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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Deeg
Date: March 23, 2013, 2:12 am
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I'd still take Appel, personally.
But I'd take Frazier over either of them...
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Chris27
Date: March 23, 2013, 3:02 am
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I'd suggest watching Gray pitch before reaching a final
decision.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Deeg
Date: March 23, 2013, 5:52 am
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I have - he's obviously got a great arm. And like all guys with
great arms, he's 50-50 for Tommy John sooner or later.
The only reason I take Appel over Gray is that he's been
consistently great for far longer, and his stuff is just about
as good. Gray's been a fast riser, but his secondary pitches
might go away just as suddenly as they blossomed. Appel has had
great offspeed stuff for a long time.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Chris27
Date: March 23, 2013, 6:16 am
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--- Quote ---
> The only reason I take Appel over Gray is that he's been
consistently great for far longer
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This actually isn't the case. It just seems that way since
Appel's name has been bandied about longer.
Gray's Sophomore numbers were slightly better than Appel's, and
Gray's stats so far this year projected out would be be
significantly better than Appel's during his Junior season.
I like both quite a bit. I think Gray might have the higher
ceiling though.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Chris27
Date: March 23, 2013, 6:18 am
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HTML http://bigleaguefutures.net/1/2013/03/23/hello-mr-gray/
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: ticohans
Date: March 23, 2013, 11:28 am
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The awesome thing is that we're going to have our choice of at
least two out of Appel, Gray, and Frazier
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Ron
Date: March 23, 2013, 11:41 am
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--- Quote from: Chris27 link ---
>
> I'd suggest watching Gray pitch before reaching a final
decision.
>
--- End Quote ---
You mean draft decisions shouldn't be based entirely on stats?
I suppose you also think that the more observation a team has of
a player (along with other information about attitude,
character, work ethic, etc.) the better basis there is for
making a choice. ;)
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: craig
Date: March 23, 2013, 12:14 pm
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The challenge in scouting, of course, is that you scout what you
see this spring, and need to project to what you'll see future.
With Frazier and Meadows, it's not so clear whether the ability
to hit HS pitching necessarily guarantees the ability to hit
Marmol slilders and Samardz fastballs. The nice thing with
Gray and Appel is that you don't need to do any projecting to
see good big-league ability; what they've got right now will
work against big-league hitters. But the impossible thing in
projecting Gray and Appel is that you have no idea how to
project what ability they'll have in the future after their arms
are injured, and it's impossible to project how many years that
will take.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Chris27
Date: March 23, 2013, 5:11 pm
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I'm not sure how reliable Kaplan is or if this quote really
tells us anything:
--- Quote ---
> Last nugget from scouting contact: "I know they want a college
pitcher at #2 but they could get the best position player if
Appel goes #1.
--- End Quote ---
HTML https://twitter.com/thekapman/status/315473348970831873
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: March 23, 2013, 10:56 pm
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Regarding the draft, what say you fellas on MLB instituting a
draft lottery like some of the other sports and the NBA?
Peter Gammons brought up something the other day on the Twitter
about how unethical it was for a professional sports franchise
to actively try to lose for 4-5 years, pocket revenue sharing
money and stock up on the first or second draft pick year after
year then call that a strategy.
Personally, I would be all for a lottery as long as they did
away with that stupid free agent compensation system and the
even more idiotic competitive balance draft garbage that has the
Cardinals with a chance to add draft picks.
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