2012 mlb draft

[SoxFanForsyth]

Yeah yeah while the draft is on going' date=' Matt Barnes just pitch another 6 Shut out innings.[/quote']

 

And Bradley is 3-4 with a double and 2 runs. Now hitting .384 with a .496 OBP.

 

A .496 OBP. That's almost unfathomable.

[evilhand]

Because that's how you should draft. Drafting for needs is a very easy way to get burned.

 

I don't think any teams draft for need, though. No prospect is going to be ready soon enough after you draft them that drafting for need makes any kind of sense. You don't know what your roster will look like in 2 or 3 years. And in the rare instances where you draft a guys who could be ready in a season, it's the generational talents like Harper and Strasburg or the odd situation like Craig Hansen (which didn't work out, obviously), so it's a pick for talent anyway.

 

Some teams might pick for organizational depth (or lack there of), I guess... but it seems most teams get that you should take the best talent you can.

[User Name]

I don't think any teams draft for need, though. No prospect is going to be ready soon enough after you draft them that drafting for need makes any kind of sense. You don't know what your roster will look like in 2 or 3 years. And in the rare instances where you draft a guys who could be ready in a season, it's the generational talents like Harper and Strasburg or the odd situation like Craig Hansen (which didn't work out, obviously), so it's a pick for talent anyway.

 

Some teams might pick for organizational depth (or lack there of), I guess... but it seems most teams get that you should take the best talent you can.

 

Then why did the Astros reach for Castro instead of obvious higher-ceiling guys like Bux, Gausman or Zunino?

 

Teams do draft for needs. The needs being shoring up weaknesses in their system, not MLB team.

[evilhand]

Then why did the Astros reach for Castro instead of obvious higher-ceiling guys like Bux, Gausman or Zunino?

 

Teams do draft for needs. The needs being shoring up weaknesses in their system, not MLB team.

 

They may have evaluated him differently than you (and most everyone else). But yeah, I see what you mean now, with holes in the system being the driving force rather than the major league roster.

[User Name]

They may have evaluated him differently than you (and most everyone else). But yeah' date=' I see what you mean now, with holes in the system being the driving force rather than the major league roster.[/quote']

 

Usually the driving force for said different evaluation would be a need in the system if ya ask me.

[jacksonianmarch]

You guys are gonna get McCullers

[evilhand]

I'm really hoping Stroman lasts two more picks.

[User Name]

You guys are gonna get McCullers

 

FINGERS CROSSED

[jacksonianmarch]

McCullers throws 100mph. I have a feeling you guys get him

[SoxFanForsyth]

You guys are gonna get McCullers

 

I think they'll take Stroman. He'll fall because he's looked at as a relief pitcher because he's only 5'9.

[evilhand]

I like Stroman better, but either would be really solid at 24.

[User Name]

I don't like small-framed pitchers. Not every tiny guy can have Pedro or Oswalt-type longevity.

[SoxFanForsyth]

I like Stroman better' date=' but either would be really solid at 24.[/quote']

 

Stroman could be in the Sox bullpen by the end of the year. He's got big time swing and miss stuff.

 

I think McCullers falls to 31.

[jacksonianmarch]

There goes Stroman

[User Name]

Well there goes Stroman.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Dammit.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Still don't think the Sox take McCullers at 24.

 

My guess is Stephen Piscotty at 24. Then McCullers at 31.

[jacksonianmarch]

I dont think McCullers gets by NY

[evilhand]

McCullers is going to be a tough signability guy, but his raw stuff is through the roof. Not sure you take the chance of him dropping another 6 picks if you want him.

[jacksonianmarch]

He aint getting by NY. If you want him, you have to take him here

[User Name]

There's a lot of things you can teach to kids at the minor league levels. A triple-digit fastball isn't one of them.

[SoxFanForsyth]

We'll see. I have seen zero mock's taking McCullers in the 1st round.

[evilhand]

Well, he's available. Here's hoping the Sox think they can convince him to sign.

[TheBardoftheBullpen51]

Dang really wanted Stroman but I will take what we can get

[SoxFanForsyth]

Stephen Piscotty, you heard it here first.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Well' date=' he's available. Here's hoping the Sox think they can convince him to sign.[/quote']

 

If they go over slot by $1mm, they're fined $1mm and they lose their 1st round pick in each of the next 2 years.

[User Name]

We'll see. I have seen zero mock's taking McCullers in the 1st round.

 

You serious? I've seen him as high as 18 in several mocks.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Damn now I kind of want McCullers but I keep hearing the Sox aren't going after an arm in the 1st round.

[evilhand]

If they go over slot by $1mm' date=' they're fined $1mm and they lose their 1st round pick in each of the next 2 years.[/quote']

 

Depends on what they spend on other picks. If they can sign some of their first 12 picks (all "slot" picks this year) for less than the slot cap, they can shift money McCullers' way. They can't do that if they don't sign guys... they lose the money in that case, but there's nothing stopping them from swinging money left over *after* signing a pick to another slot.

 

So they could, theoretically, offer him more than slot without triggering the tax or draft pick loss.

[SoxFanForsyth]

You serious? I've seen him as high as 18 in several mocks.

 

Yeah. BA and all of Law's don't have him in the 1st.