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[SportsGuy]

Yea, McClanahan would be a nice get with our next pick.

[SportsGuy]

And there he goes to TB

[SBTarheel]

And there he goes to TB

Hell of a night for them so far. 

[BSLChrisStoner]

MLB's 15th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 30th all still on the board...

Pick 32 coming....  O's at 37.

[McNulty]

Holy shit some of these kids were born after I started my current job.

[Chris B]

Getting McClanahan at #37 would feel like a win.

 

Have to believe the Royals are hoping Singer's team-mate Jackson Kowar lasts 3 more picks.

 

And they do

[BSLChrisStoner]

Nick Schnell (MLB.com's 38th prospect) goes 32 to Tampa...

 

At 33, Jackson Kowar goes to KC.

[BSLChrisStoner]

At 34, KC takes Daniel Lynch (77th via MLB.com)...

[BSLChrisStoner]

Cleveland takes Ethan Hankins at 35.

[BSLChrisStoner]

MLB.com's top available... 19th, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 30th.

[SBTarheel]

Pretty exciting seeing the Royals getting all of these picks right now..This is our future assuming we lose all these free agents.

 

Of course they won 2 pennants and a World Series with their core.

 

Sigh. 

[BSLChrisStoner]

Pittsburgh takes Gunnar Hogland (MLB's 66th prospect) at 36...

O's up.

[Chris B]

Last pick tonight for the O's coming up.

[Chris B]

Cadyn Grenier, Oregon State

 

Baseball America Scouting Report: Perhaps the best defensive shortstop in the class, Grenier took sole ownership of the position in 2017 with Oregon State after switching back and forth between shortstop and second base with Nick Madrigal. Grenier has no plus tools to speak of and is around average across the board, but he does more than enough to stick at shortstop with fantastic instincts, an above-average arm, solid-average range and some of the surest hands in college baseball. There are players who are flashier than Grenier, but no one makes the routine play with his consistency, as Grenier has a way of slowing the game down. Grenier could be a second- or third-round pick on his defensive strengths alone, but he has shown improvements in his offensive game this spring as well. After hitting sub-.300 during his first two seasons with the Beavers, Grenier hit .325/.418/.470 through his first 42 games this spring. While his strikeout and walk rates haven’t changed much, Northwest-area scouts have noticed an increase in quality at-bats and have seen him work the counts more effectively and consistently. Grenier will never have the natural hitting ability of his double-play partner Madrigal, and he has more of a manufactured swing that will likely need to be regularly adjusted and tweaked as he progresses through pro baseball. There’s no real wood bat track record with Grenier either, as he hit .190/.312/.276 in the Cape Cod League in 2016 and .158/.333/.283 with USA Baseball’s College National Team last summer.

[SportsGuy]

Yuck

[SportsGuy]

SD takes a SS from HS with the next pick and this kid sounds like he has way more upside.

[tennOsfan]

Grenier sounds like another signability pick. Good glove, average at best offensive production.

 

We could've gotten better talent with that pick. Again.

[tennOsfan]

Just prepare yourself now:  We get the top pick in the 2019 draft and take the 31st guy on the draft boards.

[SportsGuy]

Grenier sounds like another signability pick. Good glove, average at best offensive production.
 
We could've gotten better talent with that pick. Again.

Not sure there was a better talent on the board when we drafted 11th.

Rodriguez has a huge upside.

[tennOsfan]

Not sure there was a better talent on the board when we drafted 11th.

Rodriguez has a huge upside.

 

The #2 guy was there.