Draft Position Watch Thread Locked into #9 spot

[wichmae]

Ill update this after every series. Realistically were probably not catching ATL, CIN, or MIN. Oakland post deadline probably is going to lose more too. As long as we are top 5 we should be good. The upcoming draft is very deep with college pitching and HS outfielders.

1 Atlanta Braves 37 68 .352
2 Minnesota Twins 41 64 .390
3 Cincinnati Reds 42 62 .404
4 Tampa Bay Rays 42 62 .404
5 Arizona Diamondbacks 43 63
6 San Diego Padres 46 60 .434
7 Oakland Athletics 47 58 .448
8 Los Angeles Angels 47 58 .448
9 Philadelphia Phillies 48 59 .449
10 Milwaukee Brewers 47 57 .452
11 Kansas City Royals 50 55 .476
12 Chicago White Sox 51 54 .486

[Sky Bucks]

REALLY REALLY important stretch of games for draft position over these next 2 weeks. Let's rack up those losses please

[trwi7]

I don't see us getting any higher than 7th unfortunately and even that's not a given. I say we end up tied with the Angels at 9th and we get the tiebreaker.

[El Duderino]

I see us finishing somewhere in that 6-10 grouping.

The bullpen will be a big factor. I expect Thornburg to thrive at closer, but many close games are won and lost with guys who come in the 6th-8th innings. You'd think Torres can't continue being lights out and Knebel is another wild card, but bullpens without proven shut down arms can be so unpredictable.

[coolhandluke121]

Let the record show I never got worried until they swept the Pirates and still hadn't traded anyone except Hill. Still got 11 more consecutive games against the 4 worst teams in the NL but then it's a freakin' gauntlet. 19 at home, 27 on the road starting after a day off on the 15th. With the Rockies winning last night, only 6 (!) of those 46 games are against teams that are currently under .500. Last night would have been a nice loss and I had hopes of Braun going to the DL, but we got this.

[Kerb Hohl]

The Padres, Twins, and Angels strike me as teams that are still not an abomination right now. The Angels had an lol-worthy offense beyond Trout to open the year, but their pitching actually isn't terrible right now and they may keep winning as they have been of late with Skaggs throwing hard, Shoemaker, etc.

Twins got the opposite version of the luck they got last year (lucky last year, unlucky this year) but that offense is pretty potent right now and they are doing their best to screw up their own draft position.

Padres have some solid young players.

These teams could catch the Brewers. Hopefully we get throttled by the division down the stretch.

[Iheartfootball]

I don't see us getting any higher than 7th unfortunately and even that's not a given. I say we end up tied with the Angels at 9th and we get the tiebreaker.

Yeah, we traded a bunch of talent but the problem is so did those ahead of us. Kind of a bummer. 9th is disappointing.

I'm guessing the same **** teams this year are going to be the same **** teams next year as well. Difference is the Brewers will be awful from the get go.

[trwi7]

Padres have some solid young players.

Like who? They have Myers and then it's complete ****.

[wichmae]

Padres have some solid young players.

Like who? They have Myers and then it's complete ****.

They are a pretty similar team. Schimpf has been hot with Jankowski and Dickerson as decent pieces but overall our roster is unfortunately probably better.

[Kerb Hohl]

Padres have some solid young players.

Like who? They have Myers and then it's complete ****.

Yeah, I guess I pulled my narrative from before the trade deadline and wasn't thinking. Dickerson, Schimpf, and possibly Blash will be decent to finish out the year, though.

[wichmae]

Ill update this tonight or in the morning after the rest of MLB plays.

[wichmae]

1 Atlanta Braves 37 69
2 Minnesota Twins 42 64
3 Tampa Bay Rays 42 63
4 Arizona Diamondbacks 43 64
5 Cincinnati Reds 43 62
6 San Diego Padres 46 61
7 Oakland Athletics 47 59
8 Los Angeles Angels 48 58
9 Philadelphia Phillies 49 59
10 Milwaukee Brewers 48 57
11 Chicago White Sox 51 55
12 Kansas City Royals 51 55

[Sky Bucks]

1 Atlanta Braves 37 69
2 Minnesota Twins 42 64
3 Tampa Bay Rays 42 63
4 Arizona Diamondbacks 43 64
5 Cincinnati Reds 43 62
6 San Diego Padres 46 61
7 Oakland Athletics 47 59
8 Los Angeles Angels 48 58
9 Philadelphia Phillies 49 59
10 Milwaukee Brewers 48 57
11 Chicago White Sox 51 55
12 Kansas City Royals 51 55

Brewers are 48-58

[wichmae]

1 Atlanta Braves 38 69 .355
2 Arizona Diamondbacks 43 65 .398
3 Minnesota Twins 43 64 .402
4 Tampa Bay Rays 43 63 .406
5 Cincinnati Reds 43 63 .406
6 San Diego Padres 47 61 .435
7 Oakland Athletics 47 60 .439
8 Milwaukee Brewers 48 58 .453
9 Los Angeles Angels 49 58 .458
10 Philadelphia Phillies 50 59 .459
11 Kansas City Royals 51 56 .477
12 Chicago White Sox 51 56 .477

[Sky Bucks]

1 Atlanta Braves 38 69 .355
2 Arizona Diamondbacks 43 65 .398
3 Minnesota Twins 43 64 .402
4 Tampa Bay Rays 43 63 .406
5 Cincinnati Reds 43 63 .406
6 San Diego Padres 47 61 .435
7 Oakland Athletics 47 60 .439
8 Milwaukee Brewers 48 58 .453
9 Los Angeles Angels 49 58 .458
10 Philadelphia Phillies 50 59 .459
11 Kansas City Royals 51 56 .477
12 Chicago White Sox 51 56 .477

[wichmae]

1 Atlanta Braves 41 70 .369
2 Minnesota Twins 45 66 .405
3 Arizona Diamondbacks 45 66
4 Cincinnati Reds 45 65 .409
5 Tampa Bay Rays 45 65 .409
6 Oakland Athletics 48 63 .432
7 San Diego Padres 48 63 .432
8 Los Angeles Angels 49 62 .441
9 Milwaukee Brewers 49 60 .450
10 Philadelphia Phillies 52 61 .460
11 Kansas City Royals 53 58 .477
12 Chicago White Sox 53 58 .477

[jakecronus8]

Really puts into perspective how much of a mess the Angels are in. Their only choice might be to trade Trout and eat millions and millions of dollars in pay roll.

[Kerb Hohl]

Really puts into perspective how much of a mess the Angels are in. Their only choice might be to trade Trout and eat millions and millions of dollars in pay roll.

Had a debate with RS on this months ago as their roster looked like the pile of trash that it is and he made a pretty good cause that you can't do it. You will probably never find a prospect package to match up with his value.

[wichmae]

Really puts into perspective how much of a mess the Angels are in. Their only choice might be to trade Trout and eat millions and millions of dollars in pay roll.

Had a debate with RS on this months ago as their roster looked like the pile of trash that it is and he made a pretty good cause that you can't do it. You will probably never find a prospect package to match up with his value.

No youll never get equal value but if I was the Angels I would call Boston and ask Moncada, Benintendi, Devers, Groome, and one of the young outfielders they have. I dont see a way Boston passes on getting the best player in the game.

[coolhandluke121]

1 Atlanta Braves----------------41 70 .369
2 Minnesota Twins------------45 66 .405
3 Arizona Diamondbacks--45 66 .405
4 Cincinnati Reds--------------45 65 .409
5 Tampa Bay Rays------------45 65 .409
6 Oakland Athletics-----------48 63 .432
7 San Diego Padres-----------48 63 .432
8 Los Angeles Angels--------49 62 .441
9 Milwaukee Brewers--------49 60 .450
10 Philadelphia Phillies------52 61 .460
11 Kansas City Royals--------53 58 .477
12 Chicago White Sox--------53 58 .477

Bah. Thought I could use underscore to make it easier to process, but the way it displays doesn't line up with the way the text editor shows it.