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2023 MLB Draft

Post by GL_Storm » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:06 am

We're in the slow period now. Barring a last-minute trade, the offseason is pretty much over. So why not start obsessing over the draft, which is only about 6 months away?

The Mariners have 5 picks in the Top 100: #22, #29, #30, #57, and #92

Draft Resources

Draft Order: https://www.mlb.com/draft/2023/order

Prospects Live Top 300 list: https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects ... x4td-92ll4
(note: they will continually update and expand this in the months leading up to the draft, so make sure to search the site for the latest)

Baseball America Top 100 draft prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/ranking ... prospects/
(note: behind paywall)
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Re: 2023 MLB Draft

Post by GL_Storm » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:33 am

One reason I started this thread was to give myself a place to post information on draft prospects that I find interesting. Here are the first two that kind of stand out to me.

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Will Gasparino, OF/1B
Prospects Live ranking: #139
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 215
B/T: R/R

Prospects Live blurb: Gasparino is a big, long, tall outfielder with athleticism well, well beyond his size. A plus runner with a plus arm in right field. he has exceptional body control considering his size and long levers. It's plus raw power at the plate, though his bat path can get long at times. Gasparino will continue to add weight and muscle. As he does, his swing will change and his eventual upside will become more clear. As it stands today, he's a projection bat with exciting athletic testing and body control.

He's also the son of a Dodgers Exec and goes to Harvard-Westlake.

Perfect Game: https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Pla ... ?ID=676912
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuDhklkWQts

No idea if he can hit actual pitching, but my god what a monster this guy could be! He'll likely add what, like 40 pounds or something in the next 3-4 years?

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Justin Best, OF
Prospects Live ranking: #264
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 201
B/T: L/R

Prospects Live blurb: Best is a physical freak with huge bat speed and athletic tools smattered throughout. He's got a short, compact swing with feel for the barrel and organic loft that creates majestic game power. Best can put it over the fence to all-fields. An above average runner, Best has tools on the bases and in the field. He's got a plus throwing arm that features plenty of carry. This is a pretty prospect with some unpolished parts of his game. Definitive up arrow here.

Perfect Game: https://www.perfectgame.org/players/pla ... ?ID=526381
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-w2HCGMAN8

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Re: 2023 MLB Draft

Post by D-train » Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:22 pm

GL_Storm wrote:
Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:06 am
We're in the slow period now. Barring a last-minute trade, the offseason is pretty much over. So why not start obsessing over the draft, which is only about 6 months away?

The Mariners have 5 picks in the Top 100: #22, #29, #30, #57, and #92

Draft Resouces

Draft Order: https://www.mlb.com/draft/2023/order

Prospects Live Top 300 list: https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects ... x4td-92ll4
(note: they will continually update and expand this in the months leading up to the draft, so make sure to search the site for the latest)

Baseball America Top 100 draft prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/ranking ... prospects/
(note: behind paywall)
Wow so do the Seahawks. What are the odds.

Pick Nos. 5, 20, 38, 53, 84
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Re: 2023 MLB Draft

Post by Sexymarinersfan » Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:14 pm

D-train wrote:
Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:22 pm
GL_Storm wrote:
Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:06 am
We're in the slow period now. Barring a last-minute trade, the offseason is pretty much over. So why not start obsessing over the draft, which is only about 6 months away?

The Mariners have 5 picks in the Top 100: #22, #29, #30, #57, and #92

Draft Resouces

Draft Order: https://www.mlb.com/draft/2023/order

Prospects Live Top 300 list: https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects ... x4td-92ll4
(note: they will continually update and expand this in the months leading up to the draft, so make sure to search the site for the latest)

Baseball America Top 100 draft prospects: https://www.baseballamerica.com/ranking ... prospects/
(note: behind paywall)
Wow so do the Seahawks. What are the odds.

Pick Nos. 5, 20, 38, 53, 84
I check every day for updated MLB Mocks. This team is going to get a nice youth infusion into its farm this summer. I really hope they hit on a few of these kids.

Here's an article on Bryan Woo from BA. Unfortunately I don't have an account. But a lot of people in the organization, including Dipoto are excited about this kid.

Mariners' Bryan Woo Makes A Great First Impression
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories ... mpression/

Players I'm watching at 22: SS Tommy Troy, OF Travis Honeyman, P Will Sanders and Thomas White.
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Re: 2023 MLB Draft

Post by GL_Storm » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:52 am

A player that I think will be on their radar is Virginia Tech outfielder Jack Hurley. Prospects Live has him at #19 right now, though that ranking will no doubt change quite a bit in the coming months. Virginia Tech is in the ACC, which I believe is a decent conference for baseball.

B/T: L/R
Height: 6'0"

Here's the blurb:

Hurley is a bit of a five-tool player who can impact the game. He's got the hit tool and the raw power, and he's got the speed to steal double-digit bags as a pro. If there's one critique, it may be that the throwing arm is below average, maybe a tick better. Hurley comes packed in an athletic frame with well-proportioned strength and organic loft built into his swing. He doesn't have to sellout for power or force things to his pull-side. He stays up the middle of the field, letting his bat speed handle the rest. An ultra-aggressive swinger of the bat, Hurley will need to polish up his approach as he sees more advanced pitching at the next level. It's caused him to go through occasional streaky periods of swing-and-miss, and his chase rates can balloon on him in a rut. Still, the impact and track record against velocity and spin has evaluators believing this is a big league regular bat.

Here is his bref page: https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... rley003jac
His numbers are pretty good! But of course college stats can be pretty deceptive.

Here are a few YT links. None of them are all that helpful, in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhRFj7QoMqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anawk1A_I8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8V0y-qkoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U-y9or8MsU

There are a few more videos if you search on his name.

My take on this player is that his numbers are good, and the conference is decent, but he doesn't really look like a major leaguer to me, and we might have this guy on the roster already in Sam Haggerty. The blurb up above mentions his bat speed, but will that hold with wood bats? The numbers are good though, no question about that.

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Re: 2023 MLB Draft

Post by D-train » Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:55 am

GL_Storm wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:52 am
A player that I think will be on their radar is Virginia Tech outfielder Jack Hurley. Prospects Live has him at #19 right now, though that ranking will no doubt change quite a bit in the coming months. Virginia Tech is in the ACC, which I believe is a decent conference for baseball.

B/T: L/R
Height: 6'0"

Here's the blurb:

Hurley is a bit of a five-tool player who can impact the game. He's got the hit tool and the raw power, and he's got the speed to steal double-digit bags as a pro. If there's one critique, it may be that the throwing arm is below average, maybe a tick better. Hurley comes packed in an athletic frame with well-proportioned strength and organic loft built into his swing. He doesn't have to sellout for power or force things to his pull-side. He stays up the middle of the field, letting his bat speed handle the rest. An ultra-aggressive swinger of the bat, Hurley will need to polish up his approach as he sees more advanced pitching at the next level. It's caused him to go through occasional streaky periods of swing-and-miss, and his chase rates can balloon on him in a rut. Still, the impact and track record against velocity and spin has evaluators believing this is a big league regular bat.

Here is his bref page: https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... rley003jac
His numbers are pretty good! But of course college stats can be pretty deceptive.

Here are a few YT links. None of them are all that helpful, in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhRFj7QoMqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anawk1A_I8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8V0y-qkoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U-y9or8MsU

There are a few more videos if you search on his name.

My take on this player is that his numbers are good, and the conference is decent, but he doesn't really look like a major leaguer to me, and we might have this guy on the roster already in Sam Haggerty. The blurb up above mentions his bat speed, but will that hold with wood bats? The numbers are good though, no question about that.
So a four tool player then. Has the numbers I love to see. As a 20 yo in the ACC. .375/1.116 ACC is probably just slightly below the SEC and is 2nd best conference.
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Post by Sexymarinersfan » Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:33 pm

D-train wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:55 am
GL_Storm wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:52 am
A player that I think will be on their radar is Virginia Tech outfielder Jack Hurley. Prospects Live has him at #19 right now, though that ranking will no doubt change quite a bit in the coming months. Virginia Tech is in the ACC, which I believe is a decent conference for baseball.

B/T: L/R
Height: 6'0"

Here's the blurb:

Hurley is a bit of a five-tool player who can impact the game. He's got the hit tool and the raw power, and he's got the speed to steal double-digit bags as a pro. If there's one critique, it may be that the throwing arm is below average, maybe a tick better. Hurley comes packed in an athletic frame with well-proportioned strength and organic loft built into his swing. He doesn't have to sellout for power or force things to his pull-side. He stays up the middle of the field, letting his bat speed handle the rest. An ultra-aggressive swinger of the bat, Hurley will need to polish up his approach as he sees more advanced pitching at the next level. It's caused him to go through occasional streaky periods of swing-and-miss, and his chase rates can balloon on him in a rut. Still, the impact and track record against velocity and spin has evaluators believing this is a big league regular bat.

Here is his bref page: https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... rley003jac
His numbers are pretty good! But of course college stats can be pretty deceptive.

Here are a few YT links. None of them are all that helpful, in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhRFj7QoMqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anawk1A_I8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8V0y-qkoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U-y9or8MsU

There are a few more videos if you search on his name.

My take on this player is that his numbers are good, and the conference is decent, but he doesn't really look like a major leaguer to me, and we might have this guy on the roster already in Sam Haggerty. The blurb up above mentions his bat speed, but will that hold with wood bats? The numbers are good though, no question about that.
So a four tool player then. Has the numbers I love to see. As a 20 yo in the ACC. .375/1.116 ACC is probably just slightly below the SEC and is 2nd best conference.
You're either a 5 tool or you aren't. If his arm is below average then that about clears it up. Hoping to restock the farm with high end arms and more up the middle infielders. However, I wouldn't be mad at all if we could actually hit on another outfielder. It sounds like he's more bat than Honeyman, with Travis being the superior defender of the two. Jack could play CF, but his arm will probably limit him to LF duty. I'd be happy with either player at 22.

I do however like Honeyman's frame better and a bit more pedigree in the family. He's a bigger kid that could grow into his body more and hits from the right side. He's also more polished at the plate in terms of discipline. Something the M's tend to favor in their draft picks. I'm curious to see if the M's go Prep or college. To be fair, neither Honeyman nor Hurley currently crack Fangraphs top 31 prospects list. But I expect that to change dramatically by draft day. We have 5 picks in the Top 100(22, 29, 30, 57, and 92)

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Re: 2023 MLB Draft

Post by Juliooooo » Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:58 pm

I'm kinda hoping for Cooper Pratt. Don't know much about him, but I work with his Aunt. 6'4 200 LB SS that should be able to stick at SS in the future. Have you seen much about him? Would be be an option with any of the first round picks?
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Post by Sexymarinersfan » Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:14 pm

Juliooooo wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:58 pm
I'm kinda hoping for Cooper Pratt. Don't know much about him, but I work with his Aunt. 6'4 200 LB SS that should be able to stick at SS in the future. Have you seen much about him? Would be be an option with any of the first round picks?
You can't go wrong with rooting for a guy you know, or are close to. My dream is to have as much up the middle infield depth as the Blue Jays. Their farm system is over flowing with middle infielders. A 6'4 SS? Sounds like Michael Morse!

I'll be watching Michael Arroyo and Axel Sanchez closely this year. And frankly I'm surprised that Sanchez doesn't even crack our Top 30 prospects list.

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Re: 2023 MLB Draft

Post by Juliooooo » Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:14 pm

Sexymarinersfan wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:14 pm
Juliooooo wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:58 pm
I'm kinda hoping for Cooper Pratt. Don't know much about him, but I work with his Aunt. 6'4 200 LB SS that should be able to stick at SS in the future. Have you seen much about him? Would be be an option with any of the first round picks?
You can't go wrong with rooting for a guy you know, or are close to. My dream is to have as much up the middle infield depth as the Blue Jays. Their farm system is over flowing with middle infielders. A 6'4 SS? Sounds like Michael Morse!

I'll be watching Michael Arroyo and Axel Sanchez closely this year. And frankly I'm surprised that Sanchez doesn't even crack our Top 30 prospects list.
Supposedly he's great defensively. He'll break the top 10 if he can hit in Everett anywhere close to what he hit in Modesto.

Josh Hood is ranked higher. And Martin Gonzalez as well. MG probably plays another year in DSL. He was a big signing though
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