We'll see which version the Rays encourage Taylor to embrace heading forward. He launched a career-high number of home runs, but he also struck out at a greater rate. Taylor had an uneven season that saw him trade his line-drive-hitting ways for more slugging. Taylor and Ledbetter both made our pre-draft top 30. 📺 » #HailState🐶 /KChaAEKLUm- Mississippi State Baseball February 22, 2023 Sure enough, the Colorado Rockies selected Dollander with the ninth overall pick.ī4 | That one got out of here in a hurry! with the 💣 He did finish the year strong for Tennessee, creating late buzz around the industry that he would still find himself taken within the top 10. He suffered through an uneven season that saw him battle his fastball command and tinker with a new slider with half as much sweep. How's that for a summer? Loser: Chase Dollanderĭollander, you may recall, came into the spring regarded as the top pitching prospect in the class. 51, White Sox) and first baseman Tre' Morgan (No. Not only did the Tigers win their first National Championship since 2009, but they also produced the top two picks in the draft, in Skenes and Crews, as well as three other top-100 selections: right-hander Ty Floyd (No. We suspect that head coach Jay Johnson's recruiting pitches are going to be easier to formulate after the past month. There's certainly risk with each profile - Lord knows there's a reason why other teams haven't rushed to embrace the two-way player in the wake of Shohei Ohtani's brilliance - but, so far as this analysis is concerned, we dig what the Giants did on Day 1. The Giants, for instance, ranked 17th in total bonus pool. There's also the matter of signing bonuses. 16 - and not just because all the premium talent is likely to be gone. That's a fair point in a vacuum, but even with additional picks in tow, it's tougher to land three quality prospects when your first pick is at No. You could argue that having three bites at the apple early on makes it too easy for a team to walk away with a class that looks good in comparison to everyone else. The Giants made three Day 1 selections: Nos.
Now, with that fine print out of the way, let's get to it. If you're picking that high in this draft, you better walk away a winner. Below, you'll find our perceived winners and losers from the draft.įor the sake of touching on new material, we've opted against including any of the teams who made selections in the top five. Even with that in mind, you have to understand that the content gods demand sustenance. Such is the nature of baseball, and such is the nature of drafts. Talk to any scout or scouting director worth their salt, and they'll confess that even the professionals miss often. The draft resumed with the third round on Monday afternoon, and then wrapped up with rounds 11-20 on Tuesday.Ī worthwhile piece of advice (that we are about to violate) is never judge a class too harshly during or right after the draft. 2, making this the first time in the history of the MLB draft that teammates have gone first and second overall. The Washington Nationals then selected LSU outfielder Dylan Crews at No. The Pittsburgh Pirates chose LSU right-hander Paul Skenes with the sixth No. Major League Baseball's 2023 amateur draft culminated on Tuesday, close to 48 hours after getting underway on Sunday night.
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