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1915 Season: Amateur Draft

Another losing season so far, but there's a few things we can happy about. We sit at 22-24 at the amateur draft, but have won four games in a row and 2B Adrian Black looks like a number one pick:

2B Adrian Black
.313/.402/.374
8 2B/34 BB/45 K/12 SB
2.2 WAR

The guy has no power, but he's also playing terrific defense with a +5.8 UZR and only 3 errors through 56 games.

Some other highlights around the team:

SS Weston Clark
.287/.369/.507
6 HR/24 BB/25 K
2.5 WAR

3B Bertrand Loosemoor
.270/.327/.423
6 HR/27 RBI
2.0 WAR

His defense has also been incredible, with a +10.0 UZR and just four errors in 157 chances at third.

On the mound, everyone sucks other than SP Ryan Pederson, who's been out for two weeks and is out for another 1-2 weeks. He has a 2.78 ERA so far, but as a whole we've been terrible preventing runs. We're tied for 4th in the CL with 230 runs scored, but have given up 286, worst in our league. However, most of this blame can be placed on our starting pitchers, who have a Columbia League-worst 5.08 ERA, but our bullpen is pitching better with a 4.30 ERA, and our defense is pretty solid, 2nd in the league according defensive efficiency.

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More pressing matters are at hand, however, as it's the 1915 Amateur Draft and we (for the fourth year in a row) have first-overall pick. This year, it's an absolute no-brainer. We select SP Larry Gibson, a 22-year-old from Texas Tech whose senior year had him throw 105.2 innings with a 1.96 ERA and 134 K with just 23 BB. Gibson can reach 97 MPH with his fastball, but he also has a great forkball, a good curveball and change-up, as well an okay slider. He wants a $10m signing bonus, and probably a major league deal as well. Right now, we may not have the budget room, but hopefully that works itself out moving forward.