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#61 · June 3, 2019, 8:07 pm
Balls Seth Johnson is gone to Tampa Bay.
#62 · June 3, 2019, 8:26 pm
With the 2nd round the Padres select OF Joshua Mears Federal Way HS WA
#63 · June 3, 2019, 8:34 pm
Mears is a boom or bust type of player. He has big raw power quick hands and plus bat speed. His game is a bit raw, though he does show some feel to hit and isn't just a kid trying to pull everything He has good to avg speed for his size. He arm is good to avg, and he's a capable defender and will get better with time. Mears is the kind of high school player scouts can dream on, with the potential to be a run-producing right fielder, in a Nelson Cruz kind of mold. He is committed to play at Purdue.
#64 · June 3, 2019, 8:35 pm
From Fansgraphs
Other teams were on Mears in round two, so it appears we were light.
— Eric Longenhagen (@longenhagen) June 4, 2019
#65 · June 3, 2019, 8:41 pm
#Padres taking Josh Mears isn't surprising. Saw some heavy heat from them when I was in Washington and heard they were high on him all spring. Physical monster that punishes baseballs. #mlbdraft
— Nathan Rode (@NathanRode) June 4, 2019
#66 · June 3, 2019, 8:42 pm
Padres like the "high upside" prospects and given the quality of the system can afford to take some risk .... Mears not their normal profile (an up the middle player) and as a some large RF their scouts must have seen real potential to go with him at #48.
Potentially he is an under slot sign either saving some money to sign Abrams or a later pick over slot.
#67 · June 3, 2019, 8:53 pm
Quote from fenn68 on June 3, 2019, 8:42 pmPadres like the "high upside" prospects and given the quality of the system can afford to take some risk .... Mears not their normal profile (an up the middle player) and as a some large RF their scouts must have seen real potential to go with him at #48.
Potentially he is an under slot sign either saving some money to sign Abrams or a later pick over slot.
I really hope we cam get another over slot player.
#68 · June 3, 2019, 9:07 pm
With the CBB #73 the Padres select C Logan Driscoll George Mason
#69 · June 3, 2019, 9:12 pm
Looks like another potential under slot pick .... at 73 well above his MLBPipeline rank of 194 and being a college junior.
The write-up is interesting giving him a strong arm and quality bat to ball skills (once he stopped over swinging).
#70 · June 3, 2019, 9:14 pm
George Mason University has had just three players taken in the top 10 rounds of the June Draft since it was instituted in 1965. The most successful from that group was catcher Chris Widger, who spent parts of 10 years in the big leagues after being a third-round pick in 1992. A fellow Patriots backstop, Driscoll hopes to follow in Widger's footsteps, though it's unlikely he'll hear his name as early in the Draft. Driscoll has a solid track record with the bat at George Mason, hitting well over .300 in each of his three seasons as a starter, though he did appear over-matched against quality pitching in the Cape Cod League last summer. For most of his college career, he's shown outstanding contact and on-base skills, drawing as many walks as strikeouts. Early on this spring, he was selling out on his swing trying to get to his power, but went back to his contact-first approach from the left side of the plate and got back to staying through the ball more effectively. Driscoll also runs very well for a catcher, even stealing some bases along the way. His best defensive tool is his above-average arm and while he is an acceptable receiver, he does need to work on his setup behind the plate. There's a dearth of catching, especially in the college ranks, in this year's class, which will certainly help Driscoll's status. He has a floor as a left-handed-hitting backup with solid contact skills but could develop into a solid regular if everything clicks.
https://www.mlb.com/draft/tracker/all/round/CBB