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[BSLChrisStoner]

MASN: Draft countdown: O’s making final preparations for First-Year Player Draft

http://www.masnsport...ayer-draft.html

[SportsGuy]

Big draft, especially since it looks like Stewart is a bust.

[Mackus]

Excited to find out what consensus 50th or so player we take at #27 and which sub-100 guys we take between 54 and 76 so that we can afford to give a couple 8th-10th rounders who should've gone by the fifth 3rd round money.

 

I don't consider Baseball America to be gods of talent ranking or anything, but it is frustrating that we so consistently seem to take players that aren't expected to go nearly as high as we are picking.  If we had a better track record, it'd be easier to trust the team's decisions.  They don't seem to be as bad at drafting as developing (as much as that can be separated), but they seem to have more big misses than unexpected hits.

 

Stewart has been a disaster, and the best thing in his favor was supposed to be that he was an advanced bat that should have little trouble adjusting to the minors right away.

[Chris B]

D1Baseball is another good source.

 

Several BA writers branched out to create their own website last year.

[BSLChrisStoner]

D1Baseball is another good source.

 

Several BA writers branched out to create their own website last year.

 

2080 Baseball another..  Nick Faleris, Reggie Yinger....   Tucker Blair was there prior to taking the position with Houston.  Also Joe Hamrahi (former BP President).