Every team comes out of the draft believing it has seriously upgraded its future and added significant talent to the farm system with prized prospects. Some will succeed, some will fail, and it will take time to figure out which teams really Jalen Camp Jersey did do well for themselves Thursday night.MORE: Putting grades on a draft, then, seems like an exercise in futility, especially when your main focus on a day-to-day basis is following the major leagues, not tracking pre-draft prospects. What we can really tell is how good the names are, but for that next-level analysis, we should look at the draft pick spoonerisms.FAGAN: For the uninitiated, are generally made by switching the first letters of the first and last names. In some cases, like with No. 1 pick Mickey Moniak of the Phillies, this does not work, so the switch is made differently. But a good spoonerism can take a player a long way, obviously, so this is the best way to grade the first two rounds of the draft.Angels: Matt Thai s (16th overall), Brandon Marsh (60) Thatt Mai s just makes no sense, isnt particularly easy to pronounce and just looks like a jumble. Mandon Brarsh is better, but not by much, really.Grade: DA’s: A.J. Puk (6), Daulton Jefferies (37), Logan Shore (47) P.J. Auk could be a real person. Jaulton Defferies is not at all a real person, but completely fun. Shogan Lore is a masterwork of Welsh tall tales.Grade: C-plusAstros: Forrest Whitley (17), Ronnie Dawson (61) Whorrest J J Watt T Shirts Fitley is a neighborhood in London that was bulldozed to make way for the Bakerloo Line extension in 1964. Donnie Rawson grew up in Whorrest Fitley and briefly was road manager for The Beatles.Grade: B-plusBlue Jays: T.J. Zeuch (21), J.B. Woodman (57), Bo Bichette (66) Z.J. Teuch is a usele s spoonerism. Initials are always tough, but at least P.J. Auk gave us something to work with. W.B. Joodman is better, but quit it with the initials, Blue Jays! Bi Bochette maybe those initial guys werent such a bad idea.Grade: D-minusBraves: Ian Anderson (3), Joey Wentz (40), Kyle Muller (44), Brett Cumberland (76) An Ianderson? This is miserable. Atlanta made up for it with Woey Jentz and Myle Kuller, both fantastic. Crett Bumberland is even better.Grade: BSPECTOR: Brewers: Corey Ray (5), Lucas Erceg (46), Mario Feliciano (75) Rorey Cay, the famous beach that the Wright Brothers scouted out before deciding to fly at Kitty Hawk. Ercas Luceg is gibberish. So is Fario Meliciano, but in a much more enjoyable way.Grade: B-minusCardinals: Delvin Perez (23), Dylan Carlson (33), Dakota Hudson (34), Connor Jones (70) Pelvin Derez is pretty good, Cylan Darson is better, Hakota Dudson wraps up a hat trick of first-round succe ses for the Redbirds. Jonnor Cones was a somewhat disappointing second-round follow-up.Grade: A-minusCubs: No Picks Po Nicks? Oh, wait. Chicago just didnt get to draft any players because of all the free agents signed over the winter.Grade: IncompleteMORE: Diamondbacks: Anfernee Grier (39), Andrew Yerzy (52) Its a tough spoonerism to make for Arizonas top pick. Granfernee Ier? Grernee Anfier? Can we just call him Penny Grier, like Anfernee Hardaway, and make it Grenny Pier? Such a wonderful place to visit in San Francisco. Yandrew Erzy spent three undistinguished seasons playing central midfield for Leeds United before returning to Turkey.Grade: BDodgers: Gavin Lux (20), Will Smith (32), Jordan Sheffield (36), Mitchell White (65) Lavin Gux is a description of what happens when the host of the “MTV Challenge” Vincent Taylor Jersey encounters a quitter. Smill With is already a major league spoonerism for a Brewers reliever. Shordan Jeffield, in the same mold, drives on the NASCAR truck series for sure. Witchell Mite is his crew chief.Grade: A-minusGiants: Bryan Reynolds (59) Its not every day you can get a bona fide movie star, but heres Ryan Breynolds, who still is not that.Grade: C-plusIndians: Will Benson (14), Nolan Jones (55) Bill Wenson is a perfectly believable name. Jolan Nones is not a name at all, but it sounds pretty good.Grade: BMariners: Kyle Lewis (11), Joe Rizzo (50) Lyle Kewis would be an odd last name, but you wouldnt really think twice about it. Then theres the other pick, which would be an odd name, and you would think twice about it, and then youd get the vapors when you really thought about it.Grade: NSFWMarlins: Garrett Braxton (7) Barrett Graxton could easily be drafted in the 10th round.Grade: CMets: Justin Dunn (19), Anthony Kay (31), Pete Alonso (64) Dustin Junn plays on the Terrance Mitchell Jersey second line for a minor league hockey team somewhere. Kanthony Ay is a whiff and so is Ete Palonso.Grade: DNationals: Carter Kieboom (28), Dane Dunning (29), Sheldon Neuse (58) Kierter Caboom is awesome. Dune Danning is, surprisingly, just as good. While the Nationals were winning the regular name draft, Neldon Sheuse represented a bit of a stumble in the spoonerism draft.Grade: A-minusOrioles: Cody Sedlock (27), Keegan Akin (54), Matthias Dietz (69) Sody Cedlock works surprisingly well. So does Eegan Kakin, despite the unorthodox spoonerization technique. Datthias Mietz is another that seems foolish but winds up hitting just the right notes.Grade: APadres: Cal Quantrill (8), Hudson Sanchez (24), Eric Lauer (25), Buddy Reed (48), Reggie Lawson (71) Qual Cantrill is a new metric devised last winter to measure pitchers spin rates. Sudson Hanchez is fun to say, but hard to envision a meaning on. Leric Auer is just kind of a jumble. Ruddy Beed is on the profe sional bull riding circuit. Leggie Rawson spent seven years in culinary school and still cannot succe sfully filet a yam.Grade: APhillies: Mickey Moniak (1), Kevin Gowdy (42) A player with an already great baseball name becomes Mockey Miniak, which also would be a great baseball name. This is why hes a cant-mi s prospect. Gevin Kowdy is nothing special.Grade: BPirates: Will Craig (22), Nick Lodolo (40), Travis Macgregor (68) Crill Waig is a parody account on Twitter, while Lick Nodolo, well . . .yeah. Mavis Tracgregor seems stupid, but it will grow on you.Grade: A-minusRangers: Cole Ragans (30), Alex Speas (63) Role Cagans somehow just falls flat. Salex Peas isnt doing much of anything for anyone, either, especially as a chemicallymanufactured vegan side dish.Grade: C-minusRays: Joshua Lowe (13), Ryan Boldt (53), Jake Fraley (77) Loshua Jowe has some potential, but ultimately is unmemorable. Deshaun Watson Hoodies Sweatshirts Byan Roldt is fine but nothing special. Frake Jaley is silly fun and redeemed the evening with the final pick.Grade: C-plusRed Sox: Jas
