2015 BLB Amateur Draft Beginning Fri 01/22

[Z]

Drafted Ed Blue as my first manual pick, lets hope it wasnt too early to draft him, what do you think guys?

He was on my remaining list. Looks like a good pick to me.

[Delandis]

Took a long look at him but in the end went with my scout's recommendation and work ethic.

[PaulC]

Scout

Well let's see how much my scout is worth?!

He had Tripp rated as an 8 for power. Here's hoping he comes close to that potential.

[liquidcrash]

Tripp was a guy I was talking about earlier. My scout sees him as a huge power bat, just raves about him in the scouting report. OSA isn't anywhere close to where my scout is. Had a big first year, but nothing special in the past two. Still, I might have taken a shot on him at 2.13 if he was still on the board.

[Z]

Tripp intrigued my scout, though not to the level of your scouts, apparently.

[Delandis]

Got home and now I see why I picked Witt.

Looking at his stats, I think that his patience at the plate is real and my scout thinks he's better offensively, and much better defensively than advertised by OSA.

[Z]

I like the Lujan selection for Dallas. He was on my list.

[Sharkn20]

I like the Lujan selection for Dallas. He was on my list.

Was a last hour addition, my scout likes him more than OSA but his stats are very good, let's see if he matches his scout projection

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[liquidcrash]

Struggled with that selection, as most of the guys I still liked came off the board since the last time I picked.

Ended up going with Dave Koehler, a High School SP. Not thrilled about it, but both my scout and OSA give him a 7 for control (5-4-7). He's put up some good strikeout numbers in high school, so I'm hoping his stuff will progress. Or his movement. Something. He's also got decent ratings for a 17 year old.

[mike]

Went with Ron Blankenship C with this pick. Decided to go Gardner over Tripp with the last pick since there were a few C remaining that I liked. Ended up getting my number 2 target with Blankenship.

Got another pick coming up and I won't make it until I get home tonight.

[PaulC]

What Could Have Been

I struggled between Tripp and Koehler. I guess I should have went the other way around. I was hoping to get both this round. Not sure that is good for you, that we had the same thoughts. I found the control 7 to be very intriguing.

[Z]

Delandis must really trust his scout.

[Delandis]

Delandis must really trust his scout.

It looks like he did pretty well last year (even in the later rounds), so I'm going to trust his judgement.

[Z]

It looks like he did pretty well last year, so I'm going to trust his judgement.

Using a second round pick on a guy OSA rates as 2 contact potential and who hit .239 as a bench player in high school looks like an enormous vote of confidence in your scout.

[liquidcrash]

I struggled between Tripp and Koehler. I guess I should have went the other way around. I was hoping to get both this round. Not sure that is good for you, that we had the same thoughts. I found the control 7 to be very intriguing.

Well, at least there's 2 of us on the same page. If you had gone the other way, I probably would have gone with Tripp, since my scout is so high on him.

Went with Koehler primarily because of that 7 control. I didn't see any obvious BLB starting caliber players on the board, and he has one elite skill. Worth a shot.