2024 MLB Draft - Potential future Sox

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1.12 Redsox: Braden Montgomery, OF, Texas A&M, (Grade A++)
How Montgomery fell is beyond me. Much like Wetherholt this was an absolute steal. I get that he was badly hurt right before the CWS, I know the ankle is not an injury team’s like. But this is a potential superstar. Pairing with Roman Anthony the Redsox have a future star-studded outfield. More importantly a cheap outfield. They can focus their spending on the rotation. Big power from Montgomery is expected. A hit tool that has room to still grow as he sheds the two-way designation and returns to 100%. This was an awesome pick.

So top 12 are done, and for me, this was the fall-off point of my last article. I’m going to scale back the write-ups of each pick and just get down to the brace tax.
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https://scoutthestatline.com/f/2024-draft-day-1-review-part-1

Boston Red Sox 2024 MLB Draft Grade: A
Braden Montgomery's ankle injury in the Super Regionals dropped him out of the top 10, and to some the top 5, of the draft and the Red Sox didn't waste time in taking him. He was the best player on a Texas A&M team that nearly won the national championship and perhaps they do that if he was able to play in Omaha.

The Red Sox's next pick was just the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year in Payton Tolle of TCU at No. 50
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https://www.flobaseball.tv/articles/12713446-mlb-draft-grades-see-who-aced-the-2024-first-round?utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=copy.mlb_draftgrades&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=news
 
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I wonder how much of this has to do with the smaller Domestic Reserve lists. Makes it harder to carry people for lots of years.

Also, the fact that FCL is ending soon & so these players would have to jump into A-Ball if they were going to play this year.

I'm also wondering if some of that has to do with why they drafted a few injured guys who they wouldn't need to add until next year & might therefore consider injured players undervalued.

Tempted to make a list of fringy arms who will probably be out of a job once this draft crop signs (by July 30th) but that seems mean.
 
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*Devin Pearson

There's tons more good stuff in the article, but here are a few quotes...

“I think it’s important not only for the system in terms of having some pitchers that we’re excited about, but also from the acquisition side, just having some flexibility on trades and things like that,” Pearson said on Tuesday after the final pick. “It just gives you a lot more balance in your system, which we’re excited to have done.”
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“We certainly learned some things this year on how we could better value pitchers,” Pearson said. “We’re continuing to try to find ways to improve our process and with Brez’s help and with Willard’s help, we feel more comfortable with what type of pitchers we can develop in our system and Tolle fits that mold.”
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3rd: Brandon Neely

Pearson: “I think it was mainly just his pitch shapes and his usage, he’s been used in a bunch of different roles at Florida. We see him developing as a starter, and I think he’s logged enough even as a reliever, he was a bulk inning guy that can start. So we see a development opportunity there.”
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4th: Zach Ehrhard

Pearson: “He played plus-center field in one of the best conferences in college baseball. And he didn’t strike out. He walked a ton. We see a guy that’s a really complete hitter that we hope our development system can tap into some of more power and really be a threat. But he has skills on both sides of the ball and defensively, I think he gets undervalued. But he’s he was good out there this year.”
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8th: Conrad Cason

Pearson: “Our group was actually a little bit split on (whether he’s a better hitter or pitcher). We had some guys that liked him better as a pitcher and other guys who liked him better as a hitter. But I think on both sides, you have an elite athlete who can throw 100 miles an hour and hit balls really far. So, we will take that bet and see where he best fits.”
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12: Brady Tygert

Pearson: “Tygart is a guy who’s been famous for a long time, and we saw it as an opportunity to add a really talented pitcher to the mix, who maybe had a down year for his standards and one we can help get back to productivity.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5642036/2024/07/16/red-sox-draft-2024-analysis/
 
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@byAndrewParker when you guys inevitably get around to interviewing some of these college guys, I think they're the inaugural NIL class and I'd be curious to hear from them how that system has evolved in their time through college. Are more HS kids second guessing the draft with the lure of college money on the horizon?
 
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Are the odds looking good for us to sign Conrad Cason? Or is the consensus that he'll be going to Mississippi State?
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Only 1 pick in the 1st 10 rounds went unsigned last year in all of MLB:

Just one of the 314 players selected in the first 10 rounds failed to turn pro, a new record.
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https://www.mlb.com/news/2023-mlb-draft-signing-deadline-passes-quietly

The only player not to sign was Caden Kendle who changed his mind on signing his $175k deal with the Cards.

He was drafted in the 5th round by the Twins this year, so may have been a smart choice.

View: https://twitter.com/BrandonHaynes_/status/1812930394926510456


I would be pretty shocked if the Red Sox didn't already have the parameters all worked out.
 
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simplicio said:
@byAndrewParker when you guys inevitably get around to interviewing some of these college guys, I think they're the inaugural NIL class and I'd be curious to hear from them how that system has evolved in their time through college. Are more HS kids second guessing the draft with the lure of college money on the horizon?
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Definately great questions here… Will write this down. I believe we have Alex Bouchard and Calvin Bickerstaff in the works. Just need to wait until they officially sign first to chat.
 
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Would be surprised if a lot of these guys are getting significant NIL $$$.

Baseball isn't really a revenue generating sport at most colleges.

In baseball, the variance of support for NIL payment is vast. While most programs have marketplaces to promote their athletes as influencers for bonafide endorsement deals, very few baseball programs have the NIL capacity to implement a NIL payroll to compensate athletes like their revenue sports peers. Without the same NIL collective dollars, schools with resources allocated to non-revenue teams can outpace their competition in ways unlike football and basketball. With a much smaller pool of schools offering NIL funding for non-revenue sports than revenue sports, talent becomes concentrated at the few schools that have made NIL for their less visible teams a priority.
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https://www.si.com/fannation/name-image-likeness/news/unequal-nil-funding-in-baseball-highlights-college-sports-concerns-noah9
 
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