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I hope Keith Law is wrong.
college bat with all that pitching?
JMO a college bat could end up being Foscue.
would not be happy at all with that.
Foscue instead of Carmen Mlodzinski for instance? ughhopefully there will be a few day-of mock tomorrow.
BTW, MO is one of three FO guys on mlbnetwork, right now
i have a serious question for whoever knows the answer (maybe even Brian himself) 🙂
for those, mostly high schoolers, who have a dollar figure in mind, below which they will not sign……
WHEN DOES THE DRAFTING CLUB FIND OUT THAT DOLLAR FIGURE IS?
BEFORE he is selected? hopefully, or else teams would be shy on even selecting in the first place.I assume they have a ballpark idea (pun intended) and not flying totally in the dark, so to speak. Surprises are not welcome !
hopefully you can figure out my question, though maybe not stated very clearly.
edit: I didn’t mean to sound like Brian MIGHT know the answer. No doubt he does.
brand new mock. thanks to the poster on another board that I stole it from.
Here’s a mock from Sports Info Solutions (formerly Baseball Info Solutions) done by their staff as a group, through the end of round 2 and the comp picks.
Cardinals picks:
21 – Ed Howard, SS (HS)
54 – Dax Fulton, LHP (HS)
63 – Tommy Mace, RHP, University of Florida
70 – Drew Bowser, SS/3B (HS, Harvard-Westlake)
https://sportsinfosolutionsblog.com/2020/06/09/2020-mlb-mock-draft-rounds-1-2/Mlodzinski likely will be there at 21.
Crochett very, very doubtful.
Someone will snarf him up long b4 21.so true GC.
here are some possibilities per Jeff Gordon article this morning:
you know what, GC? me too.
he doesn’t sound like as bad an idea as a week ago. 🙂still think if Howard doesn’t fall to 21 it’ll be a college pitcher.
lot of good ones out there.
one that isn’t mentioned much is Chris McMahon.
lot of movement on his fastball if you watch youtube vids.another new proposal from MLB to the player’s union today with larger cut of the financial pie for the players but players seem not real happy with the health provision they’d have to sign:
(from MLBTradeRumors)
This morning’s proposal, according to Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times (Twitter link), would require players to sign an “acknowledgement of risk” waiver, which gives many in the union pause. Players are wary that upon signing such a waiver, they’d be unable to take any action should they feel the league provided an unsafe work environment.
new mock today from CBSsports:
Cole Wilcox, with Ed Howard going at 19.
Yahoo Sports new mock today has Cards taking Foscue. Ed Howard lasts til first pick of Competitive Balance Round A.
WHATTTTT ?????????
whole thing is on TV, two channels ESPN and MLB Network
first 37 picks on Wednesday
rest on Thursday
re: ESPN, first day ESPN, 2nd day ESPN 2very late on a Saturday night, here’s Derrick Goold’s Sunday article on the draft:
GC, sounds like Carmen M is your guy.
what if both he and Howard are ava at 21?
(I doubt Howard WILL be still available)I really like the sentence about the Cape Cod League:
Mlodzinski gained valuable experience pitching in the Cape Cod League for the Falmouth Commodores last summer, going 2-0 with a 2.15 ERA in six starts. He pitched 29 1/3 innings, striking out 40.
thanks for the article GC.
here’s another:
Draft preview: South Carolina righty Carmen Mlodzinski
By: Byron Kerr
June 5, 2020 7:55 AM
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Carmen Mlodzinski is a 6-foot-2, 231-lb. right-hander out of South Carolina who is ranked as the No. 21 prospect in the MLBPipeline.com top 200 list. The Nationals, who select at No. 22 in the first round, could have a very good shot at choosing this talented pitcher in the June 10 First-Year Player Draft.
His college coach believes Mlodzinski has the tools and the makeup to become a solid starter in the major leagues. Mark Kingston has been the coach at South Carolina for three seasons after successful stints at Illinois State and South Florida. He was also a pitcher locally at Potomac High School in Dumfries, Va., and at North Carolina, guiding the Tar Heels to the 1989 College World Series.
“Carmen has really developed nicely as a prospect,” Kingston said. “He came in here with a pretty decent name on the prospect scene, but has really improved his game, his strength. Everything about him has really elevated the last three years. He’s had to overcome his share of adversity. He had the broken foot. Obviously, we missed this season, so his freshman season was really his only full year with us.
“He made some spot starts that year. He won a big game in the regional for us to get us to the super regional round. So he had some moments. But then last year, his sophomore year, he broke his foot and missed the remainder of the year, and this year obviously the season got canceled.”
Mlodzinski, 21, has demonstrated a mid-90’s fastball and some breaking pitches with some good movement. He went 2-1 with a 2.84 ERA in four starts before the college season was halted in mid-March. Mlodzinski struck out 22 and allowed only eight walks in 25 1/3 frames.
Carmen-Mlodzinski-throwing-white-sidebar.jpg“I think the breaking ball will continue to improve the more he pitches,” Kingston said. “It’s been a little bit inconsistent, just because he hasn’t been able to get on a specific routine because of the injuries and the season getting canceled. He is a very low-risk pick. There is just so much to like: the velocity, the control, the competitiveness, the work ethic, the maturity. There is just so much to like with whatever team takes him.”
Mlodzinski gained valuable experience pitching in the Cape Cod League for the Falmouth Commodores last summer, going 2-0 with a 2.15 ERA in six starts. He pitched 29 1/3 innings, striking out 40. The Commodores went 27-15.
“The thing with him is he just has an elite fastball with elite movement,” Kingston said. “So he is just going to be a groundball machine at the professional level against wood bats. He made not have some of the gaudy strikeout numbers, but I think he is going to be a guy who can get a lot of quick outs and really make it tough, especially on right-handed hitters.
“He has had to deal with a lot of ups and downs, but whatever team drafts him is getting a power arm with plus makeup and a guy that really wants to be great.”
Mlodzinski said during this season’s team media day that that summer showcase experience was big for his confidence and syncing up his mental game with his physical talents.
“That’s kind of where he made a name for himself,” Kingston said. “He pitched as well in the Cape Cod League as anybody. That is really where he came on the prospect scene a big way.”
Mlodzinski had a lot of time to think about what kind of pitcher he wants to be as he healed his foot all last year. Then he was able to test that new mental approach in the Cape Cod League games.
“All kids. as they go from high school to college, have to kind of find themselves on and off the field and what kind of person do they want to evolve into,” Kingston said. “Once he found where his comfort zone was in terms of the right combination of being intense but also being loose, I think that’s when his game really started to take off. The final piece was going and doing so well in the Cape Cod League. That gave him the confidence to really be the cherry on top.”new article from Anne Rogers, quotes from Randy Flores:
https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/cardinals-2020-mlb-draft-preview
teams, the White Sox included, will have the opportunity to sign an unlimited number of undrafted players for $20,000 apiece. But the best of the undrafted bunch might choose to delay their professional careers until economic circumstances are more favorable. High schoolers set to enter the minor leagues might instead opt to play college ball. College juniors who don’t get drafted might return to their schools.
And then there’s the sheer reality of the level economic playing field when it comes to signing those undrafted players. The White Sox, just like every other team, will have to convince the top remaining talent that they should sign up with them instead of 29 other options.
In other words, in those five rounds in which teams will actually be able to select players, the pressure’s on.
^ is obviously from a guy writing about the white sox but pertains to all teams. No doubt….
THE PRESSURE IS ON
