Friday, July 29, 2016

A belated Draft Diary

Coming into the second day of the draft, my big board looked like this:
  • Belge
  • Thompson
  • Taylor
  • Hampson (goes slightly before I would have taken him)
  • Calica
  • Schmidt
  • York
  • Moseley
  • Jordan (goes in the 8th round to the Orioles)
  • Hammond

That all ends up going as follows:

  • Round 3, Pick 85- Jeff Belge (in real life he goes WAY later...the 32nd round... I'll end up with an extra pick next year, since Belge didn't sign)
  • Round 4, Pick 114- Keegan Thompson (In real life he went in the 33rd, and he didn't sign... I'm sad he doesn't sign)
  • Round 5, Pick 144- Kobie Taylor (In real life, he went in the 15th round, but signed for far more than the $100K slot... taking a $359K bonus. I'm thrilled to land him for that cost.
  • Round 6, Pick 174- Andrew Calica (he went in the 11th in real life, and signed for $100k).
  • Round 7, Pick 204- Clate Schmidt (he went in the 20th, and BA says he signed)
  • Round 8, Pick 234- Trey York (he goes in the 9th in real life, signing for $25k... I'm thrilled to add him)
  • Roung 9, Pick 264- Mitchell Jordan (he went to the A's in real life, 28 picks later, signing for $200k).
  • Round 10, Pick 294- Cooper Hammond- Went undrafted.

If I had it to do again, I'd move Logan Gray down a bit, so that I can snag Hampson. I'd move Moseley up a bit so that he ends up on my roster as well.

Dollar wise, I end up far under the bonus allotment, which actually makes me a little sad. I should have done a better job in making sure there was an injury risk or HS player I was really interested in.