Comments on: erik on azruavatar’s Top 25 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:26:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: BigJawnMize http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9736 BigJawnMize Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:51:00 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9736 All draft pick are a huge risk. Very few are huge rewards. All draft pick are a huge risk. Very few are huge rewards.

]]> By: Birdo http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9712 Birdo Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:57:04 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9712 BA is a great resource, but they get way too much credit for being reliable talent evaluators. They make plenty of mistakes. For example, if the Cards just took the highest-rated players by Baseball America in the early rounds, David Huff would have been their first pick in 2006 and Matt Torra or John Drennen would have been their pick in 2005. Those players are no better than Rasmus+Ottavino. BA is a great resource, but they get way too much credit for being reliable talent evaluators. They make plenty of mistakes.

For example, if the Cards just took the highest-rated players by Baseball America in the early rounds, David Huff would have been their first pick in 2006 and Matt Torra or John Drennen would have been their pick in 2005. Those players are no better than Rasmus+Ottavino.

]]> By: Paul http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9698 Paul Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:30:12 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9698 Furnish is a guy I am rooting for next year. Maiques too. I could see Furnish really breaking out next year. We can only hope that Maiques is Oswalt light Furnish is a guy I am rooting for next year. Maiques too. I could see Furnish really breaking out next year. We can only hope that Maiques is Oswalt light

]]> By: cardsfan1 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9692 cardsfan1 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:01:56 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9692 People need to remember that the cards were not the only team who passed on Joba. There were maybe 20 teams that took a player at all that wont pan out like joba or better. He had injury concerns at the time of the draft. Even the yankees took Kennedy before him. I think it was a huge risk, huge reward situation. Noone could forsee what hes done happening...and really all that matters is not what it looks like now but what it looks like in a few years. Personally I think Brackman could be a big swing and miss if Joba was the homerun. People need to remember that the cards were not the only team who passed on Joba. There were maybe 20 teams that took a player at all that wont pan out like joba or better. He had injury concerns at the time of the draft. Even the yankees took Kennedy before him. I think it was a huge risk, huge reward situation. Noone could forsee what hes done happening…and really all that matters is not what it looks like now but what it looks like in a few years. Personally I think Brackman could be a big swing and miss if Joba was the homerun.

]]> By: BigJawnMize http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9690 BigJawnMize Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:54:11 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9690 So what do you guys think about the last couple of drafts. It appears that Luhnow has developed the ability to pick sleepers in the later rounds that will at the least provide depth to the system. He has sold me on that. But I think the top of the draft still needs work. I thinking if they would have taken the best available player according to BA in the first three rounds and usde Jeff's strategy for the rest of the draft, they would have come out farther ahead than they have (I am thinking that we would have selected Joba Chamberlain instead of Ott.) So what do you guys think about the last couple of drafts. It appears that Luhnow has developed the ability to pick sleepers in the later rounds that will at the least provide depth to the system. He has sold me on that. But I think the top of the draft still needs work. I thinking if they would have taken the best available player according to BA in the first three rounds and usde Jeff’s strategy for the rest of the draft, they would have come out farther ahead than they have (I am thinking that we would have selected Joba Chamberlain instead of Ott.)

]]> By: erik http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9686 erik Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:21:23 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9686 Nope. I'm just looking out for the lefty peeps. It's from the Simpsons. Ned Flander's shop. http://www.leftorium.com/ Nope. I’m just looking out for the lefty peeps. It’s from the Simpsons. Ned Flander’s shop. http://www.leftorium.com/

]]> By: azruavatar http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9684 azruavatar Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:16:57 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/11/08/erik-on-azruavatars-top-25/#comment-9684 Leftorium -- great name are you a lefty??? Leftorium — great name

are you a lefty???

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