02-25-2009, 05:59 PM
<!--quoteo(post=20234:date=Feb 25 2009, 03:04 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Feb 25 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=20229:date=Feb 25 2009, 02:56 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 25 2009, 02:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=20225:date=Feb 25 2009, 02:52 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Feb 25 2009, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=20223:date=Feb 25 2009, 02:49 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 25 2009, 02:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My memory of the time of the actual draft is a bit foggy, but I don't remember anyone having Vitters ranked ahead of Wieters leading up to draft day.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I reacll it basically being a toss up.
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If it's a toss-up and one player is coming out of college and the other is coming out of high school, then it's a no brainer.
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If I'm drafting, I'm taking little to no high school position players in general and I'm not selecting a single high school pitcher.
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So no Barry Bonds, Chipper Jones, Alex Rodriquez, or Kerry Wood? In 2002 you guys pass on Kazmir, Hamels and Cain? 2003 you pass on Danks and Billingsly? 2004 you pass on Phil Hughes? Meanwhile, in those 3 years, the best college pitcher I could find in the early first round was Joe Blanton (although I will freely admit I took about 30 seconds to do this, so I could have missed someone).
You can't simply punt on High School players. Or, more precisely, you CAN, but you will miss out on a lot of talent.
And as far as I can tell, every source I found had Vitters and Weiters ranked 3 and 4, usually in that order. The 2 mock draft I found had the Cubs taking Vitters as well. Weiters over Vitters may have been obvious to you guys, but not to most of the experts I've seen (and I assume they are taking the college vs high school into account when they do their rankings).
I reacll it basically being a toss up.
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If it's a toss-up and one player is coming out of college and the other is coming out of high school, then it's a no brainer.
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If I'm drafting, I'm taking little to no high school position players in general and I'm not selecting a single high school pitcher.
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So no Barry Bonds, Chipper Jones, Alex Rodriquez, or Kerry Wood? In 2002 you guys pass on Kazmir, Hamels and Cain? 2003 you pass on Danks and Billingsly? 2004 you pass on Phil Hughes? Meanwhile, in those 3 years, the best college pitcher I could find in the early first round was Joe Blanton (although I will freely admit I took about 30 seconds to do this, so I could have missed someone).
You can't simply punt on High School players. Or, more precisely, you CAN, but you will miss out on a lot of talent.
And as far as I can tell, every source I found had Vitters and Weiters ranked 3 and 4, usually in that order. The 2 mock draft I found had the Cubs taking Vitters as well. Weiters over Vitters may have been obvious to you guys, but not to most of the experts I've seen (and I assume they are taking the college vs high school into account when they do their rankings).
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