Year after year, I picked up guys who didn't sign. It's tough as a casual fan because of the obvious information asymmetry (teams clearly know more about whether a player will sign and how much he'll require than I do, since I'm nothing more than a random fan).
Anyway, here's the order of players I had coming into the draft, along with the detail of how things went:
My top targets
Rhett Lowder- Went 7th to CinKyle Teel- Went 14 to BosEnrique Bradfield- Went 17 to Bal- Charlee Soto- ***Drafted with the 25th pick (in the real, he went 34th to Min)
Jacob Wilson- Went 6 to Oak- Tanner Witt Drafted with the 96th pick. In reality he went in the 18th round to Baltimore, and I'm guessing he won't sign... but Soto and Witt as a top 2, especially when I don't have a 2nd round pick to work with... is pretty great.
Matt Shaw- Went 16 to ChNAlex Clemmey- Went 58th to Cle (This one hurt... the idea of a Soto/Clemmey combo to start the draft would have been amazing).Sean Sullivan- Went 46th to ColTravis Homeyman- Went 90 to Stl.Cal Fisher- Skipping because he wasn't drafted- Luke Shliger- Drafted with the 128th pick in the draft (in reality he went 180 to SF)
- William Privette- Draft with the 191st pick (in reality he went 381 to Tex)
Pitcher Interruption
Juaron Brown-Watts- Went 89 to TorKiefer Lord- Went 86 to BalKade Morris- Went 101 to NYMJason Savacool- Went 185 to Stl.
Back to the draft
Justin Riemer- Went 133 to BostonMJ Seo- Skipped because he wasn't draftedCam Clayton- Skipped because he wasn't draftedAndrew Walters- Went 62 to CleCam Minacci- Went 174 to LAA- Jeron Williams- Picked with the 221st pick (in reality he went to HOU at 284)
Connor Burns- Went 141 to CinChristian Kapcyk- Went 161 to Cle- Jordan Smith- Picked with the 251st pick (in reality he wasn't drafted, but he's a GMU guy, so I'm OK with it)
Hiro Wyatt- Went 75th overall (I was SUPER low on him)
In the 11th round, I'm taking Grant Gray. I doubt he will sign, but it lets me get to know him (and puts him high on my list for 2026)
And here is the list of seniors I was keeping an eye on
- David Smith- Picked with the 311th pick (in reality he went 410th to Detroit... I'm like having he and Compton both as a way to save a few bucks for Witt and/or Grant Gray
- Drew ComptonPicked with the 281st pick (in reality he signed with Braves as an undrafted FA)
- Jake Gustin- Picked with the 431st pick (in reality he went undrafted)
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