2021 mlb draft

I only knew one guy from 1st round. Noah Miller played on Hitters 2021 with Seth last few years. Great kid from a school so small his sister is 2B!

Missed a couple of games because his Mom made him go to church camp. U gotta luv it.

I'm curious, how does a HS junior get drafted?  That's what it says on the draft tracker.  He's born in 2003, so apparently not old for his grade - although I see that most of the HS seniors drafted were born in 2002, and some were born in 2003, so is it that he's 18?

Which one is a junior?  Maybe he reclassed up?

@LousyLefty posted:

Which one is a junior?  Maybe he reclassed up?

MLB Draft Tracker has Andrew Painter - Phillies pick at #13 as a HS JR.  His B-day is April 2003, so in line with other HS seniors.   Probably a typo....

@anotherparent posted:

I'm curious, how does a HS junior get drafted?  That's what it says on the draft tracker.  He's born in 2003, so apparently not old for his grade - although I see that most of the HS seniors drafted were born in 2002, and some were born in 2003, so is it that he's 18?

Several years ago a teammate of my son was eligible for the draft but headed to college after his junior year. He was eighteen.

When he headed for a private school they had him repeat freshman year. By junior year he had nothing more to gain baseball wise. He got his GED and headed for college. Before anyone gets the wrong idea it wasn’t Wossamotta U. It was a HA, ranked D1.

As for the academic integrity of this HA they also recruited a football kid from our high school with a 4.25. It was his time in the forty. It might also be his IQ. Or it could be the years of probation he got for decking a cop.

He became a humble, nice kid. But he was dumber than a bag of rocks. He was gone in a year. He transferred to a less academic challenging, sometimes ranked mid major. He flunked out of there in a year. He now has a career in distribution.

Kid from WI that my kid played against a few times, Noah Miller, got drafted #36 overall by the Twins.  A slick fielding Shortstop, it’ll be fun watching him develop.  He was committed to Alabama

Yes Seth played 2nd to his ss on Hitters. Great kid.

fun with them on ESPN.

@Good Knight posted:

Yes Seth played 2nd to his ss on Hitters. Great kid.

That’s awesome.  Your son is going to Minnesota, correct?  Great program.  Congrats on that.  The Counsell kid is another from Hitters that my son got to know a little and compete against a few times over the years.  Another GREAT kid and of course as you know also going to the Gophers

My kid is a D3 commit but had a blast playing with and against D1 players and MLB draft picks.  Will be interested to see if Ian Moller gets picked in the next few rounds or ends up going to LSU

Where's Paula??  Congratulations to James!

Way to go James!

@anotherparent posted:

Where's Paula??  Congratulations to James!

Certainly a great, great organization to be joining. The sky is the limit.  But I feel like Paula has hinted strongly that he may not sign.  Or is that just me...?

@3and2Fastball posted:

Kid from WI that my kid played against a few times, Noah Miller, got drafted #36 overall by the Twins.  A slick fielding Shortstop, it’ll be fun watching him develop.  He was committed to Alabama

It is fun.   None of my son's former teammates are likely to go in this draft, but yesterday one of them played in the futures game and another had his first 2HR MLB game.  Great stuff.

Saw the Pirates drafted a kid in the 2nd round who had committed to Penn State as a WR...would be nice to see baseball start getting more of the multi-sport athletes... 

My kid caught a pen for the Mets 2nd draft pick. Really nice guy, eh!

Noah Miller and Seth with dblplay on ESPN. Helps to have to SS's in the game.
https://twitter.com/briandumas...672695917981699?s=20

Seth's roomate at Minnesota was picked at 211. And he is going.

Aw, damn, I was hoping the SFG would take Darren Baker, but he's taken by the Nats in the 10th round.

Ian Moller got drafted in the 4th Round by Texas.  Another super great kid from our area who I’ve watched grow up…

Two fun facts so far.

The first (known) Orthodox Jewish player taken in the 3rd round, the photo that everyone including some news outlets seem to be using is mine. I took it at a pre-draft event I shot a few weeks back.

My son's college catcher was taken in the 10th round.

Ya should have made it a NFT! Jake's gonna be bigger than Matisyahu

@nycdad posted:

Two fun facts so far.

The first (known) Orthodox Jewish player taken in the 3rd round, the photo that everyone including some news outlets seem to be using is mine. I took it at a pre-draft event I shot a few weeks back.

My son's college catcher was taken in the 10th round.

That is so cool. That they used your pic and the player is an Orthodox Jew. Who was that?

I found the player but I wanna see the picture!

@TPM posted:

That is so cool. That they used your pic and the player is an Orthodox Jew. Who was that?

https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/...picked-in-mlb-draft/

@nycdad posted:

https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/...picked-in-mlb-draft/

Thank you!

Here’s another Orthodox Jew from Nevada. #12 prospect in NV.. No college offers because he won’t play on Shabbat (for the uninformed: day of holiness and rest observed by Orthodox Jews from sunset on Friday to nightfall of the following day).

I would think a D3 could use his talent to pitch in Sunday.

https://youtu.be/TnIdHBJg8IY

11 of 36 first rounders came from P5 schools...It seems there is lots of opportunity for players not recruited by the P5.

@Smitty28 posted:

11 of 36 first rounders came from P5 schools...It seems there is lots of opportunity for players not recruited by the P5.

That is a little misleading because only 6 of 36 were from non-P5 colleges or not committed to P5 schools so that changes the statistics tremendously.  All of the HS players who were drafted in first round were committed to P5 schools unless I missed someone.  So 17% were non-P5 players or committed to go to a P5 school which seems about right.

Way to go Noah! Hitters 2021

I find it funny that some teams had rather extreme drafts. The angels went 20 for 20 pitchers (kinda understandable as they need pitching) but even more surprised me that the Dodgers took 17 pitchers too. Maybe the whole covid situation made pitchers easier to scout?

@Dominik85 posted:

I find it funny that some teams had rather extreme drafts. The angels went 20 for 20 pitchers (kinda understandable as they need pitching) but even more surprised me that the Dodgers took 17 pitchers too. Maybe the whole covid situation made pitchers easier to scout?

Someone told me that only having 5 rounds last year hurt some teams. Not sure if true but makes sense.

Pitchers are great for trades for hitters. After two years the team knows which pitchers can produce and the pitchers who cannot. Pro scouts who scout the Minor League teams scout from history of the pitcher. Few scout “body language”
Bob

Mets have not reached an agreement with Kumar rocker as they didn't like his physical and rocker (or his agent boras) didn't take part in the mri program which means the Mets didn't even have to offer him the 40% minimum to retain the pick.

Rocker now will go back to college and the Mets will get another first round pick next year.

Pretty bad Events for rocker who was supposed to be first or second overall before the year started but then slid down a little.

Wow.  Pretty shocking.

According to Jeff Passan, Rocker is not going back to Vandy and “will start his pro career”.  This could only mean Indy ball or a foreign league as I don’t think he is eligible to sign with an MLB affiliate until after the 2022 draft.

Maybe he will go to Japan or korea like Carter Stewart?

@Dominik85 posted:

Mets have not reached an agreement with Kumar rocker as they didn't like his physical and rocker (or his agent boras) didn't take part in the mri program which means the Mets didn't even have to offer him the 40% minimum to retain the pick.

Rocker now will go back to college and the Mets will get another first round pick next year.

Pretty bad Events for rocker who was supposed to be first or second overall before the year started but then slid down a little.

Isn't having an MRI typical protocol?  Was/is there something wrong with Kumar's arm/elbow that Kumar/Boris didn't want shown?  Isn't it good business to do research (MRI) on a $6mil investment?

Keewartson had a HS teammate to be drafted in the (competitive balance A) first round.  Had an MRI and bonus was below slot.  (I was not privy to what the original agreement was).   Everyone seemed ok with it at the time. 

It will be interesting to see where Kumar winds up. 

From the ironic headlines department …

Not Signing Brady Aiken Will Come Back To Haunt Astros

2014 - The Astro’s saw something they didn’t like on Aiken’s MRI. They reduced the offer 2.4M below slot for a #1 pick.. Aiken refused to sign. The next year the Indians signed him. Aiken’s career ended in A ball with a blown out elbow, a 7-18, 5.18 record.

I doubt the Astros are feeling haunted.

Sounds like it is shoulder and elbow related with Rocker.  A shoulder injury could be a career ender for a pitcher.