No need to overstate the obvious of how good this news is. Before that weird ceremony, I was thinking that I'd gladly just opt out and stick with our pick (easy to say with a top-3 pick), but it does seem like there could be a top tier forming with Crews and Dollander.
I haven't really done that much more than half-assedly read about the draft, but it's a little too early for me to conclude that, as basically with the draft, performance can swing how it actually looks next summer, and injuries loom large especially for pitchers. The people who like Dollander really like him (I think Prospects Live has him 1.1 and is over the moon about him), but to me, unless his somehow takes a step back, Crews is the very obvious choice.
He was already a top-10 talent out of HS and has crushed it at LSU. He's basically an all-around threat who will provide plus defense in a corner OF spot with power, speed, and a good hit tool. He'll move pretty quickly and is exactly the kind of pick that would fit in well with where the organization is at (he also plays CF now in college, and IMO will be a real slam dunk 1.1 if everybody is fully sold on him at CF for a while in MLB, as that's basically young George Springer...). There are a couple of prep guys who people seem to like, but I don't even think that should be an option at 1.1. The only other sense I've gotten is that the top group of college hitters is really stacked, which is why a pick in the 3-6 zone wouldn't have been a disaster.
There might be some makings for another Davis type situation where money is spread to later picks, but it's too early to ballpark that kind of thing. Getting the pick is also pretty important for determining the draft pool. It would have been a pretty decent blow to the whole thing had we moved down to 6-9, because then unless I misunderstand the process, all of our other picks in later rounds are also in that slot. Now we're at the top of the rounds. Not a total dominant position due to our competitive balance pick being in round B (essentially the start of round 3), but no way to complain about the best case scenario.
