Comments on: Day 2 recap

By: Gossard

Gossard — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:52:05 +0000

I love the video of Garcia. First off he looks like a goof running to 1st base stumbling twice near the bag. Then for some reason the bat he is using looks like its nearly as big as he is. Kind of an ackward looking kid.

By: Double A

Double A — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:23:08 +0000

Erik – big thanks to you and the guys who put the time in for the draft coverage. I think it would be interesting to see a post summarizing all of your takes on the individual draftees…just a tabular fashion with a “+” (or something) if you liked the pick…a minus if you didn’t like it…and a double minus for picklefork (kidding man…I appreciate someone who feels strongly on a topic)…and then undecided. Have the table include all of the posters who were contributors on the draft topic…and no real additional discussion/text would be necessary…I just think it’d be cool to have this “yeah/neah” history and you all can look back and see who had the right vibes. Just a thought…run with it if it works…else blow it off. Again, thanks for the efforts.

By: mattb

mattb — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:01:18 +0000

Is anyone else intrigued by this Washington guy? He is a monster physically but seems to be pretty nimble. Kind of looks Loney-ish to me.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:54:33 +0000

By the way–who here likes the Joe Buck live commercials?

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:50:40 +0000

I was recruited to play JUCO in high school. The appeal is for kids that go to really small schools where their high school competition wasn’t really up to par. Really all the top high-schoolers are on the showcase circuit to be scouted against the upper level of there competition. If you are not one of the kids on the showcase circuit, you go to JUCO and have a chance to get seen by pro and division I scouts. I personally have seen a handful of kids just on the Illinois JUCO circuit that should have had a shot at pro-ball never even get drafted.

Fact is that JUCO kids are players that teams don’t have a reliable history report on. None of their stats are really worth anything. Take our 12th rounder Mr. Daugherty–obviously a scout pick. All of the JUCO guys are pure scout picks, their is no statistical model for that level of competition that will be worth something. So I suspect that they are taking the statistical modeling and using it as a base to wean-out Division 1 players and devoting more eyeballs to uncovering players where they don’t think the stat model is worth too much.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:12:58 +0000

@Danny – I think most high schoolers drafted after the first few rounds tend to be harder signs. I have heard several people say that if you aren’t going to get a 2M bonus then you should go to college. How many of our HS picks that late even get signed will be something to watch. High upside HS picks in the first few rounds probably sign if you give them enough others I wouldn’t bet as much on, that is part of why I think we drafted so many JUCO and College players in the later rounds.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:20:12 +0000

I’m not worried about the juco guys. IIRC, Pujols, Crisp, and Ryan were all drafted out of jucos, along with Tyler Johnson and Brad Thompson. And Hawksworth played at a juco, although he was drafted out of HS and was a draft-and-follow.

I think there’s a pretty decent rationale for a good HS player to go to a juco. If he has one good year he can get drafted and go pro, whereas a guy at a four-year college usually has to wait three years before he’s eligible.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:49:22 +0000

Hernandez sure does sound a lot like Garica. Lefty with a sinker and plus curve.

By: Kilgore

Kilgore — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:40:11 +0000

Wow erik. Great rundown of the picks, thanks.

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:31:33 +0000

Although his K/bb in the Coastal Plains Collegiate Summer League is a pedestrian 9:4.