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2023 MLB Draft

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Rockets34Legend, Dec 17, 2022.

  1. awc713

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    Time for Mr. Brown to shine. This is why he got him! (Too bad we won’t know for ~4 years how his next few nights bode)
     
  2. raining threes

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    Gilbert looks ready to roll.
     
  3. Buck Turgidson

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    Skenes is a ****ing witch
     
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  4. Snake Diggit

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    A few of those mocks have Houston taking Brock Wilken from Wake Forest. He’s a Crawford Boxes fit and I’d be ok with that pick especially if it was a below slot deal.
     
  5. HTown2017Champs

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    I like him as a player but I don't expect him to be on the board when we pick.
     
  6. Buck Turgidson

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    I don't care who they pick but he's a hell of a player.

    I watched him for several many games.
     
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    I feel like he's someone who needs to really refine his approach and could be a boom or bust guy. He looked clueless at times in the CWS
     
  9. awc713

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    Who are the names of some folks y’all would like to take in the first two rounds?
     
  10. Buck Turgidson

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    I'm Hudson. He's Hicks.
     
  11. Snake Diggit

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    Gelof
    Sykora
    Ledbetter
    Groover
    Naylor
    Bush

    There’s not anybody except Groover that I really really like.
     
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  12. HTown2017Champs

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    If Michael Carico is available in the third round tomorrow, I'd like him.
     
  13. RKREBORN

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    Liking Arjun Nimmala, maybe he falls to us at 28?
     
  14. prospecthugger

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    9 picks away now. Seems like college hitters have been valued the most so far. No HS infielders have been drafted yet.
     
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    Spencer Nivens from Missouri St. is interesting. Porter Brown from Texas is a player I think is extremely underrated.
     
  17. Snake Diggit

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    If Sykora or Morales last to the Astros pick, they’d be good choices imho.
     
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    I really really like Morales. I think he's got a lot of natural talent as a hitter, not just a masher, and continued development he could be a monster
     
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    I'd personally prefer pitching. Was hoping Waldrep would fall, but I like Floyd too.
     
  20. vince

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    Astros up next!
     

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