Baseball America’s draft expert Carlos Collazo joins me to talk some 2022 draft! Carlos digs into the stars of the draft, the potential bargain spots, some high risk/high reward types, and picks me out four potential targets for the Giants’ top pick at #30. It’s not too early to get a strong case of Draft Fever!
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Intro/New Draft Calendar (0:20)
Competitive Advantages of Shortened Draft (5:20)
Looking back: Hunter Bishop and Patrick Bailey (7:00)
Overview of this year’s draft (9:50)
Extreme Pitcher-heavy drafts of 2021 (12:00)
Kumar Rocker Update (14:30) — Note: Rocker did pitch this weekend for first time (and looked great!)
Who are Stars of 2022 draft (16:15)
Tamarr Johnson (20:15)
Theme of the Draft: Bloodline players (22:00)
Late Round Depth of Draft — what’s available at 30? (24:30)
Big Risk/Reward types who might be available (26:20)
Finding the Giants a Player — one player from each quadrant (30:00)
Intro/Outro: “Gonna Get that Man” by Connie Francis
There R Giants Pod-87 with Carlos Collazo