Strange draft so far...
The more the M's pick, the stranger it becomes. So far the overall trend seems to be tall, college pitchers who throw hard. The stats on some of the picks are downright awful... you have to assume the scouts are seeing something that really makes them feel like they are worth the risk. By passing on Miller, the M's seemed to be choosing safe selections over high-reward, yet the entire draft past the first round has been the exact opposite- extreme risk in many cases.
Considering the M's have been having such a hard time developing position players, we would assume the M's would be looking hard at players who can hit the ball (power). Instead the draft has been tilted heavily towards pitchers in a way that really doesn't make any sense at all. It looks highly unlikely any position player of note will be selected this year in the draft, and yet that is our biggest present day need.
Why such an unbalanaced draft? Will we regret not having more promising position players in 2-3 years?
Perhaps the M's office feels they can supplement the position players via international players, and pitching is the best use for the draft.(?) I really can't explain how an organization that has our current offensive production could focus so heavily on pitchers. Even if the lower rounds are filled with every day players, they are highly unlikely to ever set foot in Seattle, so again this seems like a high-risk undertaking.
For an organization that is so risk averse, this sure is a risky draft.
We'd better hope Bavasi has a plan, because for the life of me I'm not seeing it.
The more the M's pick, the stranger it becomes. So far the overall trend seems to be tall, college pitchers who throw hard. The stats on some of the picks are downright awful... you have to assume the scouts are seeing something that really makes them feel like they are worth the risk. By passing on Miller, the M's seemed to be choosing safe selections over high-reward, yet the entire draft past the first round has been the exact opposite- extreme risk in many cases.
Considering the M's have been having such a hard time developing position players, we would assume the M's would be looking hard at players who can hit the ball (power). Instead the draft has been tilted heavily towards pitchers in a way that really doesn't make any sense at all. It looks highly unlikely any position player of note will be selected this year in the draft, and yet that is our biggest present day need.
Why such an unbalanaced draft? Will we regret not having more promising position players in 2-3 years?
Perhaps the M's office feels they can supplement the position players via international players, and pitching is the best use for the draft.(?) I really can't explain how an organization that has our current offensive production could focus so heavily on pitchers. Even if the lower rounds are filled with every day players, they are highly unlikely to ever set foot in Seattle, so again this seems like a high-risk undertaking.
For an organization that is so risk averse, this sure is a risky draft.
We'd better hope Bavasi has a plan, because for the life of me I'm not seeing it.
posted by Tom at
2:48 PM
