe Gray who kind of sounds like Jason Heyward, and Mike Siani who probably has the same profile (plus arm/defense/speed with questions about the bat) as Luis Basabe.

HS Pitching is basically the one thing I want to avoid at 4. Way too high of a bust rate for seemingly really good prospects. Plus, there is so much talent in that group that the talent difference between the person you can get at 4 and and 46 is smaller than the other groups, so its better to take one of the other groups.

You can't just throw eyes out there like that and leave us hanging. Is this a thing?

I wonder where India would be rated if he was projected as a passable shortstop. That's what makes him interesting to me at 4. It fits the Sox history of being higher on questionable defense. Where did Law have him going in his mock?

Where did Law have India in the mock?

I really want to trust Kiley and Eric more than Law after Law said that whole thing about his sources not lying to him while Kiley and Eric said they knew scouts did that and used that misdirection to get even more information.

Just yesterday Kiley mentioned that Bart is in play for the Giants @2, Reds @5, Mets @6, but didn't mention anything about us.

Its in another thread, but someone said Joey Bart

I could see him actually going in that range though. I think when a single person evaluates all the prospects and then basically ranks them and uses that rank for a mock then Beer will be a second round pick. But when you have 30 different front offices each making an assessment, I could definitely see one, especially in the back half of the first, thinking his potential and potential to move fast outweighs the risk and is a better value proposition than anyone left on the board. As they always say come draft time, it only takes one.

Agreed. Only one I can see is Kelenic and that's just because he really just started getting into his season, so maybe he is able to rise some while the top college position players cool off. I think its more likely we take one of the high upside HS guys in the second. Maybe one of Jordyn Adams, Nick Schnell, Mike Siani, or Parker Meadows if any of them are still there.

That his hit tool needs a ton of work and they knew that when they drafted him. If it didn't, then there was no way he would have lasted until the 7th round. They drafted him because he has shown great power in the past and if we can rebuild his swing, then his bat could be really good.

No, the power was supposed to be his value. You can't think that a guy who was one strikeout away from the NCAA single season record had a good hit tool. We knew it was going to be something that we were going to have to work on and really undo a year or more of bad habits he got into. But with his power potential it was worth it.

We're going to pick Purdue's football coach?

No, barrel rate is its own stat. Its basically a percentage of balls hit in an optimum launch angle range above a certain exit velocity. http://m.mlb.com/glossary/statcast/barrel