NL EAST S19 Draft Review

NEW YORK DOLLS

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back- ground	Bonus	SUMMARY
2	74	Junior Carrasco	SP	22	COL	$550K	Eastern New Mexico State's 3rd all-time career wins leader. Carrasco is a solid 2nd round guy but probably no better than a fringe ML'er with his average splits pitches and stamina.
3	106	Roosevelt Engle	CF	19	JC	$425K	Speedster with poor splits, he has solid upside with his powerful batting stance. He might slip into 2B for his career. Not a huge impact player.
4	138	Turk Decker	2B	20	JC	$350K	Good speed on a future outfielder with solid contacting. At St. Louis CC he was often caught overrunning bases and caught not paying attention to what's happening in the field.
5	170	Jeff Gray	2B	19	JC	$250K	Mr. average across the boards he can hit some field some and even run some. He's average at everything and as a result might never get a shot at an average ML career.

SUMMARY: Without a 1^st rounder they basically needed to fill the minor league ranks and project the existing prospects. Carrasco is a solid AAA guy. The rest of the draft is great fillers for the Minors. If someone gets a DITR bump New York might be the smartest guy in the room.

GRADE: C+

Norfolk Trainwrecks

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back- ground	Bonus	Summary
1	4	Kenny Anderson	C	18	HS	---	I love Anderson; he's a potential all-star every time he steps on the field. Already well developed at 18 he could blow through the minors with his powerful bat. He's a Mike Piazza type catcher, but projects to be able to call a solid game. He could also steal 5-10 bases a season.
2	60	Pat Blum	SS	18	HS	$523K	2 tool prospect offering fielding and speed. His bat is bad, but he should offer just enough to risk giving him an everyday job.
3	93	Shawn Washington	CF	18	HS	$406K	Great speed and base running with good contact, but his splits scare most scouts. He's also a strikeout monster. He probably doesn't have a huge future.
4	125	Gregory Winchester	SS	20	JC	298K	All defensive shortstop. He will be a gold glover, but this is his only tool. Guys have succeeded at short with similar projections.
5	157	Scott Howard	SS	18	HS	$213K	Great defensive star with left hand hitting potential and good power. Scouts point out that his high school coach has difficulty getting him to push his skills and seems to believe he is already a star. The ML will prove him wrong, he is going to need to work to reach his potential or he won't make it far. He hits his projections and he's a steal.

SUMMARY Scouts loved Anderson; He has the potential to be a Hall of fame caliber catcher in this league. Add in fringe ML'ers Blum and Winchester and sleeper pick Howard this is a very satisfactory draft to build on last year's draft.
GRADE: A

Pittsburgh Pirates

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back- ground	Bonus	SUMMARY
1	9	Bob Kelly	SP	18	HS	$3,250K	Soft throwing high schooler. Kelly has good pitch selection and projects to have ml quality splits, control and stamina Projects to be a solid #1 or 2.
4	130	Jim Powell	SP	21	COL	$350K	Oral Roberts junior with average projections and plus velocity. He has enough skill to get a few looks in spring training. He might squeak in the league if he gets hot for a streak, but I don't see him having staying power.
5	162	Elvis Baumann	SP	21	COL	$250K	University of Iowa junior comes out early after an 11-3 record with 118 Strikeouts in 98 innings. He's a strikeout machine, but lacks splits that translate into ML level numbers. He also has only a sharp curve to lean on, enough in the college ranks but not in this league.

SUMMARY: Third straight draft where the pirates loaded up on pitching talent. Kelly should be another great arm to add to the Pirate stable. The others will add depth and maybe a project to work on developing. Without a 2^nd or 3^rd rounder they did quite well.
GRADE: A

Atlanta Braves

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back- ground	Bonus	SUMMARY
1	2	Kenny Callaway	RP	20	JC	$3,910K	Could be one of the greatest relievers in league history. He's a killer reliever but still a 1 inning guy who is dependent on team to keep it closes to get to him.
2	58	Junior Bird	RP	20	JC	$550K	Average ML reliever, not a great career ahead of him, but still a chance at a career.
3	91	Anthony Brown	RP	22	COL	$425K	Has the substance to be a great reliever but has only average splits, he will have a tough time convincing a team to give him the ball late in a close game with that flaw. Still as a 3rd rounder he's a solid pickup.
4	123	Hack Nieuwenhuis	2B	20	JC	$350K	Great speed, but lacks anything else of substance. He's average across the boards.
5	155	Eliezer Aviles	RP	18	HS	$250K	All Strikeout and no substance lack quality pitches and slits to go with his good control. No ML chance in heck for this reliever.

SUMMARY: As an elite reliever you have to love Callaway, but I'm not sure of him as a #2 pick. Atlanta reached for a player who might be only able to give them an inning of work and even then when they are close to winning the game. On a team on the verge, he might be a great pick up. Atlanta still has a number of holes to fill before Callaway is justified.
GRADE: C