This college pitching class is similar to '23 a couple of top 10 picks (not as good as Skenes or Lowder) then a bunch of potential without results. A few will perform and move into the top 50 picks. It might be a good year to use the '23 strategy by taking a bunch of college arms starting in the mid rounds.
To be fair, Skenes was perceived as a first round talent at this time in 2023, but not the monster he became. Wasn’t Dollander the highest rated arm pre-draft? I think only Waldrep was the other college arm seated in the firsts
Yeah, Dollander was the top guy preseason with Skenes and Waldrep pushing the top 10. Lowder shot up with his performance as did Skenes. Dollander underperformed but still went high from his previous year and not a drastic drop. Waldrep still has top stuff if he can ever harness it.
I think only 4 or 5 college arms might go in the top 30 or so, 10 at most in the top 50 probably closer to 6 or 7.
I could give you a list of 50 more "pitchers to watch" but I'll save my breath
This college pitching class is similar to '23 a couple of top 10 picks (not as good as Skenes or Lowder) then a bunch of potential without results. A few will perform and move into the top 50 picks. It might be a good year to use the '23 strategy by taking a bunch of college arms starting in the mid rounds.
To be fair, Skenes was perceived as a first round talent at this time in 2023, but not the monster he became. Wasn’t Dollander the highest rated arm pre-draft? I think only Waldrep was the other college arm seated in the firsts
Yeah, Dollander was the top guy preseason with Skenes and Waldrep pushing the top 10. Lowder shot up with his performance as did Skenes. Dollander underperformed but still went high from his previous year and not a drastic drop. Waldrep still has top stuff if he can ever harness it.
I think only 4 or 5 college arms might go in the top 30 or so, 10 at most in the top 50 probably closer to 6 or 7.
This draft seems pretty bat centric, a lot on the prep side.
The prep bats have a lot of upside, the college bats all seem to have a flaw, either swing and miss, lack of power, or they are bad defensively.
Isn’t that the nature of the two groups though? Prep bats don’t have as much tangible data to identify those flaws yet.
Of course lol. Only can tell the major swing and miss flaws with the preps, example Greene from '22.
I forgot the Dollander hype.