Comments on: Round 7, Pick 230: Nick Martini

By: STL Cardinals 2011 Draft Day 2 - Redbird Rants

STL Cardinals 2011 Draft Day 2 - Redbird Rants — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:45:58 +0000

[...] – Nick Martini CF – Kansas [...]

By: Mrs. TLR

Mrs. TLR — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:17:06 +0000

Swinson runs well, is strong, and has a good arm. He has potential and needs at bats to improve hitting for average. He might do well at Batavia.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:13:59 +0000

I agree Swinson shouldn’t be got rid of yet. He’s really really talented and is one of the guys who was a football player, he doesn’t have much basbeall experience.

By: Mrs. TLR

Mrs. TLR — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:08:49 +0000

There were lots of crybabies when we drafted Mortensen in 2007. He pitched a shutout the other day for the Rockies.

By: Mrs. TLR

Mrs. TLR — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:06:21 +0000

Swinson has tools and hit well two rungs lower. No reason to give up on him, yet.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:44:33 +0000

They changed their strategy since they let Jockety go.

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:32:15 +0000

The bad part is that by the time we have the answer to how well these picks, or the clamored for alternatives, perform over their careers these posts will be gone and no one will remember.

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:27:53 +0000

And having perfect hindsight you can say a lot of things. There is no way to know when our picks would have been drafted and there is no way to know what effects us making different picks have on the rest of the draft.

By: mizzcards

mizzcards — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:18:51 +0000

Look at the size & potential. I don’t see much potential in drafting pitchers with 88 or 89 mph fb’s this early in the draft.

And the pitchers you are mentioning are the exception & not the norm. IMO they are drafting too many pitchers with no ml projected fb. The fb is where you start. Then go to the off speed pitches.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:44:04 +0000

Last year’s draft…

of the 52 picked, only 12 were under 6 feet.

21 were 6’2 or taller.

Last year’s

11 under 6 feet
22 over 6’2.

I am guessing the White sox system isn’t filled with 6-1 guys bringing 96 MPH eat. If they did, they wouldn’t be at the bottom of the prospect list.