OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: Congrats to the Houston Cheaters on their win

[Empoleon8771]

LMFAO

 

[Gallatin]

Texas @ #3 goes with Kumar!!!

 

[ImporterExporter]

HOLY f***! ROCKER GOES TO TEXAS.

Leiter must have some sway lol.

 

[dogthateats]

Wow Rocker at 3!

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Rocker 3rd overall? Unexpected.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Drafting Rocker at #3 is going to either be a genius move or a completely stupid one.

That's a massive benefit for the Pirates though, having Rocker somehow go above them really helps them get a better bat here.

 

[Gallatin]

This Draft is sure off to a fun start. Lots of good options here.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Wonder if it's a decent underslot deal. Really surprising, and bodes even better for us cutting a big deal. If we go Neto, I'm going to be really disappointed unless we get Cade Horton at 36.

 

[Gallatin]

Wonder if it's a decent underslot deal. Really surprising, and bodes even better for us cutting a big deal. If we go Neto, I'm going to be really disappointed unless we get Cade Horton at 36.

I don't want Neto either.

 

[sovietsanta87]

Rocker is a career bullpen arm IMO.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Longenhagen just said in his chat that we're taking Johnson. I'm thrilled with this result.

 

[dogthateats]

 

[Gallatin]

 

[ImporterExporter]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! THANK YOU SWEET JESUS.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Hit tool reigns supreme, and it seems like we're also going to move into the pole position with slot space.

 

[TotesTorts]

Tamarr Johnson’s Peguero’s replacement I’m back - Oniel Cruz

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Love this kid already. So humble.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Johnson ceiling is a HOF bat. Devers - current. Cano - past guy. Plenty of game/BP videos out there. GREAT work ethic and baseball junkie.

Man, this was a pick that I (we) really needed.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I also love that he excels at school. Means he is a dedicated person.

 

[Empoleon8771]

The only thing that slightly concerns me with Johnson is that I've seen mediocre reviews of his defense, but his bat tool is downright insane.

I think he and Gonzalez are fairly similar in that sense.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Longenhagen said he doesn't think Termarr will cut much of a deal, FWIW.

I don't care too much. I think there's a decent bit of a gap between Johnson and Green/Collier in terms of risk. Say what you will about moving to 2B, but hit tool = floor, and floor is the appeal to the college players. Collier is nice, but his swing needs work and his position is also murky. Green would be an enormous risk.

I think just setting side slot stuff, Johnson was the best case scenario for us, and ideally, we stick him at 2B and get him moving through the minors pretty quickly.

 

[xlm34]

Seems like a confident kid from his interview. I like having a little swagger in the lineup.

 

[TNT87]

Very pleased with the selection.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

I still can't get over Rocker at 3. The Rangers must be really confident in his medicals, or perhaps they have a serious underslot deal in place, because I was thinking there's a reasonable chance that he doesn't get drafted at all today.

For me, whatever we do now is gravy. Take what the board gives you -- if it's college hitters, then do that, but it sure would be nice if we somehow had Chase DeLauter fall to us and snagged one of the projectable prep Ps.

 

[ImporterExporter]

I thought it'd be Collier but obviously wanted, along with DJ and others, Johnson at 4. Really, really happy right now.

Definitely agree, given he was mocked as high as 1, that we'll probably only shave a little off the slot, if any. I'm hoping for 6.5 (about 500k) but if it is slot, who cares, as DJ said.

The best HS bat in the draft and if you believe the projections, the best bat period.