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Westheim · 03-13-2019, 03:43 AM

2029 DRAFT POOL ANALYSIS

For the first time in a while, the draft pool made you more excited about the position players rather than the pitchers included. Also, for the first time in a while, the Raccoons had signed away their first-round pick and would not get more than crapshoots at the available talent, and while Matt Nunley, drafted in the fourth round almost 19 years ago, is still-living proof that you can find serviceable major league talent with a stick even with the #132 pick - .279 with 148 HR and 902 RBI as of now – things would probably be picked thin by the time the Raccoons would make their first selection.

There was a tiny safety net the Critters had fallen into; losing Jon Correa in free agency after a 3-month rental had given the Critters a supplemental round pick, which as of now was going to be the #37 selection, but there were still two compensation-eligible free agents on the market that could get signed and make us slide back a bit further. Those were Ian Prevost (out with a torn flexor tendon and type A) and Jesse Bowsher (type B). The latter had been lit up to a 7.32 ERA with the Loggers in ’28 and did not seem likely to get signed even after draft day.

Regardless, we did manage to compile a shortlist with 103 players, three of which were on the list twice for two-way potential, and also the following hotlist of our most-wanted players, of which we would likely get none at #37 (* notes high school players; ^ notes two-way player):

SP Justin Kaiser (13/15/10) * – BNN #8
SP Rick Haugh (12/12/10) – BNN #2
SP Kent Turner (12/13/9) – BNN #5

RP Gabe Creech (16/13/9) ^ – BNN #4

C Mitch Cook (11/12/13)

INF/RF Billy Bouldin (15/3/5)
1B Ryan St. Pierre (9/15/14)
INF Josh Barnett (12/10/11) *

OF Sean Calais (13/10/4) * – BNN #3
3B/RF/LF Sonny Deming (9/11/13)
OF John Baron (8/14/12)

Creech was actually listed as an outfielder, but we liked the stuff he showed off whenever he moonlighted in hurling. However, given his prominent positioning on BNN’s own hotlist he was unlikely to get anywhere near #37 …

03-13-2019, 03:43 AM	#2756
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,921	2029 DRAFT POOL ANALYSIS For the first time in a while, the draft pool made you more excited about the position players rather than the pitchers included. Also, for the first time in a while, the Raccoons had signed away their first-round pick and would not get more than crapshoots at the available talent, and while Matt Nunley, drafted in the fourth round almost 19 years ago, is still-living proof that you can find serviceable major league talent with a stick even with the #132 pick - .279 with 148 HR and 902 RBI as of now – things would probably be picked thin by the time the Raccoons would make their first selection. There was a tiny safety net the Critters had fallen into; losing Jon Correa in free agency after a 3-month rental had given the Critters a supplemental round pick, which as of now was going to be the #37 selection, but there were still two compensation-eligible free agents on the market that could get signed and make us slide back a bit further. Those were Ian Prevost (out with a torn flexor tendon and type A) and Jesse Bowsher (type B). The latter had been lit up to a 7.32 ERA with the Loggers in ’28 and did not seem likely to get signed even after draft day. Regardless, we did manage to compile a shortlist with 103 players, three of which were on the list twice for two-way potential, and also the following hotlist of our most-wanted players, of which we would likely get none at #37 (* notes high school players; ^ notes two-way player): SP Justin Kaiser (13/15/10) * – BNN #8 SP Rick Haugh (12/12/10) – BNN #2 SP Kent Turner (12/13/9) – BNN #5 RP Gabe Creech (16/13/9) ^ – BNN #4 C Mitch Cook (11/12/13) INF/RF Billy Bouldin (15/3/5) 1B Ryan St. Pierre (9/15/14) INF Josh Barnett (12/10/11) * OF Sean Calais (13/10/4) * – BNN #3 3B/RF/LF Sonny Deming (9/11/13) OF John Baron (8/14/12) Creech was actually listed as an outfielder, but we liked the stuff he showed off whenever he moonlighted in hurling. However, given his prominent positioning on BNN’s own hotlist he was unlikely to get anywhere near #37 … __________________ Portland Raccoons, 94 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here. Last edited by Westheim; 03-13-2019 at 03:45 AM.