MLB Draft - Surprise pick?

SeattleSports · Jun 5, 2011

With less than 24 hours till the MLB Draft, who are your surprise picks? Whether its a player getting picked way earlier than predicted or a player falling, what are your bold claims?

I have two,

Seattle will take Francisco Lindor with the #2 pick

Arizona will take Anthony Rendon AND Trevor Bauer and win the draft.

Pastretta · Jun 5, 2011

I hope the Cubs can add some talent and not end up trading them in the end.

CollectorsCorner · Jun 5, 2011

I also have Lindor going number 2. Was even bold enough to do it in JP's draft thread

StrasburgMania · Jun 5, 2011

Sonny Gray falling out of top 15
with all this good pitching: Bundy,Cole,Bauer,Barnes,Jungmann,Hultzen,Bradley (2), and more.
I just see to much pitching talent in this draft that I think is better than Gray

SydBarrett · Jun 5, 2011

Mariners would be stupid enough to take Lindor. I'll hope for Bauer or Starling but will settle w/Rendon.

ljw29 · Jun 5, 2011

frzg said:
With less than 24 hours till the MLB Draft, who are your surprise picks? Whether its a player getting picked way earlier than predicted or a player falling, what are your bold claims?

I have two,

Seattle will take Francisco Lindor with the #2 pick

Arizona will take Anthony Rendon AND Trevor Bauer and win the draft.

Danny Hultzen Sneaks up to #1

Wont happen but I can wish as he and Arizona are just about done

NECpilgrims8 · Jun 5, 2011

The Dbacks get Hultzen and Gray, which would be insane.

Springer and Barnes go back-2-back to CLE and CHC.

StrasburgMania · Jun 5, 2011

NECpilgrims8 said:
The Dbacks get Hultzen and Gray, which would be insane.

Springer and Barnes go back-2-back to CLE and CHC.

Do you really think Gray will go at 7? I have there is WAY to many great pitchers.

soxrchamps07 · Jun 5, 2011

StrasburgMania said:
Sonny Gray falling out of top 15
with all this good pitching: Bundy,Cole,Bauer,Barnes,Jungmann,Hultzen,Bradley (2), and more.
I just see to much pitching talent in this draft that I think is better than Gray

Gray has been connected with Cleveland at 8 quite a bit, if there was one pick in the Top 10 that I was most confident it would be Gray to Cleveland. Saying that, when you are hearing a rumor as often as this one it could mean that is just what the team wants people to think and that they are actually going in another direction.

19braves77 · Jun 5, 2011

Rays put a side 14 million dollars for this draft but I have one of their picks being the big bottomed:

Daniel Vogelbach with one of their 1st round picks

He worked out for the Rays, Red Sox, and Twins on Saturday.

Top 10 surprise: Cubs Mikie Mahtook taken with pick #9

Only pre-arrange draft rumors coming out of Houston is the Astros are trying to cut a pre-draft deal with Stanford lefty Chris Reed at #11. Astros denying it but they also denied last year they would take Delino Deshields Jr.

StrasburgMania · Jun 5, 2011

soxrchamps07 said:
StrasburgMania said:

Sonny Gray falling out of top 15
with all this good pitching: Bundy,Cole,Bauer,Barnes,Jungmann,Hultzen,Bradley (2), and more.
I just see to much pitching talent in this draft that I think is better than Gray

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Gray has been connected with Cleveland at 8 quite a bit, if there was one pick in the Top 10 that I was most confident it would be Gray to Cleveland. Saying that, when you are hearing a rumor as often as this one it could mean that is just what the team wants people to think and that they are actually going in another direction.

Seems strange they would let teams know who they are going to take maybe a team would draft Gray ahead of them just to piss em off hahaha

19braves77 · Jun 5, 2011

Orioles had Archie Bradley workout today in Sarasota.

soxrchamps07 · Jun 5, 2011

StrasburgMania said:
soxrchamps07 said:

StrasburgMania said:

Sonny Gray falling out of top 15
with all this good pitching: Bundy,Cole,Bauer,Barnes,Jungmann,Hultzen,Bradley (2), and more.
I just see to much pitching talent in this draft that I think is better than Gray

Click to expand...

Gray has been connected with Cleveland at 8 quite a bit, if there was one pick in the Top 10 that I was most confident it would be Gray to Cleveland. Saying that, when you are hearing a rumor as often as this one it could mean that is just what the team wants people to think and that they are actually going in another direction.

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Seems strange they would let teams know who they are going to take maybe a team would draft Gray ahead of them just to piss em off hahaha

They are called rumors and leaks for a reason, it's not like teams send out an email to other teams saying "we really like Player A and it would be really nice if you would let us draft him".

StrasburgMania · Jun 5, 2011

soxrchamps07 said:
StrasburgMania said:

soxrchamps07 said:

StrasburgMania said:

Sonny Gray falling out of top 15
with all this good pitching: Bundy,Cole,Bauer,Barnes,Jungmann,Hultzen,Bradley (2), and more.
I just see to much pitching talent in this draft that I think is better than Gray

Click to expand...

Gray has been connected with Cleveland at 8 quite a bit, if there was one pick in the Top 10 that I was most confident it would be Gray to Cleveland. Saying that, when you are hearing a rumor as often as this one it could mean that is just what the team wants people to think and that they are actually going in another direction.

Click to expand...

Seems strange they would let teams know who they are going to take maybe a team would draft Gray ahead of them just to piss em off hahaha

Click to expand...

They are called rumors and leaks for a reason, it's not like teams send out an email to other teams saying "we really like Player A and it would be really nice if you would let us draft him".

I understand but seems like they would do anything not to let it out.

19braves77 · Jun 5, 2011

Mariners asked for Rendon's medical report and his camp said "no" and Mariners have now turned attention to Bubba Starling's demands....

I personally want the Dodgers to take Brandon Nimmo where hopefully I can see in Ogden at some point.

SeattleSports · Jun 5, 2011

19braves77 said:
Mariners asked for Rendon's medical report and his camp said "no" and Mariners have now turned attention to Bubba Starling's demands....

I personally want the Dodgers to take Brandon Nimmo where hopefully I can see in Ogden at some point.

I don't know where people get this from... its 100% wrong. Every single team in baseball has Rendon's medical report and has had it for some time now. It has already been confirmed.

Joshua.Roundtree · Jun 5, 2011

StrasburgMania said:
soxrchamps07 said:

StrasburgMania said:

Sonny Gray falling out of top 15
with all this good pitching: Bundy,Cole,Bauer,Barnes,Jungmann,Hultzen,Bradley (2), and more.
I just see to much pitching talent in this draft that I think is better than Gray

Click to expand...

Gray has been connected with Cleveland at 8 quite a bit, if there was one pick in the Top 10 that I was most confident it would be Gray to Cleveland. Saying that, when you are hearing a rumor as often as this one it could mean that is just what the team wants people to think and that they are actually going in another direction.

Click to expand...

Seems strange they would let teams know who they are going to take maybe a team would draft Gray ahead of them just to piss em off hahaha

Your stupidity continues to astound.....please go away, you add NOTHING to these threads. Maybe if you weren't 12 and had been around for more than six months, you'd realize how foolish you make yourself look every time you post.

19braves77 · Jun 5, 2011

frzg said:
19braves77 said:

Mariners asked for Rendon's medical report and his camp said "no" and Mariners have now turned attention to Bubba Starling's demands....

I personally want the Dodgers to take Brandon Nimmo where hopefully I can see in Ogden at some point.

Click to expand...

I don't know where people get this from... its 100% wrong. Every single team in baseball has Rendon's medical report and has had it for some time now. It has already been confirmed.

Frank Marcos, senior director of the MLB Scouting Bureau, which provides supplemental scouting services to all 30 teams, confirmed Friday that the bureau received medical information from Rendon pertaining to both to his ankle and shoulder. He said the information was provided to every ballclub.

"We got them from Anthony and got them out to the 30 clubs," Marcos said. "We turn it around in a day or two."

He said that the scouting bureau, as a matter of course, requests medical information from prospects with medical issues. What they receive can vary dramatically, however, and sometimes leaves teams desiring more information.

Mariners, Pirates, and D-backs have said its basic information that they have known about since February and its a month old. This week the Pirates asked for an updated physical and were declined.

jrinne · Jun 5, 2011

The bleacher report still has Cole going first to the Pirates. Pitchers pitchers and more pitchers.

sheetskout · Jun 5, 2011

For my money Cole is still my number 1. I just think his repertoire is the best. My surprise is Gray falls to 15, which would be the IDEAL pick for the Brewers right there as their second selection is unprotected.

The Brewers get Barnes and Gray and I am a happy man.

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