2022 Draft

[rmc523]

Marlins have taken 9 straight pitchers after Berry. Who needs runs?

What are these “runs” you speak of? And how are they related to baseball?

-asking for a friend (the FO)…

[sports24/7]

With the sixth pick in the entire draft, the Marlins should be drafting the best five-tool athlete available. Instead they choose a guy with average to less speed, no defensive future anywhere on the field, and only a hopefully solid bat. Easy F grade for that pick.

The scoop: 6. Marlins: Jacob Berry, 1B/DH, LSU
This one is puzzling. Berry is a limited defender who was compared by one scout to Seth Beer, the 28th pick in the 2018 draft. He hit well in his one year at LSU, boosting his stock, but evaluators warned that his underlying exit-velocity data suggested there's not as much power potential here as you'd think. Given some of the other players on the board, we have no choice but to give the Marlins a low grade. Grade: D

And my choice went to the Mets of all teams: 11. Mets: Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech
The expectation throughout the summer was that Parada would be a top-five pick. The Mets should be happy to get him here. His ball-tracking data at Georgia Tech was excellent, and hinted at middle-of-the-order potential. Meanwhile, he improved his defense enough to envision him sticking behind the plate. That combination merits a starting projection. Grade: A

I don't love the pick, but you're exaggerating a lot here. The fact is, there were no five tool athletes available. That's a term thrown around way too often, and really only two players in this draft fit those characteristics (Jones and Green, although there are questions about Green’s hit tool), and both were gone. If you look at any of the rankings, you'll find no other players even close to having 5 tools ranked anywhere around where Miami was picking, that were still on the board. Also, the Marlins have a very tangible need for hitting, especially some power. I don't agree at all with the notion that they should have bee trying to find a toolsy player at 6. They should have been looking for the best hitter, period.

I'm curious where these grades were taken from, but the only comparison I read anywhere to Seth Beer was strictly his defense. A more apt comparison I've heard from a few people is a switch hitting Andrew Vaughn. But there is certainly potential with his bat, and if they truly believed his bat was much better than the other college options, then I don't blame them for taking him regardless of his defensive liabilities.

As for Parada, he or Lee would have been my pick, but neither of those two will be confused for a 5 tool player. Parada is maybe slightly a better defender than Berry, he just gets added value for being a catcher. But there's no guarantee that he'll stick at catcher, and if he doesn't, he's kind of in the same boat as Berry.

[fish16]

this really isnt fair to berry, but just feels way too much like colin moran. And in moran's defense, after looking at his stats, he was a decent big league hitter for 4 years with the pirates and is still in AAA with the reds, but berry just feels like a misjudgement of his hit tool potential away from a waste of a 6th overall pick. if he's the hitter they think he can be, it's a perfect pick for what we need, but if the hit and power tool is not as advertised, there's not enough else in his game to stick around for long. it's a weird combo of a safe college bat pick but also a lot of boom/bust potential.