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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Pete Kozma wasn’t considered to be a “sexy” pick at the time he was drafted. A lot of different media outlets said that while he had solid tools across the board, other then power, he possessed no real standout tool. Yet so far Pete has been played extremely well. Are you surprised at how well Pete’s performed early?
If we wanted a “sexy” pick, we would read Baseball America, read Keith Law’s articles, and pick based on their opinions. But we don’t, and neither do any other clubs, because while the journalists are doing a good job of expressing their opinions based on the information they have, we have to live and die with our selections and the future of the organization is impacted by these picks. If the journalist is wrong, he just admits it (maybe) and keeps writing about the next guy or the next draft. They will still sell papers or get eyeballs. If we are wrong, we’ve missed a huge opportunity to make our organization better, and nobody wants to do that.
Pete’s performance is not a surprise to me or to our scouts. I’m happy he is doing well and I sure hope and expect he will keep it up. I know he will have his rough patches as he goes through our system, everybody except Albert does. By the way, a player with average tools across the board who plays a premium position is incredibly valuable! When we as scouts say “average”, we mean average at the major league level. Theoretically, he would be in the top 15 shortstops at the major league level if that were true. Those players get paid well because they are so valuable.
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Why would he have to "hope" he does well in the future since his current performance is not a surprise at all? ;)
Otoh, I completely agree with this:
And think that plays a big part in the way college infielders tend to be mid to late rd sleepers. Scouts may do a decent job of evaluating their skills, but don't appreciate how valuable a solid and cheap player can be even if he doesn't fit the toolsy profile.
And think that plays a big part in the way college infielders tend to be mid to late rd sleepers. Scouts may do a decent job of evaluating their skills, but don't appreciate how valuable a solid and cheap player can be even if he doesn't fit the toolsy profile.
Did you write up a study on this somewhere? I seem to recall you mentioning it before but I can't find it when I search around the internets. Any link?
No, but I hope to before the draft.
Sox were babies complaining about a trip to Japan.
It's typical. I talked to an assistant SD the other day who'd been home one day in the last 30. I was on a flight yesterday morning with three other guys going from ATL to STL, and we were all flying out in different directions last night too.
I can't tell you how sad this makes me.
I even bolded my little lame joke.
You know... to Jupiter as in the planet!
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