2015 Draft

Yankees · Post by **Yankees** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:45 pm

Pick 71:
Ryan Mountcastle, ss, Baltimore Orioles - Having a younger team that should be pretty stable for a few years gives you more opportunity to take risks. If everything fell into place, Mountcastle is an average SS who hits 25 homers a year. That's amazing. The reality is that he's probably a 3b who'll never hit enough to be a starter. He's a really fun risk at this point in the draft, for the all the above reasons, comforted by the fact that every report has him as a plus worker and plus leader. Fun guy to risk on.

Pick 101:
Jacob Nix, rhp, San Diego Padres - Nix looks to be very good value at this point in the draft. He was highly rated coming into the draft by both BP & BA, with an already plus curve, a good fastball, and a quick coming changeup. He was the other person fucked over by the Aiken decision, and decided to pitch at IMG Academy which seemed to get his stuff to tick up across the board. If the command steps forward and the change develops, he could very easily be a mid-rotation starter.

Pick 123:
Mac Marshall, lhp, San Francisco Giants - Marshall signed with an over-slot bonus and has a great arm with very strong stuff across three pitches. After that, challenges arise. His command is poor and he has awful stamina as a starter. It's easy to dream on mid-rotation upside here, but the reality is probably a very nice bullpen arm.

Pick 151:
Alfredo Rodriguez, ss, Cincinnati Reds - The upside? Rodriguez is a wonderful glove man who won the Cuban ROY, and makes decent contact. The downside? He has less pop than I do. And I went 135 college ab's (while hitting .305) without an extra base hit.

Pick 160:
Jeff Degano, lhp, New York Yankees - Degano was a fast comer this year for the draft. Bursting on the scene at Indiana St., Degano went from almost off the board to a second round pick. The southpaw has a plus fastball and curveball, along with a changeup many think will be at least average. The challenge is he lost two development years to TJ and transferring and is already older than Bryce Harper. He's walking a thin development line, but the upside is a mid-rotation starter from the left side.

Yankees · Post by **Yankees** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:08 pm

After a few drafting hiccups (ok, fuck ups), the Nats are done...and actually quite happy. The theme across the board here was risk/reward, and if one of this group hits their upside, I'll be really happy.

Yankees · Post by **Yankees** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:45 pm

Quick Review: Not bad. For having all picks after 70, and 4 of 5 after 100, this was pretty good. Hit on 2 of them, jury out on Marshall, a stop in HA for Rodriguez, and disaster for Degano.

Ryan Mountcastle - Working his way up the prospect radar every year. Excellent prospect. Traded.
Jacob Nix - Just fine as a 21 year old in HA/AA. Has to establish himself this year. Traded.
Mac Marshall - There's a prospect here if/when he can find the field. Jury is still out. Released, but still have my eye on him.
Alfredo Rodriguez - The good? He established himself in HA. The bad? He still can't hit a lick. Released.
Jeff Degano - Is Ankieling it hardcore. Released.