{"id":14053,"date":"2017-06-14T09:11:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14053"},"modified":"2018-05-05T08:05:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T12:05:42","slug":"first-look-quick-overview-of-nats-top-10-draft-picks-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14053","title":{"rendered":"First Look: Quick overview of Nats top 10 Draft picks for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14076\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/crowewill-via-sportstalk.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14076\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14076\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/crowewill-via-sportstalk-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Will Crowe was our 2nd rounder. PHoto via SportsTalk\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/crowewill-via-sportstalk-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/crowewill-via-sportstalk.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Crowe was our 2nd rounder. Photo via SportsTalk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a first look at our top 10 draft picks, or where we stand after day 2.<\/p>\n<p>At the top of round 1, a last minute switch led to a surprise first name being selected:\u00a0<strong>Royce Lewis<\/strong> went 1-1 instead of one of the two big college arms being rumored there all week; twitter reportedly had\u00a0<strong>Brendan McKay\u00a0<\/strong>rejecting an underslot deal at 1-1 and thus falling to 4th &#8230; where he&#8217;ll still get paid. \u00a0Nonetheless, the top 5 ended up being the same top-5 on nearly every mock draft &#8230; just in a different order.<\/p>\n<p>How about the Nats picks? \u00a0Lets just say there was some back and forth among the pundits about these top 10 picks.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-41\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-41\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Round<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Overall<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Name<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Position<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Col\/HS<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">College or Cmtm<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">State<\/th><th class=\"column-8\">Slot Value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Seth Romero<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Col Jr<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Houston<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">TX<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">2530400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">65<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Wil Crowe<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Col SR<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">South Carolina<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">SC<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">946500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">103<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Nick Raquet<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Col Jr<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">William &amp; Mary<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">VA<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">522300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">133<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cole Freeman<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2B<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Col SR<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">LSU<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">LA<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">390000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">163<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brigham Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Col Jr<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">TAMU<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">TX<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">291200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">193<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Kyle Johnston<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Coll Jr<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Texas<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">TX<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">226100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">223<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jackson Tetreault<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">J2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">State Col Florida Manatee<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">FL<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">178100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">253<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jared Brashner<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Col Sr<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Samford <\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Fl<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">149600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">283<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Alex Troop<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Col Jr.<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Michigan State<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">MI<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">138000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">313<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Trey Turner<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Col Jr.<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Missouri State<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">MO<\/td><td class=\"column-8\">131300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-41 from cache -->\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Pick by Pick<\/strong><\/span>: if they&#8217;re ranked on the main prospect ranking\u00a0sites I like (see links at bottom):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Round\/#25 overall:\u00a0<strong>Seth Romero, <\/strong>LHP UHouston.\u00a0(Espn #59, MLBPipeline #25, BA #27, Minorleague #29, BDR #49, 2080 #30). \u00a0Well, the worrisome situation came to pass; the Nats couldn&#8217;t help themselves and drafted perhaps the draft&#8217;s biggest knucklehead. \u00a0His list of transgressions at Houston were large and dumb; fights with teammates, weight\/conditioning issues, drug issues. \u00a0Prior to the spring, he was easily a top-10 talent, with early projections having him going as high as 6th overall. \u00a0He&#8217;s a power-lefty; works 92-95, touches 97 and per MLB already has two 60-grade pitches. \u00a0He kind of reminds you body-wise of <strong>Chad Cordero<\/strong>, with mechanics kind of like\u00a0<strong>Drew Storen<\/strong>. \u00a0He&#8217;s got a very quick arm, is a big-body kid who might still need some conditioning work, but whose mechanics may give him some issues later on. \u00a0I don&#8217;t like the pick for the character issues; the Nats left one big college arm who I would have preferred in\u00a0<strong>Alex Lange<\/strong>, but the guy I really liked here (<strong>Tanner Houck<\/strong>) went the pick before, so perhaps that sewed up the Nats choices.<\/li>\n<li>2nd\/#65:\u00a0<strong>Wil Crowe,<\/strong> RHP from South Carolina.\u00a0 (Espn #43, MLBpipeline #44, BA #47, MinorLeague #30, BDR #185, 2080 #51): \u00a0 A guy who I saw in some mock drafts going to the Nats at #25 overall falls somehow to #65 overall, despite nearly every ranking system having him 20 picks higher. \u00a0Crowe is a TJ survivor (aren&#8217;t they all these days?), with a 65 fastball and a couple of 55s on his other tools who was solid if unspectacular for USC this year. \u00a0Big guy, big arm, physical comparison to\u00a0<strong>Joe Blanton<\/strong>. \u00a0I like this as a safe pick.<\/li>\n<li>3rd\/#103:\u00a0<strong>Nick Raquet<\/strong>, LHP from William &amp; Mary. \u00a0BA #145, BDR #348. \u00a0A lefty weekend starter from a bad baseball school in a small baseball conference. \u00a0Raquet had good K\/9 numbers, but also horrible BB\/9 numbers, had an ERA in the 4s and was a non-entity on the rankings. \u00a0Where is this pick coming from? \u00a0He wasn&#8217;t anywhere even listed on the Virginia-only prospects lists on the various sites. \u00a0A cost-savings pick? \u00a0There&#8217;s still significant talent on the board, not the least of which is\u00a0<strong>Tristan Beck<\/strong> from Stanford; is his injury worse than people thought?<\/li>\n<li>4th\/#133:\u00a0<strong>Cole Freeman<\/strong>, 2B senior from LSU. \u00a0BDR #429. \u00a0BA #166. \u00a0A senior sign, twitter reports that he&#8217;s 5&#8217;9&#8243;, has a short compact swing, can hit, has blazing speed, is high-energy and is plus-plus make-up. \u00a0Sounds great; this is a fourth round pick? \u00a0Sounds like an 8th rounder. \u00a0Still not sure what the Nats are doing.<\/li>\n<li>5th\/#163:\u00a0<strong>Brigham Hill<\/strong>, Jr RHP from TAMU. \u00a0BA #346. \u00a0MLB #159. \u00a0BDR #171. \u00a0Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s #1\/friday starter, went 8-3 with a 3.16 era in the tough SEC. \u00a0Smaller guy, throws low 90s. \u00a050s on most of his pitches, plus change up. \u00a0I like a guy like this; he reminds me of\u00a0<strong>Austin Voth<\/strong> in terms of draft pedigree and collegiate accomplishment.<\/li>\n<li>6th\/#193:\u00a0<strong>Kyle Johnston<\/strong> JR RHP from Texas. \u00a0BA #250, MLB #136, BDR #492. \u00a0Weekend starter who bounced around roles for Texas this year but had some very solid outings against good Big12 competition. \u00a0Not a ton of K\/9, but two grade 60 pitches (fastball and cutter). \u00a0Profiles as a reliever, both by pitch capability and by stature (6&#8217;0&#8243; right hander). \u00a0Not a bad pick here.<\/li>\n<li>7th\/#223: <strong>Jackson Tetreault<\/strong>, J2 RHP from\u00a0State College of Florida Manatee &#8211; Sarasota. \u00a0BA #286. \u00a0I&#8217;m not a BA subscriber so I can&#8217;t read the scouting report, but his <a href=\"http:\/\/stats.njcaa.org\/sports\/bsb\/2016-17\/div1\/teams\/statecollegeoffloridamanateesaraso?view=lineup\">peripherals at his Juco<\/a> (where a few others are getting drafted) are solid. \u00a0Worked as a starter, big K\/9 numbers.<\/li>\n<li>8th\/#253:\u00a0<strong>Jared Brashner<\/strong>. \u00a0Coll Sr RHP from Samford. \u00a0BA #430. \u00a0We&#8217;re clearly in the senior sign territory; Brashner&#8217;s a reliever from Samford with nearly a walk an inning to go along with <a href=\"http:\/\/samfordsports.com\/documents\/2017\/5\/25\/2017_Baseball_Stats.pdf\">46 Ks in 30 relief innings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>9th\/#283:\u00a0<strong>Alex Troop<\/strong>, Coll Jr LHP from Michigan State. \u00a0BA #179 BDR #184. \u00a0Solid lefty with good numbers this year. \u00a0Not a bad 9th round pick, one who still rates on BA&#8217;s list.<\/li>\n<li>10th\/#313:\u00a0<strong>Trey Turner<\/strong>, Coll Jr LHP from Missouri State. \u00a0Unranked anywhere, <a href=\"http:\/\/missouristate_ftp.sidearmsports.com\/custompages\/teamcume.htm?path=baseball\">limited time this year<\/a> ; just 13 IP but 22 Ks in those 13 innings and a stellar BAA. \u00a0Didn&#8217;t pitch after March because &#8230; he tore his UCL. \u00a0So there&#8217;s your annual Nat draftee with TJ surgery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>First 10 rounds worth of picks breakdown<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9 arms, 1 position player.<\/li>\n<li>10 college (1 juco), zero prep.<\/li>\n<li>A few picks that seem like clear money savers: Raquet, Brashner, perhaps also Freeman.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy influence in the South East: 6 of the 10 picks come from Texas, Louisiana or Florida).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0We&#8217;ve talked about the risk of Romero. \u00a0I liked the Crowe pick. \u00a0I question the Raquet and Freeman picks. \u00a0I liked the two SEC starter picks in rounds 5 and 6, and I liked the 9th and 10th rounders too as good risks. \u00a0Clearly this draft is about arms for the Nats after picking mostly positional players in 2016. \u00a0No screwing around with prep players; they drafted a bunch of college guys to try to get them to the majors more quickly, likely to fill voids coming up in the next couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>What do you guys think of it?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Draft Links of\u00a0Use<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mlbpipeline&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/draft\/tracker\/round-10\">Draft Tracker for 2017<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>All 10 rounds of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/draft\/2017-mlb-draft-slots-bonus-pools\/#kXYH1ZReA75Ue3OT.97\">slot bonus figures<\/a> for 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/draftdb\/index.php\">BA&#8217;s draft database<\/a>, including link to get BPA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectgame.org\/default.aspx\">Perfect Game<\/a> to get profiles on more obscure draftees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Draft Rankings referred to within here<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ESPN (<strong>Keith Law<\/strong>) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/blog\/keith-law\/insider\/post?id=7154\">Top 100 &#8220;Big Board&#8221; Draft prospect rankings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MLBPipeline (Callis &amp; Mayo): <a href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/prospects\/2017?list=draft\">top 200 draft prospects<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BaseballAmerica <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/draft-preview\/\">Top 500 Draft Prospects<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MinorLeagueBall.com (<strong>Michael Cook)<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minorleagueball.com\/2017\/5\/15\/15645060\/cookiedabookies-top-151-mlb-draft-prospects-may-edition\">Top 151 Draft Prospects<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BaseballDraftReport&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballdraftreport.com\/2017\/06\/12\/baseball-draft-report-2017-mlb-draft-big-500\/\">top 500<\/a> (published just as the draft started)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2080baseball.com\/2017\/06\/draft-top-125\/\">2080baseball&#8217;s top 125<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Fangraphs\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/scoutboard.aspx\">top 100 draft sortable board<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a first look at our top 10 draft picks, or where we stand after day 2. At the top of round 1, a last minute switch led to a surprise first name being selected:\u00a0Royce Lewis went 1-1 instead of one of the two big college arms being rumored there all week; twitter reportedly had\u00a0Brendan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2844,3610,1815,3203,3606,861,3605,52,3608,3609,213,3607,3604,3293,3565,3583,3611,3562,3588],"class_list":["post-14053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-draft","tag-alex-lange","tag-alex-troop","tag-austin-voth","tag-brendan-mckay","tag-brigham-hill","tag-chad-cordero","tag-cole-freeman","tag-drew-storen","tag-jackson-tetreault","tag-jared-brashner","tag-joe-blanton","tag-kyle-johnston","tag-nick-raquet","tag-royce-lewis","tag-seth-romero","tag-tanner-houck","tag-trey-turner","tag-tristan-beck","tag-wil-crowe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14053"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14756,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14053\/revisions\/14756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}