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2018 MLB Draft Casey Mize # 1 Draft Pick

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2018/6...aft-casey-mize-detroit-tigers-number-one-pick
Tigers select RHP Casey Mize with No. 1 pick in 2018 MLB draft.
As expected, the Tigers have selected Auburn?s ace with the top overall pick in the 2018 MLB draft.
BYBTB

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2018/06/mlb_draft_2018_casey_mize.html#incart_river_index
MLB Draft 2018: Tigers take Casey Mize with No. 1 pick.
Mlive

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...lb-draft-casey-mize-detroit-tigers/670620002/
It's official! Detroit Tigers take Casey Mize 1st overall in 2018 MLB draft.
Freep

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-mize-first-overall-pick-mlb-draft/671251002/
Tigers go with their draft favorite, select Auburn's Casey Mize.
Detnews

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/casey-mize-selected-by-tigers-with-first-pick/c-279770576
Tigers select Auburn RHP Mize at No. 1.
Tigers official site
 
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=15301
Tigers tale: Mize goes at No. 1.
PerfectGame

https://www.minorleagueball.com/201...ey-mize-rhp-auburn-university-scouting-report
2018 MLB Draft: Casey Mize, RHP, Auburn University.
The top pitcher in 2018 college baseball.
MinorLeagueBall

https://2080baseball.com/draft-spotlight/casey-mize-2/
Casey Mize.
2080Baseball

https://2080baseball.com/draft-spotlight/casey-mize/
Casey Mize.
2080Baseball

1 ? Auburn JR RHP Casey Mize: 89-95 FB, 96-97 peak; average 78-82 CB (scrapped in 2018, some see it as the SL), above-average upside; average 81-87 SL, flashes above-average (consistently so in 2018); above-average to plus 82-88 split-CU (mostly plus in 2018, comes both soft and hard), plus-plus upside; new above-average 87-91 cut-SL, easy plus upside; good athlete; FAVORITE; shades of Ohtani, Tanaka, Gausman; Fitt: Cole/Eshelman remix; 6-3, 220 pounds

2016: 7.70 K/9 ? 2.35 BB/9 ? 69.0 IP ? 3.52 ERA
2017: 11.73 K/9 ? 0.97 BB/9 ? 83.2 IP ? 2.04 ERA
2018: 12.40 K/9 ? 0.99 BB/9 ? 109.2 IP ? 2.95 ERA

Casey Mize is fantastic. Names I?ve gotten back as comparable (for different reasons and with the disclaimer that Mize is fairly unique in terms of his power stuff/plus-plus control combination) include Sam Carlson, Corbin Burnes, Masahiro Tanaka, Kevin Gausman, and, wait for it, Shohei Ohtani. Going to go out on a limb and say that last one is more about similarities with their splitters (still high praise, of course) and less about the chance Mize turns into a modern day Babe Ruth. Of those comps, I find the Gausman one particularly instructive. The LSU star went fourth overall in 2012 behind Carlos Correa (!), Byron Buxton (!), and Mike Zunino (?), and moved so quickly through the O?s farm system that he made his big league debut less than one year after being drafted. That could be Mize. I know there?s some concern with him being physically maxed out and more of an injury risk than most. It?s impossible to speak to the injury concerns from the outside looking in, but the first point, fair as it may be, doesn?t particularly concern me when the present version of Mize is so dominating. To get his kind of power stuff paired with that best control of any amateur in the county put into a player who is so advanced he could pick up a new pitch (87-91 cut-slider, easy plus upside) seemingly on the fly is special. With two plus pitches (splitter, cutter) and two above-average pitches (fastball, slider), Mize is a force to be reckoned with.
BaseballDraftReport

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...jFQKHRxeC-EQBQgmKAA&biw=1536&bih=726&dpr=1.25
Casey Mize Webvideos.
 
Now that the obvious pick has been made, lessee who they take with their remaining choices.
 
Barring a dramatic change, Tigers will have five starting pitching prospects in @MLBPipeline top 100 prospect rankings when midseason update comes out this summer.
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2018/06/mlb_draft_2018_tigers_2nd_pick.html#incart_river_index
MLB Draft 2018: Tigers take Parker Meadows with 2nd round pick.
Mlive

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...it-tigers-mlb-draft-parker-meadows/671894002/
Detroit Tigers choose OF Parker Meadows with 44th pick in MLB draft.
Freep

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/06/04/live-updates-major-league-baseba
ll-draft/670235002/
Tigers select OF Parker Meadows at No. 44.
Detnews

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2018/5...adows-scouting-report-detroit-tigers-al-avila
2018 MLB draft profile: OF Parker Meadows is the Tigers? newest prospect.
Meadows is a talented high school outfielder from Georgia.
BYBTB

https://247sports.com/mlb/tigers/Ar...sTowns-Detroit-Tigers-Draft-Central-118785165
2018 MLB Draft TigsTown's Detroit Tigers Draft Central.
TigsTown

https://2080baseball.com/draft-prospect-video/parker-meadows/
Parker Meadows.
2080Baseball

Parker Meadows (Grayson HS, Georgia) lurks as my ?sleeper? (note: there?s really no such thing as a sleeper if you follow this stuff as much as we do?and you really can?t be a sleeper when your brother was a recent first round pick anyway) to slip into the draft?s first round. His power and speed combination is at or near the top of this class for any position player. My hunch is that he explodes this spring in a way not entirely dissimilar to what his brother once did, so he takes the fourth and final projected first round spot for now.
BaseballDraftReport

https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=458329
Parker Meadows.
PerfectGame
 
I see they took an athletic HS center fielder in round 2 (Parker Meadows). I wonder if he will sign or go to college. I read that he verbally committed to Clemson.
 
tomdalton22 said:
I see they took an athletic HS center fielder in round 2 (Parker Meadows). I wonder if he will sign or go to college. I read that he verbally committed to Clemson.
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I forget - how long do the Tigers have his rights? Just a year? He definitely needs some seasoning at the plate.
 
Mitchrapp said:
I forget - how long do the Tigers have his rights? Just a year? He definitely needs some seasoning at the plate.
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I found this

A Club generally retains the rights to sign a selected player until 11:59 PM (EDT) August 15, or until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college on a full-time basis. A player who is drafted and does not sign with the Club that selected him may be drafted again at a future year's Draft, so long as the player is eligible for that year's Draft. A Club may not select a player again in a subsequent year, unless the player has consented to the re-selection.
 
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