Yankees Draft Day 1

We're finally here. Btw, Clint Frazier is in the lineup for game one of the double header that starts in a few hours, let's hope he goes off.  And let's hope the Yanks go off tonight. The picking will start at 7 PM EST, and the first two rounds, plus compensatories, will take place tonight.  It would be fun if the Yanks moved some extra inventory for a comp pick or two. In that sense, you'd be trading to your own scouts. It feels like they're going to pump up the bats, though, if the right pitcher falls in round one, that could go by the boards till the second round.  I'm hoping they have great deals worked out with prep talent in one and two, but we'll have to wait and see what's there.

The baseball draft is far less predictable than the NFL or NBA drafts.  The Rangers may be the only thing that makes the NHL first round unpredictable from year to year.  Anyway, even with the advanced analytical and perfomance measuring tools, the prospects sort of are ink blots, so most boards are pretty different.  Add to that the 10 round pool rules, and teams looking to strike deals early so they can spend more later has made it even harder to pick.  And remember, just because a pick takes less does not mean he'll be any less of a player.  Carlos Correa took underslot, for example.  And thout it was before the pool system, Mike Trout took the commissioner's recommended slot or just under it.

So even if the Yanks were to pop a below slot prep tonight, don't take that to mean they don't love the player.  Take it to mean they are just trying to game the system.

Now let's hope they trade for a comp pick or two - and trash Detroit.