2022 MLB Draft Thread

[Harold's Leg Lift]

They're still light on his tools.  It's 70 run and 70 arm.  If he played in the SEC instead of the Valley he would be a top 10 pick.  

[fathom]

28 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

They're still light on his tools.  It's 70 run and 70 arm.  If he played in the SEC instead of the Valley he would be a top 10 pick.  

Any chance he’s there for Sox 2nd round?

[Harold's Leg Lift]

21 minutes ago, fathom said:

Any chance he’s there for Sox 2nd round?

I don't think so.  They could try to push him down and overslot him but there are too many teams with mutiple picks.   

[DirtySox]

1 hour ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

They're still light on his tools.  It's 70 run and 70 arm.  If he played in the SEC instead of the Valley he would be a top 10 pick.  

The writeup sure makes him sound like an early 1st round talent.

[Harold's Leg Lift]

1 hour ago, DirtySox said:

The writeup sure makes him sound like an early 1st round talent.

He is and the tools are among the best in the country but he has a couple things working against him.  He has an unorthodox swing, he doesn't have a long history of performance and he didn't play in a power conference.  He's going to the combine and if he shows like I think he will he'll be in the 1st round conversation for a lot of teams.  My comp for him is Aaron Rowand. The tools are special.

[DirtySox]

Not really sure what it entails, but the following players are attending the draft combine. Beware long list.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-mlb-draft-players-announced-for-draft-combine/

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Rank    Player    Pos.    SCHOOL
2    Brooks Lee    SS    Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
4    Termarr Johnson    SS    Mays HS (Ga.)
6    Kevin Parada    C    Georgia Tech
7    Jacob Berry    3B/1B    LSU
9    Gavin Cross    OF    Virginia Tech
10    Cam Collier    3B    Chipola Col
11    Daniel Susac    C    U Arizona
14    Chase DeLauter    OF    James Madison U
15    Cole Young    SS    North Allegheny HS (Pa.)
17    Zach Neto    SS    Campbell U
18    Justin Crawford    OF    Bishop Gorman HS (Nev.)
20    Gabriel Hughes    RHP    Gonzaga U
22    Landon Sims    RHP    Mississippi State
23    Robby Snelling    LHP    McQueen HS (Nev.)
24    Brandon Barriera    LHP    American Heritage School (Fla.)
26    Dylan Beavers    OF    UC Berkeley
33    Jacob Miller    RHP    Liberty Union HS (Ohio)
34    Jackson Ferris    LHP    IMG Academy (Fla.)
35    Andrew Dutkanych    RHP    Brebeuf Jesuit Prep School (Ind.)
36    Sterlin Thompson    OF    U Florida
37    Connor Prielipp    LHP    U Alabama
38    Peyton Pallette    RHP    U Arkansas
39    Ryan Cermak    OF    Illinois St U
40    Tucker Toman    3B    Hammond School (S.C.)
41    Henry Bolte    OF    Palo Alto HS (Calif.)
43    Jackson Cox    RHP    Toutle Lake HS (Wash.)
44    Dalton Rushing    C/1B    U Louisville
46    Jonathan Cannon    RHP    U Georgia
48    Thomas Harrington    RHP    Campbell U
49    Walter Ford    RHP    Pace HS (Fla.)
52    Owen Murphy    RHP/SS    Riverside Brookfield (Ill.)
53    Eric Brown    SS    Coastal Carolina U
54    Cade Doughty    3B    LSU
55    Reggie Crawford    LHP    U Connecticut
56    Adam Mazur    RHP    U Iowa
58    Drew Thorpe    RHP    Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
61    Jake Bennett    LHP    U Oklahoma
62    Cutter Coffey    RHP/SS    Liberty HS (Calif.)
63    Malcolm Moore    C    CK McClatchy HS (Calif.)
64    Spencer Jones    LHP/1B    Vanderbilt U
65    Ryan Clifford    OF    Crossroads FLEX HS (N.C.)
67    Jacob Misiorowski    RHP    Crowder Col
68    Logan Tanner    C    Mississippi State
69    Hunter Barco    LHP    U Florida
70    Caden Dana    RHP    Don Bosco Prep HS (N.J.)
72    Jaden Noot    RHP    Sierra Canyon HS (Calif.)
73    Roman Anthony    OF    Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS (Fla.)
75    Parker Messick    LHP    Florida State
76    Tanner Schobel    SS    Virginia Tech
77    Cayden Wallace    3B    U Arkansas
78    Mikey Romero    SS    Orange Lutheran HS (Calif.)
79    Bryce Hubbart    LHP    Florida State
82    Ben Joyce    RHP    U Tennessee
85    Jake Madden    RHP    Northwest Florida St College
86    Ivan Melendez    1B    U Texas
87    Gavin Turley    OF    Hamilton HS (Ariz.)
88    Gavin Guidry    SS    Barbe HS (La.)
89    Carson Palmquist    LHP    U Miami
90    Chandler Simpson    SS    Georgia Tech
91    Jeric Curtis    CF    Tomball Memorial HS (Texas)
92    Chase Shores    RHP    Legacy HS (Texas)
93    Luis Ramirez    RHP    Long Beach State U
95    Cade Hunter    C    Virginia Tech
98    Nazier Mule    RHP/SS    Passaic County Technical Institute (N.J.)
99    Jalin Flores    SS    Louis D Brandeis HS (Texas)
100    Robert Moore    2B    U Arkansas
101    Karson Milbrandt    RHP    Liberty Senior HS (Mo.)
102    Troy Melton    RHP    San Diego St U
103    Trystan Vrieling    RHP    Gonzaga U
104    Connor Staine    RHP    U Central Florida
107    Kassius Thomas    RHP    Sierra Canyon HS (Calif.)
108    Aiva Arquette    SS    St Louis School (Hawaii)
111    Tyler Locklear    3B    Virginia Commonwealth U
112    Michael Kennedy    LHP    Troy HS (N.Y.)
114    Trey Dombroski    LHP    Monmouth U
116    Tyler Bremner    RHP    Scripps Ranch HS (Calif.)
120    Jacob Zibin    RHP    TNXL Academy (Fla.)
121    Christopher Paciolla    3B    Temecula Valley HS (Calif.)
122    Gabriel Rincones    OF    Florida Atlantic U
124    Max Martin    SS    Moorestown HS (N.J.)
125    Michael Knorr    RHP    Coastal Carolina U
127    Jacob Watters    RHP    West Virginia U
128    Nolan McLean    IF    Oklahoma St U
129    Anthony Hall    OF    U Oregon
130    Jacob Reimer    SS    Yucaipa HS (Calif.)
133    Trey Lipscomb    3B    U Tennessee
134    Drake Baldwin    C    Missouri St U
135    Andrew Taylor    RHP    Central Michigan U
136    Austin Charles    RHP/SS    Stockdale HS (Calif.)
137    Anthony Silva    SS    Tom C Clark HS (Texas)
139    Hayden Dunhurst    C    U Mississippi
140    Trey Faltine    SS    U Texas
143    Jackson Humphries    LHP    Fuquay-Varina HS (N.C.)
144    Levi Huesman    LHP    Hanover HS (Va.)
145    Beau Sylvester    C    Kamehameha HS (Hawaii)
146    D'Andre Smith    SS    USC
147    Adam Maier    RHP    U Oregon
148    Jack Brannigan    RHP/3B    Notre Dame
149    RJ Austin    SS    Pace Academy (Ga.)
152    Chandler Pollard    CF    Woodward Academy (Ga.)
154    Colby Holcombe    RHP    Northeast Mississippi CC
155    Will Frisch    RHP    Oregon St U
156    Jace Grady    OF    Dallas Baptist U
157    Josh White    RHP    UC Berkeley
158    Nathan Martorella    1B    UC Berkeley
160    Pete Hansen    LHP    U Texas
161    Adonys Guzman    C    The Brunswick School (Conn.)
162    Colby Thomas    OF    Mercer U
164    Max Belyeu    OF    Aledo HS (Texas)
166    Chris McElvain    RHP    Vanderbilt U
167    Hayden Murphy    RHP    Tiftarea Academy (Ga.)
169    Ike Irish    C    Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory HS (Mich.)
170    Devereaux Harrison    RHP    Long Beach State U
172    Henry Williams    RHP    Duke U
173    Roman Bracamonte    RHP    Nogales HS (Ariz.)
177    Kody Huff    C    Stanford U
178    Grayson Saunier    RHP    Collierville HS (Tenn.)
181    Tres Gonzalez    OF    Georgia Tech
186    Jayson Jones    3B    Ray Braswell HS (Texas)
189    Korbyn Dickerson    OF    Trinity HS (Ky.)
190    Christian Oppor    LHP    Columbus HS (Wisc.)
195    Brett Roberts    2B/SS    Florida State
200    Estevan Moreno    SS    Montini Catholic HS (Ill.)
202    Derek Diamond    RHP    U Mississippi
204    Jared Jones    C    Walton HS (Ga.)
206    Jake Brooks    RHP    UCLA
209    Victor Scott    OF    West Virginia U
211    Jace Laviolette    LF    Obra D. Tompkins HS (Texas)
212    Andrew Jenkins    1B    Georgia Tech
217    Austin Henry    RHP    Dell Rapids HS (S.D.)
219    Tommy Specht    OF    Wahlert HS (Iowa)
221    Eric Adler    RHP    Wake Forest
222    Jack O'Connor    RHP    Bishop O'Connell HS (Va.)
223    Trace Bright    RHP    Auburn U
224    Cory Lewis    RHP    UC Santa Barbara
225    Luke Heyman    C    Lake Brantley HS (Fla.)
226    Spencer Miles    RHP    U Missouri
228    Michael Gupton    OF    Rolesville HS (N.C.)
229    TJ McCants    CF    U Mississippi
231    David Sandlin    RHP    U Oklahoma
232    Michael Prosecky    LHP    U Louisville
233    David Lally    RHP    Grand Blanc Community Schools HS (Mich.)
234    Braylen Wimmer    2B/OF    U South Carolina
236    Oliver Santos    LHP    Orange Lutheran HS (Calif.)
237    Justin Lamkin    LHP    Calallen HS (Texas)
238    Logan Wagner    SS    P27 Academy (S.C.)
239    William Kempner    RHP    Gonzaga U
240    Omari Daniel    SS    The Walker School (Ga.)
242    Alex Iadisernia    RF    Elon U
245    Jurrangelo Cijntje    BHP    Champagnat Catholic School (Fla.)
249    Emaarion Boyd    OF    South Panola HS (Miss.)
252    Seth Keller    SS/RHP    Hanover HS (Va.)
253    Blake Cyr    SS    Windermere HS (Fla.)
256    Victor Mederos    RHP    Oklahoma St U
260    Chazz Martinez    LHP    U Oklahoma
262    Austin Krob    LHP    TCU
263    Spencer Giesting    LHP    UNC Charlotte
266    Dallas Macias    SS    Regis Jesuit HS (Colo.)
268    Jack Perkins    RHP    Indiana U
273    Steven Zobac    RHP    UC Berkeley
276    Mason Neville    OF/LHP    Basic HS (Nev.)
278    Cole Kirschsieper    LHP    U Illinois Champaign
281    Alan Roden    1B    Creighton U
283    Chase Hampton    RHP    Texas Tech
285    Orion Kerkering    RHP    U South Florida
287    Isaiah Jackson    RHP/OF    Cienega HS (Ariz.)
288    Riley Cornelio    RHP    TCU
289    Ryan Vanderhei    RHP    U Kansas
292    JT Quinn    RHP    Berkeley Prep School (Fla.)
293    Douglas Hodo    OF    U Texas
294    Tyler Stuart    RHP    U Southern Mississippi
NR    Blake Adams    RHP    Kansas State
NR    Mason Barnett    RHP    Auburn U
NR    Tucker Biven    SS    New Albany HS (Ind.)
NR    Brock Blatter    RHP    Billings Central Catholic HS (Mont.)
NR    Tim Borden    SS    Georgia Tech
NR    Julian Boyd    CF    Colorado Mesa U
NR    Justin Boyd    SS    Oregon St U
NR    Ben Brutti    RHP    South Kingstown HS (R.I.)
NR    Zander Buchan    C    A.C. Flora HS (S.C.)
NR    Blake Burkhalter    RHP    Auburn U
NR    Ben Bybee    RHP    Blue Valley Southwest HS (Kan.)
NR    Jaxon Byrd    OF    Alpha Charter HS (Calif.)
NR    Toussaint Bythewood    OF    Harvard-Westlake HS (Calif.)
NR    Xavier Cardenas    RHP    Servite HS (Calif.)
NR    Nathan Church    RF    UC Irvine
NR    Calvert Clark    OF    Charlotte Christian HS (N.C.)
NR    Zach Crotchfelt    LHP    Jackson Memorial HS (N.J.)
NR    Alton Davis    LHP    Hueytown HS (Ala.)
NR    Nick Dean    RHP    U Maryland
NR    Zane Denton    RF    U Alabama
NR    Chase Estep    2B    U Kentucky
NR    Robert Evans    LHP    P27 Academy (S.C.)
NR    Drew Faurot    SS    Florida HS
NR    Patrick Forbes    SS    Bowling Green HS (Ky.)
NR    Michael Forret    RHP    Providence Sr HS (N.C.)
NR    Caleb Franzen    LHP    U Portland
NR    Jackson Fristoe    RHP    Mississippi State
NR    Tyler Gough    RHP    JSerra Catholic HS (Calif.)
NR    Matthew Grabmann    RHP    Foothills Composite HS (Canada)
NR    Marquis Grissom    RHP    Georgia Tech
NR    Payton Gubler    SS    Desert Hills HS (Utah)
NR    Gage Harrelson    CF    Houston County HS (Ga.)
NR    Kerry Herndon-Brown    OF/LHP    IMG Academy (Fla.)
NR    Josh Hood    SS    NC State
NR    David Horn    RHP    JSerra Catholic HS (Calif.)
NR    Marek Houston    SS    Venice HS (Fla.)
NR    Kenya Huggins    RHP    Chipola College
NR    Jayden Hylton    1B    Palm Beach Gardens HS (Fla.)
NR    Ashton Izzi    RHP    Oswego East HS (Ill.)
NR    Ben Jacobs    LHP    Huntington Beach HS (Calif.)
NR    Kamren James    3B    Mississippi State
NR    Jim Jarvis    SS    U Alabama
NR    Dom Johnson    CF    Kansas State
NR    Kyle Jones    RHP    U Toledo
NR    Dakota Jordan    CF    Jackson Academy (Miss.)
NR    Sebastian Keane    RHP    Northeastern U
NR    Jordan Lewis    OF    San Ramon Valley HS (Calif.)
NR    Kaden Martin    OF    Buford HS (Ga.)
NR    Jacob Maton    RHP    Coastal Carolina U
NR    Zachary Maxwell    RHP    Georgia Tech
NR    Aiden Moffett    RHP    Taylorsville HS (Miss.)
NR    Nick Morabito    SS    Gonzaga College HS (Va.)
NR    Andrew Morris    RHP    Texas Tech
NR    Kyle Nevin    RF    Baylor U
NR    Christopher Newell    CF    U Virginia
NR    Jankel Ortiz    SS    Academia Presbiteriana HS (Puerto Rico)
NR    Jeanpierre Ortiz    SS    IMG Academy (Fla.)
NR    Gregory Pace    OF    Detroit Edison Academy (Mich.)
NR    Hunter Patteson    LHP    U Central Florida
NR    Ethan Petry    3B    Cypress Creek HS (Fla.)
NR    Jacob Pfennigs    RHP    Oregon St U
NR    Robert Phelps    SS    Allderdice HS (Pa.)
NR    Andrew Pintar    INF    Brigham Young U
NR    Matthew Porchas    RHP    Santa Margarita Catholic HS (Calif.)
NR    Ryan Ramsey    RHP    U Maryland
NR    Eric Reyzelman    RHP    LSU
NR    Tre Richardson    SS    Baylor U
NR    Ian Ritchie    RHP    Bainbridge HS (Wash.)
NR    Adrian Rodriguez Jimenez    SS    International Baseball Academy (Ga.)
NR    Zachary Root    LHP    Ft Myers HS (Fla.)
NR    Dylan Ross    RHP    U Georgia
NR    Noah Samol    LHP    William Mason HS (Ohio)
NR    Travis Sanders    SS    Copperas Cove HS (Texas)
NR    Cam Schlittler    RHP    Northeastern U
NR    Eli Serrano    OF    Pro5 Baseball Academy (N.C.)
NR    Cam Smith    SS    Palm Beach Central HS (Fla.)
NR    Eric Snow    SS    Mary Persons HS (Ga.)
NR    Gavin Vankempen    RHP    Maple Hill HS (N.Y.)
NR    Trevor Werner    3B    Texas A&M U
NR    Jordan Williams    CF    San Jacinto College North
NR    Peyton Williams    1B    U Iowa
NR    Brock Wills    SS    Holly Springs HS (N.C.)
NR    Malachi Witherspoon    RHP    Fletcher Sr HS (Fla.)
NR    Matt Wyatt    RHP    U Virginia

 

[Harold's Leg Lift]

Drew Gilbert got run last night for MF'ing the ump after a strike call (and it wasn't even strike 3) and last week Jordan Beck flipped off the centerfielder after hitting a ball over his head.  I love guys who play with an edge but these too are habitual line steppers and I'm starting to think it could cost them in the draft. 

[fathom]

2 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Drew Gilbert got run last night for MF'ing the ump after a strike call (and it wasn't even strike 3) and last week Jordan Beck flipped off the centerfielder after hitting a ball over his head.  I love guys who play with an edge but these too are habitual line steppers and I'm starting to think it could cost them in the draft. 

Cockiest team I’ve ever seen

[Timmy U]

4 hours ago, fathom said:

Cockiest team I’ve ever seen

You are not kidding.  Just watched the highlights of the homers they hit against ND.  Geez, it’s a team of 100 percent a-holes.

[Johno]

They’ve been that way for a couple years

[Harold's Leg Lift]

Dutkanych had an up and down spring but he ended on a high note.

 

[CentralChamps21]

23 hours ago, Timmy U said:

You are not kidding.  Just watched the highlights of the homers they hit against ND.  Geez, it’s a team of 100 percent a-holes.

They gone.

[daa84]

Words can’t describe how happy I am to see UT bounced. Certainly one of the best regular season teams I’ve ever seen, but without a doubt the most obnoxious, classless team I’ve ever witnessed. From a personal standpoint I want nothing to do with Drew Gilbert in the Sox system 

[fathom]

1 hour ago, daa84 said:

Words can’t describe how happy I am to see UT bounced. Certainly one of the best regular season teams I’ve ever seen, but without a doubt the most obnoxious, classless team I’ve ever witnessed. From a personal standpoint I want nothing to do with Drew Gilbert in the Sox system 

Gilbert is not impressive.  Big time no for me

[DirtySox]

 

[Harold's Leg Lift]

1 hour ago, fathom said:

Gilbert is not impressive.  Big time no for me

I get it but if they can get a league avg CF with the 26th pick that's pretty good.  I still think they're going college pitcher.  

[Y2Jimmy0]

1 hour ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

I get it but if they can get a league avg CF with the 26th pick that's pretty good.  I still think they're going college pitcher.  

I think the arrival of Davis Martin along with Burke, Vera and Mena puts them in a spot where they should double up on prep hitters again and then overslot a college starter in the 3rd again. We’ll see though. Probably depends on the board. 

[dasox24]

Absolutely love Drew Gilbert, but he needs to clean up some mental lapses on the base paths - was an issue a few times this year.  Otherwise, he does everything else really well and the kind of player who is loved by fans/teammates, and despised by every other fan base.  He's AJ Pierzynski.

While he didn't come through at all today (which shocked me, but it felt like he was pressing to make up for getting ejected on Friday/missing Saturday's game), for his career in general, he showed up in big moments.  The biggest being last year's regional - he hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 9th when Tennessee was down 3 runs.  He's a guy I would never bet against.  Also one of the biggest 180's you'll see in a player's personality from off the field vs. on the field.  Goes from incredibly friendly, polite kid to absolute madman when he steps on the field.

 

Edited June 13, 2022 by dasox24

[southsider2k5]

8 hours ago, dasox24 said:

Absolutely love Drew Gilbert, but he needs to clean up some mental lapses on the base paths - was an issue a few times this year.  Otherwise, he does everything else really well and the kind of player who is loved by fans/teammates, and despised by every other fan base.  He's AJ Pierzynski.

While he didn't come through at all today (which shocked me, but it felt like he was pressing to make up for getting ejected on Friday/missing Saturday's game), for his career in general, he showed up in big moments.  The biggest being last year's regional - he hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 9th when Tennessee was down 3 runs.  He's a guy I would never bet against.  Also one of the biggest 180's you'll see in a player's personality from off the field vs. on the field.  Goes from incredibly friendly, polite kid to absolute madman when he steps on the field.

 

It sounds like a guy that TLR would absolutely adore.

[GreenSox]

On 6/12/2022 at 8:11 PM, Y2Jimmy0 said:

 and then overslot a college starter in the 3rd again. 

Why would a team have to pay a college player overslot?  Maybe Covid added an extra year for some of them and the older college player who can leave after 2 years has some leverage.  But otherwise, if they don't sign after 3, they become seniors where they have zero leverage and are sure to be offered way underslot.
 

[Harold's Leg Lift]

8 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Why would a team have to pay a college player overslot?  Maybe Covid added an extra year for some of them and the older college player who can leave after 2 years has some leverage.  But otherwise, if they don't sign after 3, they become seniors where they have zero leverage and are sure to be offered way underslot.
 

Only the White Sox overslot college guys in that later rounds.  It makes absolutely zero sense.

[Y2Jimmy0]

2 hours ago, GreenSox said:

Why would a team have to pay a college player overslot?  Maybe Covid added an extra year for some of them and the older college player who can leave after 2 years has some leverage.  But otherwise, if they don't sign after 3, they become seniors where they have zero leverage and are sure to be offered way underslot.
 

It’s a way to push a better player to your spot. Last year, the Sox drafted Colson Montgomery and paid slot slot. They successfully floated Wes Kath to the 2nd round by paying him $1.8 million. In the 3rd, they took Sean Burke and paid him $900K which was overslot but the price to get him there. They went under in the 4th and 6-10 so they could draft McDougal in round 5 and paid him $850K. Just kind of how the rules work 

[GreenSox]

6 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

 In the 3rd, they took Sean Burke and paid him $900K which was overslot but the price to get him there. 

The Sox drafted Burke basically where he was ranked; that shouldn't  require overslot it seems to me.   And even if he were ranked, say, #50 and he fell to the Sox in the 3rd, what choice would he have had but to sign? 

A few years ago the Sox paid Sheets as a  3-year college player. Paid him overslot for some reason.

Edited June 14, 2022 by GreenSox

[Harold's Leg Lift]

46 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

The Sox drafted Burke basically where he was ranked; that shouldn't  require overslot it seems to me.   And even if he were ranked, say, #50 and he fell to the Sox in the 3rd, what choice would he have had but to sign? 

A few years ago the Sox paid Sheets as a  3-year college player. Paid him overslot for some reason.

In '17 they oversloted Evan Skoug.  Good luck figuring that one out.  

[Y2Jimmy0]

2 hours ago, GreenSox said:

The Sox drafted Burke basically where he was ranked; that shouldn't  require overslot it seems to me.   And even if he were ranked, say, #50 and he fell to the Sox in the 3rd, what choice would he have had but to sign? 

A few years ago the Sox paid Sheets as a  3-year college player. Paid him overslot for some reason.

I hated the Sheets and Walker picks. Sean Burke has been awesome though. Totally worth $900K