The Future is ON THE WAY...

The Padres future is on the way as these players have been drafted by the Padres recently. Who are they? Are they any good? Should we be excited? Let's talk about it. Hi, welcome back to another episode of Padres Digest with your host, Andrew. Today we're finally doing a draft deep dive. I wanted to do this days ago, but you know, my computer broke. So sorry for being a little late. But I have, well, basically I'm going to split this into like a series of three different videos, uh, because there's a lot of players. So today I'm going to focus on the day one players. And then we're going to do day two, uh, splitting the two, cause there's a lot of players. Uh, if you want the undrafted people to let me know, cause we have on some undrafted signings too, but I actually am a fan of these picks and there'll be some in day two that I'm also a fan of. Uh, but I think these are names you should get excited for kind of like how we're excited for Salas and Cruz Schoolcraft. People like them. I think they could be on, I don't want to say the same level, but just keep an eye on them. Let's put it that way. Just keep an eye on them. I have no fancy things to show you. Just some, just some nice little graphics. Uh, before we get too deep into the video though, please subscribe as always follow us on X Instagram, Facebook, Padres Digest. And of course, let me bring it up first. This video is brought to you by Otis Edge Analytics. Emotion loses, data wins. And that's why we use Otis Edge Analytics where passion meets data. Their team of 30 year Vegas pros and next gen analysts delivers daily expert picks across your favorite leagues, powered by real numbers, not hunches. Take a smarter approach this season and build your bankroll the smart way. Download the Otis Edge app today and see why their quick growing community is getting ahead of the game because that's the Otis Edge. Thank you so much Otis Edge for sponsoring. I still love your logo. The dog just looks so cute. I'm a simple man. I see cute dog. I like, so let's jump into our first pick. Coleman. I'm going to say it wrong. So sorry. Sure. I'm sorry if you're watching this for some reason, but first round 21st pick. I, I'm a fan of this guy, right? So he's 18 years old, still very young, which is fantastic. You know, AJ Peller loves his straight out of high school guys. And he does have some experience playing with some better guys, some, some highly touted people. He was on the team USA 18 under, and he was the MVP of them. So that's good. Look at these senior season stats though. 11 wins, no losses 0.21 ERA, 121 strikeouts, seven walks. He was committed to Auburn, but we're throwing $4 million of him. So let's be honest. He's probably going to sign with us, but he's out of Florida. So yeah, right-handed guy scouting. So if you don't know how scouting grades work, I explained it down there for you, but 20 to 80 scale 20 is well below average fifties around MLB. Average 80 is elite. His fastball is very, very good. 70. If elite is 80, this one is pretty great. Slider 60 above average change up control around average, which isn't bad because MLB is obviously the peak. Very good. But those are things that they can be worked on because again, he's 18 years old. What does 18.2 mean? I'm assuming 18 months or 18 years and two months, but he was a Gatorade player of the year in Florida and then world baseball, something classic. Just know it's probably good player of the year. The scouting notes though, he is a two-way threat who hit 460 as a senior, but pitching is the path forward. Padres value the arm, not the bat. So he technically can be a two-way player, but let's just say it's not easy to cultivate a Shohei Otani. Will they try it? I don't know, but we do need more pitching, right? Compare comp pick from cease leaving and the free agency to Toronto padded the pool, giving San Diego room to chase an over-slot arm here. So thank you. Don't cease for giving us more money. Fastball touched a hundred miles per hour as a senior and sits mid nineties paired with a mid eighties slider. Scouts already gave that pitch a 70. Like we saw the team USA 18 under world cup MVP after tossing a shutout in the gold medal game against Japan. So he's very good, right? And when you see a guy who has a 0.21 ERA, your first thought should be, holy crap. Holy crap. So he is someone you absolutely got to your eye on these next few people though. Nothing to scoff at nothing to not know, I guess, you know what I mean? Uh, but Elliot, I'm going to say it wrong again. Last sellers last sellers. Sure. Uh, he is a Canadian guy, but he is a shortstop. You know, we love our short stops. We threw 1 million, 1.5 million at him again, around 18 years old. So still young. He bats left throws right-handed. Uh, but he's a guy who is a very good contact hitter. Not a lot of home runs. Like in the draft league, he had zero home runs, but a 394 average is insane. That's a Tony Gwynn average right there. It gets on base half the time. Slug is 545 OPS over a thousand and he has eight stolen bases. So this is a contact heavy guy. So the scouting grades 55 hit wise around average, right? Power below average, but that's okay because he's not a power guy, but his speed being 60, this guy can run a fielding arm again around average. Don't expect, I mean, he's a round two pick. So I don't expect him to be like the best thing to come out of the draft ever. Uh, but he's 18 years old. These are all absolutely developing, uh, grades that can get better over time. Again, he's 18 years old, right? So the speed is great. Fielding is around MLB average, which isn't bad. Again, the MLB is the top of the line stuff. So around MLB average is good, right? Top Canadian prospect. He placed, uh, he faced pro arms in Florida and Arizona and his, uh, he was in the MLB draft league. So a lot of good players there. And with a lot of good players, you're hitting 394. Yeah, I'll take that. Yes. It's only nine games played, but the draft league is nothing to scoff at. This man can hit and he's still young, committed to Yale. So he's also probably very smart. Uh, but we threw a million at him, so I'm sure he's going to sign with this, but yeah, top rank Canadian prospect in the class per most evaluators. Speed 60 is his best present tool right now. 45 lags behind. So it's a bet on the hit tool, uh, face professional arms in Florida and Arizona. And he walks 10 times to just three strikeouts over nine games in the MLB draft league and fielded clean with zero errors around the infield. So he seems like a solid guy and we need solid guys on this team. I love some good plate discipline, 10 walks versus three strikeouts. That's good plate discipline. So keep an eye out for this guy. Ryan Lynch kind of reminds me of Channing Tatum. Why? Because I'm weird. Anyways, 21 years old. It's a little older, but he's out of the university of North Carolina. We gave him almost a million for a signing bonus. Uh, this season though, 98.1 innings pitch 4.21 ERA. Not amazing, but again, he's around three pick, uh, walks 36 versus 89 strikeouts. So a good discrepancy there, discrepancy of the word, uh, difference, whatever. Uh, but the, the bad baseball America scouting grades, fastball above average, which is good slider above average, which is good change up below average. We can work on that control average. So not amazing, but again, around three pick, uh, but still plenty of time to develop. He's exactly 21 years old. So give him some time, a college world series finals run for him. Sidearm delivery. I didn't even see that till right now, but he's a side armor. How side army side army is he? We will find out, but a 90, 94, uh, 94 to 96 mile per hour sinker. I like right. So the sidearm slot creates a release point under five feet. An angle hitters rarely see strikeout rate did drop from 27.5 to 20.3 from when he shift from the bullpen to full-time starter profile leans ground ball over swing and miss. So think a one new Peralta style pitcher, probably more of a reliever, but he technically can't start. So keep that in mind. Fastball, like we said, 94, 96 has touched 99 and it's done about 70% of the time with heavy arm side run evaluators on our split on the role. Three pitch mix says starter stuff per ending says bullpen. So we'll have to see where he develops either way. We love good bullpen pieces, but we also definitely need some starters. So let's see which way he develops, but as always keep your eye on him. Now, finally, we have two more players to round off day one, Robbie Levy. Sure. Uh, catcher, which we also always need 20 years old, a bonus around 500,000, but in George Washington, I don't know where that is, but I'm assuming somewhere in the East Coast. He had a 339 average with eight home runs, OBP of 462, slug 526, OPS 988. Key metrics, his exit velocity, 107.5. Pop time for a catcher, 1.9 seconds. Walks, 42, strikeouts, 35. He also had some pitching, uh, but you know, he's pretty good, right? Hitting is around average. Cool. Power below average. Speed is a catcher, so obviously not going to be great. Fielding and arm though, around average, and again, can be developed. He's a round four pick, of course. So as always, don't have your expectations go too crazy, but he's a lefty hitting catcher who started for three seasons at George Washington, a bat position combo team covet. Walked more than he struck out in 2026. Oh, sorry. Why did I say it was a pitcher? I don't know why I said it was a pitcher. That was his batting stats. I'm going crazy. Sorry. Backing up a patient selective approach at the plate, posted a plus 107 mile per hour, 90th percentile exit velocity in 2026, with pop times under two seconds, giving him a real shot to stick behind the plate. He also had some time on first base, I saw, but we need catchers. We always need catchers. And then Alex Conover, outfielder, uh, games 57, but 14 home runs, average of 357, on base percentage of 476, slug of 625, the OPS over a thousand. That's good if you were curious. Hitting though is a little below average, powers around average, speed around average, fielding below average, arm average. Again, this is round four, so don't expect round one numbers. And again, what do I keep saying? He can definitely improve. He broke out of Oklahoma State by cutting his chase rate from 28th, 22%, which is good. That dropped his strikeout rate from 26 to 15.9%, which is very good. He slashed 357, 476, 625 at 14 home runs and 14 doubles in 57 games as the primary left fielder. The power currently plays to opposite field and center. Padres could look to add pool, side, and tent as he grows into more raw thump. So again, keep your eyes out for them. These are your first round picks. So hopefully I got you guys more acclimated with them, more familiar with them, because we're hopefully going to see them for a while. AJ Preller, you know what? Don't. Unless it's something great. Uh, but yeah, what do you guys think about these players? Do you like them? Do you hate them? Are you excited? Are you just like, eh, we're going to get rid of them anyways. Who cares? Let me know your thoughts, and I'll have more draft stuff coming in a, maybe one today, one tomorrow. We'll see. Uh, but yeah, thank you guys so much for watching. Please subscribe as always. Follow us on X Instagram, Facebook, Padres Digest. Thank you so much to our channel members. Uh, my dogs want to go outside, so I got to hurry up. Uh, and yeah, thank you. Goodbye. Bye.