Comments on: A Look Back: The 2005 MLB Draft

By: T-Bird

T-Bird — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:30:59 +0000

Yes, I believe that is correct.

By: Ken K

Ken K — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:57:05 +0000

I think Greene and Rasmus were absolutely the right picks to make, and actually turned out well.

A note about Greene. Does anyone else think that If he had more regular playing time at the majors earlier in his career, some of his contact/BA issues would have been corrected? This seems to be the one tool that never really developed.

By: giveml

giveml — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:31:05 +0000

That may be true, but the Furcal acquisition was far more important. The team went 13-15 in the time between the Rasmus trade and picking up Furcal. We all know what happened after that. Getting Theriot off SS was far more important.

By: superfliege

superfliege — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:47:37 +0000

Can’t believe Wilfrido was given a $120,000 signing bonus. Wow he was a bad baseball player.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:36:31 +0000

True….I guess that Brett Wallace was a huge success too. I’m just stating that how these guys develop as players.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:14:16 +0000

Well, Rasmus turned out to be a screaming success. You don’t win a WS without that trade.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:43:32 +0000

The 2005 draft was very, very interesting. If you google 2005 MLB draft tracker, the whole draft is there along with brief describtions and about 4 minutes of video from prospects. The Rasmus and Greene picks seemed to be the correct ones at the time with no other players as obviously talented in the 2nd round. Rumors at the time is that we were going to draft Bucholoz at 43 but he didn’t make it that far. It’s debatable if at the time it would have been considered drafting him instead of Greene at the time. With Bucholoz gone, the Cardinals got the most talented pitcher iwth the best arm at that point in the draft with McCormick at 43. We could have gotten Jeb Lowerie instead but we had a pick at 46. Unfortunately he went at 45. Essentially the Sox took two guys we wanted one spot ahead of us each time. We took Herron at 46. A pitcher with a ton of projection and he could have been a 3rd baseman also. I have no problem with tha tpick. In the 2nd we took a smallish HS who was still projectable but had pitchability. He probably had better stuff than Jeremy Hellickson. The Ray’s picked the right HS at that point. No problem with Wilson. Yunel Escobar was drafted abotu 7 places after we got Wilson. Rumors are that we wanted Escobar but though he wasn’t really well known as he hadn’t played ball that year. We may have been willing to wait a few round to see if he dropped because we had already traded Tyler Greene that draft. Escobar would have been great in our system. We drafted Nick Webber that round also. We though he had one of the best pitches in the draft with that hard sinker. I’m sure we reasonably expected him to be a MLBer. At the end of the 3rd we picked DJ Tools…TONs of projection the only other smart pick could have been Gabby Sanchez a catcher from Miami.

Essentially, in 2005 early we went with guys with a ton of talent and projection. Not many safe bets. The pitchers didn’t work out most of their careers ended with arm injuries. We know about Rasmus and Greene. The 2005 could have been truly historic for us but I do believe at the time we made the right picks and it just didn’t work out.

Imagine at draft where we pick Rasmus and Buchholoz in the 1st. McCormick and Lowerie in the supplemental. Escobar and Gabby Sanchez in the 2nd.

This isn’t just picking guys that worked out but legit guys that we could hve gotten, were wanting or that made sense for the organization.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:26:20 +0000

Garcia and Boggs make it all better.

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:21:00 +0000

Wilfredo, wiifrido’s brother, killed the kid. The cardinals wilfrido was in the passenger seat, but he had other problems. Horrible naming by the parents.

By: Fleabottom

Fleabottom — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:04:31 +0000

Forgetting about Garcia seems to make your following comment a bit false: “The 2005 MLB Draft was one of promise, potential, injury and ultimately disappointment so far for the Cardinals.”