argystokes
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| Quote (The Wayward Hammer @ Jan. 25 2008,19:18) | | Quote | | Swisher is clearly a good major leaguer and Teahen is well on his way |
I am a Royals fan and I think Teahan will, most sadly, not be a quality outfielder. Not enough power for the corner spots.
Swisher looks very good, I must admit. Perhaps I am colored by their sheer number of first round picks. Maybe it would have cost too much to take all "normal" first round picks. Time will tell.
And thanks for Meche. Really. |
The way to rebuild the Royals is definitely spending 12 million on average pitchers. Good thing the M's didn't do that with Carlos Silva... oh. Blanton was part of the Moneyball draft, too. But he and Swisher had scouts all over them too, if I recall. It was the second rounders/sandwich picks that were all stat-based. And all busted, so I think your point stands.
I think scouting probably becomes less important once evaluating big leaguers (as long as you pay attention to injuries). If you're there, you've got talent.
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