4. Marlins – J.J. Bleday, RF, Vanderbilt The Marlins seem like they would take Bleday if things play out this way. New scouting director D.J. Svihlik coached him at Vanderbilt. The rumor in scouting circles is that Derek Jeter likes Abrams, but the shortstop isn’t available in this scenario and Jeter isn’t expected to assert himself in the draft. Texas prep 3B Brett Baty is the rumored underslot option here. Trending more and more to Bleday being the guy
The “rumors” that Jeter loves Abrams sounds like total bullshit to me Last can’t-miss high school player (albeit a pitcher) we drafted was Tyler Kolek at #2, and we all know how that went
How many #FutureFish do we have with the Shrimp? The kid started baseball this spring and it might be time for him to develop a favorite player.
Handful id say P: Sixto, Guzman, Yamamoto Hitters: Sierra, Dunand Sixto alone is worth the price of admission, but if he keeps pitching like he did tonight idk how long he’ll be with them
exactly. you have hope that good things will happen to the marlins prospects. it's nice you still have that naivety.
Yeah I guess, I mean which highly drafted guys do we have in the minors that are doing well right now besides Rogers
He and Rogers are still another year or 2 away But boy we’ve got some very nice pitching options in the minors We really need to focus on bats this year and we’ll get the luxury of the top pick next year
Yeah was looking ahead, a couple solid bats but really wish we could tank for a Bryce Harper/Manny Machado type
I haven’t even looked towards next year, is there a consensus #1? Isn’t there some big time hitter out of Cali?
Nothing too solid just yet, but most talk has been about Torkelson, a RH 1B from ASU Bailey, a SH catcher from Georgia was getting some hype before Couple solid HS OFs but nothing sticking out so far
Just looked up Torkelson’s stats As a a freshman: .320 25 hrs So far as a sohp: .350 19hrs Not too shabby
Hopefully we have somebody down there molding him into having a resemblance of an actual plate approach, we all know the physical talent is there