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Kaizen wrote:http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/jim-callis-looks-at-six-teams-that-made-the-best-initial-impressions-in-the-2014-first-year-player-draft?ymd=20140607&content_id=78757120&vkey=news_mlb
Ong_dynasty wrote:
Seems quite good praise..good to hear..now lets sign as many as we possibly can.
Quick question for people in the know..when a senior declines to be signed..what happens? Is he a free agent straight ahead? Or does he have to wait a year?
Schadenfreude wrote:Disappointing draft overall. We got off to a fairly promising start with Max Pentecost (though I'd have preferred Touki Toussaint, obviously), but since then it's been boring name after boring name. Chase Mallard isn't bad, and Gunnar Heidt is pleasingly Teutonic, but we've gotten rather conservative in our parade of Zachs and Chrises and Justins. It's clear that the AA of years past, a man with the courage to use a first round pick on a patio and who once drafted someone whose name began with a K-apostrophe-S combo, is long since gone.
Komodo wrote:Schadenfreude wrote:Disappointing draft overall. We got off to a fairly promising start with Max Pentecost (though I'd have preferred Touki Toussaint, obviously), but since then it's been boring name after boring name. Chase Mallard isn't bad, and Gunnar Heidt is pleasingly Teutonic, but we've gotten rather conservative in our parade of Zachs and Chrises and Justins. It's clear that the AA of years past, a man with the courage to use a first round pick on a patio and who once drafted someone whose name began with a K-apostrophe-S combo, is long since gone.
But we got McBroom!
Toronto Blue Jays
1-9) Jeff Hoffman, RHP, East Carolina University
1-11) Max Pentecost, C, Kennesaw State University
2-49) Sean Reid-Foley, RHP, Sandalwood HS, FL
3-83) Nick Wells, LHP, Battlefield HS, VA
4-114) Matt Morgan, C, Thorsby HS, AL
COMMENT: This looks like a nice haul to me. A healthy Hoffman may be the best college pitcher in the draft this year, and Pentecost was the best overall catcher. That’s a terrific combination if Hoffman returns to full health from Tommy John. SRF is a first-round high school talent and best of all, he’s already signed for second-round slot money, quite a coup. Wells is the picture of projection at 6-5, 180, a bit raw but with a fine fastball/curveball combination. I’m not sure why Morgan doesn’t get more attention: his tools project out well both offensively and defensively and his makeup is reportedly good, too. Seems like a steal if he develops as expected, granted catchers have weird development curves sometimes. There was an understandable shift to college guys after this but they picked some intriguing ones, particularly Gunnar Heidt (2B, College of Charleston, 13th round) , Chase Mallard (RHP, Alabama-Birmingham, 14th round) and Cliff Brantley (OF, Alelphi, 19th round). On paper this looks like a strong class to me.
So how do you fix that sucker?
Corpse parts. Really. Or some of your own bits and pieces that you don’t really need. The Palmaris longus tendon is in the forearm, and you can do well without it. It flexes the wrist (bends it), but weakly. You can hack it out and never really notice it’s missing. It’s so unnecessary that about 20 percent of people don’t even have one. The gracilis is on the inside of the upper leg, and helps flex and rotate the leg. You don’t really need it either, and if you’re a pro pitcher you’d probably rather have an elbow that doesn’t constantly dislocate than have all your unnecessary tendons intact.