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Post by jdogge on Jun 20, 2017 17:22:04 GMT -8
The SF Giants make Nick Madrigal the first pick of the draft.
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Post by thewizard on Jun 21, 2017 12:26:48 GMT -8
A 2nd baseman will never go No. 1 overall, but as a Dodger Fan, I like that you think SF will have the first pick!
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Post by beavermd on Jun 21, 2017 13:04:13 GMT -8
A 2nd baseman will never go No. 1 overall, but as a Dodger Fan, I like that you think SF will have the first pick! While Nick is playing second base for us, there are pro teams that will draft him as a shortstop. I'd say he's a lock for the top 10 in the 2018 draft. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Jun 21, 2017 13:52:48 GMT -8
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Post by jdogge on Jun 21, 2017 14:35:10 GMT -8
A 2nd baseman will never go No. 1 overall, but as a Dodger Fan, I like that you think SF will have the first pick! Yeah, it's depressing. Bum took the air out when he went down. Time to rebuild younger. Remember, Madrigal is actually a shortstop, playing second because Grenier couldn't play there. |
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Post by beavermd on Jun 21, 2017 14:53:25 GMT -8
Interesting to see Larnach up at 11. If he can finally figure out how to harness his power to the pull side, then I could see that happening. He has the best raw power on the team. I saw him a ball over the batters eye at Goss during BP before the regional game against Yale. |
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Post by thewizard on Jun 22, 2017 6:22:30 GMT -8
A 2nd baseman will never go No. 1 overall, but as a Dodger Fan, I like that you think SF will have the first pick! Yeah, it's depressing. Bum took the air out when he went down. Time to rebuild younger. Remember, Madrigal is actually a shortstop, playing second because Grenier couldn't play there. Madrigal does not project as a MLB Shortstop. He does not have the arm strength. His only position at the ML level is second base. Grenier is better overall Shortstop, but hey that is my opinion. Barney had a stronger arm in college than Nick and where does Barney play 98% of the time? Second Base! |
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Post by jdogge on Jun 22, 2017 6:26:32 GMT -8
Yeah, it's depressing. Bum took the air out when he went down. Time to rebuild younger. Remember, Madrigal is actually a shortstop, playing second because Grenier couldn't play there. Madrigal does not project as a MLB Shortstop. He does not have the arm strength. His only position at the ML level is second base. Grenier is better overall Shortstop, but hey that is my opinion. Barney had a stronger arm in college than Nick and where does Barney play 98% of the time? Second Base! Well, I heard different. But I agree that he'll likely be drafted as a 2B. However, some MLB teams might be tempted to draft him as a SS. The Giants did that with Joe Panik -- drafted him as a SS. He plays 2B for the same reasons you mention regarding Madrigal. |
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Post by joecool on Jun 22, 2017 6:57:44 GMT -8
They drafted Panik as a SS because he was a SS in college. They switched him to mostly 2B at AA because they have a pretty darn good SS already and wanted to prepare him for where the opening was with the big league team.
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Post by kersting13 on Jun 22, 2017 8:02:39 GMT -8
Yeah, it's depressing. Bum took the air out when he went down. Time to rebuild younger. Remember, Madrigal is actually a shortstop, playing second because Grenier couldn't play there. Madrigal does not project as a MLB Shortstop. He does not have the arm strength. His only position at the ML level is second base. Grenier is better overall Shortstop, but hey that is my opinion. Barney had a stronger arm in college than Nick and where does Barney play 98% of the time? Second Base! To be fair to DarBar, he came up as a 2B mostly because the Cubs liked Castro at SS (now a 2B). Also, Barney has played fewer than 85% of his MLB innings at 2B, while getting plenty of PT at SS and 3B. That said, I think most teams these days are going to put a 5'8" guy at 2B instead of SS. |
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Post by jdogge on Jun 22, 2017 12:37:35 GMT -8
They drafted Panik as a SS because he was a SS in college. They switched him to mostly 2B at AA because they have a pretty darn good SS already and wanted to prepare him for where the opening was with the big league team. He hasn't the arm for SS in the bigs. Watched him several games at SS in Keiser-Salem. He's not that strong. |
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Post by joecool on Jun 22, 2017 14:10:11 GMT -8
They drafted Panik as a SS because he was a SS in college. They switched him to mostly 2B at AA because they have a pretty darn good SS already and wanted to prepare him for where the opening was with the big league team. He hasn't the arm for SS in the bigs. Watched him several games at SS in Keiser-Salem. He's not that strong. Doesn't matter, he wasn't going to make Crawford move off of SS. And now he's a gold glove 2B. |
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