Comments on: Phillies sign Julian Sampson http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/ Phillies Prospects Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: joomlanews http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/#comment-97056 Mon, 09 May 2011 18:53:03 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/#comment-97056 Joomla News- components,modules,plugins,templates for Joomla.

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]]> By: actillstick http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/#comment-66729 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:35:16 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/#comment-66729 Hi, I am new here.

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]]> By: Nathan http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/#comment-8430 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:15:43 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/#comment-8430 I went both to middle school and high school with Julian. Great guy, outstanding player. He will truly be an asset to the Phillies both in performance and integrity.

]]> By: xfactor http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/#comment-7576 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:28:01 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/2007/08/15/phillies-sign-julian-sampson/#comment-7576 It’s been said before but it bears repeating: grading a draft is almost pointless until about five years have passed. Drafts are mostly luck after the first three rounds and even the first three rounds produce many more flame-outs than stars.

Look back to 1999 when the Phillies drafted Jason Cooper in the second round with the the 63rd overall pick. Cooper didn’t sign and went to Stanford instead. Eight years later, Cooper is stalled in AAA Buffalo (Indians) and may never get so much as a cup of coffee in the show.

On the other hand, in that same 1999 draft, the Phillies also failed to sign Joseph Saunders, a big lefty HS starting pitcher selected 156th overall. He, too, went to college and two years later he was drafted again by the Angels in the 1st round, 12th overall. Saunders is a solid fourth starter with the LA Angels now, 6-1 with a 3.51 ERA, one of about 170 players from that entire draft to ever make the show from the 1999 draft.

In the ten years from 1991 – 2000, the annual average of players drafted to eventually sniff the big leagues is just 200, which doesn’t take into account players drafted twice like Saunders. What’s more, the great majority of these are not impact players.

Five years after the 2002 draft, just 100 players selected have made it to the show according to the Baseball Cube.

Workman might be one of the fortunate few who are in the bigs 5 or 7 years from now, but the odds are against him. There’s just no reason to blow a gasket about not signing him, especially since the Phillies have a compensation pick next year.

Personally, I have no complaints about this draft. Now if you want me to vent, ask me about the Placido Polanco trade…

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