2022 MLB Draft thread, July 17- 19 - Jays select HS LHSP Brandon Barriera 23rd overall

SharoneWright · Post #42 » by **SharoneWright** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:40 am

Hmm. High schooler going under slot. Vanderbilt commit. Hope we have budgeted for this.

polo007 · Post #43 » by **polo007** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:43 am

Post #44 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:44 am

SharoneWright wrote:Hmm. High schooler going under slot. Vanderbilt commit. Hope we have budgeted for this.

We should have plenty of money to work with, with the extra picks. But even with the Vandy commit I'd be a little surprised if he wasn't signable.

Perhaps not surprising that the Yankees are the team comfortable with taking Spencer Jones, given Aaron Judge.

wazabifuzz · Post #45 » by **wazabifuzz** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:48 am

slot is like $3M... there's no way he's going to pass that up right ?

Post #46 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:52 am

wazabifuzz wrote:slot is like $3M... there's no way he's going to pass that up right ?

He might get a shade higher, but yeah. Turning down $3m+ benefits agents (ehrm, advisors) and no one else. Get that money, increase your likelihood of reaching the majors (and thus arb/FA) at a younger age.

SharoneWright · Post #47 » by **SharoneWright** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:53 am

wazabifuzz wrote:slot is like $3M... there's no way he's going to pass that up right ?

Buys a lot of cannoli…

polo007 · Post #48 » by **polo007** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:58 am

wazabifuzz wrote:slot is like $3M... there's no way he's going to pass that up right ?

2022 MLB Draft Order, Slot Values And Bonus Pools For All 30 Teams - Baseball America

2022 SLOT VALUES

Pick: 23

Round: 1

Team: Blue Jays

Slot Value: $3,076,900

Post #49 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:03 am

Also worth noting: Barriera skipped his HS postseason to ensure that he was healthy going into the draft. Which got him some negative press (because hurr durr where's his competitiveness), but unlikely to be the action of a player whose first instinct is to go to college.

Also just plain smart, because potentially losing millions to pitch in the Florida high school playoffs is just braindead.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34084142/how-one-pitching-prospect-change-mlb-draft-forever-not-pitching

SharoneWright · Post #50 » by **SharoneWright** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:05 am

Next pitcher off the board was also to Vanderbilt. Was referenced as a “tough sign”. No talk about that for Christopher walnuts.

Edit: Brandon Walnuts would be a great nickname. Or just Walnuts.. :dontknow:

Post #51 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:13 am

SharoneWright wrote:Next pitcher off the board was also to Vanderbilt. Was referenced as a “tough sign”. No talk about that for Christopher walnuts.

Edit: Brandon Walnuts would be a great nickname. Or just Walnuts..

Every high school pitcher is a Vandy commit. One year, all of those kids will actually go to Vandy, and they'll have one hell of a juggling act on their hands.

Edit: getting the sense he's signing.

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SharoneWright · Post #52 » by **SharoneWright** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:18 am

Getting the sense he recognizes an academic cul-de-sac lol
That’s legit awesome though, I think I’m going to love this guy!

Post #53 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:35 am

I'm being told that JR Ritchie is not, in fact, the son of JR Richard.

Post #54 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:46 am

Five bucks says the Orioles take Brock Porter.

Edit: or Rays, given that the O's passed on him.

polo007 · Post #55 » by **polo007** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:47 am

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polo007 · Post #56 » by **polo007** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:57 am

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Post #57 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:15 am

I don't think there's any mystery as to why Jackson Cox doesn't abbreviate his given name. I can guarantee there isn't anything a drunken crowd can yell at him that exceeds what he's heard from classmates since the age of 10.

s e n s i · Post #58 » by **s e n s i** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:19 am

clint hurdle midlife crisis alert, going with the Y2K, fully frosted spikes lmao

Post #59 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:23 am

s e n s i wrote:clint hurdle midlife crisis alert, going with the Y2K, fully frosted spikes lmao

That man owns a boat. I have no doubt about it.

SharoneWright · Post #60 » by **SharoneWright** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:28 am

Schad wrote:I don't think there's any mystery as to why Jackson Cox doesn't abbreviate his given name. I can guarantee there isn't anything a drunken crowd can yell at him that exceeds what he's heard from classmates since the age of 10.

Good friend named Jackson. Occasionally makes the karate kid reference…

Jacks on, Jacks…