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Day Two - Rounds 3-10 @ 1pm CT on MLB.com
Quick recap of day one:
Overall comment: That went pretty much exactly as I thought it would for the Dores--both for players and commits. Last year, we were a bit shocked when Shultz (Rd 1, CWS) and Stewart (Round 1 Comp A, CIN) went, which led to that class being absolutely decimated. (1/3)
— Andrew VU '04 (@AndrewVU041) July 10, 2023
Lost Clemmey in the 2nd. For the love of Jobu, let this be the end of our commits getting drafted.
— Andrew VU '04 (@AndrewVU041) July 10, 2023
Little bit shocked Hunter Owen is still on the board. Do MLB teams not like big armed lefties any more?
— Andrew VU '04 (@AndrewVU041) July 10, 2023
Current Players
Enrique “Shockwave” Bradfield, Jr. was taken 17th overall by the Baltimore Orioles. He was the only current draft eligible player taken in the top 70 picks, though we expect Hunter Owen to go early today.
Here are the current players who could get drafted today.
Commits
All four of the commits I had outlined as likely to be drafted and signed in the first two rounds were drafted in the first two rounds, and are expected to sign. Max Clark, George Lombard, Jr., Thomas White, and Alex Clemmey, we hardly knew ye.
This class can still be a strong one, but we really need no more of our commits to be drafted and signed today. Historically, you mostly need to pay attention to Round 3 (today) and Round 11 (tomorrow), as teams will cut deals with the top undrafted prospects the night before, and use up most of their draft bonus pool by the 3rd round. Many of the round 4-10 draftees will be seniors, or juniors who are willing to sign for slot or under-slot value. Round 11 signees are when a team has configured its bonus pool such that they still have between $500k and $1 million to offer a top high school kid without going into the penalty. In short, anything over $150K after round 10 counts towards your bonus pool, so if a team has banked enough $5-10K senior signings to have like $350-850K left in their draft bonus pool, they can go after one more intriguing high school prospect.
Hope to hear none of these guys get their names called in those rounds, as last year’s 3rd round poaching of RHP Karson Milbrandt by the Fish and 11th round pick of Ryan Clifford by the Trash Can Bangers really screwed us over last year.
*Note: I am obviously not going to watch all of this live, but will check in on the Diamond Dore relevant names from time to time today.
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