June 9, 201511 yr Look for Marlins to take 1B Josh Naylor here. Expect lots of money savings. Had a big workout with them. — JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) 2015년 6월 9일
June 9, 201511 yr Despite the monetary aspect to this, they had to be thinking of him as power bat behind Stanton.
June 9, 201511 yr Josh Naylor is a thick bodied, powerful first baseman. He is around 6'1 and 220 pounds and will have to watch his weight. He has excellent power potential and hits the ball hard to all fields. He has swing and miss to him but he has good barrel awareness. He has a strong arm and with effort, he could play RF but I bet his future is at 1B. There is a chance he could become a star with his potential. Naylor is unique in that he is from Canada, so the level of talent he has faced has varied but this year has considerable talent in from the North country this year. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2015/5/30/8690455/2015-mlb-draft-top-400-prospects From. John Sickels
June 9, 201511 yr Don't they have to spend the money? I think they reach for a guy in round 1 to spend more in the later rounds. I know other teams have been doing this too.
June 9, 201511 yr Don't they have to spend the money? I think they reach for a guy in round 1 to spend more in the later rounds. I know other teams have been doing this too. Most teams reach a tentative money number before selecting a player, so they can spend all of their allotted money, this backfired on the Astros last season, but worked well when they got Correa and McCullers in 2012
June 9, 201511 yr Wasn't Heaney ranked really high? I'm actually fine with us getting a power 1st baseman. We did spend a good chunk of money in the off season and we aren't getting production. What do you guys expect? For them to throw more millions away and hope it pays off? Pretty sure the FO is as frustrated as the fans.
June 9, 201511 yr Why would you do this when you have 2 top 50 picks? Are they gonna give a 5th round pick 2 million dollars?
June 9, 201511 yr Maybe those top rank players didn't have any of their teammates attend their birthday party..
June 9, 201511 yr this is the way to go as far as the type of player they need. none of us no anything about this guy so for the person saying this is a horrible pick stop being stupid. We needed a power bat at a corner infield spot. we need to load up the bats in our system. thats the way you build a consistent winner in an MLB where every team has good pitching.
June 9, 201511 yr You pick the next best player. If you end up with too many pitchers then you trade him for a bat. You don't pick a #60 ranked first baseman for the 12th pick. Loria clearly picked him to save money.
June 9, 201511 yr There were better players available, Chris Shaw, Luken Baker were higher rated at first base, Ke'Bryan Hayes at third. There were 4-5 shortstops out there too, that's what makes this a horrible pick in that the Marlins took a guy at #12 who could possibly be there later, Also a rule of thumb about drafting first basemen, that's where you move players after they can't play elsewhere, so not much value all around with this selection
June 9, 201511 yr You pick the next best player. If you end up with too many pitchers then you trade him for a bat. You don't pick a #60 ranked first baseman for the 12th pick. Loria clearly picked him to save money. who cares about these rankings. literally not one of us has ever seen this kid play one game.
June 9, 201511 yr These guys have been scouted heavily for the last couple of years. Sometimes they get it wrong but first base??
June 9, 201511 yr Colin Moran was also one of the highest rated guys in his draft. those rankings are completely meaningless
June 9, 201511 yr Moran is still hitting around .300 for his minor league career, his power was the issue, but still projects to be a better player than this lump taken this year
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