2021 Draft Utility is live - Draft clock starts Thursday 4/27

[Nemesis]

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...ayer_5088.html

Anyone have any thoughts on RF Ricky Arias?

[Pat]

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...ayer_5088.html

Anyone have any thoughts on RF Ricky Arias?

He had been near the top of my board for the last round or so. I like the pick.

His 2020 season was very impressive before the injury. Not that his 2021 was bad, but quite a drop off after the elbow injury. His lack of range hurts him in the outfield, though. Average on the bases. High intelligence but low work ethic. Was able to perform at a high level this year with poor team chemistry. Not listed on either the NCAA Top 20 players or the NCAA Top 100 prospects.

His skill set reminds me a lot of Izzy Briseno - http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...ayer_9135.html

Maybe not quite that potential but that type of player. Good eye, power and arm, below average contact and range. RH flyball hitter.


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Seattle takes Miami SP Greyson McLeod. Hits 99MPH on the gun and has the best your momma jokes.

[Hank]

Are you sure your clock didn't run out?

Sometimes it may seem like it had not, but it will stop you from drafting.

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That could very well have been the case too.
Just let it be known that if Pratt fails to develop it's OOTP's fault and if he turns out to be an everyday player, it was my extraordinary intellect at work.

[Guest]

I think some levels don't track all stats from utility and game so some with formulas may be off.

For example, the utility tracks bWAR but the game does not.

edit: I mean bWS, not bWAR

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Pretty sure Carlos hit the nail on the head. This issue only crops up for College players and not High School players.

I believe it's because the reported stats in the Draft Pool are career stats and any College player played in High School and College. So you're seeing his combined stats. You can't have normalizing stats like WRC+ and OPS+ over a career between HS and College as the competition/park effect is way different at those levels. Something like wOBA will translate because it doesn't involve normalization of some sort.

tldr An OPS+ of 100 in High School is not the same as an OPS+ of 100 in College, so that stat is rendered useless for career stats of College players in the draft pool.

[Z]

Pleased to draft third baseman Frederick Ray here in the late third round.

I might have something here.

Last year, the University of Texas infielder batted only .188 with two home runs and 20 RBI with a .596 OPS in a full season of work.

Then my scout reported increases in Ray's contact and power at the plate before this college season started.

In this college regular season, Ray hit for a .299 average with 12 home runs and 50 RBI with a 1.015 OPS. In ten postseason games, he hit .294 with three homers, 11 runs batted in, and a 1.017 OPS.

The stats would suggest my scout is correct about Ray making a positive change from 2020 to 2021.

To get a third baseman who can hit in the third round would be a nice bargain.

[Nemesis]

He had been near the top of my board for the last round or so. I like the pick.

His 2020 season was very impressive before the injury. Not that his 2021 was bad, but quite a drop off after the elbow injury. His lack of range hurts him in the outfield, though. Average on the bases. High intelligence but low work ethic. Was able to perform at a high level this year with poor team chemistry. Not listed on either the NCAA Top 20 players or the NCAA Top 100 prospects.

His skill set reminds me a lot of Izzy Briseno - http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...ayer_9135.html

Maybe not quite that potential but that type of player. Good eye, power and arm, below average contact and range. RH flyball hitter.


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Seattle takes Miami SP Greyson McLeod. Hits 99MPH on the gun and has the best your momma jokes.

Thanks for the analysis of him.

Where do you see the NCAA Top 20 and NCAA Top 100?

[Pat]

Thanks for the analysis of him.

Where do you see the NCAA Top 20 and NCAA Top 100?

In game, if you go to those league pages at the top instead of BLB, you can find the rankings/prospect on the drop down.

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Montreal's last pick of 2B Chris Dias is really good. OSA has him 65547. He wasn't even on my radar.

[Andrew]

The draft clock is all screwed up. It says pawtucket has 8+ hours to pick

[Pat]

The draft clock is all screwed up. It says pawtucket has 8+ hours to pick

It said something like that when you were on the clock, too. It's when players are set to draft from list and their list is out....it has a different clock?

[BradZ]

The draft clock is all screwed up. It says pawtucket has 8+ hours to pick

Fixed. This happens whenever a team is set to List Pick but the list is empty.

[Jake]

There's one guy left I really like, and I'm positive funclown is going to auto pick him.

[Guest]

How can you sleep tight, missing early 3rd Round picks in the BLB??

In 48 minutes this post is gonna haunt you.

[Guest]

I should've said something an hour earlier. :P

[Sharkn20]

I should've said something an hour earlier. :P

I never miss a pick or a SIM, learn that Padawan.

[Z]

With the 99th overall pick I decided to roll the dice on high school pitcher Zack Nall.

He had a middling high school career that included a major shoulder injury.

That being said, he rates 6/5/6 per OSA, throws 95 MPH already, and still has room to grow.

Considering the average high school team scores 9.6 runs per game, it's hard to put the high school stats into a strong context anyway. I'll make an upside pick instead.