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  1. nicksaviking
    No one is saying that, but both of those pitchers were drafted ahead of the batter anyway. All I'm suggesting is that someone who argues that you should draft pitching has a merited argument. You're not winning a WS without it.
  2. nicksaviking
    Just to play Devil's Advocate (because I agree with taking the best player available if it is discernible): Mike Trout has played in one playoff series in his career, largely due to the fact that the Angels have had awful pitching for about a decade. So even the best player in baseball can't save a team without good arms.
  3. nicksaviking
    One more. 1st college bat taken since 2008: Pedro Alvarez Dustin Ackley Christian Colon Anthony Rendon Mike Zunino Kris Bryant Kyle Schwarber Dansby Swanson Nick Senzel
  4. nicksaviking
    1st RH HS pitcher taken since 2008: Aaron Crow Matt Hobgood Jameson Taillon Dylan Bundy Nick Travieso Kohl Stewart Tyler Kolek Ashe Russell Ian Anderson
  5. nicksaviking
    1st LH HS arms since 2008: Mike Montgomery Tyler Matzek Jesse Biddle Kevin Matthews Max Fried Trey Ball Brady Aiken Kolby Allard Braxton Garrett
  6. nicksaviking
    I'm just posting these for fun, FYI. Not to sway any arguments.
  7. nicksaviking
    First RH college arms taken since 2008: Andrew Cashner Stephen Strasburg Barret Loux Gerrit Cole Kevin Gausman Mark Appel. Aaron Nola Dillon Tate Cal Quantrill
  8. nicksaviking
    First prep bats taken since 2008: Tim Beckham Donovan Tate Manny Machado (as Bryce Harper was technically a 17-year-old Juco guy) Bubba Starling Carlos Correa Clint Frazier Nick Gordon Brendan Rodgers Mickey Moniak
  9. nicksaviking
    LH college pitchers drafted in the top 10 since 2007: David Price Daniel Moskos Ross Detwiler Brian Matusz Mike Minor Drew Pomeranz Danny Hultzen Andrew Heaney Carlos Rodon Kyle Freeland Tyler Jay A.J. Puk
  10. nicksaviking
    Well looking at the odds of draft pick success, that's probably the most realistic outcome for any pitcher drafted at or near the top of the draft. Plenty better, plenty worse. Plenty exactly that. Looking at McKay, his velocity, handedness, draft position, repertoire and level of competition look most like Brian Matusz to me; both had huge college numbers also. Matusz was always a top prospect but his stuff never translated, even in the minors. That's only one sample point so it's nothing to base a projection on and I haven't heard any of the draft wonks use the comparable, it's just who I see.
  11. nicksaviking
    OMG. My brain is about to explode. Dear lord help me, I'm siding with the scouts over the analytics department. The analytics department which I was begging to be improved for a decade. But seriously, is Lewis really the scouts top choice? And is McKay really the analysts top choice? Or are they only the top choices of the two being offered to them because Greene/Gore/Wright aren't on the table? Seems like the Cubs would approve though. They go for the bats early. Of course they can afford to spend on pitchers in free agency.
  12. nicksaviking
    Warren Spahn was an all time great. But despite what Bob Feller liked to claim, no one was throwing all that hard back then. There were probably only a handful of guys who regularly hit 90MPH prior to 1960s. Which was also why those guys could go 8-9 innings every start every 4th day.
  13. nicksaviking
    Also, I think the Boras stuff might be overblown. He doesn't tell his client what to do, he only advises, and there's a strong likelihood that both the player and the agent have considerable interest in striking a deal to be known as the first overall pick. And of course the boatloads of money that he'd get instead of going 4th or 5th. Greene and Gore are likely going 2 and 3, a Lewis selection by the Twins hurts McKay and Wright, not any other prep guys and likely not Boras' other guy Gore.
  14. nicksaviking
    All things being equal, I think I'd prefer Lewis over McKay. If it is Lewis though, it won't be equal; if it's so they can get Baz at 35 I'd be OK with the pick. Baz would be my fourth choice for pitcher after Greene, Gore and Wright. Watching the top prep bat and the 3rd best prep arm develop would hold my interest for quite awhile. And then Rooker at 37. And stick him at DH in September.
  15. nicksaviking
    I've heard others say this, however there is no way for the team to know if playing only one position will make an impact; it would be a total guess. And frankly, seeing as guys start to lose velocity around 22-23 years old, any gains made by a new approach may quickly be lost to age. If they pick McKay they are doing so assuming they are picking a guy who throws 89-91 with pick 1:1. I've been waiting to get an ace for a decade. I'm going to be really bummed if they don't get a guy who has a legit chance to become one.
  16. nicksaviking
    Man, it's starting to look like the smart move is just to forfeit the pick!
  17. nicksaviking
    I think there's a couple of shortstops ready to get promoted the second the team starts signing and assigning their draft picks.
  18. nicksaviking
    I for one am in favor of you buying the Twins regardless of what the front office does. You'll sign Machado and Harper right?
  19. nicksaviking
    But they had one HOF starting pitcher and an actual ace. But most importantly, it wouldn't just be the Astros and the Twins in the AL playoffs like back in 1987. The Astros could fart and falter like the Tigers did but the Twins would still need to win two series prior to even getting to the ALCS. I want to win it all very soon, and I want to win it all many times. But with this roster, the odds on winning it all this year are so long; I'd rather hedge my bets and increase my chances for the next couple of years.
  20. nicksaviking
    But why would you make minor moves? Jason Vargas isn't putting this team over the top, so why give up prospects of any kind for just him? This sounds like more half measures; like the Kevin Jepsen trade in 2015 which clearly wasn't going to be close to enough to make the team legit.
  21. nicksaviking
    Personally I'm in favor of improving for the future, and that includes trading the aging and over-achieving Santana. For those that aren't willing to part with Santana now because the team is currently above .500, are you then in favor of trading off major prospects to make major upgrades to the rotation and the bullpen? Because I think there is little debate that this team has no shot at doing anything meaningful without multiple big-time pitching improvements. Standing pat and doing nothing or next to nothing was how this organization used to deal with this situation; I am 100% NOT OK with that. Either do something to improve for the future, or do something to improve now, don't sit on your hands and pray something beyond your control occurs to bail you out. Wishful thinking and winning sports teams only go hand-in-hand in the movies.
  22. nicksaviking
    Turley's been toiling away for a decade and figures something out now? It looks like Boston's AA club moved him to the pen just before releasing him last year, predictably his strikeouts jumped but his always poor walk rate did not improve. Then he goes to Indy ball and has since gotten a handle on the walks. Now 24 months later his relief inflated strikeout numbers and Indy league walk numbers carry over? Is it just a case of small sample size? Or did he figure something out?
  23. nicksaviking
    You're suggesting that if Greene and Stewart where in the same draft, everyone would be putting Stewart on top? I don't buy that one, people liked Stewart but not that much; Stewart was so far behind everyone developmentally.
  24. nicksaviking
    I don't know about the Jay pick, he was supposed to be pretty safe being a college lefty and all. Stewart seemed to pretty clearly be the consensus #4 best player in that draft; I wanted him, I won't fault them for that pick. Buxton over Appel however seems to promote going the risk route.
  25. nicksaviking
    You'd have to give it to the new guys if they dealt Santana this season, that would take some guts knowing the average fan. I'm all for it and looking at Santana's peripheral numbers, his bubble looks ready to burst any minute now, if it already didn't last start.
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