Brewerfan.net 2017 Community Mock Draft

[reillymcshane]

Welcome to the Brewerfan.net 2017 Community Mock Draft.

 

Draft Order and Date of Selection

 

1 - Tuesday, May 30 - Minnesota Twins - Kyle Wright, RHP, Vanderbilt

2 - Wednesday, May 31 - Cincinnati Reds - Brendan McKay, LHP/1B, Louisville

3 - Thursday, June 1 - San Diego Padres - Hunter Greene, RHP/SS, Notre Dame (Calif.) HS

4 - Friday, June 2 - Tampa Bay Rays - Royce Lewis - SS/OF, JSerra Catholic (Calif.) HS

5 - Monday, June 5 - Atlanta Braves - MacKenzie Gore, LHP, Whiteville (N.C.) HS

6 - Tuesday, June 6 - Oakland Athletics - Pavin Smith, 1B, Virginia

7 - Wednesday, June 7 - Arizona Diamondbacks - Adam Haseley, OF, Virginia

8 - Thursday, June 8 - Philadelphia Phillies - J.B. Bukauskas, RHP, North Carolina

9 - Friday, June 9 - Milwaukee Brewers - Jo Adell, OF, Ballard (Ky.) HS

 

On the date listed of each pick, simply post the name of the person you think will get picked. Do not pick who you want to select, or who you think is the best selection for that team. The idea is to predict the actual pick that the club would make at that time. The player with the most votes will be selected for that slot. Once a player is off the board, he can not be selected again.

 

I will update this thread every day once each pick is made, so the name of the person drafted is in the list above.

 

IMPORTANT: I am not asking you to submit a Top 10 list or any kind of list. This is like a real draft. On the day a pick is due, you come to the thread, and submit the pick for that day’s team only. So only May 30, you go online, go to the thread, hit REPLY and type in something like “Minnesota selects Hunter Greene at #1.” Or “1.1 - Brendan McKay”. You are welcome (even encouraged) to offer your opinion as to why you have made the pick - but you don’t have to.

 

Take a look at last year’s thread if you have questions: viewtopic.php?f=69&t=34036

 

Otherwise, the best resource for the draft is the official BF.net Draft Thread - viewtopic.php?f=69&t=34173 - I encourage people to read this thread (especially the more recent posts) as there is a lot of conversations about specific prospects, links to mock drafts, etc.

 

Notes:

 

We are just doing the top nine picks - through Milwaukee. I thought it would be fun to build to the Brewer selection up to the actual draft day.

 

I’ve avoided drafting on the weekend - except the final pick - the Brewer pick. We’ll have three full days to make the Brewer pick - thus letting as many people as possible participate in that momentous moment.

 

I encourage people to come back every day - but if you miss a day or two or three - no big deal. Just come and jump back into making that day’s selection.

 

If you have questions, just post them on the thread.

 

Thanks.

[And That]

I'll do the honors...

 

1.1 - Kyle Wright

[reillymcshane]

I'll do the honors...

 

1.1 - Kyle Wright

Thank you!

[JDBrewCrew]

1.1 Kyle Wright

[Austin Tatious]

I have seen the Twins linked to Wright so I will agree 1.1 Wright.

 

I think he has potential to be an upper echelon starter. He is a college guy, and particularly from a Vandy program that's done a nice job producing starting pitchers.

 

If it were me, I would take Hunter Greene, though. He's just too electric. Wright may be safer but there is tremendous upside with Greene.

[trwi7]

1.1 Kyle Wright

[3and2Fastball]

With the 1st Pick in the 2017 MLB Draft, Minnesota selects Brendan McKay

[Oxy]

1.1 Hunter Greene

[Eye Black]

Last year was a good example of just how fluid the last couple of weeks leading up to the MLB draft can prove to be. Last year none of our first 3 picks were selected in the top 5, and 4 of the top 8 picks in our mock fell out of the top 10: Kyle Lewis (#11), Jason Groome (#12), Blake Rutherford (#18), and Delvin Perez (#23). We did correctly nail one selection, Zack Collins going #10 to the White Sox. So as much as things seem to be firming up, it still remains a bit of a crap-shoot at this point.

 

Now on to the Twins. The Twins took one of my favorite players selected in last year's first round, Alex Kirilloff. Last year they took 4 players in the first two rounds, all high schoolers. Over the past four drafts they have seemingly had more success among their early round selections with high school players (Nick Gordon, Byron Buxton, Jose Berrios) than college players (Tyler Jay, Nick Burdi, Ryan Eades, Luke Bard). This of course isn't a perfect narrative since Kohl Stewart has struggled after being the #4 pick in the 2013 draft out of high school.

 

Of course past performance probably doesn't mean all that much in terms of future decision making in the draft. Still, whatever the Twins' draft philosophy of the past has been, it shouldn't change too significantly this year. The Twins did appoint a new scouting director this past off season, but he has been with the organization since 2002 and the previous scouting director is still within the organization as well.

 

With two weeks to go until this years draft so much can change from this point forward. The Twins have had some success developing teenagers. While I personally may encourage the Twins to take a college pitcher such as Wright or McKay, I sense a high school player coming with the selection. Hunter Greene appears a likely selection for a team choosing the best high school talent, but I think there might be more than just smoke to the rumors that Greene is angling to make a deal with the Padres. That leaves a talented high school player who has been occasionally rumored as a dark horse for the #1 overall pick for a couple of months now...

 

1.1 Minnesota Twins - Royce Lewis (CF/IF)

[madbad2000]

1.1 Hunter Greene - Twins are not shy about top tier HS talent. Greene is definitely that.

[WV Brew]

Twins-Sam Carlson. Mauer skews old, they need a new Gopher symbol.

[MilwaukeeBeers]

1.1 Royce Lewis

[streetsahead]

1.1 Brendan McKay, I think they go with the him as a pitcher, while still being able to fall back to 1b if things don't pan out on the mound.

[IndyCrew]

1.1: Hunter Greene

[Never Outhustled]

1.1: Kyle Wright

[ZBTMP]

Twins select Kyle Wright at 1-1.

 

Hunter Greene price tag to the Twins and risk will outweigh his upside. Im guessing Wright will settle for less cash. I think the Twins prefer Wright as a pitcher over McKay but really I have no idea.

[JosephC]

1.1 Brendan McKay

[patrickgpe]

Twins select Brendan McKay

[reillymcshane]

Twins go with Kyle Wright at 1.1.

[reillymcshane]

The Minnesota Twins select RHP Kyle Wright from Vanderbilt with the top pick in the draft.

 

The Cincinatti Reds are on the clock. You have until the end of the day on Wednesday, May 31, to make your selection for Cincy.

 

The results for Minnesota's pick are as follows:

 

Wright - 7 votes

McKay - 4 votes

Greene - 3 votes

Lewis - 2 votes

Carleson - 1 votes

[And That]

1.2 - MacKenzie Gore

 

Reds cut a slightly underslot deal to take advantage of large bonus pool.

[trwi7]

1.2 Brendan McKay

[Eye Black]

The Reds moment of the year in 2016 was reliever Michael Lorenzen's home run following his father's passing.

 

It isn't exactly a candidate for the newest market inefficiency, but the Reds now have a chance to add another pitcher who could be a dual threat with the bat... or else a player they could develop as their future 1B to man the opposite IF corner spot of last year's #2 selection, Nick Senzel.

 

The Reds also reportedly had 7 scouts present at the ACC tournament last week which seems like a lot even if it was nearby.

 

1.2 Cincinnati Reds: Brendan McKay, LHP/1B, Univ. of Louisville

[MilwaukeeBeers]

Reds-1.2 Brendan McKay

[JosephC]

1.2 - Hunter Greene