McDaniel Mock Draft Pairs Twins with Skenes, But Raises Eyebrows

[tony&rodney]

Lewis was in a group of five as well. Hunter Greene has some SI hype but it was known that he would need time to learn how to pitch. Greene was never seen as a Doc Gooden. FWIW, the top five this year are supposedly all rated higher than any of the five from 2017. It will be five years before we know enough to judge these guys from 2023.

[Mike Sixel]

aholla

1:32

If Stephen Strasburg was coming out of San Diego State this year, would he be a unanimous lock to go No. 1 overall or would there be some arguing for a hitter given rising concerns about pitcher durability?

 

Keith Law

1:32

Paul Skenes is, in effect, Stephen Strasburg in this draft. And Skenes isn't a lock to go 1.

[Mike Sixel]

Recent buzz has Max Clark as an option for the Pirates at 1st overall. I know the top-5 in this class is very strong, but would passing on Crews/Skenes/Langford be a Bryan Bullington level error on the Pirates part?

 

Keith Law

1:39

I think that's been the buzz all spring - if they wanted to go HS, he'd be the choice. And in some drafts he'd be 1-1. It doesn't hurt that he plays about 20 minutes from Pittsburgh's AAA affiliate, so any exec in town to see their prospects can just pop over and see him too. I think the risk they run if they take Clark is that a year from now Crews and Skenes are in the big leagues and Clark is in A-ball, even maybe doing well there, but they've missed a chance to get someone who gets there almost right away.

[Mike Sixel]

Gregory

1:59

What are the chances the Big 5 draft prospects are not the first 5 taken?

 

Keith Law

2:00

I think there's a 95% chance that the top 4 picks come from the Big 5. The Twins are the wild card for me.

[SF Twins Fan]

23 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Gregory

1:59

What are the chances the Big 5 draft prospects are not the first 5 taken?

 

Keith Law

2:00

I think there's a 95% chance that the top 4 picks come from the Big 5. The Twins are the wild card for me.

This makes my stomach churn.  If the Twins don't draft one of the top five it's going to be so disappointing.

[Mike Sixel]

They are letting Skenes throw over 120 pitches....I'm losing interest. Very disappointed in the manager there....