Comments on: The Next Opening Days http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2009/the-next-opening-days/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrew http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2009/the-next-opening-days/comment-page-1/#comment-28295 Andrew Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:00:13 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=3184#comment-28295 All I mean is someone with some desire to sign quickly. I'd imagine that Crow wouldn't want to drag things out for a second straight year. Just a hypothetical. How can Crow be considered #41 when he was easily top 10 last year? The debate was whether Matusz or Crow was a better bet for a college pitcher. Would we assume that if Brian Matusz were in the draft this year, he'd be top 50 instead of top 10, too? Sounds fishy to me. But again, I haven't put too much thought into the draft yet. Of course, I've heard who the top 10 or so guys are likely to be, but I haven't looekd into it. In regards to the prep pitcher thing - I believe Bill James once looked at prep versus college in the draft and basically said the success rate is roughly even as long as you don't foolishly give a prep pitcher a major league contract (cough...Loewen...cough). Naturally, prep players take longer to develop though. I'll try to find that article he wrote, it's in a book I have somewhere around here... All I mean is someone with some desire to sign quickly. I’d imagine that Crow wouldn’t want to drag things out for a second straight year. Just a hypothetical.

How can Crow be considered #41 when he was easily top 10 last year? The debate was whether Matusz or Crow was a better bet for a college pitcher. Would we assume that if Brian Matusz were in the draft this year, he’d be top 50 instead of top 10, too?

Sounds fishy to me. But again, I haven’t put too much thought into the draft yet. Of course, I’ve heard who the top 10 or so guys are likely to be, but I haven’t looekd into it.

In regards to the prep pitcher thing – I believe Bill James once looked at prep versus college in the draft and basically said the success rate is roughly even as long as you don’t foolishly give a prep pitcher a major league contract (cough…Loewen…cough). Naturally, prep players take longer to develop though. I’ll try to find that article he wrote, it’s in a book I have somewhere around here…

]]> By: neal s http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2009/the-next-opening-days/comment-page-1/#comment-28293 neal s Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:09:18 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=3184#comment-28293 Take that! Take that!

]]> By: Real Baseball Intelligence http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2009/the-next-opening-days/comment-page-1/#comment-28292 Real Baseball Intelligence Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:07:48 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=3184#comment-28292 Real Baseball Intelligence (RBI), a leading resource in the evaluation of amateur baseball talent and draft coverage, has ranked Aaron Crow the #41 prospect in the 2009 MLB Draft. View his free scouting report (with video) at withthefirstpick.net/aaron-crow Real Baseball Intelligence (RBI), a leading resource in the evaluation of amateur baseball talent and draft coverage, has ranked Aaron Crow the #41 prospect in the 2009 MLB Draft. View his free scouting report (with video) at withthefirstpick.net/aaron-crow

]]> By: Greg http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2009/the-next-opening-days/comment-page-1/#comment-28291 Greg Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:06:31 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=3184#comment-28291 Aaron Crow will be well beneath where we draft, and given his treatment of the Nationals, I don't really want him. It looks like if we are doing best available pick for the first round, we'll be stuck with a prep pitcher, which I hate. Aaron Crow will be well beneath where we draft, and given his treatment of the Nationals, I don’t really want him. It looks like if we are doing best available pick for the first round, we’ll be stuck with a prep pitcher, which I hate.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2009/the-next-opening-days/comment-page-1/#comment-28290 Andrew Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:51:00 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=3184#comment-28290 <a href='#comment-28285' rel="nofollow">@Greg</a> - That's fair. It's a big jump to Frederick, though, and there aren't a lot of quality position players in Frederick this year...it's going to hurt them. @Greg – That’s fair. It’s a big jump to Frederick, though, and there aren’t a lot of quality position players in Frederick this year…it’s going to hurt them.

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