The Rapids' pattern under Padraig Smith has been to target one player in the draft and the make moves to acquire them, and basically ignore the rest of our picks. I think you'll see a change in that strategy this year, because we're going to have Rapids 2 next season and we'll want to stock it well enough to serve its purpose. With two first round picks tomorrow I can see us packaging them together to move into position, but we'll use the rest of our picks on players we will hope can make Rapids 2.
We have 5 picks in total:
1st Round, pick 10 - From LAFC in the Kaye trade
1st Round, pick 23 - Natural pick for 2022 finish
2nd round, pick 17 - From Minnesota in the Kamara trade
2nd round, pick 23 - Natural pick for 2022 finish
3rd round, pick 23 - Natural pick for 2022 finish
If possible tomorrow I'll update as we make our picks Regardless I'll have a recap tomorrow night.
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You beat me by five minutes! Agree with your take here, though. It's very likely that the club uses the SuperDraft this year to primarily acquire talent for the B-squad. Every projection I've seen has the Rapids going for strikers in the first round, but frankly I don't see that as their M.O. this time. Should be an exciting day, regardless.
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