2021 MLB Draft Day 1 Thread

[Brock Beauchamp]

11 hours ago, SteveLV said:

I would also note that this is a draft by a management team that thinks it has solid job security.  Neither of these players will see MLB for 4-5 years in all likelihood....

The last thing I EVER want is for my favorite team's draft coordinators to draft as if their job is immediately on the line.

Woof, that would lead to some truly terrible outcomes given how the MLB draft works and the timeline it operates on.

[MN_ExPat]

10 hours ago, Monkeypaws said:

MLB draft is kind of like opening a new soda because the last one went flat.

We get excited because they managed to manipulate the bonuses and eventually sign Will Holland and Willie Jo Gary, which seemed big at the time, but it has gone stale.

P****TT! Fresh bubbles.

Ehhhh.... not so much perhaps.  Holland and Gary are both very good players and tremendous athletes.  They were good picks then and still are.  Whether or not they are able to make the majors is in many ways irrelevant. 

[Mike Sixel]

13 hours ago, Squirrel said:

So ... it says he (Chase) has committed to Florida ... I assume that they wouldn't have drafted him if they didn't know they could sign him, right?

According to Kevin Goldstein at Fangraphs, who worked in a FO, yes, they almost certainly have an agreement already. With both players.