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Art Deco · 09-19-2020, 10:50 PM

It's draft time again, and this year we had the 31st overall pick along with a supplemental first rounder (37th overall) for losing Rafael Devers to free agency.

Here are the players from the top 5 rounds:

1st round, 31st overall: 18-year-old switch-hitting RF Kevin Schell, West Valley City UT. Tools? He has tools. Potential 75 power, already has a 70 outfield arm, and a potential 60 eye. Contact as always with these types is an issue. And if he makes the team while we still have Nick Schnell it will be a lot of fun keeping those two straight.

1st round (supplemental), 37th overall: 22-year-old RHB SS Dane Ayres, Ohio State. Does a lot of things well, polished player. Already a 70 LF should he move there, sure-handed, 75 baserunner, potential 55 contact, potential 60 power. Could move quickly.

2nd round, 71st overall: 18-year-old Eddie Waun LHB CF from Winterset, IA. More tools. 70 outfield range, potential 70 HR & gap power, potential 60 eye, 70 basestealer & 70 baserunner, again he'll go as far as he can make contact.

3rd round, 99th overall: 18-year Joe Dameron, RHB CF from Gainesville, FL. 70 arm, 60 range in CF, potential 70 eye and 60 avoid Ks, 50 power and 60 baserunner.

4th round, 129th overall: 20-year-old Jon Whiteleather RHP from Monterey Peninsula JUCO. Projected as a closer, he throws 97-99 and has 4.5-star potential with potential 70 stuff. Could also move quickly if he harnesses it.

5th round, 160th overall: 18-year-old Yuuto Uehara, RHP from Benedictine High School via Japan. Has a legit fastball and a pretty good forkball, which you don't see often. He's 94-96 with decent-average stuff, but he has a wide repertoire of pitches. A real boom or bust pick.

Overall thoughts: Last couple of drafts I've loaded up on power-hitting HS OFers, and the hope here is that a couple of them turn out to be the real deal. A little lighter on pitching than I've hoped, but we have quite a few potential aces in the pipeline (Mack Anglin, Christian Little, Jack Leiter, Andy Aparicio and Billy Tacuri) so I'd like to also develop some bats.

09-19-2020, 10:50 PM	#248
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,501	The 2025 Amateur Draft It's draft time again, and this year we had the 31st overall pick along with a supplemental first rounder (37th overall) for losing Rafael Devers to free agency. Here are the players from the top 5 rounds: 1st round, 31st overall: 18-year-old switch-hitting RF Kevin Schell, West Valley City UT. Tools? He has tools. Potential 75 power, already has a 70 outfield arm, and a potential 60 eye. Contact as always with these types is an issue. And if he makes the team while we still have Nick Schnell it will be a lot of fun keeping those two straight. 1st round (supplemental), 37th overall: 22-year-old RHB SS Dane Ayres, Ohio State. Does a lot of things well, polished player. Already a 70 LF should he move there, sure-handed, 75 baserunner, potential 55 contact, potential 60 power. Could move quickly. 2nd round, 71st overall: 18-year-old Eddie Waun LHB CF from Winterset, IA. More tools. 70 outfield range, potential 70 HR & gap power, potential 60 eye, 70 basestealer & 70 baserunner, again he'll go as far as he can make contact. 3rd round, 99th overall: 18-year Joe Dameron, RHB CF from Gainesville, FL. 70 arm, 60 range in CF, potential 70 eye and 60 avoid Ks, 50 power and 60 baserunner. 4th round, 129th overall: 20-year-old Jon Whiteleather RHP from Monterey Peninsula JUCO. Projected as a closer, he throws 97-99 and has 4.5-star potential with potential 70 stuff. Could also move quickly if he harnesses it. 5th round, 160th overall: 18-year-old Yuuto Uehara, RHP from Benedictine High School via Japan. Has a legit fastball and a pretty good forkball, which you don't see often. He's 94-96 with decent-average stuff, but he has a wide repertoire of pitches. A real boom or bust pick. Overall thoughts: Last couple of drafts I've loaded up on power-hitting HS OFers, and the hope here is that a couple of them turn out to be the real deal. A little lighter on pitching than I've hoped, but we have quite a few potential aces in the pipeline (Mack Anglin, Christian Little, Jack Leiter, Andy Aparicio and Billy Tacuri) so I'd like to also develop some bats.