Mariners win lottery

[Atradees]

Mariners get 3rd overall pick. They had a very small chance

 

[Ruminator]

Condolences to the Ms owners, the team is now in danger of drafting a player who could develop into a superstar and force the team to finish better than 54% for a number of seasons. That just really bites for them.

 

[Atradees]

Oh well. It's the team I rode in with.

 

[GeekHawk]

I'm sure they could trade the pick for a cracked fungo and a glove with a hole in it.

 

[Atradees]

Anybody got some decent info on upcoming draft prospects?

 

[Kamcussionator]

Huh? The Mariners won something?

 

[Atradees]

Draft lottery. Projected to get a pick in the latter first and gor #3 overall our past high picks have been pitching. We have done well there is there a cant miss prospect in this upcoming draft?

 

[NoGain]

This is good news, no doubt. A chance to hit on a top prospect. That's the only way we're going to be WS competitive, through the draft and the farm.

 

[Flyingsquad23]

This is off the MLB web site.

https://www.mlb.com/news/draft-top-100-prospects-list-2025

 

[Atradees]

Jace Laviolette......6 foot 6. Very decorated player. Long ball guy. Multiple walks and Homer's. Batted 305. Ima research that guy.

 

[bileever]

The top prospect list is still evolving, with 8 months to go before the draft. But here is one mock draft by USA Today:

2025 MLB draft prospects: 18 best players led by Ethan Holliday as Nationals win first pick

Consensus No. 1 prospect Ethan Holliday would follow in the footsteps of older brother Jackson, chosen first overall by the Orioles in 2022.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Sperrydogg]

That’s pretty cool. Let’s hope they do better than Mike Zunino, Dustin Ackley, Jeff Clemente, Phillipe Aumont, Josh Fields…

If you look at the list of mariners first rounders it’s unbelievable, Griffey, Tito, a-rod, Jason Varitek, Gil meche, that’s in fifty years…

I’ll give them credit for their recent picks, but I’m still waiting for a position player, Julio wasn’t a first round pick.

And I was bummed about Ackley, I liked him, I thought he was gonna be good.

 

[bileever]

And I was bummed about Ackley, I liked him, I thought he was gonna be good.

Such a fine line between success and failure in MLB. It always seemed like Ackley might figure it out, but he never did. He looked like the real deal his rookie year, and then again briefly flashed after he was traded to the Yankees.

His last year in the majors was 2016, when he was only 28. He spent two years in AAA for the Angels' affiliate, and then was re-signed by the Mariners in 2019 only to be released in spring training.

 

[Wsumatt1982]

The safer thing in baseball is to take the top pitchers. The Mariners have a better track record of developing them plus you can never ever have too many pitchers. They can always be flipped or allow you to flip another. The thing with baseball as opposed to other sports is you don't draft based on need because they take time to get to the majors (majority of the time) but I will say if Holliday or Laviolette drop to the Mariners I would love to see them take one of those position players.

 

[Crizilla]

they'll take a pitcher

 

[Sperrydogg]

The safer thing in baseball is to take the top pitchers. The Mariners have a better track record of developing them plus you can never ever have too many pitchers. They can always be flipped or allow you to flip another. The thing with baseball as opposed to other sports is you don't draft based on need because they take time to get to the majors (majority of the time) but I will say if Holliday or Laviolette drop to the Mariners I would love to see them take one of those position players.

Man, safe is cool… but that’s why we didn’t get Troy tulowitzki or Mike trout or Trevor story, was Griffey safe? I want them to get a star

 

[Sperrydogg]

Such a fine line between success and failure in MLB. It always seemed like Ackley might figure it out, but he never did. He looked like the real deal his rookie year, and then again briefly flashed after he was traded to the Yankees.

His last year in the majors was 2016, when he was only 28. He spent two years in AAA for the Angels' affiliate, and then was re-signed by the Mariners in 2019 only to be released in spring training.

Sometimes I wonder if his failure to have a true position never let him settle in

 

[Sperrydogg]

The safer thing in baseball is to take the top pitchers. The Mariners have a better track record of developing them plus you can never ever have too many pitchers. They can always be flipped or allow you to flip another. The thing with baseball as opposed to other sports is you don't draft based on need because they take time to get to the majors (majority of the time) but I will say if Holliday or Laviolette drop to the Mariners I would love to see them take one of those position players.

Holliday will go 1

 

[bileever]

Sometimes I wonder if his failure to have a true position never let him settle in

Even after drafting him number 2 overall, the Mariners didn't think Ackley had enough power to occupy an outfield position, hence the attempt to move him to second base. It might have been too much for him to move up to the big leagues and learn a new position at the same time. If they had left well enough alone, he might have had a decent career. Who knows, though, really?

 

[Wsumatt1982]

Xavier Neyens, the local kid is gonna be a star. We can use him as we are thin at 3B across the board. But that would be cool if Laviolette and Holliday are gone. Best part of pick 3 is we have no reason to not get an absolute superstar. A very good class for sure