The Washington Nationals “war room” set-up for the draft looked different, felt different, and it was different.
Everyone was asked to wear a coat and tie versus the business casual dress code in the past. This draft room was stealth and with very few leaks — and trust me, we tried. The main name floated out there was Bryce Rainer, the high school kid from Harvard-Westlake (Lucas Giolito‘s alma mater), and the type of athletic archetype that general manager Mike Rizzo might have chosen in the past. So when Rainer was available at pick №10, it seemed like a no-brainer. But it wasn’t. The Nats went with Seaver King, the slightly smaller-sized, 6’0″
freak athlete, with a big-time college pedigree and impressive wood bat numbers.
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