2018: the year everyone drafted wrong

[u/Bermut-Nundaloy]

None of the 10 best players in the 2018 draft were actually picked in the top 10. In fact, only 3 of them went in the first 2 rounds. Here's what a redraft would look like, if everyone actually drafted correctly. Pretty wild to imagine this alternate MLB.

Other notable players in the draft: Shane McClanahan, Drew Rasmussen, Kris Bubic, Lawrence Butler, Brice Turang. Bohm, India, and Mize weren't terrible picks. How would you redraft 2018?

[u/ExcellentT18]

I remember at the time it seemed more likely he would play baseball than football.

[u/Coreybib → u/ExcellentT18]

I remember it being close to 50/50. He really enjoyed football. The only reason I think baseball was in play was the health and guaranteed money.

[u/ExcellentT18 → u/Coreybib]

It was whether or not he would be the #1 overall pick.

I think once Cardinals hired Kliff Kingsbury who has been grooming him since he was in high school, it was likely he would be the #1 pick.

[u/NotKaz → u/ExcellentT18]

He wasn't even projected to be a first round NFL pick going into the season he ended up winning the Heisman. Everyone thought he was gonna play football in the fall then join the A's minor leagues. If the A's thought there was any chance of that happening when they signed him they wouldn't have drafted him or let him go back to play football.

[u/zebrainatux → u/NotKaz]

I looked through 3 early mocks, no one had Murray even sniffing the first round since he was a backup to Baker. A lot of them had either Herbert (who would go 6th in 2020 after staying the extra year) or Jarrett Stidham as their number one QB

[u/ExcellentT18 → u/zebrainatux]

That's because 1 CFB season can change your entire trajectory. Joe Burrow went from mid-rounder to easy #1 overall pick.

[u/BiggestBossRickRoss → u/ExcellentT18]

Joe burrow wasnt even on draft boards. He couldnt even win the starting job at OSU. Then he played one of the greatest seasons in ncaa history at LSU. Pretty wild

[u/Blaine8628 → u/BiggestBossRickRoss]

He was on some mid rounds in mocks before the 2019 season

[u/altfillischryan → u/NotKaz]

Everyone thought he was gonna play football in the fall then join the A's minor leagues.

Hell, he was even saying that in December.

[u/OUTFOXEM → u/ExcellentT18]

Kliff Kingsbury who has been grooming him since he was in high school

💀💀💀

[u/Quartznonyx → u/Coreybib]

Why do people talk about guaranteed money? In his case, he was guaranteed 35 million as a rookie. His earning potential was always in football lol.

[u/Eddie5pi → u/Quartznonyx]

Because when he was drafted in the MLB draft he wasn't expected to be a first round NFL draft pick. After the 1st round in the NFL contracts aren't fully guaranteed and get a lot smaller pretty quickly

[u/devAcc123 → u/ExcellentT18]

Jeff smardjia (not even gonna google or attempt to spell correctly)

[u/Stangstag → u/ExcellentT18]

To idiots, maybe