We’ve done horribly when we do pick pitchers highly.
That does not mean we should give up, but until we have fixed the poor way we identify good pitching prospects, I do r think k picking more will work.
I’m all for changing the set up we’ve had, but until we are confident we’ve reached the point we should be at, I’m not forpicking pitchers just for the sake of their position.
Even if you did the impossible and invented a sure fire way to identify Good SPers to draft, there might still be position players worth more on the draft board.
Our problem has been that we are terrible at drafting good pitchers, so the solution must be to draft more bad pitchers and hope we get one right. Is that the best plan?
The thing is, a last place finish in the ALE can be mediocrity, and our farm has consistently been ranked top 10, which most feel is above mediocrity, for what that is worth.
Certainly nothing to celebrate.
Because I’m in the big Apple posting on my phone, and I can barely see what I’m typing.
I tried to edit but that function does not work, often. I did not have time to go delete.
Gio had 4 really bad starts in those last 14 starts.
Nate has had 14 game bad stretches, too.
Of course Gio’s end to 2023 was very concerning and a red flag. I preferred many other guys to him, including Sonny Gray, a guy we both liked.