2025 MLB Draft

[HalfSmokes]

Preller better be out there scouting 14 year olds to trade for them in 7 years.

We didn’t sign Harper so that we could sing rendon who we didn’t sign so that we could sign turner who we didn’t sign so the we could sign Soto who we didn’t sign. Now we can pass on extending crews so that we can extend Holliday who we’ll pass on so that we can sign a kid currently killing it in little league

[Natsinpwc]

Completely different players. Moniak was a slappy center fielder who some projected for 25 homer power if he filled out and developed. 

Holliday HAS power. It’s just a matter of proving he can get to it against pro competition

Meh. Hard to get excited about a guy who won’t be on the team until 2030. Team needs a college bat with power.

[nfotiu]

Meh. Hard to get excited about a guy who won’t be on the team until 2030. Team needs a college bat with power.

He looks more physically mature than his brother, and if he follows that trajectory he'd be on the team in 2027.

[Elvir Ovcina]

We didn’t sign Harper so that we could sing rendon who we didn’t sign so that we could sign turner who we didn’t sign so the we could sign Soto who we didn’t sign. Now we can pass on extending crews so that we can extend Holliday who we’ll pass on so that we can sign a kid currently killing it in little league

Just wait until we pass on extending Wood so we can extend Sykora and not do it but trade them both to San Diego or LA.

I hate to be this pessimistic, but right now there's not critical mass to actually have a good team without significant spending that does not seem to be forthcoming.

[Natsinpwc]

He looks more physically mature than his brother, and if he follows that trajectory he'd be on the team in 2027.

I’m still not excited. The chances of having a high school guy make the majors two years later is small. Don’t care who his Dad or brother is.

[Elvir Ovcina]

I’m still not excited. The chances of having a high school guy make the majors two years later is small. Don’t care who his Dad or brother is.

Realistically, it should probably matter that his brother made the majors his second season after being drafted out of HS.

[KnorrForYourMoney]

This feels like a huge turning point for this franchise.

It's either capitalize on a stroke of luck and ride it into a new era of prosperity, or blow it and become the new Pirates.

Gotta think it’s Holliday. 

Can’t take Bremner or Arnold #1. You can only take a pitcher 1-1 if it’s a strasburg, Skenes, coke level talent.

I don't think Darryl Strawberry was a pitcher.

[nfotiu]

What makes guys like Ethan eligible for the draft?   He'll play High school and some kind of travel ball this spring, I assume?

[Slateman]

This feels like a huge turning point for this franchise.

It's either capitalize on a stroke of luck and ride it into a new era of prosperity, or blow it and become the new Pirates.

I don't think Darryl Strawberry was a pitcher.

Doc

[Slateman]

What makes guys like Ethan eligible for the draft?   He'll play High school and some kind of travel ball this spring, I assume?

Like all high school players, yes

[nfotiu]

Like all high school players, yes

I know these rules change all the time, but I thought Bryce played in a wood bat juco league to be draft eligible.

I see these are the rules

The Rule 4 Draft is the official term for the First-Year Player Draft, an amateur draft held annually. Players must be a resident of the United States (U.S. territories, such as Puerto Rico, apply) or Canada to be eligible for the draft. Players who have graduated high school but not attended college are eligible for the draft, as are those who have completed at least one year of junior college. Players attending four-year colleges are eligible to be drafted upon completing their junior year or turning 21 years old.

But also see that Ethan committed to OSU.  Did he decommit and declare for draft?

[Slateman]

High schoolers have already been eligible. Harper got his GED at 16 and went to Juco to gain eligibility early.

They don't have to decommit. They can choose to sign with the team that drafted them or go to college. If they choose tocnot sign, then they have to wait a certain time period before they are draft eligible again (I think it's 3 years?)

[zimm_da_kid]

Big thing here in addition to having our choice of all college and high school players in the country is the extra ≈$800K in bonus pool space over the #2 pick and ≈$2.2 mil over the #4 pick (our odds)

[nfotiu]

High schoolers have already been eligible. Harper got his GED at 16 and went to Juco to gain eligibility early.

They don't have to decommit. They can choose to sign with the team that drafted them or go to college. If they choose tocnot sign, then they have to wait a certain time period before they are draft eligible again (I think it's 3 years?)

Thanks.  It's an area I haven't followed very closely.  Ih his case, committing to OSU was just a charade I guess?

[Natsinpwc]

Realistically, it should probably matter that his brother made the majors his second season after being drafted out of HS.

If the Nats draft him, he will turn out to be the black sheep. 

[zimm_da_kid]

If the Nats draft him, he will turn out to be the black sheep. 

Someone’s cwankee

[Natsinpwc]

Someone’s cwankee

Nah. Being realistic. All picks don’t hit. No matter their pedigree.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I don't think Darryl Strawberry was a pitcher.

Thinking of Dwight Gooden.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Doc

damn we think alike. Was it Steve Howe for the Dodgers who was in that class of players, too?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Someone’s cwankee

you mean Kwame.

Nats are at worst a coin flip when they have a top 10 pick. Aaron Crowe wasn't much, but even he made the majors and his not signing yielded us Storen. While we at playoff Storen, he had a good regular season record here. Beyond that, it's Stras, Harper, Rendon, Green, and Crews, and King. House was an 11. Green looks like the only bust, and his 2nd half last year might mean he's coming around.

[blue911]

damn we think alike. Was it Steve Howe for the Dodgers who was in that class of players, too?

I think Howe had 7 suspensions including a few lifetime bans.

[Slateman]

Thanks.  It's an area I haven't followed very closely.  Ih his case, committing to OSU was just a charade I guess?

More like a backup plan. If he doesn't get drafted where he wants, he could opt to go to college.

[OfftheBat]

Nice Christmas present! However why do I feel like the Lerners will use this #1 pick as an excuse to not spend this Winter? 

[welch]

Jace or Ethan?

Ethan, right now. Jace swings and misses much too often.

Of course, anythiing can change this spring.

[KnorrForYourMoney]

you mean Kwame.

Nats are at worst a coin flip when they have a top 10 pick. Aaron Crowe wasn't much, but even he made the majors and his not signing yielded us Storen. While we at playoff Storen, he had a good regular season record here. Beyond that, it's Stras, Harper, Rendon, Green, and Crews, and King. House was an 11. Green looks like the only bust, and his 2nd half last year might mean he's coming around.

Detwiler too.  Not really a bust, but didn't have much impact (although I guess he deserves some credit for tossing that gem in game 4, 2012).  Thankfully, he and Crow were drafted during the JimBo era, so the track record looks even better if you look at it since Rizzo took over.