02-25-2009, 01:02 PM
<!--quoteo(post=20157:date=Feb 25 2009, 10:46 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Feb 25 2009, 10:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=20156:date=Feb 25 2009, 10:42 AM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Feb 25 2009, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=20152:date=Feb 25 2009, 10:13 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 25 2009, 10:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Yeah...but they're talking about a high school player and a college player. There's a world of difference between drafting someone right out of high school and drafting someone with a few years of college ball under their belts.
Anyway, Vitters will probably be pretty good (knock on wood), but you should never draft to fill a position on the field -- you just take the best guy available (which wasn't Vitters).
The draft that I'm really pissed about is still the Colvin pick. That was beyond moronic.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yet another pick that <b>at the time</b> seemed incredibly stupid. Hard to imagine it didn't work out. Well, at least the Cards took Colby Rasmus with the following pick.
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
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Rasmus is extremely overrated and actually kinda sucks, he and Colvin actually had very similar years last year, Colvin's may have even been better, but at AA instead of AAA. Look up the numbers.
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This is kind of unarguable. Ballplayers constantly surprise you, as CPatt and Geo Soto have proven (in opposite ways).
Still, Rasmus is usually considered among the Top 5 or 10 or so in practically everyone's list of best prospects, while Colvin would likely be rated at about # 387th.
Anyway, Vitters will probably be pretty good (knock on wood), but you should never draft to fill a position on the field -- you just take the best guy available (which wasn't Vitters).
The draft that I'm really pissed about is still the Colvin pick. That was beyond moronic.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yet another pick that <b>at the time</b> seemed incredibly stupid. Hard to imagine it didn't work out. Well, at least the Cards took Colby Rasmus with the following pick.
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
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Rasmus is extremely overrated and actually kinda sucks, he and Colvin actually had very similar years last year, Colvin's may have even been better, but at AA instead of AAA. Look up the numbers.
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This is kind of unarguable. Ballplayers constantly surprise you, as CPatt and Geo Soto have proven (in opposite ways).
Still, Rasmus is usually considered among the Top 5 or 10 or so in practically everyone's list of best prospects, while Colvin would likely be rated at about # 387th.
There's nothing better than to realize that the good things about youth don't end with youth itself. It's a matter of realizing that life can be renewed every day you get out of bed without baggage. It's tough to get there, but it's better than the dark thoughts. -Lance