Article: Twins Daily Official MLB Draft Day 1

[Tibs]

Callis said McKay turned down an offer the Twins made him. I forgot how to link tweets here

Edited June 12, 2017 by Tibs

[King]

Is the MLB.com stream stuttering for anyone else? 

[Darius]

With our pitching the way it is, the idea that this team would take a position player at 1:1 ticks me off.

 

I have wanted Greene for long time and that hasn't changed!

I don't think you can use the #1 pick base upon need. You take the player with the best chance of being a superstar.

 

I'll be ticked if they use the #1 overall pick on a guy that's projected to be a #3 starter. Draft for talent and upside, and take the pocketbook out of mothballs and use it for once on a SP in the short-term.

Edited June 12, 2017 by Darius

[jimmer]

Reds will jump all over Greene.

[dgwills]

 

A toolsy high-school position player is hardly a risk-averse pick. McKay as a pitcher would be "safer."

Taking that child molester at 1-1 would be a risk too. Risk isn't necessarily good.

[gunnarthor]

So Twins offered McKay something in line with #4 pick?

[Carneal&Gordon]

I trust Falvine with Royce Lewis and look forward to 35 and 37.

[King]

Blue Screen..

[dgwills]

 

Is the MLB.com stream stuttering for anyone else? 

Open TD and the draft in separate browsers.

[drivlikejehu]

 

Taking that child molester at 1-1 would be a risk too. Risk isn't necessarily good.

 

All picks are "risky" in various ways, I was refuting the claim that Lewis is a "risk-averse" selection. That's just not the case.

 

Whether it's a good pick is a completely separate issue.

[mikecgrimes]

I think 10% of the people at Target field care

[jimmer]

my excitement for the draft is gone.

[Monkeypaws]

Prepared to be disappointed

[sftwinsfan]

This is sickening, toolsy hs SS, has massive bust written all over it.  Have seen nothing about him remotely worthy of #1 consideration.  To take a massive gamble on athleticism may as well just take Green or Gore.  Just to have money for later slots-look at the history of picks 30-40, not much talent there, most years 1-2 players pan out.  Compare this to the top 10, your key players are in the top 10 and you shouldn't mess around.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Lewis. There you go. Well, I don't get it, but whatever.

[jimmer]

later all.

[gunnarthor]

Gad, five minutes in and I'm already disappointed. 

[mikecgrimes]

Love the pick me and 3 other people clapped lots of confused looks

[Pardon My Dinger]

Well, I said I'd act a fool. I'm a man of my word. Look out, cars on my block. Y'all about to get flipped. 

[Mike Sixel]

Ugh. Uninspiring.

[Darius]

Lol, for crying out loud. They actually left Hunter Greene on the table. We'll look back on this amazement (in a bad way).

[Brock Beauchamp]

This pick makes me wonder if Falvey is taking the Cubs approach of "avoid pitchers". Not sure a mid-market team can play that game but whatever, we'll all know in a few years. I don't get riled up about the draft because when you get right down to it, none of us know jack crap about these players.

[mikecgrimes]

Sets up to take great pitching at 35 and 37 where failure is tolerable. Once again falvey makes the smarter option

[mikecgrimes]

Sets up to take great pitching at 35 and 37 where failure is tolerable. Once again falvey makes the smarter option

[70charger]

Really not a fan of this at first overall. Like at all.

 

But I think it behooves me to wait and see what happens at 35 & 37.

[magiklair]

WTF

[drjim]

Sets up to take great pitching at 35 and 37 where failure is tolerable. Once again falvey makes the smarter option

I agree. Digging into Lewis I like him more. A lot depends on how they follow this up.

[gunnarthor]

I don't hate Lewis on a personal level. He seems like a great pick but I don't see why we'd take a HS guy in this draft.  And I doubt he'd take a huge discount as a Boras guy. So why do we pass on guys who might be able to help the current core?

[Darius]

Look at all of the s-eating grins in the Reds war room.

Edited June 12, 2017 by Darius

[jud6312]

So, does this set them up to take great pitching at 35 and 37? Not sure if we're clear on that.