Draft Podcast: Reflecting On The 2019 Draft

In the third series of our draft lookbacks, JJ and Carlos go back to the 2019 draft. What was the conversation surrounding Adley Rutschman and Bobby Witt Jr. at the time? What about the rest of the top tier? How has a massively critiqued college pitching class panned out? What are the lessons we can learn? All that and more. — Time stamps: (0:00) Intro and overview (5:00) Adley Rutschman vs. Bobby Witt Jr. (12:00) The rest of the top tier (18:00) Andrew Vaughn and right-right first basemen (22:00) Hunter Bishop and valuing high-caliber competition (30:30) College pitching (35:00) Alek Manoah’s strange career (40:00) Savvy late-round picks (44:00) The Keoni Cavaco pop-up story — OMNY: Don’t sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code BASEBALL at takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/BA2022 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.