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Positional flexibility. Wonder where the team will try to put him?
So Rizzo screwed the pooch again...
Nats are saying 3B, but he played SS at WF.
MLB had him at 17.
Based on what? A nine slot delta from Jim Callis? Lol
I see, hopefully he pans out
Do they not plan on House at 3B? If he has flexibility, I’d think they’d try to develop him at a different position. SS or 2B would make more sense. I wonder what Abrams’ future in DC really is.
The #Nats have Seaver King as a premium athlete, 70 runner, 65 raw, and they think he’s a shortstop.From us: King didn't get enough hits but a decent OPS at .954 with an 11.9 K%. He made his contact but had a very low BABIP which is hopefully a factor of bad luck.The good news is he has a great history of wood bat play in Cape Cod and killed it at Harwich last year slashing 424/.479/.542/ with a 1.021 OPS.
Jack Huffard@HuffyJack·52mI work for the Wake Baseball Analytics team and I’m also a HUGE Nats fan. Trust me this pick is not the end of the world. Seavs a beast. Best exit velos on the team (including Kurtz). Super athletic great defender anywhere crazy bat speed. Lot to like plus def under slot.
TalkNats:They further note that the Nats think he's comparable to Trea Turner. He's friends with Brady House and grew up playing with him.
King’s athleticism, and ability to play all over the diamond, led Wake Forest hitting coach Bill Cilento to compare him to Mookie Betts in an interview with The Athletic two months ago. The comp stuck, as King can play anywhere up the middle, runs well, and hits for power. But Betts is an inner-circle Hall of Famer, one of the best players of the 21st century, and King is a 21-year-old kid 13 months out of Division II ball. That’s a lot to live up to.“I think when you’re asked a question and you pick somebody out, usually you’re not going to pick a guy who starts every other day. You’re going to choose an All-Star to compare your star to,” King said. “I don’t think about it too much. I think we have a similar kind of body type, defensive versatility, and kind of the contact/power/speed combination, but at the end of the day I’m a different player myself. Obviously I want to model my game after him, but he does things well that I don’t.”
He signs underslot and they use the money later in the draft
Least enjoyable draft because we shouldn’t be drafting 10. I had a hard time getting into it. Of those remaining I like most of the names that have been kicked around and Caminiti
So much hyperbole...insulting to Trea, really. And who cares who his friends are...We got him on the cheap...call it like it is...