Farm System

[Bricklayer]

Still mad about that pick. I remember the MLB broadcast of the draft and they had to write Simpson's name on a blank slate because nobody expected him to get drafted. And we wasted our fucking first round pick on him.

This is not a defense, but just looking at the subsequent picks following Simpson (and admittedly I am not looking at any minor league numbers), of the very few that are in the bigs, they seem to be fringe at best.  Chris Sale was the best pick that year and he went 3 spots ahead of Simpson.  Of the first rounders they could have theoretically picked, Yelich from the Marlins would have been the best of the bunch, but that's it.

 

My point is, It was definitely a wasted pick but so far I don't think we'll be haunted by the ones they passed up on.  Of course, there is still time.