Recapping Day 1 of the 2024 MLB Draft w/Melissa Lockard

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🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Melissa Lockard joins Eno and DVR discuss Day 1 of the MLB Draft including the Guardians' decision to take Travis Bazzana first overall, Charlie Condon's outlook with a future that includes playing half of his games at Coors Field, top pitchers Chase Burns and Hagen Smith going second and fifth to the Reds and White Sox, respectively, Nick Kurtz's fit with the A's, Jac Caglianone's chances of continuing as a two-way player with the Royals, and a few intriguing picks outside of the Top-10, including switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje, who went 15th overall to the Mariners.

Rundown

1:05 The Guardians Select Travis Bazzana First Overall

4:47 Charlie Condon Heads to Colorado

7:15 The Growing Trend of Fast-Tracking Prospects

12:11 Chase Burns Goes No. 2 Overall to Cincinnati

16:13 A Draft That Went Largely to Script Up Top?

23:13 Nick Kurtz's Fit with the A's

26:00 Jac Caglianone & Two-Way Players In This Class

32:39 Hagen Smith to the White Sox (Smith v. Burns)

35:15 Trey Yesavage Slides to the Blue Jays at No. 20

38:17 Intriguing Players Outside the Top-10 Overall

46:31 Best Draft Class Foundations Through Day 1

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0:28.8	Search horse racing near me. Welcome to Rates and barrels. It's Monday, July 15th, Derek Ben Riper, Enosarous, and a special guest, Melissa Lock, joins us today as we discuss day one of the MLB draft. Melissa, thank you so much for joining us today. Thanks for having me on. Did I read this right? This is the 20th draft you've covered now? Yeah, yeah. I think 2004 was my first. So if I'm doing my math, right, it's either 20 or 21. Awesome. Yeah, a lot of that, of course, focused on the A's over the years, too. But a lot to talk about in this class, a college heavy, top end of the class, which is exciting, I think, from a fantasy perspective, because those players tend to move to the big leagues a lot faster. So if you're in a keeper or dynasty league, you can look at these players and maybe see them helping you by this time next year, or since the Angels picked eighth, maybe by
1:32.2	the end of this season in the case of Christian Moore, we'll talk about a little bit later.
1:37.5	But let's start at the top of the board, where Travis Bazana was the first overall pick of
1:42.1	the Guardians. He was certainly in that conversation all spring.
1:46.6	The interesting thing for me with Bazaana is this, he's a second baseman.
1:50.4	Like we don't normally think of second baseman as early first round picks.
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