[DJ's left nut]

Gorman fell because there are questions regarding his ability to stick at 3b due to his potential to add more size as he matures and because there are real questions about his hit tool making it difficult for him to turn his raw power into game power.

When people talk about the 'best raw power in the draft' they're generally discussing that in scouting terms. 'Raw power' = the ability to flat !@#$ing murder a ball in batting practice. If you want to see a perfect example of the downside with Gorman, look up the draft reports for Josh Vitters. Vitters was a 'raw power' guy with a questionable hit tool and iffy defense. The Cubs took him ahead of a lot of much better players and in the end his hit tool absolutely wrecked him. If you look at it as a math equation you can essentially say [(Raw Power)*(hit tool) = Game Power]. As a modern analogue look at Yoan Moncada vs. Gleybar Torres. Moncada's raw power is unquestionably better than Torres but Torres hit tool is so much more advanced than Moncada's that his game power has been better than Moncada's to this point.

Lindor is what happens when a guy with solid raw power but an exceptional hit tool puts it all together. Paul DeJong is what happens when a guy with plus raw power but an iffy hit tool finds a way to make it work.

As for Roberts, the 89-93 was this season as a starter. Out of the bullpen he's seen as a 95 mph guy with an absolutely murder slider. You can find gifs of it with a 'tracer' tail and I'd imagine the contact rate on that pitch will be abysmal. I don't know how anyone would hit it - just spit on it, hope you've worked the AB long enough to get him to his 3rd pitch and wait for him to hang a fringy changeup. With his command being wobbly (and I saw a lot of strikes that were 'bad strikes' that could've been driven), I can see the risk there. He misses the zone a little more than you'd like and when he's in the zone he's in the middle too often. But shit, at this spot in the draft that's fine - he has serious shit and can absolutely be a back of the bullpen arm.

Baker - meh, likely signability guy who can't play defense anywhere but appears to have an excellent approach. Anytime you can't figure out why the Cardinals took a guy, go see if he excelled in the Cape. Baker did. If they save a bit on his slot and he ends up making it to the show as a more powerful, more polished Luke Voit, that's a good use of that pick. An advance righty bat with power off the bench will always be useful. There is some concern that they will need to go over slot to get Gorman away from his Arizona commit so this may be where they find that money.