tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post9098630467866208482..comments2024-01-23T08:03:30.875-05:00Comments on The Southpaw: On the Dotted LineThe Southpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-67246578344171660802011-08-16T22:45:00.465-04:002011-08-16T22:45:00.465-04:00Was Boras Matt Harrington's advisor at some po...Was Boras Matt Harrington's advisor at some point? I seem to recollect reading that a while back...mathesondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05841079316846305593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-65472538389480241792011-08-16T14:03:16.194-04:002011-08-16T14:03:16.194-04:00prediction - the next time you see Beede Scott Bor...prediction - the next time you see Beede Scott Boras will be his "adviser"The Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-23703990548975973542011-08-16T13:34:32.438-04:002011-08-16T13:34:32.438-04:00Tammy - BRILLIANT observations - as ALWAYS!
A few...Tammy - BRILLIANT observations - as ALWAYS!<br /><br />A few thoughts of my own - if I may...<br /><br />Beede - He shoulda, coulda blinked. However, at 18 I would have signed a life time contract for $10,000 a year - shows what I know. We get the 22nd pick in what will be a "lesser" depth draft in 2012. However, even ALL THE WAY DOWN to the 22nd overall pick there should be at least some guy that can chew bubblegum and tie his own shoelaces - surely...<br /><br />Anderson - very serious POP. Jay's scouts must be convinced it will show in play - not just batting practice. <br /><br />Musgrove - a HS McGuire? Not so bad.<br /><br />Dwight Smith JR. Possible the best HS "hit" tool in the draft. Power a little soft for a corner OFer - but - we'll see.<br /><br />Comer - We NEEDED two of Beede/Norris/Comer - we got them. Comer MAY end up being Beede - he played VERY LITTLE in 2011 and this is a Scout's pick. I trust our scouts.<br /><br />Norris - the consensus BEST LH HS pitcher in the draft - 'nough said.<br /><br />Gabryszwski - Since we got rid of Scrabble he's our "11 letter last named player mandatory replacement" - something in the MLB rules about having guys with long last names. Another Scouts Pick.<br /><br />John (not Chedder but) Stilson - Everyone thinks this is a great pick for a guy with such a screwed up delivery. I expect him to be a lights out closer - and SOON!<br /><br />Robson - Not only a street in Vancouver but a Canadian too. KLaw and I both agree - his mechanics are all screwed up and his results this year are way off. Another Scouts Pick.<br /><br />Chin - didn't sign - pity.<br /><br />DeSclafani - could move fast if kept in the pen.<br /><br />Lopes - a HS guy who's development seems to have paused - had top SS potential - now considered to have OK 2nd potential. Has he got another gear? Lets hope so.<br /><br />Mark Biggs - broke a vertebrae lifting weights - sounds like something Lawrie might do! Another guy that that - when healthy - would have gone much higher.<br /><br />Surez and Garza - two more HS arms that would have been good signs.<br /><br />Andrew Burns - Do you realize this guy didn't even play in 2011? Another very high rist - very high reward guy!<br /><br />Norwood - didn't sign - meh.<br /><br />Matt Dean - WOW - a great pick here! A HS SS who'll play 3rd and has serious pop.<br /><br />Nicholas Wiper - another HS arm that we couldn't sign - the last of the HS arms it would have been very nice to have<br /><br />After this the next 35(ish) guys - some we signed - some we didn't - probably will never be more than filler - if that.<br /><br />I see this draft as not quite as strong as last years (which might have well been our best draft ever) - however - I see five or six (Anderson/Comer/Norris/Stilson/Biggs/Dean) as possibly being SIGNIFICANT prospects going forward. The only one I'm VERY HIGH on - as compared to our existing Top 50(ish) now is Norris - who I see in the Top 15 or so.<br /><br />As to Miller and last nights game - two thoughts - shoot Miller and secondly Thames has now shown in each of the last few games that he has problems on hard hit balls near the wall. His bat however - is a thing of beauty.<br /><br />Now - back to regularly scheduled programming...Mylegacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532592953744479060noreply@blogger.com