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Casey Mize- 1st overall - -
Jonathan India- 5th overall - -
Nick Madrigal- 4th overall - - Griffin Roberts
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Tim Cate - -
Matt Mclain (HS)- 25th overall (darn you Arizona!) - - Colton Eastman- Eastman is still around for pick 74.
- - Davis Martin
- - John Aiello
- - Matt Mercer
- - Zac Susi
- - Joe Demers
- - Nick Northcut (HS)- Went way off board for a high upside guy at pick 38
- - Tarik Skubal
- - Mickey Gasper- Senior sign from Bryant
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Jarren Duran- I was too low on him.. he went 220th - - Alonso Jones
Mize goes first as expected, meaning I'm hoping for Madrigal or India to slide to 7... and neither does.This means I'm grabbing Roberts much higher than anyone else would... and it opens up the chance to go above slot with my second pick.
The Diamondbacks grab the object of my over slot affection, and pick up Mclain... this leaves me either going wildly off the board, or pulling Northcut up way higher.
I'm going to go crazy, and take either Northcut or Ethan Hankins with my next pick.
Regarding Hankins... in previous draft years and diary, I've always put a high upside HSer in the mix for my 11th round pick.... I thought about making it Hankins this year, but figured he'd go WAY earlier than that. I regret that I didn't include him in this mix.
Singer and Kowar? Royals are having a day... then they picked Lynch, and I want to take back the nice thing I was about to say about them (Dayton Moore and I went to the same school... I love that guy... but don't love this pick).
Hankins comes off the board, and my remorse for not including him as an 11th round option disappears. Northcut is my next pick if he is there.
Pick 38- Northcut is the guy
Dayton Moore grabs Bubic... I always liked Dayton.
In hindsight, if Cate doesn't fall to me with my next pick, I'm going to view the Northcut thing as a panic move. I spent WAY too much time putting a big board together.... and I blew it up over a bad series of breaks.
Robert goes 43rd overall to St Louis... he'll immediately become a super star that leaves everyone asking 'why didn't my team get him?' See: Weaver, Luke.
Pick 65... Nationals confirm my panic move. Gah!
Pick 74 is Colton Eastman
Update 10-4-22- I never finished out this draft.
Pick 84 would be Davis Martin.
Aiello would be pick 111
Matt Mercer would be pick 141
Zac Susi would be pick 171
Joe Demers would be pick 201 Tarik Skubal is pick 231
Mickay Gaspar is pick 271
