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I'd imagine this was posted before but here's some research on the difference between values of picks #33 and #43.

Kiley McDaniel on Keane: BOS took Sebastian Keane, guessing that will be a good bit north of 125k, Mass prep RHP flashed above average stuff at times https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kiley-mcdaniel-chat-6-5-19/

Yeah it'll be interesting to follow that. They only took one HS player yesterday, who was reported not to have inordinately high bonus demands, so it seems like they might be able to squeeze him in.

Speier piece on Cannon, with some quotes from the Red Sox scout who's been monitoring him for the past five years (who puts his ceiling at prime Ian Kinsler)...

there's your high-risk/high-reward guy :D

Yeah as with Cannon seems like a bit of a bet on the player dev department

For what it's worth the FG guys said his slide from where he'd been expected to be taken (late 1st) wasn't due to bonus demands, but yeah we'll see. Should be at least a little over slot, I'd think.

Yeah, I mean obviously whether or not to select a guy like Leiter or Hampton (probably the two toughest signs in the draft?) is sort of like trading up vs. trading down in the NFL draft--whether you want to put all your eggs in one basket or spread out the risk a bit. Not hard to see how the...

Such as...? I'm no draft expert, but aside from Noah Song (who has military commitments) I don't see any college arms with the same or better FV as Cannon still available at pick 44 on the Fangraphs "BOARD," for instance. Granted, they might be higher on Cannon than other outlets, in ranking him...

They say it’ll probably be Cameron Cannon (3B) or Nick Quintana (2B) out of Arizona there, just reiterated it on their live chat

A bit late for this but I trust these guys over pretty much everyone for mock drafts: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/mock-draft-3-0-two-rounds/

Speier says no Groome or Mata, Mayo says Gerson Bautista included

On the other hand, Pomeranz has no major injury issues and didn't exactly fall off a cliff down the stretch--I think any organization would recognize that he may have run into some bad luck with HRs, and generally was able to carry his excellent K/BB from the NL West over to the AL East. Given...