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sdsuphilip
Lawson is almost surely going to be over slot. Quantrill and Sanchez will be underslot and potentially by quite a bit, who knows how much exactly. Padres limit without giving up draft picks is 13,512,660. They will have money to go over 100 K for picks after round 10 like Tre Carter.
Math&Baseball
Preller did well with this draft. The only pick i thought was a sure reach was sanchez. But he got a lot of great talent. Moreso than what he gave up in trades aside from ross and turner.
davep-3
Padres needed (and seemed to get) depth from this draft. The minor league system has a bunch of gaps that need to be filled. I am hoping they can grab several more players in the intl signing period.
A'sfaninUK
Has there been a team with a worse draft strategy and success than SD? Cory Spangenberg and Trea Turner are the only 1st rounders who have panned out since 2004, and Turner isn’t even allowed to play in the bigs yet!
agentx
“Clown question, bro,” in the words of a more famous Nationals teammate of former SD first rounders Joe Ross (2011) and Trea Turner. Logan Forsythe (2008) has definitely “panned out” as one of TB’s better hitters, and Hunter Renfroe (2013) justifiably made this site’s top five “Knocking Down the Door…” list just this week.
So even if your measure of a good draft is how many of a team’s first rounders have become legitimate major leaguers since 2004, the Padres have done relatively well. Preller and the prior GMs’ bad habit of trading first-round talent has much more to do with their predicament than the draft selections themselves.
Math&Baseball
Did you forget about hunter renfoe? If youre gonna credit turner in limited mlb time and not renfoe whos a top 100 prospect as well, plus forget about joe ross who they drafted and developed, logan forscythe who developed late. Zach eflin whos tearing up triple a, drafted and developed, and travis jankowski whos the future at center thats 4 1st rounders you somehow neglected. Only reason jankowski isnt starting is upton and jay are building value for a trade and kemp cant be benched due to jow much hes making. .250/.357/.354 in a 4th outfield role plus great defense.
Also, corey luebke was an ace in waiting until multiple tjs derailed his career, drew cumberland retired due to a rare medical conditon if i remember correctly and was in the futures game and nick schmidt had his career derailed by tjs as well.
vapadres 2
We needed a good Rule IV draft and now signings and hopefully some talented position players in the international signing period. Hope our scouts are up to the task because it is hard to watch the 2016 version of the team. The future is what I am clinging to.
bbatardo
It’s a good upside signing. Since the Padres probably won’t compete for a few years it gives him time to develop also without any need to rush him.
hrttdt93
Love the Thompson signing. Let’s get Lawson signed and hopefully a couple late tough high school signs like Bishop or Rolison. Money talks.