Comments on: 2008 Draft Recap; Epilogue

By: harry

harry — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:29:09 +0000

this is the way i looked at the draft. they drafted a lot of high ceiling guys which we don’t have very many in our system currently, plus they spent money to sign a lot of those guys. i think all in all it is a good sign from the front office that there willing to take some chances, spend some money and not get caught in slot recommendations.

By: nowheels please

nowheels please — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:05:08 +0000

the trick is finding a G. M dumber then you
ps WAYNE H. did a lot of strange drafting when we owned
the MARLINS. SIGNABILITY was the key word as long as it looked good.

By: rocky

rocky — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:44:59 +0000

You mean the team will draft players with no intention of signing them. Only will try if top picks don’t sign. That is crazy to me .

By: andyb

andyb — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:06:17 +0000

The Bill James win share system is another good cumulative way to assess the value in each year’s draft. I also would take out unsigned players as those flyer picks really should not impact the assessment. They are usually protection against not signing the top picks.

By: From Section 113

From Section 113 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:31:42 +0000

NE PA PHILLY & erich:

Nice work. Looks like you guys put some time into those lists. However wasn’t this exactly what James was warning us about? Just because certain players don’t make it to the majors doesn’t mean it was that bad. Look at the 2 pitchers we sent to the Ms for Moyer. Neither has done anything yet Moyer has pitched well for us.

Buchholz, Astacio, and Duckworth did net us Billy Wagner and don’t forget Iguchi for Dubee and Schlitter for Eyre.

While many of those guys have not reached the majors or did not have long productive years they netted us peices to make our team better.

Players reaching the majors is just one important cog in the the overall goal of the minors, also being used as fodder for better players is another one.

Still, awesome work by both you guys. I have already copied and pasted it and will look back at it many times I am sure.