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1. frannyzoo Posted: September 15, 2007 at 05:32 AM (#2525703)And trust me, the Pirates know all about being "counterproductive to the process".
A lawyer from the commissioner's office? I probably missed a great thread bashing this hire, but is someone from the financial side of the game really what the Pirates need to turn around their substandard baseball operation? Even Buck Martinez hates this hire, and he's senile. Isn't Coonelly a Selig lapdog?
I like this initial description of one of the candidates. It makes it sound like he simply won a contest to be interviewed for the job.
Actually, I get the distinct impression that Pirates fans here would prefer such a contest to decide the GM than relying on the decision of Coonelly.
I can confirm that this is true. Lacava also was behind the Adam Lind pick, and he gets partial credit on Shaun Marcum (with the area scout and one cross-checker) and Casey Janssen (with the first-year area scout, although I'd characterize Lacava as the main patron there).
Keith
In general terms could you expand on the interactions between area scouts, crosscheckers and those higher up the food chain when it comes to specific picks? How deep into the draft are crosscheckers even getting good looks at players, ie after rd x the pick is almost exclusively on the area scouts recommendation.
LaCava was the Director of Player Personnel for part of his time in Toronto. I always thought that was more an inward focused job on the players already within the organization rather than an outward looking job taking in amatuer talent evalaution as well. Was LaCava sent out on special assignment trips to look at specific players that were being considered for early round selections (I believe those players were selected in the first 4 rounds).
Thanks.
As to your other question, it depends on the team, really. When we were only taking college guys per Ricciardi's edict, we typically were still taking guys who'd been cross-checked in the 8th-10th rounds, and occasionally beyond that. I think that's deeper than a team that considers the entire talent pool will get with its cross-checkers. Cross-checkers often try to get extra looks at potential picks for round 1 and 1A, and maybe round 2, rather than getting first looks at players who won't go before, say, round 8. Your draft study and Rany's both seem to support that approach - value within a draft drops extremely quickly, so concentrating senior scouting resources on top players would make sense.
It's true that Coonelly took a beating. But, he's said and done all the right things so far. His actions have been rational. And he communicates clearly and effectively with his audience. These are all massive improvements over the previous regime.
If he only hadn't been Selig's labor goon....
That's interesting and I guess supports an old Rob Neyer notion in support of the A's then college only approach, that if you limit yourself to one segment of the talent pool you have a chance to scout that segment in much greater depth.
I still don't agree with it - and off the top of my head the Jays didn't get much out of those extra looks from rds 5-10 in those years - but that is interesting to know.
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