Comments on: It Could Be Worse; Just Ask the Mariners

By: JP

JP — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:53:42 +0000

#2@Schlom: Am I missing something? Since I now live in Dallas, I have been following the Rangers pretty closely and on the surface your claim that "They (Rangers) have only one player drafted since 2004 that has even played for them and probably most people haven’t even heard of him(Travis Metcalfe)", didn't seem right at all and after doing the research I have found you to be incorrect on this (2 of the guys below, Teagarden and Davis, are recent draft choices that many expect huge things from): *German Duran (2005 draft) * Taylor Teagarden (2005 draft) 15 for 43 (.349) in first mlb taste. * Chris Davis (2006 draft) 284 at bats in 2008 w/ 850+ OPS

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By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:23:43 +0000

#2@Schlom: If I decide to move forward with this, I may need some help. Thanks for asking. #3@Didi: I agree with LynchMob that it would be interesting, but share your concerns about its usefulness. Is a data dump enough? If not, what additional value can be added? I'll need to think on this a little more. Thanks for the feedback, guys.

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By: Didi

Didi — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:10:49 +0000

The Mariners are like the Padres of old. Remember the contract given to Wiki Gonzalez and Kevin Jarvis? Yeah, neither do I.

The draft thing would be cool but what scopes are you looking into? Many of the draftees aren’t going to make the ML just like any other organizations.
Change in organization philosophy over time and depth of talent pools in various years will also determine the success of the drafts.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that it’s not too useful to only list what we have drafted over the years and where the draftees are now without further studies or explanations.

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By: Schlom

Schlom — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:46:14 +0000

I like the draft idea — would you need help or would you do it all yourself?

I’m sure looking at the Padres draft would be pretty ugly — look at how poorly the Rangers have done, especially lately. They have only one player drafted since 2004 that has even played for them and probably most people haven’t even heard of him(Travis Metcalfe).

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:49:36 +0000

re: quick survey of the Padres’ last 10 drafts ... VERY interesting ... and will provide a foundation for us to watch to see if post-Bush era blossoms as we are hoping.

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