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MLB Dirt: Rising Draft Stock: Albert Almora
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, May 16 2012 03:36 PM
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 10:13 AM
Thanks for sharing this solid article. I'm a big fan of Almora, and while he hasn't been linked (that I know of) to the O's at #4, I'd LOVE to have him.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 12:09 PM
Almora does not seem to be under consideration from the O's. The more I have read about him, the more I have liked. He would be my choice at 4, but I'll be happy with Gausman.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 12:16 PM
Almora does not seem to be under consideration from the O's. The more I have read about him, the more I have liked. He would be my choice at 4, but I'll be happy with Gausman.
Almora doesn't have the same high ceiling I would want out of a HS pick. That said, apparently the cubs are in love with him. "The cubs would take him first overall if they could" blah blah blah
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 01:02 PM
Almora does not seem to be under consideration from the O's. The more I have read about him, the more I have liked. He would be my choice at 4, but I'll be happy with Gausman.
Almora doesn't have the same high ceiling I would want out of a HS pick. That said, apparently the cubs are in love with him. "The cubs would take him first overall if they could" blah blah blah
I would take him first overall were I the Astros, and I am going to in the shadow draft I run.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 01:18 PM
Almora doesn't have the same high ceiling I would want out of a HS pick. That said, apparently the cubs are in love with him. "The cubs would take him first overall if they could" blah blah blah
I would take him first overall were I the Astros, and I am going to in the shadow draft I run.
Wow... can you give me some players drafted recently you would compare him with?
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 01:26 PM
I would take him first overall were I the Astros, and I am going to in the shadow draft I run.
Wow... can you give me some players drafted recently you would compare him with?
He's a more refined center fielder than any recent HS draftee I can think of. Makes the comp difficult. As weird as it sounds, I think of him as a more physical Francisco Lindor, were Lindor a center fielder.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 01:51 PM
Almora=Outstanding prospect. I like this young man a great deal, and have him rated (by a thin margin) just behind Correa as the top player in the draft.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 05:54 PM
Nobody is going to out work this kid. Make-up off the chart.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 09:52 PM
Almora doesn't have the same high ceiling I would want out of a HS pick. That said, apparently the cubs are in love with him. "The cubs would take him first overall if they could" blah blah blah
I would take him first overall were I the Astros, and I am going to in the shadow draft I run.
And this is exactly why I said this. Will pat myself on the back -- Houston and I were thinking EXACTLY the same. Signable HS kid to under $7.2 MM deal and use the extra ~$2 MM to get McCullers in supplemental-1st.
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