[Art Deco]

Drafted SS Robbie Salazar in the 2028 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 31, 31st overall pick).
Drafted RF Jose Sandoval in the 2028 first-year player draft (Supplemental Round 1, Pick 4, 36th overall pick).
Drafted SP Jim Beasley in the 2028 first-year player draft (Supplemental Round 1, Pick 5, 37th overall pick).
Drafted RF Danny Melendez in the 2028 first-year player draft (Supplemental Round 1, Pick 6, 38th overall pick).
Drafted SP Kevin Epperly in the 2028 first-year player draft (Supplemental Round 1, Pick 7, 39th overall pick).
Drafted SP Mike Keck in the 2028 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 31, 70th overall pick).
Drafted C Chris Mangialardi in the 2028 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 25, 98th overall pick).
Drafted SP Sincere DuBose in the 2028 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 27, 126th overall pick).
Drafted CF Steve Huber in the 2028 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 29, 157th overall pick).
Drafted SP Alex Covarrubias in the 2028 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 29, 187th overall pick).

So we had all these supplemental 1st round picks this year thanks to all the free agents we lost last offseason (Franco, Hiura, Marsh, Manning), giving us 5 of top 39 overall picks. Wish this were the NFL where I could package several of these to move up, but it ain't, so we ended up with some good players but nobody that really got me excited. This year's draft did not seem as deep as last season's. Our top pick, Salazar, is a HS SS out of Georgia who has potential 55-60 gap power, and a potential 75 eye, but 45 contact.

Sandoval is a 6'6" power-hitting prospect from high school in Puerto Rico with decent speed and a cannon arm for a RF.

Beasley is a college starter (Illinois) who's a power sinkerballer whose ceiling is mid-rotation (Metzler, our scout) or #2 (OSA).

Melendez is a high-school RF who profiles as a pure hitter, with potential 65-80 contact and 55-60 power.

Epperly is interesting, a high-school LHP who has potential 70 movement and 70 control but 45 stuff as an extreme ground-baller who throws 89-91. We better shore up the defense by the time he gets here.

Our 2nd round pick Keck is similar to Epperly except he's a RHP and has a bit more velocity but profiles as another worm-killer.

Mangialardi is a good-hitting catcher out of HS with 55 potential contact and power, and 75 potential gap power.

HSer DuBose is a potential middle to back-end starter who also has a groundball profile, although he throws in the mid-90s. Control could be an issue with him.

Huber is a HS CF who projects to have decent power and contact with good bat speed and Metzler sees him as a starting CF down the line.

Covarrubias is a finesse righty from Georgia Tech (hey it's the 6th round).