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June 4, 2018 10:02 pm
Dodgers' J.T. Ginn: Drafted 30th overall by Dodgers
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
The Dodgers have selected Ginn with the 30th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
Many of the pitchers selected in the first couple rounds of this draft will undoubtedly end up in the bullpen, but Ginn is the first to come off the board who most evaluators already project as a reliever. A high school pitcher from Mississippi, Ginn is already 19 years old, making him one of the oldest prep players in this class. He doesn't even try to deliver the ball like a starter, working with a Craig Kimbrel-esque max-effort motion. Unsurprisingly, he has one of the best fastballs in the class, touching 99 mph with the pitch this spring. Ginn also has one of the best sliders in this draft, which will serve as his out pitch in pro ball. Assuming he is sent out as a reliever, he could be the first high school pitcher from this draft to reach the majors. If he can throw enough strikes, Ginn easily projects as a ninth-inning arm down the road.
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June 4, 2018 11:53 pm
Dodgers' Michael Grove: Grabbed by Dodgers in second round
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
The Dodgers have selected Grove with the 68th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
The right-hander blew out his elbow last year and has not pitched in a competitive setting since, but he flashed an impressive strikeout punch with West Virginia before going down, fanning 117 batters in 92 innings from 2016-17. Before the injury, he threw in the mid-90s regularly with his fastball and mixed in a plus breaking pitch, locating both with good consistency. Most in dynasty leagues will want to simply monitor Grove from afar for the time being, until he proves his health at the professional level.
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June 5, 2018 1:54 pm
Dodgers' John Rooney: Goes to Dodgers in third round
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
The Dodgers have selected Rooney with the 104th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
With the final pick in the third round, the Dodgers grabbed a 6-foot-5 southpaw hurler out of Hofstra. Rooney's stuff is pretty pedestrian, with an above-average slider serving as his best pitch. The Dodgers likely saw something they thought they could improve, however, and the team has history helping pitchers add velocity to their fastballs. If Rooney's 87-93 mph heater was more of a 92-96 mph pitch, all of a sudden he would look like a potential No. 4 starter. Of course with a 21-year-old, it's difficult to bet on that much projection.
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June 5, 2018 3:03 pm
Dodgers' Braydon Fisher: Goes to Dodgers in fourth round
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
The Dodgers have selected Fisher with the 134th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
Fisher, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound high-school arm from Texas, saw his stock rise after his fastball velocity jumped from the low-90s last summer to a consistent 92-to-96 miles per hour this spring. Given his big frame, the 17-year-old should gain a few more ticks to the offering as he bulks up, thereby raising his ceiling relative to some of the more undersized young hurlers in the draft. The right-hander will need to hone his slider and changeup to find success against more advanced competition, but his blend of raw stuff and athleticism made his upside to enticing for the Dodgers to pass up with the final pick of the fourth round.
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Dodgers' J.T. Ginn: Drafted 30th overall by Dodgers
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
The Dodgers have selected Ginn with the 30th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
Many of the pitchers selected in the first couple rounds of this draft will undoubtedly end up in the bullpen, but Ginn is the first to come off the board who most evaluators already project as a reliever. A high school pitcher from Mississippi, Ginn is already 19 years old, making him one of the oldest prep players in this class. He doesn't even try to deliver the ball like a starter, working with a Craig Kimbrel-esque max-effort motion. Unsurprisingly, he has one of the best fastballs in the class, touching 99 mph with the pitch this spring. Ginn also has one of the best sliders in this draft, which will serve as his out pitch in pro ball. Assuming he is sent out as a reliever, he could be the first high school pitcher from this draft to reach the majors. If he can throw enough strikes, Ginn easily projects as a ninth-inning arm down the road.
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June 4, 2018 11:53 pm
Dodgers' Michael Grove: Grabbed by Dodgers in second round
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
The Dodgers have selected Grove with the 68th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
The right-hander blew out his elbow last year and has not pitched in a competitive setting since, but he flashed an impressive strikeout punch with West Virginia before going down, fanning 117 batters in 92 innings from 2016-17. Before the injury, he threw in the mid-90s regularly with his fastball and mixed in a plus breaking pitch, locating both with good consistency. Most in dynasty leagues will want to simply monitor Grove from afar for the time being, until he proves his health at the professional level.
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June 5, 2018 1:54 pm
Dodgers' John Rooney: Goes to Dodgers in third round
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
The Dodgers have selected Rooney with the 104th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
With the final pick in the third round, the Dodgers grabbed a 6-foot-5 southpaw hurler out of Hofstra. Rooney's stuff is pretty pedestrian, with an above-average slider serving as his best pitch. The Dodgers likely saw something they thought they could improve, however, and the team has history helping pitchers add velocity to their fastballs. If Rooney's 87-93 mph heater was more of a 92-96 mph pitch, all of a sudden he would look like a potential No. 4 starter. Of course with a 21-year-old, it's difficult to bet on that much projection.
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June 5, 2018 3:03 pm
Dodgers' Braydon Fisher: Goes to Dodgers in fourth round
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
The Dodgers have selected Fisher with the 134th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
Fisher, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound high-school arm from Texas, saw his stock rise after his fastball velocity jumped from the low-90s last summer to a consistent 92-to-96 miles per hour this spring. Given his big frame, the 17-year-old should gain a few more ticks to the offering as he bulks up, thereby raising his ceiling relative to some of the more undersized young hurlers in the draft. The right-hander will need to hone his slider and changeup to find success against more advanced competition, but his blend of raw stuff and athleticism made his upside to enticing for the Dodgers to pass up with the final pick of the fourth round.
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