Cruzer1

Mayton!

Minton is a key guy, he's the only senior.

The Tigers said they would start McGonigle at SS, and let the chips fall where they may.

They released Steele Walker.

1. Keith 2. Clark 3. Madden 4. Jung 5. Olson 6. Jobe 7. McGonigle 8. Malloy 9. Meadows 10. Dingler

It counts against the pool. 300k over 150k allowed.

I didn't know that was allowed.

As always, you are correct, sir!

They changed the draft and follow. You have to be drafted after the 10th round.

I believe they dumped draft and follow years ago.

The pool money goes to rounds 1-10, there are rules about rounds 11-20.

6 of the Tigers first 15 picks are HS. Sounds like a trend. 6 Pitchers, 1 catcher, 6 infielders, and 2 outfielders have been picked.

We didn't have to hear about Skubal, his numbers were very loud. Expectations were high on Manning and Mize because of the draft position.

True, plus there's a recentcy bias toward Langford, who had a great college world series. Tough to let him get by.

I must admit, that I hated the pick of Clark over Langford. I hope I am wrong on that. I also felt that it was important for the Tigers to come out of the first day with a shortstop, and McGonigle was one of the top shortstops that was going to be available with the 2nd pick.

What Yzerman did was make the Wings a bigger and more physical team. The two losses to the Senators really bothered him.

Max himself stated this during an interview at the draft.

I disagree, maybe it's just a case of different opinions who the better players are?

It's really weird to say this, but adding Clark/McGonigle to the system; suddenly the Tigers might be too lefty heavy (Greene, Keith, Jung, Meadows, etc).

McGonigle was drafted as a SS... McGonigle's well-rounded skill set makes him a high-probability big leaguer, perhaps more likely to play some kind of big league role than any other high school player in the 2023 class. As impressive as McGonigle's physical tools are — he has plus bat-to-ball ability, surprising power for his size, and a plus arm — his on-field acumen and fundamentals also carry a ton of weight. He has fantastic baseball feel and instincts, a well-calibrated internal clock at shortstop, and he appears laser focused and competitive between the lines. He'll be just shy of age 19 on draft day and is physically maxed out (or close to it), but unless you're fearful that his present physicality is an indicator that he'll eventually be too bulky to move around on the middle infield, McGonigle is a slam dunk shortstop with enough contact ability and plate discipline to project as an everyday player. His age and frame temper his long-term power projection, but McGonigle is currently strong enough to do doubles damage in both gaps and drop the bat head to golf out some pull-side homers. He lacks the upside of some of its other hitters, but he's as bankable a big league role player as there is in this class.

https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2023-mlb-draft From Fangraphs... Clark has sublime feel for contact and can really run, presenting teams with an old school leadoff hitter's profile as he enters pro ball. With barrel control well beyond his years, Clark has rare hit tool projection for a high school prospect, spraying flush, all-fields contact with remarkable consistency. Though his swing doesn't feature big lift and Clark lacks overt, frame-based power projection, the amount of contact he makes and its quality should enable him to hit for plenty of in-game power in pro ball, just probably not 30-plus homers. Clark has Corbin Carroll's high school skill set with something closer to a prototypical major league build and more present physicality than Carroll had at the same stage. It's not as though Clark is built like high school Manny Machado or Ken Griffey Jr., but he's sinewy and strong, especially in his lower half. While some weight room warriors (like Spencer Torkelson and Jarred Kelenic) may have gotten so muscular and stiff that they began to have problems dipping to contact pitches low in the strike zone, Clark's natural barrel feel should help mitigate this. He has special hit tool projection and speed, the latter of which should help enable him to stay in center field even though his feel for the position is only fair. There are scouts and executives who view Clark as lacking the high-end upside of a top three pick, but he is the most polished hitter in the class and is poised to go inside the top five.