OT: Nats, Wiz, O's, Ravens, Terps, Navy, Gtown, Mystics, Golf, Summer 2024 (Paris Olympics 2024 as well)

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Did the Hawks top draft pick play? If so how did he look

 

[usiel]

Did the Hawks top draft pick play? If so how did he look

Honestly looked decent. Hit some outside shots. Nice passes. I think his offensive scouting report is spot on. Advanced good team player. The real thing is his explosiveness it doesn't look like he can break guys down one on one and get into the paint. Kinda like Kuzma. Lets be real Sarr and Riscacher are probably back half of the top 10 in this next years draft.

I do like Sarr didn't force things when he had nothing one v one.

Also Bud did balance out some drives to the basket so had a well rounded attack.

 

[Cush]

 

[Bananas]

It’s Bub… he’s gonna ride shotgun with Flagg.

 

[usiel]

Thought this was a pretty interesting Cooper Flag versus Ace Bailey debate for number 1 next year:



I think it should be predestined to have a Bud and an Ace on the same team.

 

[Cush]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1812277911463866837

 

[usiel]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1812277911463866837

We got House at third base but I guess more rolling the dice for prospect success. #2 prospect on the KC side.

 

[Random schmoe]

We got House at third base but I guess more rolling the dice for prospect success. #2 prospect on the KC side.

The draft pick is potentially huge. Not only is it another high pick but it added $2,395,000 to the amount they can spend on picks overall. Which gives them a lot of flexibility in the bonuses they can offer.

 

[usiel]

The draft pick is potentially huge. Not only is it another high pick but it added $2,395,000 to the amount they can spend on picks overall. Which gives them a lot of flexibility in the bonuses they can offer.

Still a bit dubious of the Rizzo era of developing basically anything.

 

[Random schmoe]

Still a bit dubious of the Rizzo era of developing basically anything.

Well, yeah, there is that.

But now they have 2, count them 2, chances, to screw it up.

 

[Silky mitts]

Did the Hawks top draft pick play? If so how did he look

He looked to me like Evan Turner and you’d take at least picks 2-4 over him already

 

[usiel]

He looked to me like Evan Turner and you’d take at least picks 2-4 over him already

Actually not a bad comparison nice pull.

 

[Cush]

another airball from Sarr

 

[usiel]

another airball from Sarr

Airball tracker.

Not a great half so far. Scrambly.

 

[Cush]

they look terrible

 

[Cush]

Sarr

 

[Cush]

Nats take Seaver King, SS, Wake Forest

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Nats take Seaver King, SS, Wake Forest

My quick read on him it was a reach and not a good pick

 

[Cush]

O's take Vance Honeycutt, OF, UNC

Guy on ESPN says he was talking to other teams and they didn't want Baltimore to get Honeycutt because they'll "figure it out" (hitting)

O's take Griff O'Ferrall, SS, UVA

Baltimore is allergic to taking pitchers

 

[Cush]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/mlb-draft-2024-prospects-picks-order-results/wsfxcxUSuuwT/

Notes on Nationals draft pick Seaver King​

Seaver King met with the D.C. media and said he grew up playing with Nationals' prospect Brady House. He was at House's draft party in 2021 when King was a senior in high school. He said he thought he would go in the 12 to 24 range, but really liked his conversations with the Nationals at the combine.

He said playing on a team with fellow top-10 picks Chase Burns and Nick Kurtz at Wake gave him a foundation of how to push himself among other highly-touted talents that could be helpful in Washington, where James Wood and C.J. Abrams and MacKenzie Gore are already up, and center fielder Dylan Crews, the Nats’ first-round pick (number two overall) last year, will likely be up soon.

“You just surround yourself with the right people, and you, as a person, is going to grow, and as a player, just being around those guys who weren’t satisfied with being okay, weren’t satisfied with being the number one team ranked preseason. …. it was just awesome,” King said. “Constant work, and constant wanting to get better. It didn’t have anything to do with what anybody else thought of us; it was kind of what we thought of each other, and what we thought we could be.”

Nats take: Caleb Lomavita. C, California. (Another guy who swings at everything)

Nats take: Luke Dickerson, SS, Morris Knolls HS (NJ)

O's take: Ethan Anderson, C/1B, UVA

 

[Random schmoe]

Luke Dickerson is apparently a pretty good high school hockey player, his team won their state championship.

Luke Dickerson - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Luke Dickerson, 2005-08-09 Denville, NJ, USA USA. Most recently in the undefined with Morris Knolls High. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

I suspect they "reached" for King in order to sign him to an underslot deal, and use the savings for Dickerson who reportedly won't be easy to sign away from his UVA commitment.

Break.

"Note: Outfielder Griffin Burkholder, a standout at Freedom (South Riding) High, was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the second round with the 63rd pick. The West Virginia commit grabbed the attention of scouts with his rare blend of speed and power."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/07/14/seaver-king-nationals-mlb-draft/

 

[John Price]

 

[Random schmoe]

I was wishing I had known this was happening, it woulda been fun to see. (Especially when Gio Gonzalez came out to pitch.)

 

[Cappy76]

Good luck getting tickets for the bananas. I actually know a guy that plays on their party animals team and still can't get tickets.

 

[Cush]

Sarr aggressive early