2020 Official Draft Thread - Starting Tues 2/14

[Andrew]

I'm ready. I have my pick down to 2 players. Hopefully Jake makes my decision easier by picking one of them.

[Jake]

Pick is in. Syracuse selects SP C.J. DeGennaro.

The injury scares me, the lack of a 4th pitch scares me, but CJ was rated #1 from my scout in game and also my crappy excel formula. The choice came down between DeGennaro and Enrique "The Artist" Bernardi.

[Jake]

Also, I would love to trade back into the top 10.

I have available for package (not all of them in one, just throwing out some options):
2.1
3.1
Any.1
2021 2nd Round
SP Dave Matney
#18 Prospect OF Tom Friedman
#34 Prospect SS Pat Morgan
AAA OF Tom Patton
#49 Tristan Raimondi

[Sully]

My scout likes him, thinks he's capable of being a top of the rotation guy. You probably had it narrowed down to the two best SP in the draft.

[Guest]

I like Bernardi better because he looks to have improved from 2019 to 2020. Gave me a better feeling than DeGennaro who doesn't have a ton of stats backing him up.

That said, my scouts don't particularly like DeGennaro either. They've marked him as a back of the rotation guy. I have no idea whether to trust them or not though since this is my first draft with them.

[Andrew]

KC is going with C Erik MacDonough from Cal State Fullerton. It was between 'The Tornado' and another pitcher but ultimately we felt this was the safer pick. MacDonough may be the best hitter in this draft and has been putting up insane numbers in the NCAA.

[Sully]

MacDonough was the top hitter on our board. Nice pick.

[Hank]

Willing to trade down (#13 OV) for a 2nd and 3rd.
Hit me up if you're interested.

[Hank]

MacDonough was the top hitter on our board. Nice pick.

Same with mine. Looks like a great pick.

I'm not sure if it's OOTP17 or my scouts starting to lose it, but there are some prospects where he and OSA are off by 3 and even 4 points in some categories.

[Pat]

DeGennaro and MacDonough were my 1A and 1B. Probably would have gone MacDonough due to the injury and the lack of great two-way catchers these days.

[Sully]

Nevermind!

[Carlos]

Definite one and two. Good choices guys.

[liquidcrash]

I like the picks.

[Jake]

I like Bernardi better because he looks to have improved from 2019 to 2020. Gave me a better feeling than DeGennaro who doesn't have a ton of stats backing him up.

That said, my scouts don't particularly like DeGennaro either. They've marked him as a back of the rotation guy. I have no idea whether to trust them or not though since this is my first draft with them.

I agree... I wasn't ecstatic with my options. I'm a big intangible guy for pitchers and Bernardi's very low intelligence scared me off more than CJ's injury. I kept thinking back to about 20 years ago, passing on Travis DuFour because of an injury and DuFour going on to a very productive career.

Honestly, wouldn't have hated trading out of the pick.

[Guest]

Would like to trade up/get another 1st if anyone likes Ron Hammond.