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Discuss draft picks and draft status here - try to keep the other thread clean for picks.
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Honestly a little surprised to see JP go double SP out of the gate since he has an entire 40 man of pitching already.
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I also thought he would go a pitcher and a hitter
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I was a bit surprised, too. It was my intention to go best arm, best bat and call it a day. I figured all along I would take Holliday but the swing-and-miss gave me enough pause to pass on him.

I did consider Arquette at two but I felt the two best picks in this draft were the two SP. I'm still not near competing, so any surplus will work itself out.
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Dan - how many motherfucks are you throwing at baseball America right now?
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Yankees wrote: Mon Feb 02, 2026 5:39 pm Dan - how many motherfucks are you throwing at baseball America right now?
Endless.

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I was torn between Witherspoon and Hernandez. Went with the guy I’ll have the most rooting interest in as a Sox fan.
Did I make the right choice?
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Rays wrote: Mon Feb 02, 2026 6:41 pm I was torn between Witherspoon and Hernandez. Went with the guy I’ll have the most rooting interest in as a Sox fan.
Did I make the right choice?
That is a 5-7 year question unless one immediately busts out.
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Fuck this vacant team bullshit. I can't believe autodraft just took my fucking guy.

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So let’s fill the spots and we won’t have to use a list. It really is the fairest list we could find from a respectable source, that include international players.
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Orioles wrote: Mon Feb 02, 2026 7:00 pm Fuck this vacant team bullshit. I can't believe autodraft just took my fucking guy.
Haha…I would have bet everything I owned it was.
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While I got 4 guys I absolutely coveted, credit for the Neyens and Frey picks. Those were two guys I was absolutely targeting if the dropped into the early 2nd. There's no Strasburg/Harper/Skenes in this draft, but I think this group is really, really, really good. Still players on the board I like a ton.
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I really coveted Colome and thought he'd make it to 18, but I'm pretty happy with Neyens, who just edged out Ethan Conrad on my draft board to be the pick.

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All,

With draft pick trading happening during the draft, tracking and updating the board has been difficult. Your team page is the official record, so if you see a discrepancy between the draft thread and your page, please post here so we can get the board cleaned up.

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Dudes. You already blew it (again). IBC O's just won the draft before round 3 (again). Too easy. No need for multiple top 10 picks (like 1 and 2) and 5 picks in the first 50 like Trader Bob (JP) to find a star.

18. Neyens
46. Fauske
48. Franklin

Love this haul so far.

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Haha...'won'.

Pick #10: Dax Kilby
Pick #19: Ethan Conrad
Pick #21: Billy Carlson
Pick #26: Gavin Fien
Pick #29: Francisco Renteria
Pick #31: Andrew Fischer
Pick #43: Slater de Brun
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Yankees wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 4:38 pm Haha...'won'.

Pick #10: Dax Kilby
Pick #19: Ethan Conrad
Pick #21: Billy Carlson
Pick #26: Gavin Fien
Pick #29: Francisco Renteria
Pick #31: Andrew Fischer
Pick #43: Slater de Brun
An impressive list, but you gave up substantial value to amass all those high picks. So I'm sayin if we're measuring on a WAR-per-draft-capital-expended basis...

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We can all move goalposts...
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Xavier Neyens, who couldn’t make contact against various trans people and dudes with 2 moms in Stalingrad, Washington?

You do like em whiffy I guess

(Apologies to all the theys and those w 2 moms)
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I ain't aferd of a little swing-and-miss in the profile. Swing decisions can improve with reps but power doesn't grow on trees. Plus, I'm a sucker for upside, and young Neyens has loads of it.

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Giants wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 7:54 pm Xavier Neyens, who couldn’t make contact against various trans people and dudes with 2 moms in Stalingrad, Washington?

You do like em whiffy I guess

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Orioles wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 4:28 pm Dudes. You already blew it (again). IBC O's just won the draft before round 3 (again). Too easy. No need for multiple top 10 picks (like 1 and 2) and 5 picks in the first 50 like Trader Bob (JP) to find a star.

18. Neyens
46. Fauske
48. Franklin

Love this haul so far.
Hang the banner? Might've had an OK draft?
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Dammit Nils you tricky Swede. Don't you fuckin take my guy here!

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Mark is up, not me.
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Doesn't matter. He won't take my guy (I don't think). You might.

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