When has this under slot plan shown to be effective with this franchise? If you can’t develop talent, what’s the point?

Look.at their MLB team and what's still in the system..they kinda deserve that handjob.

Actually worked in 2013 draft. Got a World Series ring from it.

If you surround Bradfield with hitters (which the O's have) and tell him to just go get the ball and be a pest on the bases with 2023 rules, he could definitely be an asset.

Helps to pick #1 or #2 for 4 years straight.

If the Royals were staying at Kauffman, he would be a perfect fit for center.

There's currently one MLB catcher who averages better than a 1.85 pop time. Realmuto and that's it. You never know but he pretty clearly has elite power and an elite arm. It's not like they went cheap to take a middling light hitting 2B with speed. It's definitely a serious risk but I like it better than some other ways they could have gone.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, I&#39;ve watched this catch-and-throw from Sinton C Blake Mitchell no less than 10 times already. Haven&#39;t clocked anything more than a 1.85 pop. From a one-knee down, no less. <br><br>The physical tools on that kid are just tremendous. <br><br>�� <a href="https://twitter.com/3aSTXFan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@3aSTXFan</a> <a href="https://t.co/eQRAAHDdZ0">pic.twitter.com/eQRAAHDdZ0</a></p>&mdash; Joe Doyle (@JoeDoyleMiLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeDoyleMiLB/status/1662141784221437952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Prep catchers hit at a terrible rate..you trust the Royals with that?

Blue Jays take the Indian kid

So who did you want at eight?

I'd have probably taken Matt Shaw but if I was trying to get as much underslot as possible for a plan Houck or Nimmala would have been high on my list. Really liked Tommy Troy also, any of them would have worked.

I honestly don't care about that. It'd be different if it was a prep pitcher for sure. That's a different beast. There aren't many prep catchers (or major league catchers) with that arm. Unless there's some program specific reason why someone isn't learning baseball or football a certain way, I don't see the logical reason why a HS catcher can't have success. Our player development worries me far more than the prep catcher thing. They obviously went for a guy with tools they want to try and coach up.

https://twitter.com/maxrieper/status/1678196386070659072?t=Rer6cuzpD64qQecBe4PS7g&s=09

That was 10 years. Can’t always catch lightning in a bottle. Can’t discount the Greinke trade that facilitated much of that run

Weird. You always like power guys over a bunch of second baseman types.