Well, yes, I guess you could say we don't "KNOW" what's a good draft and
what's a bad one because it takes years for prospects to develop, so the
drafts of all 32 teams are exactly equal right now ... except for
Washington, which got Bryce Harper.
There are scouts and such who make a good living figuring these things out
and would be insulted by your insinuating that picking names randomly out of
a hat is as valid a way to draft as any other.
I'm basing my opinion on scouting reports and player rankings from the
people who know such things. It didn't take an idiot, for example, to know
that Ryan Westmoreland was a great fifth-round value (pre brain injury).
Kolbrin Vitek was ranked No. 25 by Baseball America (we took him 20) and was
one of the better college hitters in the draft. Solid but unexciting.
Bryce Brentz was ranked No. 28 by BA (No. 11 by ESPN) and was considered a
top ten pick coming into the year (he led the nation in Avg, HR, Slug as a
sophomore), but was slowed by a high ankle sprain this year. We took him 36.
Very nice considering the dearth of power bats in the system.
Anthony Ranaudo, LSU pitcher, No. 26 BA, was considered the No. 2 prospect
in the country (behind Harper) entering the year, but has been bothered by
injuries and has Scott Boras an agent. We took him 39.
Brandon Workman was considered a first-round talent, BA No. 19, a big,
hard-throwing 6-5 pitcher from the University of Texas (sound familiar). We
got him No. 57.
Sean Coyle is a fast, undersized, toolsy second baseman ("in the Brian
Roberts mold" said BA), was was ranked No. 111 ... we took him 110.
Garin Cecchini, BA No. 48, is one of the best high school hitters in the
country, great power potential, outhit Bryce Harper for Team USA -U18 team,
but missed most of this season with minor knee injury. We got him No. 143.
Also in the sixth round, they took a hulking Texas high school outfielder
named Kendrick Perkins -- I kid you not. He was ranked No. 99 overall and we
got him with No. 203.
I don't know if the Sox can sign all these guys, but they are getting
talented players who are available past their expected draft slot, so I'm
happy.
Similarly, the Yankees are having a sucky draft -- they took the third-best
high school player in New York, a fifth-round value, with their first pick.
Steve O
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>wrote:
> I agree with Chuckie.
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> Won’t know who even makes the majors for 3 to 5 years.
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> Won’t know who’ll be good in the majors for 5 to 7 years.
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> I don’t get how you can know unless we got one of the top 3 to 5 prospects.
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *CHARLES BATTIKHA
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:20 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Cc:* Red Sox Citizens
> *Subject:* Re: MLB draft
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> How do you know...
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> By what measure? I think baseball is the hardest sport to judge drafting.
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> Ask me in 3 to 5 years how the draft went... then I think we'll know.
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> On Tuesday, June 08, 2010, at 02:07PM, "Steve Ouellette"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> If anyone cares, the Sox are absolutely kicking ass in the draft so far.
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> Steve O
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