Reds get #2 overall pick in 2017 draft

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(06-12-2017, 03:48 AM)kevin Wrote: Baseball America Scouts say there are 2 players above all others in the draft.

HUNTER GREENE ...17 years old....draws loose comparisons to Dwight Gooden for how advanced he is on the mound at a young age. This righty pitches in the upper 90 MPH range and sometimes 102 MPH.  He is also a shortstop with top of the scale raw power.  

BRENDAN McKAY......21 years old.....Elite pure hitting tools as a first baseman but as a left hand pitcher has a 95 MPH fastball and a nasty curve ball.

Since post says Reds Draft #2 then these are the 2 scouts are raving about.

Unlike NFL, In Baseball you looking at minors and maybe majors around 2020 season.

I think we end up with one of these two in the end.

I listened to a podcast that had Dick Williams on and he dispelled the myth that Hunter Greene is requesting non west coast teams skip over him. He is convinced that Hunter would be very happy here.

That last sentence of your post really is the bummer of the MLB, isn't it? You draft a guy and, unless they're a Mike Leake level developed prospect, they sit in the minors for years.

Even an advanced bat like Nick Senzel is still at least a year or two away from the Majors (a year after being drafted) and he was considered the most pro ready and developed bat in the entire draft last year.