Official 2019 Draft thread

[Juliooooo]

Good news and bad news.

Good news...We drafted a position player!

Bad news...hes not even ranked in Baseball America top 500

Money saving pick for the HS pitchers they drafted in rounds 6 and 7

[rockycola]

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M's draft #2012 - Johnny Bench he wasn't, DeCarlo should be released, *Diaz* the Comet, and 3 guys that tasted coffee in the show

JR 1 2012 3 Zunino, Mike C - we all know how this story goes.............
JR 2 2012 64 DeCarlo, Joe Catcher, 3B,1B -Truly sucking for the 2019 Arkansas Travelers - .147 / .235 \ .18 \ .416
JR 3 2012 98 Diaz, Edwin RHP - Love ya always, Sugar! You gave us thrills and a 2018 season of highlights to always remember fondly
JR CB 2012 126 Pike, Tyler LHP - now playing like crap for the independent 2019 Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks
JR 4 2012 131 Kivlehan, Patrick 3B - still trying, 9th organization (Seattle twice), with Toronto's AA or AAA right now
JR 5 2012 161 Taylor, Chris SS - Ace utility baseball player for the Dodgers
JR 6 2012 191 Lopes, Tim SS - Here, gone, back again, looks ready..........then that 4 error game.....
JR 7 2012 221 Ard, Taylor 1B - He hit 30 HR's in an Indy league in 2015. Big dude, former WSU Cougar.
JR 8 2012 251 Halamandaris, Nick 1B Unsigned
JR 9 2012 281 McGruder, Jamodrick 2B
JR 10 2012 311 Wood, Grady RHP
JR 11 2012 341 Brito, Kristian 1B
JR 12 2012 371 Faulkner, Michael CF
JR 13 2012 401 Hauser, Blake RHP
JR 14 2012 431 Hebert, Brock 2B
JR 15 2012 461 Pizzano, Dario OF now with the Double A Mets
JR 16 2012 491 Leone, Dominic RHP - pleasant memory, then June 3, 2015: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Welington Castillo, Gabriel Guerrero and Jack Reinheimer to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Vidal Nuno III and Mark Trumbo.

[rockycola]

Good news and bad news.

Good news...We drafted a position player!

Bad news...hes not even ranked in Baseball America top 500

Round #9, Pick #276, unranked
Salvatore, Mike
Florida State (FL)
SS - R/R - 4YR SR
6' 0 186lbs - DOB:12/27/96

Just one more pick today. 30 picks tomorrow. I won't be following.

[Hasslecracked]

Mike Salvatore, INF, Florida State
Source: 4YR • Ht: 6-0 • Wt: 186 • B-T: R-R • Commitment/Drafted: Reds '15 (19)

A 19th-round pick of the Reds coming out of high school, Salvatore spent two years at Northwest Florida JC, before becoming Florida State’s starting shortstop in 2018. Salvatore is batting .323/.415/.526 with 31 extra-base hits. He is applauded for excellent, gamer-like makeup with contact skills. While he plays shortstop, scouts view him more as a second base or third base due to limited range. He should be a solid senior sign./i]

[bpj]

Awesome, now we have Corey Seager's brother and Hunter Bishop's brother.

[rockycola]

Good news and bad news.

Good news...We drafted a position player!

Bad news...hes not even ranked in Baseball America top 500

Round #9, Pick #276, unranked
Salvatore, Mike
Florida State (FL)
SS - R/R - 4YR SR
6' 0 186lbs - DOB:12/27/96

Senior shortstop Mike Salvatore

Salvatore has helped himself more than any other player on FSU's roster this season with regard to draft stock.

He entered his senior season with minimal draft consideration after batting .244 with only 10 extra-base hits and 27 RBI in his first season at FSU in 2018.

He's hit .337 this season -- the second-best average on the team among starters -- and added some newfound power with seven homers, 48 RBI and a .543 slugging percentage, also second-best among the everyday starters.

"A year ago, I don't think there was a whole lot of talk about Mike Salvatore," Cahill said.

"No one went crazy about him because it's not a huge toolset like you're getting with Flowers or Mendoza, but it's significant that he's had the season that he's had. I do think he's helped himself."

Salvatore also stepped back into the shortstop role he held last year midway through this season and has proven to be an above-average defensive shortstop at this level.

Salvatore doesn't have the leverage of returning to school the three juniors have and that will affect his potential signing bonus, but he'll get a shot that was hardly guaranteed at this time last year.

"He can play a variety of positions in the infield and he's a nice solid defender," Cahill said.

"He's just this really steady senior that I think teams are going to be interested in getting into their system and just kind of seeing what happens."

Projection: Third day of draft (11th round or later)

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sport ... 319568001/

JUNIOR (2018):
Started all 62 games at shortstop, hitting .244 with 58 hits, eight doubles, a triple and a home run…drew 28 walks and struck out just 20 times…hit his lone home run against Louisville (3/30), a grand slam that set a season-high for RBI in a game (four)…his triple came in the opener of the NCAA Tournament against Samford (6/1), scoring two FSU runs…joined Drew Mendoza and Cal Raleigh as the only players to start every game in 2018…scored a season-high three runs against Xavier (2/17)…had three hits in four different games, including twice against Georgia Tech and a 3-for-3 game against No. 4 NC State…had a team-high eight assists at North Carolina…played his summer ball for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League.

PERSONAL:
Salvatore led Northwest Florida State College in 2017 in hits (53), runs (39) and stolen bases (12) while hitting .293…taken in the 19th Round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Ewing High in Ewing, N.J….majoring in social science…born December 27, 1996.

[rockycola]

Awesome, now we have Corey Seager's brother and Hunter Bishop's brother.

But we got rid of Corey Seager's other brother of the same mother.

[bpj]

Sounds like Adcock has closer potential. 8 out of 9 picks being pitchers in a horribly regarded pitching class does not make me feel good about our picks though

Judas priest, no kidding...

Everyone else got that memo, meanwhile Dipotos sniping pitchers like it's hot and looking around with wide eyes wondering why everyone else passed on these guys...

[bpj]

5 of the first 6 picks are pitchers huh..

I heard they are targeting pitchers that play good defense just for you.

Hey if they're relief pitchers they can check all the "useless" boxes

[bpj]

Wow - a fifteen page draft thread! If that doesn't say it all about the state of the franchise...

Take away SMFs posts and its 4-5. I think he was trying to over take my all time post total in one night on one thread. lol

HAAAAHAHAHAA!!!!! Lmao I was gonna say something about that last night DT but I was on my 6th beer by the end of the thread. Lmfao!! That's hilarious!

I know it's not, but I prefer to picture sexymarinerfan as being a woman like Jenny Finch.. It just feels more natural with the whole "sexy" thang you know..