A Day Late And $8m Short: the 2006 Draft Thread

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Hochevar doesn't sign with the Dodgers last year and then goes first. Miller drops to sixth and the Tigers snatch him. The A's pick high schoolers! Who did well? Who picked the inexplicable? Is there anything to talk about here or do we wait three years to see how this one panned out?

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

The A's have been picking highschoolers for a couple of years now ... Beane has found some undervalued qualities in high schoolers, but he's not saying what they are.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

the brewers took a guy named brent brewer: MARKETING GOLD I SAY

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

Its kind of sad when the Dodgers wont pony up an extra $1MM to a Boras client and the party who comes in to pick up after the mess is KANSAS CITY.

The thing with the draft is that you can always speculate who did well, but you'll never really know for three freakin years.

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

I think the J's did the high school thing too.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah the general consensus is that Boras and KC won and LA lost big time.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know much about the A's picks (who does really other than scouts/people who follow this sort of thing religiously) but A's seem to have been very high on high school arms esp. lately. General BP consensus seems to be that they are no more or less risky these days than college arms so I am guessing that has something to do with it.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

Not Beane needs BP's help to identify these things obv.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

haha, the Mets' pick's Myspace page is "great." (see CSTB) Should be down within the day.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

i only know that the o's number one hit bombs on to the roof of rfk and the roof of yankee stadium during workouts earlier this year...and he's 17.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

I read some stuff about Hochevar's stats in college that indicate he might not be all that, but I think LA's decision was mostly based on stiffing Boras more than anything and not trying to sign anymore of his clients, which Im okay with.

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

Whoops:

SEATTLE -- Picking up a phone to answer a call from the Seattle Mariners, highly regarded pitcher Brandon Morrow suffered an injury to his pitching elbow Tuesday that may have to be repaired by "Tommy John" ligament replacement surgery.

― scrimhaw1837 (son_of_scrimshaw), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

joek

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

The Mariners announced that they've signed Morrow, the 5th pick. Has Miller been signed yet?

― jergins (jergins), Friday, 16 June 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

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