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Jay recently said, "no chance ".

I know they discussed paying players their slot value. That would change the draft.

I agree with Tucker as well. I'm not giving up on Pearson. If he develops defensively, similar to Tommy White defensively at 3B and Pearson continues to progress offensively, than who knows.

Tucker is very promising. I would not be surprised Tucker being the 3B next year. There is also the other option, that one of those infielders could move to 3B. Not to mention incoming freshman, like Romero.

1B Braun, Santarelli, Minnatee
2B Loew
SS Ruckert, Martinez
3B Pearson, Tucker

6 infielders in the 2027 class

That's already 14, plus maybe reduced roster number. Since DSA is similar to the cloud, it's something we can't figure out.

Just something I noticed by Jay' interview after the draft. Brady is the only pitcher Jay mentioned about being able to contribute early. I know there will be more, but he was the only one he mentioned. Jay mentioned he has large legs. Musso also had a break down of him, he is only 17 years old.

I guess it makes sense that nobody has mentioned Osbolt, as far of how good he is.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Belding in portal next year. Project pointed out that we don't have any catchers committed to 2027. We will need two catchers for 2028 season to match with Serna.

Last year they brought Smart from TN that was coming off TJ. He didn't look good in the fall, velocity down and command struggled. It could happen with Aase, we don't know.

Washington has already announced his intentions to go to school. I expect Murphy gone to MLB or another school where he can start as a freshman. Murphy is an eligible sophomore and doesn't want to stay in college for than more than 2 years. There is just too much competition for Murphy at LSU this year and next year.

The thing that made this class special to me is three players, Nawrocki, Santarelli and Washington. I'm not saying they are the best in this class, but they are three I thought would lose to MLB.

I have posted, before other posters and all of these local youtubers, that we will lose similar to last year's draft. We lost 8 last year and I expected to lose 8 this year, give it take a few more or less. Well we lost 7, but it wasn't the 7 I expected. I did expect 5 of them, Schmidt, Hirschkorn, Murphy, Sides and Evans. I didn't expect to lose Blomker and Roberson. I did expect to lose Nawrocki, Santarelli and Washington. That is an awesome trade in my books.

A couple years ago Jay said out of his own mouth he wasn't big on paying NIL to highschool players, with the exception first round talent. I think that has evolved and Jay's theory is different now. I heard that there was a push for Nawrocki and Washington and by push, I mean NIL. I can reasonably assume other players were made NIL as well.

NIL has changed the game for the draft. NIL will never compete dollar to dollar but players can actually make more money going to the college route. Good players can make multiple NIL offers in their college career then sign MLB when they are done. So you can have multiple NIL deals and a signing bonus or just a signing bonus. The only thing we are now is competing is the one bird in the hand is better than two in the bush theory. They can take the signing money now or stay in college and actually make more money, plus have a better lifestyle and an education. Is it worth the risk? With bigger than ever NIL deals, I think the trend will move more to going to college.

If we continue to have the financial support this year that we have next year, watch out. The 2027 class is loaded, and on paper. is better than the 2026 class.

And Santarelli was drafted.

I heard Beaty and Cupit both will fill up the strike zone. All freshman might be able to pitch first year.