The Dodgers lost a draft pick for signing A. J. Pollock http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-dustin-pedroia-jersey , but gained one for losing Yasmani Grandal. But what kinds of future players do those picks represent?"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 2019 Spring TrainingProspectsCommentaryNews and NotesCommentarySo what can we expect from that draft pick anyway?New,421commentsThe Dodgers lost a draft pick for signing A. J. Pollock, but gained one for losing Yasmani Grandal. But what kinds of future players do those picks represent?PSTShareTweetShareShareSo what can we expect from that draft pick anyway?The Dodgers drafted Paco Rodriguez with the 82nd selection in the 2012 MLB draft, a similar position to the compensation pick for Yasmani Grandal will fall in 2019.Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThe offseason free-agent signings for players coming to and leaving Los Angeles have shuffled the draft picks for the Dodgers. Signing A. J. Pollock resulted in forfeiting their second-round draft pick in 2019, which would have been about 65th overall, and losing $500,000 in international free agent money.On the other side of the ledger, for having Yasmani Grandal signed away by the Milwaukee Brewers, the Dodgers gained a pick after Compensation Round B and before the third round, about 79th overall.But what kind of player might you expect to land in this range of draft selections?I’m certainly no prospects expert David Price Jersey , nor can I expound on what sort of equivalent monetary value such a pick may have, but we can certainly take a sampling of historical picks in this region and draw some general conclusions.It’s also worth noting that with these picks come (or go) the slot money associated with them. The Dodgers overall budget has decreased by the slot dollars difference between the two picks above. In 2018 that was about $235,000.I chose to look at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 drafts, and overall picks 61 to 85. I selected these years to strike a balance of “old enough that a decent feel for player outcomes are known” and “recent enough to be reasonably reflective of current scouting and evaluation processes”. The draftees from high school in 2012 are a little young at around 24, but the college players from 2010 might be 30 now.I always wanted to limit this exercise to a sample size I could handle without spending an inordinate time on this. Also, note that all this information was extracted from the invaluable baseball-reference.com.Here’s the information from the three drafts. WAR is the cumulative major-league WAR to date.That’s a lot of white space in the WAR columns! Only 39 of these 75 players, or 52%, have seen the major leagues at all. Roughly a coin flip’s chance that you never see this draftee on the big club.Andrelton Simmons is the clear outlier in WAR at about 35, while Alex Wood and Drew Smyly are a small group of their own in the 10-WAR vicinity. Ten players fall between 2.0 and 6.2 WAR. These 13 are only 17% of the drafted players and 33% of those that reach the majors.Very roughly 80% of these draftees provide less than 2 WAR or don’t even reach the majors.The Dodgers draftees? Paco Rodriguez Craig Kimbrel Jersey , Alex Santana and Ralston Cash. Uh huh.Perhaps you recognize a name or two that isn’t in the majors yet, but I eyeballed it and spotted no top prospects.On the other hand, Tony Renda, chosen 80th overall in 2012, will receive a World Series ring this year because he made one August appearance for the Boston Red Sox, as a pinch-runner. (He did score the walkoff run in that game.)There’s always a chance that a high-school or college athlete selected in this range will turn out really well for the drafting team, and for that player. But the odds don’t seem to be in their favor. HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander got pushed around by the Seattle Mariners early Thursday night, and then umpire Nic Lentz sent him off for an early shower.Certainly not what the former Cy Young and MVP Award winner had in mind for his first shot at career win No. 200.Seattle jumped on Verlander for six runs in two innings before the star right-hander was ejected for arguing a balk call in the Mariners’ 8-6 win over the Houston Astros.Mitch Haniger, Denard Span and Jean Segura combined for 10 hits and seven RBIs with a homer each off Verlander (11-7), who was ejected shortly after setting a season high for runs allowed.“Just wanted some answers Steven Wright Jersey ,” he said. “I thought he screwed up. He clearly thought he didn’t. Just hate for the ball to be taken out of my hands that way.”Haniger gave the Mariners their first leadoff homer this season when he sent a fastball into left-center field. Span followed with his second career triple off Verlander before Segura hit a ground-rule double and Nelson Cruz added an RBI single to make it 3-0.Verlander retired the next five batters before Haniger doubled with two outs in the second. He looked to have been picked off at second with Span batting, but Verlander was instead called for a balk.Verlander barked at plate umpire Lentz and kept repeating: “I did not,” before throwing his next pitch. Span and Segura then hit back-to-back homers to push the lead to 6-0. Verlander retired Cruz before getting tossed.He was still upset about it after the game and ranted about it for about three minutes when asked what happened.“I don’t have an answer for you,” Verlander said. “I don’t know. I’ve never been called for that.”Verlander has been up and down in his last few starts and has allowed 10 homers and 15 runs the last five times out, including a season-high four homers in a loss to Detroit on July 15.James Paxton (10-5) continued his success against the Astros, yielding seven hits and four runs in 5 2/3 innings to improve to 4-0 against them this season. He said he didn’t feel great Thursday night so having such a huge cushion early helped.“That was huge,” he said. “To come out and put up those six runs in the first two innings was really big for our team. We needed to do something like that. And against as good a pitcher as Verlander gives us a lot of confidence I think.”Edwin Diaz allowed a home run to Tyler White with two outs in the ninth before striking out Josh Reddick for his 43rd save.Haniger had a season-high four hits with two RBIs, Span had three RBIs and finished a double shy of the cycle and Segura added three hits and drove in two runs.“Great night offensively,” manager Scott Servais said. “Our guys got after it early. Sometimes starting pitchers can be most vulnerable in that first inning and we jumped on him early.”The Astros cut the lead to 6-2 in the third inning when Marwin Gonzalez drove in two with a single.An RBI single by Haniger and a sacrifice fly by Span extended Seattle’s advantage to 8-2 in the sixth.Tony Kemp had three hits and drove in two runs with a single in the sixth, and White’s RBI double cut the lead to 8-5 in the seventh.The Astros were forced to use five relievers to finish the game. Roberto Osuna made his home debut for the Astros in the ninth inning http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-dustin-pedroia-jersey , allowing one hit in a scoreless frame after being acquired in a trade with the Blue Jays last week. Osuna made his first appearance since May 6 on Monday after serving a 75-game suspension for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy. The former Blue Jays closer was arrested and charged with assaulting his girlfriend May 8 in Toronto.TRAINER’S ROOMAstros: SS Carlos Correa said he’s feeling good and expects to come off the disabled list Friday. He hasn’t played since June 25 because of a sore lower back and just finished a five-game rehab assignment at Double-A Corpus Christi. … 2B Jose Altuve, who hasn’t played since July 25 because of soreness in his right knee, is improving, but there is still no set date for his return.ZEROESSeattle reliever Alex Colome threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings on Thursday night to extend his scoreless streak to 16 2/3 innings over 16 games.UP NEXTHouston’s Gerrit Cole (10-4, 2.64 ERA) opposes Seattle’s Mike Leake (8-7, 4.16) when the series continues Friday night. Cole lost his second straight start Sunday when he allowed six hits and three runs in five innings of a 3-2 loss to the Dodgers. Leake is looking for his first win since June 23 after going 0-3 in his last seven starts.
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