It's also funny to me that a bad farm system can supposedly risk blowing a top 10 pick so they can draft more guys later...

Dude has a rocket launcher on his arm. He has talent. You run him out there with Rusty Kuntz every day if that's what it takes to put him at a position where his arm can be a weapon. There is no way you put an arm like that at 1B.

This is an excellent point, but it's hard to compliment the Royals for playing the odds when they take a HS catcher with the strategy.

I just hope they were blown away with Mitchell's bat when they made the pick.

His absolute upside is Kyle Schwarber...arm doesn't make up for his lack of running ability.

Melendez isn't good in the OF and he's a far better athlete.

3-5 years? I think you’re being extremely kind on that figure

Personally I don't think the Royals have earned the ability to make this pick...with their system and MLB roster to go ahead and use your top 10 on something that hits at about the same rate as prep right handers.

Maybe they wanna build a stadium that looks like Yankee stadium downtown so these big lefty bats are locks for 30 HRs.

Will any of them still be on the team when that happens?

If I were this kid I wouldn’t sign with the Royals and would just go to LSU. Career trajectory has a better chance

Even if he goes WAYYY under slot he'll get between 4 and 5 million you turning that down at 18 years old?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m not going to pile on the pick any more, at least until who we see the Royals pick at #44 and #66. If they succeed in nabbing a Top-20 talent with their next pick, Mitchell will feel a lot more like a calculated gamble than a botched pick.</p>&mdash; Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/1678194267536125952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

When your bottom 3 in systems with a terrible MLB team as well you can't botch a top 8 pick to save money..

Orioles who everyone gives a hand job for drafting take the guy everyone hates.....

Crazy the O's, who are on a good scouting and player development run, take Enrique Bradfield LOL

So Baltimore takes Bradfield which means he'll end up way better than projected.