The Official 2017 MLB Amateur Draft Thread

[Chuck]

Angels select Jonah Todd, CF from Auburn in the 6th round.

Ranked 294th in the country. 

[red321]

Jonah Todd - Auburn CF - talking heads say...slash hitter, not much power, runs well

 

[Inside Pitch]

18 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Word is that Burns is unsignable at that draft slot. He'll likely go to college and be a first round draft pick in a few years.

Yep, the days when teams could throw first round money at guys in later rounds is gone.  

[Chuck]

@John Smith, do you have anything on Jonah Todd?

[Angelsjunky]

Poor old Matt Harrington. Wanted $4.95MM in 2000, turned down the $4MM the Rockies offered, now makes $11.50 an hour at Costco. His agent was an idiot.

[Angelsjunky]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

@John Smith, do you have anything on Jonah Todd?

Like naked pictures? Clown orgy stuff or more traditional?

[totdprods]

It's silly to speculate too much on how a draft is going to affect the big league club's roster and plans now, but with them going so heavy on HS players and younger prep players, I wonder if we are seeing a sign that they're going to try and supplement the team via FA this offseason, without putting much hope into help coming from the farm for a couple years. 

Adding this much talent to that crop in the farm leads some thought that they'll trade from that wave of players eventually too.

[Cdaniel]

Would be cool if we drafted Garrett MITCHELL from orange Lutheran HS.  

[Cdaniel]

4 minutes ago, totdprods said:

It's silly to speculate too much on how a draft is going to affect the big league club's roster and plans now, but with them going so heavy on HS players and younger prep players, I wonder if we are seeing a sign that they're going to try and supplement the team via FA this offseason, without putting much hope into help coming from the farm for a couple years. 

Adding this much talent to that crop in the farm leads some thought that they'll trade from that wave of players eventually too.

Maybe it's a precursor that we will be active in the international market as well.

[Cdaniel]

Jonah todd

63 games 91 hits, 13 DB, 5 3B

.376 BA, .460 OBP, .471 SLG and a 931 OPS.

stole 9 bases and caught 5 times.

[Cdaniel]

More walks than strikeouts though.

37BB vs. 28SO

[Cdaniel]

Why is Tristen Beck still available?  Do college sophomores have the same signability issues as HS kids?

[Inside Pitch]

13 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Poor old Matt Harrington. Wanted $4.95MM in 2000, turned down the $4MM the Rockies offered, now makes $11.50 an hour at Costco. His agent was an idiot.

Maybe -- but Harrington fired Tanzer, hired Boras and then watched as he turned down a second contract offer for more than 1 mil because he wanted twice that ...   At some point the kid should have said -- hey, this is my money you're playing poker with.

[zenmaster]

If I was a High School junior right now projected to be drafted after my senior year I'd change my name right now to a legendary baseball name. Imagine the hype: Babe Ruth expected to be drafted in top 10 in 2018 draft. Who could pass it up? I think there must have been something funky in my fajitas I had for lunch. Going to go lie down now.

 

Keep drafting the HSers Halos!

 

[Inside Pitch]

3 minutes ago, Cdaniel said:

Why is Tristen Beck still available?  Do college sophomores have the same signability issues as HS kids?

They can just return to college and get drafted two more times if they really wanted.   So, a lot of leverage.

[Cdaniel]

5 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

They can just return to college and get drafted two more times if they really wanted.   So, a lot of leverage.

Thanks for clearing that up IP.

[John Smith]

6	175	Angels	Jonah Todd	OF	Auburn	AL	Pool	Scouting
Scouting Report: Todd walked on to Auburn, requiring him to skip playing summer ball last year in favor of working at a Walmart to earn money for housing. A prep pitcher, Todd played two years as Marion Military JC before Auburn recruited him as a walk-on, but he quickly earned the everyday center-field job. Tigers assistant Doug Sisson, who coached in pro ball for 20-plus years, took a liking to Todd, whose arm and speed grade as average, as does his center-field defense. Todd has minimal power but may have hit his way into the first seven rounds by batting .382/.466/.479 with more walks than strikeouts. His bat-to-ball skills may push him to the majors as a future extra outfielder.

[red321]

Dennis Brady, RHP, Mercer County CC. Trenton, NJ

No word if he's Trout's buddy.

Started at East Carolina, bailed. one of the better JC guys, lots of strikeouts, low walks...average stuff

 

 

[John Smith]

7	205	Angels	Dennis Brady	RHP	Mercer (N.J.) JC	NJ	Pool	Scouting
Scouting Report: Brady pitched sparingly as a freshman at East Carolina, logging only 12.1 innings in 2016. He transferred to Mercer County CC (N.J.) for his sophomore year and was one of the best junior college performers in the nation; in 84.1 innings he struck out 118, walked 10 and allowed just nine earned runs. Brady's fastball works from 90-94 mph and he shows the potential for an average breaking ball, a slurvy offering that he manipulates and changes the shape of well. He's committed to Old Dominion for his junior year.

[John Smith]

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The best remaining players on the board. Find it here: http://bba.am/iBFYsj 

[red321]

Know what would be cool...if the mlb.com website didn't refresh every few minutes requiring you to unmute the video feed

[red321]

Connor Riley, South Carolina Aiken

RHP, Junior...16 starts, 83 innings, 116 strikeouts...talking heads...spending time trying to figure out the team nickname

 

edit...senior...shows how much the talking heads knew about him

[John Smith]

8	235	Angels	Connor Riley	RHP	USC Aiken	SC	Pool	Scouting
Scouting Report: Riley struck out an insane 130 batters in 83 innings during his senior year at USC Aiken, but he's small at just 6-0 and can be hot or cold on the mound as far as his control is concerned.

[Taylor]

Are we now in the peanut-gathering portion of the draft?

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, John Smith said:

8	235	Angels	Connor Riley	RHP	USC Aiken	SC	Pool	Scouting
Scouting Report: Riley struck out an insane 130 batters in 83 innings during his senior year at USC Aiken, but he's small at just 6-0 and can be hot or cold on the mound as far as his control is concerned.

Man, if you gotta start picking college seniors you may as well chase guys who put up video game numbers...