4 Mariner Draft picks on day 1
with the desire to up their home grown infield talent going forward [good idea since 2nd base has been a black hole for a while now]
https://mlb.com/news/colt-emerson-drafted-no-22-by-mariners-in-2023-mlb-draft
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Thanks Taft!
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Can't wait for the 8 year process before any of these guys contribute!
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#itshardBleachedAnusDawg said:Can't wait for the 8 year process before any of these guys contribute!
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I like that they went for bigger dudes with some power potential.
It's at least 50:50 that any of these guys who flash will be trade bait anyways.BleachedAnusDawg said:Can't wait for the 8 year process before any of these guys contribute!
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Aidan Smith in the 4th gives them 4 high schoolers, not sure I can remember them taking so many so high. Certainly not since the bonus pools were implemented. Teddy McGraw's a really interesting 3rd rounder too as a first round talent battling injuries.
I like this draft a lot. We'll see if they can develop these HS bats. -
Back in the day when the draft went 50+ rounds, the percentage of players who signed a contract and made it to the bigs, even for 1 day, was around 10%. That is why I have never begrudged the money they make, especially since most of them never make it to free agency, with the average career lasting about 5 years...
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Well that and tim in the minor leagues is mostly hell.Fishpo31 said:Back in the day when the draft went 50+ rounds, the percentage of players who signed a contract and made it to the bigs, even for 1 day, was around 10%. That is why I have never begrudged the money they make, especially since most of them never make it to free agency, with the average career lasting about 5 years...
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The MLB website liked their draft: https://mlb.com/news/teams-with-best-hauls-in-2023-mlb-draft
This kind of draft also tells me Dipoto and the rest of the front office feel confident in their job security or else they would have gone after more college players. Of course they can still trade some of the H.S. talent in a year or two for MLB level talent to try to get over the hump but the point still (somewhat) stands. -
Yep that was my big takeaway too.HFNY said:The MLB website liked their draft: https://mlb.com/news/teams-with-best-hauls-in-2023-mlb-draft
This kind of draft also tells me Dipoto and the rest of the front office feel confident in their job security or else they would have gone after more college players. Of course they can still trade some of the H.S. talent in a year or two for MLB level talent to try to get over the hump but the point still (somewhat) stands.
I'm glad they went the route they did, it's a really interesting haul.
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I love the obvious plan to load up on hard throwing bullpen guys with nasty sliders. That's a great market to have a corner on. They'll flip a few of those guys within a couple of years to teams who then have to overpay for leverage relievers because they don't develop their own.dnc said:
Yep that was my big takeaway too.HFNY said:The MLB website liked their draft: https://mlb.com/news/teams-with-best-hauls-in-2023-mlb-draft
This kind of draft also tells me Dipoto and the rest of the front office feel confident in their job security or else they would have gone after more college players. Of course they can still trade some of the H.S. talent in a year or two for MLB level talent to try to get over the hump but the point still (somewhat) stands.
I'm glad they went the route they did, it's a really interesting haul.
The minors system was depleted in terms of potential impact bats and now it doesn't look to be. I love the two guys they got at 29 and 30. Big dudes with speed and power.
