07-08-2009, 02:52 PM
<!--quoteo(post=48780:date=Jul 8 2009, 01:44 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Jul 8 2009, 01:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48758:date=Jul 8 2009, 12:31 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 8 2009, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48754:date=Jul 8 2009, 12:25 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Jul 8 2009, 12:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Is this a serious question ?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think it's a good question.
Do you take the better player, or do you take the player that will help fill a specific (more pressing) need?
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Well, to answer your question, what do smart teams do in the draft, when faced with that exact dilemma?
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Totally different. In the draft you can't draft on need because no one knows what the actual need of the team will be by the time the draftees are headed to the big leagues (if they ever even do). Aaron Hill would be able to come in right away and be a productive player in a position that has been brutal this year for the Cubs. This isn't a clear cut question at all.
I think it's a good question.
Do you take the better player, or do you take the player that will help fill a specific (more pressing) need?
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Well, to answer your question, what do smart teams do in the draft, when faced with that exact dilemma?
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Totally different. In the draft you can't draft on need because no one knows what the actual need of the team will be by the time the draftees are headed to the big leagues (if they ever even do). Aaron Hill would be able to come in right away and be a productive player in a position that has been brutal this year for the Cubs. This isn't a clear cut question at all.
The thing you need to remember is that all Cardinals fans and all White Sox fans are very bad people. It's a fact that has been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Being a Cubs fan is the only path to rightousness and piousness. Cardinal and White Sox fans exist to be the dark, diabolical forces that oppose us. They are the yin to our yang, the Joker to our Batman, the demon to our angel, the insurgence to our freedom, the oil to our water, the club to our baby seal. Their happiness occurs only in direct conflict with everything that is pure and good in this world.
-Dirk
-Dirk