Bruce
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Hansen is no guarantee to dominate anything. He looked pretty mediocre at the end of last year. And he's a no-guarantee with a major league deal. Of course, we could have made the whole thing moot by drafting Huston Street instead of Jon "I Suck" Poterson the year before.
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What the hell does this have to do with anything? I'm not comparing the Red Sox to the Yankees. I'm saying that the Yankees made a good move. Yeah, you'll have 3 more picks in the first 3 rounds, but you also had to trade Andy Marte to do it, AND you've still got Alex Gonzalez, a terrible player, at SS next year. He was not scouted as the best pitcher. He's a reliever. He may turn out to be an exceptional reliever, but he still won't be able to produce anywhere near the value of a starter or an everyday player. And, as I said, the Yankees drafted a cheaper, comparable player in the next round, one who faced vastly superior competition in college.
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You're missing the point. The point is, we signed Farnsworth and Damon, which should have crippled us in the draft, to the tune of no first or second round picks. Instead, by letting Gordon, a 38 year old reliever on the decline, walk, we now have BETTER draft position than before. So, its not about the original first round pick and second round pick versus the new first round pick and sandwich pick, its about NO first or second round pick versus the new first round pick and sandwich pick. That is why it is not a non-issue.
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But you can have too many high ceiling position player prospects? Hansen is overrated and overpriced, especially for a guy who did his college pitching in the Big East. Giving a major league contract to a guy who was just pitching against UConn when you can take a potential 5-tool SS is a pretty stupid move, especially with a cheaper player available in the next round, who is fresh off of dominating the Big 12 and winning the CWS. Not picking Hansen is one of the best moves this front office has made in the last 5 years.
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You're right. They should have tried to move down in the draft, because it doesn't matter. The fact is, we signed two type A free agents and undeniably improved our draft position. That is a good thing. You are a homer because you're trying to pretend that this was a bad and/or irrelevant move. Letting Gordon go, with heavily declining peripherals, and getting two first round picks for him, is fantastic. Its fantastic because we're able to replace Gordon with someone younger and better, fill in a hole in CF that has been dogging us for years, and severely injure our primary rival with a net gain in our draft position. Tell me why this is bad. Also, enjoy watching Alex Gonzalez get on base 25% of the time this year.
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They didn't add more total picks, but they improved their draft position, while replacing the declining Gordon with Farnsworth and Damon. And, furthermore, as an organization without a lot of depth at the upper levels, signing Damon was a much smarter move than trading minor league talent to fill in the hole in CF. Especially since it required Boston to trade minor league talent to fill in CF. Perhaps if Boston had kept Damon, they would have been able to keep Andy Marte, or trade him for a SS who can hit. But continue to be a sox homer if you prefer.