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  1. Lance Roffers

    2018 MLB Draft Thread

    I'll do an article on the recruits once we see who is coming to school and who is signing, but for the most part it's a solid class. We weren't going to spend a lot of resources on offensive recruiting since we have so many position players coming back, but first glance feels like we are one arm...
  2. Lance Roffers

    2018 MLB Draft Thread

    Absolutely floored at how good Jeb was for us. I saw him pitch live as a freshman and he was a different kid when he got to Miami.
  3. Lance Roffers

    2018 MLB Draft Thread

    Every single team knows what it'll take to sign every player they draft. That's how it works. They always talk to their representative ahead of time and the scouts put a dollar value on every player they turn in. Players with a favorable report get cross-checked by an area scout, who turns it...
  4. Lance Roffers

    2018 MLB Draft Thread

    I'm not that high on Keysor. Think he's just a serviceable arm. I do not believe you have anything to worry about with the draft on him. Yes, you have Federman to fill a bullpen swing role (or closer) but you really need at least two other righty arms. Keysor is probably one of them, then you...
  5. Lance Roffers

    2018 MLB Draft Thread

    Bartow will leave at that draft spot. That stings, honestly. We are going to be completely overhauling that bullpen right now and I'm pretty interested in what they're going to do from the right side as I'm not a huge fan of the right-handed pitching recruits outside of Cecconi.
  6. Lance Roffers

    2018 MLB Draft Thread

    At this point, Canes fans should feel fantastic about how this draft has gone.
  7. Lance Roffers

    2018 MLB Draft Thread

    It's mainly a combination of down talent at the high school level, college performers, and then teams manipulating the draft bonus pools. Teams are looking at historical risk rates and seeing high schoolers as a demographic that is high-variance (meaning 4th-6th round players have nearly the...
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