The Washington Nationals Take Wake Forest SS Seaver King, What A Surprise!
the Nets do the unthinkable and cut a deal at number 10 and take shortstop third baseman Outfield receiver King from WG Forest one thing is for sure this n’s front office it’s different you are locked on Nationals your daily Washington Nationals podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day and thank you all for making locked on Nationals your first listen every single day as we are free and available wherever you get your podcast and of course I’m your host Ryan CLA you can catch me over on Twitter Brian clare1 and as well as our show page _ Nationals for all your latest nationals news and notes make sure to check us out over on Twitter and of course search up locked on Nationals wherever you get your podcast including over YouTube again just search locked on Nationals so we get started here with discussing it’s going to be a short show today it’s a Sunday but we are reacting to the Nationals 10th overall pick taking Wake Forest they announc him as a short stop but he’s also a third baseman he’s a second baseman he’s also an outfielder sier King out of wake for so let’s get into it just the reaction this is something that Mike Rizzo has never done never not once as him as the principal decision maker for the Washington Nationals he has never cut a deal so obviously yesterday the Nationals they acquired pick number 39 in today’s draft which there are some intriguing High School guys where you could you know hand out a little bit more money but here’s the Difference Maker I’m more intrigued by the way that the Nationals are kind of conducting this year’s draft considering what they have done in years past the Nationals and Mike we have always said he takes the big swing he is pointing 450 dead center and he is hoping to God that that thing lands 450 dead center that’s not really what this pick is sver King is a good player but don’t get it wrong they just cut a deal with someone at number 10 overall that’s not cheap by the way that’s pretty smart that’s what good organizations do and I think if I had to guess who may be behind this it’s probably Brad olic coming over from the Baltimore orol someone who has really helped them and also Danny hos who’s a scouting director from the Diamondbacks who came on this last off season he was the so Brad seik was the Orioles director of draft operations and he was with them since 2013 Brad seic in my opinion was probably the the brains behind this select and again the reason why I say that is just because of what Mike rzo has always done he has never never done this so this is an intriguing pick but nonetheless we’ll have more of this as the week goes on but the Nationals Siver King that is your pick you may be asking who is sver King he was a top 20 Prospect at.com 45 raw grade power 55 hit tool he can play really solid defense if you are looking for a comparison off the bat this is kind of the guy who I came up with and again he’s right here in Washington DC see right now he kind of reminds me of a much more polished version of Trey lipsum Trey libum is an interesting Prospect Siver King right now is the number 17 Prospect in this year’s draft class again 55 grade hit tool 45 grade power 65 Runner so good there 55 grade arm 55 in the field overall a 55 Prospect you may be asking though Ryan you never talked about St King you’re right I did not I did not see this coming whatsoever I thought the Nationals were going to be a best player available Conor Griffin in my opinion was going to be the Nationals pick he went number nine in the Pittsburgh Pirates Who I think could be a superstar someday but Siver King again this is an intriguing pick this is someone who has a ton of rawal talent I was watching over on ESPN and they were talking about his rawal talent over his last two seasons this last year he played at Wake Forest two years prior to that he played at division 2 Wing gate you don’t know you don’t watch winggate we don’t watch Wing gate none of us do he transferred to Wake Forest again they now three top 10 players in this year’s draft Siver King was the third of those guys he batted 308 a 377 OBP a 577 Slug and a 954 Ops all while doing that he stole 11 bases only got caught stealing one time only got caught stealing twice in his collegiate career but only sold 31 bags in total one of the more impressive featur though only 34 strikeouts in 60 games right then and there that’s something you can work with but I think what Siver King is going to be kind of touted more so as is maybe someone who can kind of just fit wherever is left he was announced as a short stop but he’s not going to be your shortstop CJ Abrams will likely be your shortstop moving forward but look at his kind of where he has played throughout his career in 2022 at winggate he played 29 games at second base he played 12 games over at third base then in 2023 with Wayne Gate he played four games at second base 28 games at third base and 20 games at Short Stop and then this last year at Wake Forest this when it gets all wacky second two games at second base he had 36 games over at third base 21 games in center field 21 games in total in the Outfield all which were center field and also 10 games over at shortstop this guy’s got defensive metrics and defensive d all over the diamond that is a good fit for where the Nationals are and even then considering this he’s 21 years old he’s coming out of college this guy isn’t going to take forever to develop to get to the major leagues this is someone who maybe next season by the time of August he’ll be up helping the Washington Nationals hopefully making a postseason push now the big question when sver King is going to come in the offensive side of things again if you’re a first round pick you got the job done wherever you went if you were in high school you hit the crap out of the baseball if you’re in college you hit the crap out of the baseball but can that translate into Major League Baseball I don’t know at this point in time but here’s the thing Brad seik again who I believe is probably the brains behind this pick the Nationals they traded Hunter Harvey yesterday getting that number 39 pick in today’s draft which is coming up in the next hour and a half maybe at this point they’re going to give someone a lot more money than what they were expecting the reason why that is they’re going to get some high school player who maybe was thinking yeah I’m going to go to college well the Nationals are going to come in and say well here’s a little bit more money than what you expected you want to come to Washington DC and be a Washington National that’s probably what they’re looking for right now and even then there’s one guy on the board who I don’t know if the Nationals could pull this off at this point but there are a couple different different guys like a right-handed pitcher William Schmidt who just announced today he’s the number 16 overall prospect that he’s going to LSU and that he has made his pick that is someone that I would look at at number 39 for the Nationals and say they might be giving him a little bit more money because again this is the first kind of surprising pick that has gone on through the MLB draft this is the first kind of deal obviously that the team has cut with any whatsoever Prospect at this point this is a very intriguing pick in my opinion Siver King he’s got the ceiling this is a raw talent is he going to hit for power up in The Bigs I think that’s probably the biggest question about Siver King at this point in time he’s got the name I can tell you that much but doing quick research on him he’s got good hit abilities I guess you could say not all the best power in the world where does he probably play mostly in my opinion if I were to guess right now he’ll probably be a second base the Nationals will probably bring him up as a shortstop through the minor leagues at this point because you don’t really have too many guys that are going to be blocking him at this point and then you move him over to second base once you once he reached the major leagues it’s not going to be the defense that hold sver King back at this point the big overwhelming question will be how can the Nationals develop this kid how can they bring the bat out of him how can they actually find a way to develop power because again this is the first draft with Brad seik and Danny hos new guys in this front office who do have an impact on the draft who do have a track record of success in the draft specifically with Brad seik with the Baltimore Orioles I’m interested in what the Nationals saw here with this pick because again this is not a Mike Rizzo pick if this was a Mike Rizzo pit pick it’d be treya Savage right h a pitchure out of East Carolina it would be I don’t know Bren Montgomery outfielder from LSC or from Texas A&M rather or maybe Bryce rer from Harvard Westlake and California high school pretty high ceiling kind of prospect 19 years old this is a very intriguing pick at this point in time but my main concern is what will the Nationals do how will they bring the best foot forward in developing Siver King because this is going to be a project and now the better question is how do you trust this Player Development process and can you put your trust and all your resources into sier King in order to turn out a very good offensive side hitter here at this point he’s got the defense under control in my opinion the big question is what can he do at the plate he’s going to make a quick rise hopefully but even then you’ll just have to see because this kid’s Got Talent he’s 6 foot he’s 195 pounds he’s got raw ability we’ll see what the Nationals can do at this point in time but what an interesting pick for the Washington Nationals man oh man I did not expect Siver King be selected 10th overall but we’ll have much more on tomorrow’s locked on Nationals you can find that right here on YouTube just search locked on Nationals or wherever you get your podcast just search locked on Nationals we’ll have that for you in tomorrow’s show what will the Nationals do with Siver King well we’ll see about that but welcome to DC Siver King sounds pretty good we’ll catch you on the flip side have a good one go next
The Washington Nationals make a MAJOR surprise pick and take Wake Forest SS Seaver King! Ryan dissects this pick, and discusses why it’s a big surprise.
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5 comments
I think that its because of Elijah green and there scared of taking a risk and want to take a guy with a good floor and a decent ceiling but not an insane ceiling
0:09 they will pull a trea turner with Cj now already have his replacement cause they don’t want to pay him
This guy sounds like a really solid utility infielder. At this point seems like Lipscomb has been a bit disappointing. Maybe this is Trey’s competition for that role. I like the pick tho I’d much rather have taken Yesavage.
Why are you saying "they cut a deal?"
Rizzo's HS picks were pretty bad!! Last year's draft was dope.