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The 2019 MLB draft is today.
The Indians have pick 24 and 63 on day one. They moved their competitive balance pick to Seattle in the Santana deal.
Deep draft for bats, particularly college bats. Thin on pitching, particularly college pitching.
The Indians have been linked to:
Michael Busch, 1B, Univ. of North Carolina
Will Wilson, SS, NC State
Kyren Paris, SS, Freedom HS (CA)
Daniel Espino, RHP, Premier Academy HS (GA)
Logan Davidson, SS, Clemson
Keoni Cavaco, 3B, Eastlake HS (CA)
Brooks Lee, SS, San Luis Obispo HS (CA)
Maurice Hampton, OF, Memphis University HS (TN)* LSU Commit for baseball and football
-Consensus amongst the people in the know seem to think the Indians are real high on Busch and Wilson in particular.
Strategy:
So the Indians draft strategy for the past few years has been rather apparent and it's clearly working. They're known to weigh age heavily-- they've drafted some of the youngest players in their class (HS and college). They also tend to weigh a players multi-year track record as opposed to just their draft year stats. They like college pitchers with advanced secondaries and up-the-middle talent with high walk rates. Seem to also like cold weather guys or guys from California.
The Indians have pick 24 and 63 on day one. They moved their competitive balance pick to Seattle in the Santana deal.
Deep draft for bats, particularly college bats. Thin on pitching, particularly college pitching.
The Indians have been linked to:
Michael Busch, 1B, Univ. of North Carolina
Will Wilson, SS, NC State
Kyren Paris, SS, Freedom HS (CA)
Daniel Espino, RHP, Premier Academy HS (GA)
Logan Davidson, SS, Clemson
Keoni Cavaco, 3B, Eastlake HS (CA)
Brooks Lee, SS, San Luis Obispo HS (CA)
Maurice Hampton, OF, Memphis University HS (TN)* LSU Commit for baseball and football
-Consensus amongst the people in the know seem to think the Indians are real high on Busch and Wilson in particular.
Strategy:
So the Indians draft strategy for the past few years has been rather apparent and it's clearly working. They're known to weigh age heavily-- they've drafted some of the youngest players in their class (HS and college). They also tend to weigh a players multi-year track record as opposed to just their draft year stats. They like college pitchers with advanced secondaries and up-the-middle talent with high walk rates. Seem to also like cold weather guys or guys from California.