Boyz II Men: The 2020 Draft

[Edgy MD]

In what will hopefully be the last MLB draft ever, the Mets pick 19th. And while a lot of rankings and mock drafts diverge mightily at that point, one name that keeps coming bouncing into the picture is Pennsylvania high school outfielder Austin Hendrick. He seeminlgy fits the Mets' recent profile because they've taken advanced high school bats (Jarred Kelenic and Brett Baty) in the first round the last two years. But then they turned around and flipped Kelenic, so what does that even mean? But he's a 19-year-old senior, so he fits their profile.



Anyhow, he's generally listed third among high school hitters in the mockerinos, thanks to a wicked fast swing (see below). Downside is that he's in a good position to demand over-slot value (he'd be eligible to re-enter the draft after only one year of college), and the Mets may be in cost control mode with the team on the block and revenues non-existent.



But look at this rip.

Another name I either keep hearing a lot, or simply heard once but remembered, because it's a cool name, is another prep outfielder, Californian Pete Crow-Armstrong. He's behind Hendrick as a hitter, perhaps, but he's got a strong profile for sticking in center. Wicked fast, athletic, easy movements, and has the old projectible frame that gets the scouts all gooey. Was having a great year at Harvard-Westlake and raising his draft profile before his season got shut down with the pandemic.



Need 20 minutes of talking to a dorky high school jock? You're in luck.



[YOUTUBE]vGgOSzHtHwI[/YOUTUBE]

[nymr83]

Whichever one of his parents is 'Armstrong' he just needs to sit down with and say "listen mom/dad, we're going to sell a lot of merchandise here, I'm going with 'Crow' on the jersey"

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Pete Crow-Armstrong

Arm-Pete Crowstrong

Strong-Pete Armcrow

Strongarm Crow-Pete

Crowstrong Pete-Arm



I'm into this guy

[Benjamin Grimm]

Other anagrams for Pete-Crow Armstrong include:



Carpenter Got Worms

Camper Wrongs Otter

Protest Wrong Cream

Retracts Wrong Poem

Worst Preterm Conga

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Camper Wrongs Otter

That was on the National Geographic Channel last night.

And it wasn't pretty.

Pre-draft ca-ca I've read said their first two picks are likely to be 6'6" lefty pitchers (one in college, one in high school) with them targeting outfielders later in the draft.

Stay tuned.

Later

Edited June 9, 2020 by Guest

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

This is fun. Austin Hendrick:



Urinated Chinks

Raunchiest Kind

Haircut Skinned



(there's a million of em)

[Edgy MD]

Don't get too 'cited about Camper Wrongs-Otter, though. I've got mockers that are seeing him go as high as #7 to the Pirates. Raunchiest Kind has a good chance to be off the board too.



https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2020/6/9/21284125/joe-doyles-final-2020-mlb-mock-draft-marinersOne mocketeer has the Mets grabbing up another outfielder with the pornalicious name of Dillon Diggler. Scouts dig his bat control, and like Dale Murphy or Craig Biggio or Bryce Harper, he combines the disciplined ruggedness for catcher and the athleticism for centerfield, and could end up sticking at either.


https://twitter.com/eccentricladdie/status/1256663119440621568

The Mets also select at #52 and #69 (compensation for losing Zack Wheelie).

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think you mean "Old Grilled Gin". Or maybe "Long Girdle Lid" or "Gold Gill Diner"

[MFS62]

I can just hear John Sterling saying "A dinger by Dingler" now.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Dillon Diggler, one of the (presumably MANY) children of Dirk.

[Edgy MD]

Working nickname: "The Boogie Knight."

[LWFS]

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"I'm a star, I'm a star-- I'm a big, bright shining star."

[A Boy Named Seo]

Anyone watching? This thing is starting NOW!!!!



The relevant local buzzband "21 Pilots" just played the show in.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Tigers draft Turkleton from ASU #1 overall. Dr. Kelso would be proud.



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[A Boy Named Seo]

O's draft lefty college slugger Heston Kjerstad at #2. He is famous for getting his name from a white guy name generator his parents found on the internet.*







*might be false. might also be true.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Marlins get college fireballer Max Meyer #3 overall. Leiter just called him "an alpha male type guy".



THE MOCK DRAFTS HAVE ALL GONE TO SHIT, PEOPLE

[Edgy MD]

In a strange bit of draft predictions working out, which almost never happens , the Mets have selected California schoolboy outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, who they've been reportedly in love with since last Fall.



Pete is from LA's elite Harvard-Westlake High School so he's all about the hyphens. Both of his parents are Hollywood actors, one a Crow, and the other an Armstrong.



https://www.mlb.com/news/pete-crow-armstrong-facts-to-knowhttps://www.mlb.com/news/pete-crow-armstrong-facts-to-know



Watch him kill it at the prospect workout.



[YOUTUBE]77lqBRvybiE[/YOUTUBE]



He's like a young Billy Beane out there!

[LWFS]

CA-CAW



(How hard is it to spell Armstrong?)

Edited June 10, 2020 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nice! It's good that we got that guy who was already anagrammed.

[Edgy MD]

Pete's mama, Ashley "Don't Call Me 'Sheryl'" Crow, shown here playing Billy Heywood's mother in the Dallas Green-era baseball family movie, Little Big League.



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Pete's paw, Matthew John Armstrong. He played Pete Pryor in the Art Howe-era TV series American Dreams.



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He's supposedly been misidentified as a former Geico caveman on more than one occasion.



They met filming the Gangster Jerry-era TV show Heroes, a favorite of Vic Sage, wherever he is. If that's true, I suppose Pete had a different biological dad, because otherwise, he'd be, like, 13 or 14.

[bmfc1]

Do the Mets get Timothy Busfield, too?



Molly Knight has a fine profile of Pete Crow-Armstrong in The Athletic. He's a mindful, thoughtful person who thinks about more than baseball--just like another Pete we know:

https://theathletic.com/1865359/2020/06/10/an-mlb-managers-dream-the-promise-and-awakening-of-pete-crow-armstrong/https://theathletic.com/1865359/2020/06/10/an-mlb-managers-dream-the-promise-and-awakening-of-pete-crow-armstrong/



If you don't subscribe, I've brought a clip:

[bLOCKQUOTE]I ask Crow-Armstrong about how he feels about his big night. “I'm super excited. Me and everybody else in this position have been working our asses off our whole lives for this moment, and it feels right to celebrate,” he says.

He then takes a long, deep breath.

“But at the same time, there are so many more important things happening in the world right now,” he adds. “I find myself trying to make space for the joy in my own personal life that is happening tonight, but tomorrow it's back to what matters. I hope we don't lose the momentum.”[/bLOCKQUOTE]

[MFS62]

After the pick, one of the ESPN analysts said that Pete doesn't have the hit tool necessary to go far ... yet. That seems to contradict the scouting reports which say he can hit, but not with much power.

I'll insert my annual concern here about high school lefty hitters not having much much experience against lefty pitchers.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Well, he's played on the national team against three different levels, so he's probably got more high-end experience than most.

[Centerfield]

Seems like a great kid.



That being said, at number 19, you'd think we could get a guy with no question marks about his hitting.



Hope he proves me wrong.

[bmfc1]

CF: That's valid but this Pete was supposed to go earlier. Keith Law, smart guy at The Athletic, had the Mets taking a college SP because his mock guessed that they wouldn't find the bat they wanted still available at 19. A few teams, including Boston, made surprise picks so C-A was still there (Law had him at 12).

[A Boy Named Seo]

The Mets have 6 picks this year. When is the compensation round? I didn't see it in MLB's messy draft central.

[ashie62]

Don't pick high school guys, just don't

[Edgy MD]

Pourquoi pas?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

because Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry SUCK ASS, that's why.

[Frayed Knot]

at number 19, you'd think we could get a guy with no question marks about his hitting.

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CF: That's valid but this Pete was supposed to go earlier. Keith Law, smart guy at The Athletic, had the Mets taking a college SP because his mock guessed that they wouldn't find the bat they wanted still available at 19. A few teams, including Boston, made surprise picks so C-A was still there (Law had him at 12).