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BirdWatcher · 03-31-2019, 01:05 PM

Today is the day when the official pool of players eligible to be selected in the upcoming amateur player draft is announced and team's can really start to shore up their lists of potential picks.

According to the OSA, a few of the players expected to go very early in the draft are 18-year old prep star starting pitcher Kyle Newsome, 21-year old collegiate firstbaseman Edward Woods, and 18-year old USC reliever Mike McBride.
It should be noted that the Brewers scouting staff isn't nearly so high on these three players. They see Newsome as a borderline prospect at best as they aren't sold on either his movement or his control developing as much as the OSA believes. While they share the OSA's opinion about Woods' great homerun power potential, they believe his gap power will top out at average at best and they do not see him improving his K rate as much as the OSA does and therefore predict that his contact ability will be only slightly above average at best. They are closest to the OSA on their assessment of McBride, but they have doubts about him developing his movement beyond slightly above average and they think his splitter will be quite good but not as elite as the OSA seems to believe.

On the other hand, the Brewers scouting department is much higher on Nation Ford High School (Ft. Mill, South Carolina) outfielder Danny Knepp than the OSA is, though this might reflect an organizational bias in favor of defensively gifted players with top-of-the-scale speed and running abilities. Secondbaseman Robert Marinko, out of Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, New Jersey is another favorite of the Brewers scouting department. They see him as projecting as a solid big league bat-first second sacker with above average speed and acceptable, if not first-rate, defense.

Overall, it does not appear to be a very top-heavy draft class but it goes rather deep in terms of potentially big league useful players, so the Brewers hope to find someone of value left when they get their first pick in the supplemental first round.

(Please note that the first three players listed here are showing with the OSA scouting ratings and the last two have the Brewers scouting staff ratings displayed.)

03-31-2019, 01:05 PM	#57
BirdWatcher Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 4,262	1972 Draft Pool Announced Today is the day when the official pool of players eligible to be selected in the upcoming amateur player draft is announced and team's can really start to shore up their lists of potential picks. According to the OSA, a few of the players expected to go very early in the draft are 18-year old prep star starting pitcher Kyle Newsome, 21-year old collegiate firstbaseman Edward Woods, and 18-year old USC reliever Mike McBride. It should be noted that the Brewers scouting staff isn't nearly so high on these three players. They see Newsome as a borderline prospect at best as they aren't sold on either his movement or his control developing as much as the OSA believes. While they share the OSA's opinion about Woods' great homerun power potential, they believe his gap power will top out at average at best and they do not see him improving his K rate as much as the OSA does and therefore predict that his contact ability will be only slightly above average at best. They are closest to the OSA on their assessment of McBride, but they have doubts about him developing his movement beyond slightly above average and they think his splitter will be quite good but not as elite as the OSA seems to believe. On the other hand, the Brewers scouting department is much higher on Nation Ford High School (Ft. Mill, South Carolina) outfielder Danny Knepp than the OSA is, though this might reflect an organizational bias in favor of defensively gifted players with top-of-the-scale speed and running abilities. Secondbaseman Robert Marinko, out of Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, New Jersey is another favorite of the Brewers scouting department. They see him as projecting as a solid big league bat-first second sacker with above average speed and acceptable, if not first-rate, defense. Overall, it does not appear to be a very top-heavy draft class but it goes rather deep in terms of potentially big league useful players, so the Brewers hope to find someone of value left when they get their first pick in the supplemental first round. (Please note that the first three players listed here are showing with the OSA scouting ratings and the last two have the Brewers scouting staff ratings displayed.) Attached Images