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BA's mock through 11 that went up earlier today. Detmers goes 12th to Cinci if anyone was wondering.

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1.) DET - Torkelson

2.) BAL - Martin

3.) MIA - Lacy

4.) KC - Veen

5.) TOR - Meyer

6.) SEA - Hancock

7.) PIT - Gonzales

8.) SD - Hassell

9.) COL - Soderstrom

10.) LAA - Kjerstad

11.) CHW - Abel

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This pick is tricky. Chicago has been connected to Tennessee LHP Garrett Crochet, Detmers and North Carolina State catcher Patrick Bailey—the typical collegiate suspects for the White Sox. However the noise with Mick Abel has been significant enough that we think it’s legit and with a new scouting director in Chicago there’s no guarantee the team continues to heavily target college players. Still, it’s worth noting that Mike Shirley has been with the club in a high-level role going back to 2010.

 

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5 minutes ago, ptatc said:

I guess. Taking upside guys with flaws doesn't define "safe" for me. Safe is guys with few flaws but minimal high end talent. Floor vs. ceiling guys.

I don't see those guys as "safe." Poreda/Fields/Mitchell were unnecessarily risky picks, because they refused to pay players with a high ceiling and a higher floor. 

It's not necessarily a ceiling/floor thing, as much as a ceiling/floor combo thing. 

 

I'm on Crochet because I think that at #11, the ceiling/floor combo is enough to take that risk. I think that he's at least a Hader/Miller type if he stays healthy, and if everything goes right you have Chris Sale. 

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1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said:

I don't see those guys as "safe." Poreda/Fields/Mitchell were unnecessarily risky picks, because they refused to pay players with a high ceiling and a higher floor. 

But those are the guys with the high ceiling. Fields had big power. Poreda had electric stuff. Mitchell had awesome athleticism.

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2 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

I don't see those guys as "safe." Poreda/Fields/Mitchell were unnecessarily risky picks, because they refused to pay players with a high ceiling and a higher floor. 

It's not necessarily a ceiling/floor thing, as much as a ceiling/floor combo thing. 

Guys with high floors and high ceilings are #1 draft picks.  There aren't many of those players at all in a draft.  There might be a few, tops.  That is why they go off of the board so quickly.  In the draft you are going to choose between more developed and limited ceilings versus lesser developed and higher ceilings.

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2 minutes ago, ptatc said:

But those are the guys with the high ceiling. Fields had big power. Poreda had electric stuff. Mitchell had awesome athleticism.

It's not about only ceiling or only floor. It's about the combination of both. The gap becomes higher after the top 5, but it still exists. 

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It's not about only ceiling or only floor. It's about the combination of both. 

Of course but these players were all drafted between 25-29. You are talking about a high ceiling high risk player today at 11. When they were drafting in the high 20's there aren't many players that fit your description. There aren't many players that fit your description in the high 20's.

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1 minute ago, ptatc said:

Of course but these players were all drafted between 25-29. You are talking about a high ceiling high risk player today at 11. When they were drafting in the high 20's there aren't many players that fit your description. There aren't many players that fit your description in the high 20's.

Let's just put it this way, it's about the ceiling/floor gap....I'm pretty much done because it's hard to explain and I'm at a loss for an explanation. 

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1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said:

Let's just put it this way, it's about the ceiling/floor gap. 

Of course it is. That gap is narrower at the top of the draft but is significantly wider at the end of the first round. By the time you get to the end of the first round, I would take the higher ceiling vs. the higher floor. Some years the Sox did that, other years they took the higher floor.

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1 minute ago, ptatc said:

Of course it is. That gap is narrower at the top of the draft but is significantly wider at the end of the first round. 

We're in agreement here...where your scouts have to do their work is to find the guys with a higher ceiling that also have a higher floor, relative to picks between 11-20, 20-30, etc. It's all relative. 

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Poreda just had a big fastball.  I don't ever remember anything at all about a plus slider and I can't find a record of it online.  He was big fastball and that's all people talkied about, supposedly with the beginnings of a feel for a changeup which never turned into anything.  Maybe his slider developed more in the minors.

Poreda had size, strength, left-handedness and a big fastball.  He was a longshot project at best if he was ever thought of as a SP.  It was a safe pick also because there was a downside (and really ceiling) of MLB late inning reliever.

I don't think Crochet is very risky as far as prospects go.  Health and control are risks for most players, but his floor is as a very useful player and the timeline on him could be pretty quick.

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1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said:

We're in agreement here...where your scouts have to do their work is to find the guys with a higher ceiling that also have a higher floor, relative to picks between 11-20, 20-30, etc. It's all relative. 

That would be nice. Unfortunately, those guys don't exist toward the end of the first round. Players always surprise in the minors but for drafting it just isn't feasible.

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12 minutes ago, HollywoodTim said:

Poreda just had a big fastball.  I don't ever remember anything at all about a plus slider and I can't find a record of it online.  He was big fastball and that's all people talkied about, supposedly with the beginnings of a feel for a changeup which never turned into anything.  Maybe his slider developed more in the minors.

Poreda had size, strength, left-handedness and a big fastball.  He was a longshot project at best if he was ever thought of as a SP.  It was a safe pick also because there was a downside (and really ceiling) of MLB late inning reliever.

I don't think Crochet is very risky as far as prospects go.  Health and control are risks for most players, but his floor is as a very useful player and the timeline on him could be pretty quick.

I mean, his floor is low and his ceiling his high.. You can't call him a high floor player AT ALL when he wasn't even very successful in college

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16 minutes ago, HollywoodTim said:

Poreda just had a big fastball.  I don't ever remember anything at all about a plus slider and I can't find a record of it online.  He was big fastball and that's all people talkied about, supposedly with the beginnings of a feel for a changeup which never turned into anything.  Maybe his slider developed more in the minors.

Poreda had size, strength, left-handedness and a big fastball.  He was a longshot project at best if he was ever thought of as a SP.  It was a safe pick also because there was a downside (and really ceiling) of MLB late inning reliever.

I don't think Crochet is very risky as far as prospects go.  Health and control are risks for most players, but his floor is as a very useful player and the timeline on him could be pretty quick.

There are some significant risk factors for health in pitchers. #1 is previous missed time due to an injury. #2 is consistent velocity #3 is mechanics. He unfortunately has all 3. Not to say he will be injured as it's impossible to exactly predict it but he does have a higher risk than most.

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For me with crochet, probably making a mistake but just seems like recent pitchers like him (Pearson, mclanahan) big dudes, big arms, questionable production or competition, have overperformed recently. 
 

 

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Man I think BA May have nailed their mock. 
 

so many picks make sense, and Howard to the Dodgers makes you gulp hard.

Love the BA dudes even though they overrate heady college players

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We pick #11. In my opinion (and in no particular order), there is no chance the 6 players below get to us. I'll throw Hancock as #7 even though he could be a guy who conceivably slips.

From there, we just have to rank our top 4 players left. So I am basically hoping for Detmers but each of the last few days it seems less and less likely. Past him, Abel's upside is tantalizing and he could  possibly be underslot so that'd be my fallback. If Detmers & Abel go in the top 10 I get less excited about our pick. 

1. Tork 2. Martin 3. Lacy 4. Gonzalez 5. Veen 6. Meyer 7. Hancock

1. Detmers 2. Abel 3. Hassell 4. Kjersted.

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48 minutes ago, ptatc said:

There are some significant risk factors for health in pitchers. #1 is previous missed time due to an injury. #2 is consistent velocity #3 is mechanics. He unfortunately has all 3. Not to say he will be injured as it's impossible to exactly predict it but he does have a higher risk than most.

Do you remember what your thoughts at the time were on Chris Sale, Carlos Rodon, and Brady AIken?  Obviously we all know how they have turned out.  Aiken was supposedly the safest given the mileage on Rodon's arm yet he's an unquestionable bust.  And Sale had one of the best runs of any pitcher in MLB history before TJ, and there really isn't any reason to believe he's done.

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