Draft begins Sunday, 7/17, 7:00 pm Eastern on ESPN. This will be Rounds 1 & 2. Rounds 3-10 on-line (MLB.com) Monday, July 18 beginning at 2:00 pm Eastern Rounds 11-20 on-line (MLB.com) Tuesday, July 19 beginning at 2:00 pm Eastern Signing deadline is 5:00 pm on 8/1. I’ll be monitoring the draft and noting where Gators and Signees are drafted, and possibly other SEC players of note. Draft Eligible Gators: * means player was on roster 2020 cancelled season. Armstrong, Kris (INF) Jr* Barco, Hunter (LHP) So* - Drafted Round 2 #44 to Pirates. Slot $1,775,200 - SIGNED Calilao, Kendrick (1B/OF) Jr* Fabian, Jud (OF) Jr* - Drafted Round 2 #67 to Orioles. Slot $1,026,300 - SIGNED Ficarotta, Nick (RHP) RsFr* McMullen, Hunter (RHP) RsJr* Milchin, Garrett (RHP) Gr* Nesbitt, Tyler (RHP) RsFr* Pogue, Nick (RHP) RsSo* - SIGNED as free agent with Nats. Riopelle, B.T (C) Jr* Rivera, Josh (INF) So* Sproat, Brandon (RHP) So* - Drafted Round 3 #90 to Mets. Slot $691,000 - RETURNING Talbott, Tucker (OF) RsFr* Thompson, Sterlin (OF/INF) So - Drafted Round 1, #31 to Rockies. Slot $2,429,300 - SIGNED Incoming class of 2022 HS graduates: Alvarez, Salvador (C) Montverde Academy, Miami Arroyo, Chris (OF) Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Coral Springs Blair, Erik (OF) American Heritage, Ft. Lauderdale Clemente, Jake (RHP) Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Coral Springs Fisher, Cade (LHP) Northwest Whitfield Co, Dalton GA Heyman, Luke (C) Lake Brantley, Longwood Isaac, Xavier (1B) East Forsyth, Kernersville NC - Drafted Round 1, #29 to Rays. Slot $2,547,600 - SIGNED Moran, Landon (1B) Lake Brantley, Altamonte Springs Tejeda, Yoel (OF) North Broward Prep, Davie - Drafted Round 19, #560 to Pirates. Ross, William (RHP) West Orange, Winter Garden Incoming Transfers: Ellerts, Magnus (RHP) So Florida SW State College - Drafted Round 11, #331 to Guardians - SIGNED Hartzog, Cullen (RHP) Jr Wallace Community College-Dothan via Crawford Mosley HS, Panama City Shelnut, Tyler (INF) So* Santa Fe College Thomas, Colby (OF) So* Mercer College via Valdosta HS, GA - Drafted Round 3, #95 to A's. Slot $641,800 - SIGNED Thomas, Dale (INF) Jr* Coastal Carolina Via Bishop Moore, DeLeon Springs Waldrep, Hurston (RHP) So from Southern Miss SEC/FL Players of Interest: Druw Jones, OF, Vandy commit, goes Round 1, #2 to D-backs. Slot $8,185,100 Kumar Rocker, RHP, (played 2021 in Frontier League) goes Round 1 #3 to Rangers. Slot $7,587,600 Elijah Green, OF, Miami commit, goes Round 1, #5 to Nats. Slot $6,494,300 Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU, goes Round 1, #6 to Marlins. Slot $6,034,300 Jett Williams, SS, MS St commit, goes Round 1, #14 to Mets. Slot $4,241,600 Dylan Lesko, RHP, Vandy commit, goes Round 1, #15 to Padres. Slot $4,082,900 Cam Collier, 3B, Chipola College, goes Round 1, #18 to Reds. Slot $3,657,900 Brandon Barriera, LHP, Vandy commit, goes Round 1, #23 to Blue Jays. Slot $3,075,300 Mikey Romero, SS, LSU commit, goes Round 1, #24 to Red Sox. Slot $2,974,900 Spencer Jones, OF, Vandy, goes Round 1, #25 to Yankees. Slot $2,879,300 Noah Schultz, LHP, Vandy commit, goes Round 1, #26 to White Sox. Slot $2,788,000 Drew Gilbert, OF, TN, goes Round 1, #28 to Astros. Slot $2,620,400 Sal Stewart, 3B, Vandy commit, goes Round 1, #32 to Reds. Slot $2,371,800 Landon Sims, RHP, MS St, goes Round 1, #34 to D-backs. Slot $2,257,100 Jordan Beck, OF, TN, goes Round 1 #38 to Rockies. Slot $2,051,300 Robby Snelling, LHP, LSU commit, goes Round 1 #39 to Padres. Slot $2,003,500 Jackson Ferris , LHP, Ole Miss commit, goes Round 2 #47 to Cubs. Slot $1,660,400 Conner Prielipp, LHP, Alabama, goes Round 2 #48 to Twins. Slot $1,621,900 Cayden Wallace, 3B, Arkansas, goes Round 2 #49 to Royals. Slot $1,584,100 Blade Tidwell, RHP, TN, goes Round 2 #52 to Mets. Slot $1,474,400 Parker Messick, LHP, FSU, goes Round 2 #54 to Guardians (formerly Indians). Slot $1,406,400 Logan Tanner, C, MS State, goes Round 2 #55 to Reds. Slot $1,373,300 Cole Phillips, RHP, Arkansas commit, goes Round 2 #57 to Braves. Slot $1,306,700 Peyton Pallette, RHP, Arkansas, goes Round 2 #62 to White Sox. Slot $1,158,600 Robert Moore, SS, Arkansas, goes Round 2 #72 to Brewers. Slot $914,900 Walter Ford, RHP, Alabama commit, goes Round 2 #74 to Mariners. Slot $887,000 Blake Burkhalter, OF, Auburn, goes Round 2 #75 to Mets. Slot $873,300 Tucker Toman, SS, LSU commit, goes Round 2 #77 to Blue Jays. Slot $846,500 Cade Doughty, 2B, LSU, goes Round 2 #78 to Blue Jays. Slot $833,200 Roman Anthony, OF, Ole Miss commit, goes Round 2 #79 to Red Sox. Slot $820,000
I think that was the point. Deadline was revised in latest contract negotiations. Draft is later than usual, but they wanted decisions on or about the same time.
Anyone named Clemente would be a guy that catches my attention. Roberto was a great ballplayer and great humanitarian. If this Clemente is 10% of Roberto he will be a great ball player and a great person.
Clemente forgoing the draft and enrolling here is huge. Almost for sure would have been a top draft choice.
This class, though smaller than previous ones, has some curious prospects in it. The highest rated one I could see is Xavier Isaac out North Carolina. 6-3 230 slugger slated to be a 2nd, 3rd rounder. Catcher Luke Heyman is a good one. Certainly a position of need. He's ranked in one poll as #193. Does that translate to 7th round or so?
I haven’t tried to map the correlation. I am sure it exists but the R^2 likely isn’t great. As @74nole likes to say here, the business of the game comes into play. If Person A will sign for $50K, his draft position might increase compared to someone who is expecting $1M. Depends on so many factors. Pure math, it would probably be about the 6th round as there are compensatory picks in the first few rounds based on free agent losses and inability to sign prior picks. So it isn’t 30*7 = 210.
Can't I be right sometimes!!! Geez it's called spin and I'm not talking about the rate a which a ball turns when its released by a pitcher. Enjoy...
Am I misremembering? The last two Gator position players taken in either of the first two rounds (that signed) won ROY right? Richie Martin was in the 1st round but the year before Alonso. Would be cool if Sterlin can match India and Alonso!!!
Another perspective of the draft that I have observed over the years—again, it relates to the game of baseball vs the business of baseball…. It’s been my observation that players (especially the ones who have been brought up in the game with ol’school approaches) have a strong desire to see where/how they match up with the other best players out there with regards to the number/position/slot that they are chosen in. The plain and simple (also disheartening) truth is these guys never truly have the opportunity to see how they truly match up talent wise largely because of the word signability. Thus the business side of the game steps in and takes over IMHO. It is just my belief that every single competitive ball player wants to know where and how he stacks up against the rest of the best of his time era of players.
A fascinating way of following the draft Is to see highly rated players falling and not being drafted when they were projected to be taken. A strong indication they've told the pros they are headed to school. This happened to JJ Schwartz who was thought to be a 2nd rounder. The draft proceeded and around the 7th round it was announced his parents said he was headed to Gainesville. Loved it
