2014 MLB Draft

I don't have much to say about this, but BP is having a draft party in NYC at Foley's on Thurs night:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23741

I might show up after queer Canadian film at MoMA.

with nice charts

Russell Carleton summed up the situation last month in a Baseball Prospectus column entitled “The Annual Amateur Draft Guessing Game,” writing, “In the first round, we see some reasonable correlation between signing bonus (our proxy for how much teams value each player) and what they end up becoming. By the second round, teams are guessing.” And when the second round is over, there are 38 left to go.

A team with a history of picks that panned out might simply have had luck on its side, or a combination of luck and losing at the major-league level, which leads to high picks. (Sound familiar, football fans?) In some cases, of course, there’s skill behind the success, but drafting talent is tenuous: It can bleed away as the churn of scouts and executives redistributes front-office talent, funneling key personnel from standout teams into retirement or prominent positions with other organizations. In addition, it’s difficult to isolate the impact of player development; while we tend to credit or blame scouts for the success or failure of a team’s selections, the same player might succeed in one minor-league system but not in another, purely because of a difference in the quality of coaching.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/which-teams-are-hitting-and-missing-in-mlb-draft-060314

other teams just need to break into st louis war room and take all their shit

Jason Parks @ProfessorParks
I hope the #Cubs take a position player at #4 (Gordon/Jackson) so we can all enjoy watching the Internet break.

high-school pitching is very deep this year, they say

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23791

predix

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23785

SBN mock draft p similar

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/5/29/5759878/updated-consensus-2014-mlb-mock-draft/in/5545595

By the second round, teams are guessing. And when the second round is over, there are 38 left to go.

it's kind of interesting to see who teams pick just as courtesies in the late rounds (like piazza back in the day). it's pretty standard practice to select the big league manager/coach/etc.'s kids -- the rockies took brody weiss, the royals took kevin kuntz, the tigers took torii jr, the yankees took pettite's nephew and the braves took kyle wren (although he can play a little) just last year.

also the blue jays totally go out of their way, all other things being equal, to get canadians (both late in the draft and as minor league free agents), which is pretty cool imo

i was actually just looking at this guy i'd never heard of before: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pompey001dal

hitting pretty well - and born in the same town as me!

Dodgers have Ronnie Garvey and Jordan Hershieser are in the dodgers minor league system so yeah.. hehe

Dee Gordon's brother is in this draft and is a first round talent iirc..

i thought this was a great article, an insider's view of the draft from the club's perspective: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-happens-in-the-draft-room/

this Brady Aiken

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/eyewitness_pit.php?reportid=115

dear god let this be the last draft selig presides over

which film was it Morbs?

Brady Aiken the first pick, may his elbow be fine.

aiken came this close to talking about his agent during the interview.. hehe 'my advisor'

brady aiken looks like a romney son

from san diego to boot

in a shocking move the marlins took some big ass righthander who can throw 100 mph

yeah 98-102 on the gun goddamn

http://blog.sfgate.com/giants/2014/06/05/draft-day-for-sf-giants-a-look-at-their-first-round-picks/

The Giants selected Vanderbilt right-hander Tyler Beede with the 14th overall pick.

He was a first-round pick of the Blue Jays in 2011 but chose to attend college.

Just spoke with John Barr, the Giants’ point man in the draft, and he said they’ve got Beede clocked as high as 96 with an impressive curve and will mix in an effective changeup. Barr said the Giants have followed Beede since high school and commended the kid’s confidence and courage for deciding to reject a big bonus out of high school to pitch in college.

btw if you mention handsome monica on twitter he will find it and rt/fave u