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[SportsGuy]

Adam Hall...BA had him 99th

[Icterus galbula]

Gotta hope Hall is a good baseball name 

[dude]

In Round 2, Orioles draft SS Adam Hall from Canada

 

yikes.  Why.  

 

Maybe they went on the phone and said "...we got a Hall with a pick and now we're going to....wait....we didn't say A Hall for the second pick....."

[Chris B]

In Comp B Round, O's take Zac Lowther from X!

[SportsGuy]

The #Orioles take Zac Lowther with the No. 74 pick. He is No. 112 on the #BA500: baseballamerica.com/draft-preview/

[Chris B]

Definitely an underslot deal but he should move fast.

[SportsGuy]

Doesn't sound super exciting

http://m.mlb.com/vid...834/v1467415283

[SportsGuy]

Orioles are probably going to have to go overslot for DL Hall.

[dude]

In Comp B Round, O's take Zac Lowther from X!

 

Why would you draft a college kid whose best pitch is a 87-90 mph fastball.

[SportsGuy]

Why would you draft a college kid whose best pitch is a 87-90 mph fastball.

Well if you can command it and have good secondaries, you can be a very successful pitcher and you could move quickly.

[dude]

Well if you can command it and have good secondaries, you can be a very successful pitcher and you could move quickly.

 

...maybe as a reliever....hopefully we're not drafting LHRP with the 74th pick.

[SportsGuy]

...maybe as a reliever....hopefully we're not drafting LHRP with the 74th pick.

You are placing way too much importance in velocity.

BA had him in the top 100 as early as mid April.


Melewski:

With pick No. 74, O's took LHP Zac Lowther from Xavier. Led Cape Cod Lg in strikeouts last summer. 13.4 K/9 this year.

[SportsGuy]

#Orioles take #FrankieFavorite Zac Lowther. This kid has fastball run. Sits 89-92, hits 93. Big time CB. Knack for missing bats. Very smart

[SportsGuy]

Btw..if his secondaries suck or command isn't great, then I don't really like the pick either.

Less velocity means less margin for error...but it doesn't mean you can't be a very good ML pitcher either.

[SportsGuy]

#Orioles take Adam Hall. This kid has a really good hit tool & he's very projectable physically. He's going to hit for average right away

[dude]

Btw..if his secondaries suck or command isn't great, then I don't really like the pick either.

Less velocity means less margin for error...but it doesn't mean you can't be a very good ML pitcher either.

 

He sounds like Donnie Hart....and we burned a 27th rd pick on that one....

[dude]

#Orioles take Adam Hall. This kid has a really good hit tool & he's very projectable physically. He's going to hit for average right away

 

He's listed at 5'11"....which means he's probably 5'10".  How projectable can he be.

[SportsGuy]

Altuve is 5'6"

[dude]

Altuve is 5'6"

 

....so because one guy in MLB is good and 5'6" we should draft shorter players?

 

That doesn't sound like a strategy that will win.

 

I hope he's great, seriously, I just think they spent 2 early picks with limited upside profiles.

 

It's not like this team has had success we could believe in fighting profiles.

 

I'm sure I'll like the guys drafted after the 5th round better.

[bnickle]

Oh stop. 5'11 isn't short for a middle infielder. Can find plenty of pop in 5'11 frames. A ridiculous argument