2017 Tigers and MLB Draft

[byco42]

Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of positive articles about the Faedo pick. Also saw that he hit 97 last night for Florida. I guess if you look hard enough, there's always some negative to be found.

Let's not spiral this thread away from the draft.

Pretty much thinking that this is what began the unraveling.

 

[gotime909]

Pretty much thinking that this is what began the unraveling.

Ok dad

 

[byco42]

Ok dad

Anyway, I think that the Tigers are really good at drafting. Some of their best players on team were drafted.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Anyway, I think that the Tigers are really good at drafting. Some of their best players on team were drafted.

Tell me this was a joke, lol. We drafted JV. Anyone else we drafted that's any good?

 

[byco42]

Tell me this was a joke, lol. We drafted JV. Anyone else we drafted that's any good?

I was putting the thread back on track. Eric Munson? He was supposed to be good.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I was putting the thread back on track. Eric Munson? He was supposed to be good.

Eric Munson was awesome.. He hit above the Mendoza line (some years :hehe, gotta give him that.

 

[dale675]

I got Ryan Perry's autograph at a Tigers game in 2010 or 2011, can't remember. First round pick flop.

 

[byco42]

Eric Munson was awesome.. He hit above the Mendoza line (some years :hehe, gotta give him that.

Too bad he barely fielded above it. The guy was about as agile as a:

 

[Tonyballs2]

It is the rating on the velocity before the knee surgeries. After surgeries, he has not regained those velocities. While considered to be a "power" arm, he only tops out at about 92-94 with his fastball and a high of 87 on his slider. Not sure where you saw him going #1. But yes, by many, they thought he was a high first rounders (i.e. ESPN), where I go the sites that tended to think otherwise. He ranked 4th for RHP at Baseball America if that helps.

"There are still some concerns with Faedo?s profile, of course. Some scouts don?t like his delivery, which can be a bit jerky at times."

"If Faedo can regain his old velocity and smooth out his mechanics, he?s a fairly sure bet to reach the majors in some capacity. He has the stuff to be a lockdown reliever or a solid mid-rotation starter."

There are plenty of drafted players in years past that had or exceeded Faedo's stats and not panned out. His delivery screams "Tommy John". Will he end that way? Lord knows. But as I said, yes he has upside, and if he smooths out his delivery, his ceiling is mid-Rotation.

I read it on the Bleacher Report. He was "considered" a #1 overall pick at one point but then the injuries starting piling up and both knees had to be cleaned up. I'll try and find the guy that wrote the write up on the pick. He was saying that we got a possible steal because he wasn't supposed to slip that far. Even after the injuries. Idk...

 

[dale675]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/06/with_season_on_the_line_alex_f.html

Alex Faedo played for his dad Lanny at Alonso High School in Tampa. He considered Jose Fernandez, the school's most famous baseball alumnus, a close friend and mentor.

Fernandez, an elite pitcher for the Miami Marlins, died last September in a boating accident at the age of 24.

"Without him coming into my life, I don't think I'd ever be nearly the player or the person that I am today," Faedo said. "He just showed me how to work hard and how to do things the right way."

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/06/13/mlb-draft-2017-tracker/392062001/
2017 MLB draft tracker: Day 2, Rounds 3-10.
Freep

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/draft/tracker/tigers
Tigers Draft Tracker.

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017...adams-mj-melendez-luis-campusano-matt-whatley
2017 MLB Draft Prospects: Top 20 Catchers.
Let’s take a look at the top catcher prospects in this year’s draft!
MinorLeagueBall

Tigers 3rd round catcher is a glove first Catcher.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...e-catcher-morgan-third-round-draft/102816720/
Tigers take catcher Morgan in third round of draft.
Detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/projecting-the-college-players-taken-on-day-one-of-the-draft-2/
Projecting the college players taken on day one of the draft.
Fangraphs

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/6/13/15794350/mlb-draft-2017-detroit-tigers-joey-morgan-third-round
MLB draft 2017: Tigers select Joey Morgan with No. 95 overall pick.
The Tigers claimed the Washington Huskies catcher in the third round of the draft.
BYBTB

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/6/...-2017-detroit-tigers-gio-arriera-fourth-round
MLB draft 2017: Tigers select RHP Gio Arriera with the No. 125 pick.
The 19-year-old pitcher from Palm Beach CC fits the Tigers draft profile perfectly.
BYBTB

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/6/...-2017-detroit-tigers-sam-mcmillan-fifth-round
MLB draft 2017: Tigers select Sam McMillan with No. 155 pick.
BYBTB

 

[kalinecountry]

http://motorcitybengals.com/2017/06/13/detroit-tigers-joey-morgan-sam-mcmillan/
Detroit Tigers MLB Draft: Team adds necessary catching prospects in Joey Morgan and Sam McMillan.
MCBTB

 

[kalinecountry]

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/236216276/tigers-build-for-future-on-day-2-of-draft/
Tigers open Day 2 of Draft with Morgan.
Tigers official site

DETROIT -- With Day 2 of the Draft completed, MLB.com is providing breakdowns of each selection by the Tigers.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/06/tigers_2017_mlb_draft.html#incart_river_index
Tigers take 8 players, including 2 catchers, on Day 2 of 2017 MLB Draft.
Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/06/13/detroit-tigers-reynaldo-rivera/392646001/
Second-round pick Reynaldo Rivera eyed by Tigers from Puerto Rico to JUCO.
Freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/236084744/best-mlb-draft-picks-every-team-history-war
EVERY MLB TEAM'S BEST DRAFT PICK.
SportsOnEarth

 

[kalinecountry]

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/236300400/tigers-draft-reynaldo-rivera-giovanni-arriera/
Former JUCO rivals become Tigers Draft picks.
Rivera, Arriera selected in 2nd, 4th rounds, respectively.
Tigers official site