have any of you guys considered bubba starling.
Doubt he'll be on our list at 6.
He's a high risk pick, for many reasons. For one, he's going to command HUGE money because of his football ability. Not only will that drive his price up, but since the team can spread it over future years, there's usually a little extra on top of the amount. Donavan Tate signed for $6mill plus. Starling is probably a better baseball player AND better football player. Its going to take AT LEAST $6mill to get him signed.
Then of course, he's raw as a baseball player. Not only is that more of the Bowden regime, it's just flat out hard to take such a risk at 6. If he doesn't pan out, we've wasteda prime pick in a great draft. I know there's always a chance for a player to bust, but Starling's lack of experience make him even more of a risk.
Then when you factor in that there should be some big time arms on the board, it's really hard to see him on their board.
I happen to think KC will take a long, hard look at him or possibly even Lindor. They've got a fantastic system, but its built mostly on arms. A position player makes a lot of sense to them, moreso than a college arm. Maybe they go an HS arm to being filtering in younger talent into their system, but I doubt they go a college arm since they have aslew of guys on the brink of the majors as is.
Still like Purke and Gray the most on ability andu pside, but I know Purke has slid. So Gray is tops on my list right now. If he's gone, its looking like Hultzen and/or Bradley would provide good value, the way they are rising. Still wonder why Jungmann appears to be sliding, when he's having his best season and can crank it up to the mid 90's. I guess its more of a couple guys rising, but he seems to have fallen out of the top 6-8 picks, and I still think he's right in that group.
