The CRISP RYAN and KAILSCH WORBA-approved 2015 Draft Jepstein splooge thread

[PenFoe]

Houston has picks 2 and 5...I wonder if they pick Aiken again. Likely they nab Bregman.

They need Aiken's permission to draft him again, which I think he denied.

Pretty much everything I've seen has Aiken going in the 15-25 range. 

[Slaky]

This thread title still doesn't suck as much as the Travis Wood one which defies logic in 30 different ways.

[SKO]

I'm no baseball draft expert but I feel like drafting a guy already earmarked for the bullpen with a top ten pick seems like it's not the best use of resources when so many closers come from nowhere and have such erratic careers. But if y'all say this Jay fellow is worth it, okay.

[PenFoe]

I'm no baseball draft expert but I feel like drafting a guy already earmarked for the bullpen with a top ten pick seems like it's not the best use of resources when so many closers come from nowhere and have such erratic careers. But if y'all say this Jay fellow is worth it, okay.

I'm with you on not drafting a reliever in the top 10 picks, but I've also read some folks think Jay could transition to a starter in the bigs.

Much like future star Ryan Williams.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I'm no baseball draft expert but I feel like drafting a guy already earmarked for the bullpen with a top ten pick seems like it's not the best use of resources when so many closers come from nowhere and have such erratic careers. But if y'all say this Jay fellow is worth it, okay.

Wasn't Andrew Cashner a closer at TCU? He begat Anthony Rizzo.

DRAFT ALL THE RELIEVERS

[SKO]

I'm no baseball draft expert but I feel like drafting a guy already earmarked for the bullpen with a top ten pick seems like it's not the best use of resources when so many closers come from nowhere and have such erratic careers. But if y'all say this Jay fellow is worth it, okay.

Wasn't Andrew Cashner a closer at TCU? He begat Anthony Rizzo.

DRAFT ALL THE RELIEVERS

I stilll wonder if Lance Dickson's Arm is actually Josh Byrnes. Anthony Rizzo's grow on trees, unlike talented but oft-injured pitchers in the middle of the new deadball era.

[PenFoe]

I'm no baseball draft expert but I feel like drafting a guy already earmarked for the bullpen with a top ten pick seems like it's not the best use of resources when so many closers come from nowhere and have such erratic careers. But if y'all say this Jay fellow is worth it, okay.

Wasn't Andrew Cashner a closer at TCU? He begat Anthony Rizzo.

DRAFT ALL THE RELIEVERS

I stilll wonder if Lance Dickson's Arm is actually Josh Byrnes. Anthony Rizzo's grow on trees, unlike talented but oft-injured pitchers in the middle of the new deadball era.

#NeverForget

[Yeti]

After getting pwnd by Dansby, RV's lovechild is going to Minnesota

[SKO]

Well they took the best available college bat again.  I'm cool with it

[Saul Goodman]

Well they took the best available college bat again.  I'm cool with it

Jay would have been a great story (grew up a Cubs fan, in addition to going to UIUC) but I'm not exactly clamoring to get Andrew Cashner back and they already have Rizzo.  The odds are against a successful transition to starting.  Plus, no one knew who Kyle Schwarber was when they drafted him so I'm with SKO on this one.  The OBP is great, good power numbers, hits from both sides of the plate, I'll take it.  Hopefully he'll be yet another cheap pre-FA position player who frees up money for pitching.

[CBStew]

We can't call them the Happless Cubs.

[flannj]

We can't call them the Happless Cubs.

Rolls eyes, grinds teeth.

(wishes I had thought of that first)

[Saul Goodman]

It's some bullshit that every year the Cardinals get a free high-round pick for allegedly being a small-market team. Last thing the league should be doing is giving them more free picks. Coupled with the strict draft slots (which the Astros used to royally fuck over two kids last year, nice work) and the silly IFA spending caps that hurt the players more than the teams, MLB sure does have stupid, artificial talent restrictions in place. (And on the flip side, the MLBPA is extremely fond of the leverage they can gain by trading away the rights of unrepresented amateurs.)

[Tonker]

It's some bullshit that every year the Cardinals get a free high-round pick for allegedly being a small-market team. Last thing the league should be doing is giving them more free picks. Coupled with the strict draft slots (which the Astros used to royally fuck over two kids last year, nice work) and the silly IFA spending caps that hurt the players more than the teams, MLB sure does have stupid, artificial talent restrictions in place. (And on the flip side, the MLBPA is extremely fond of the leverage they can gain by trading away the rights of unrepresented amateurs.)

I had no idea about this but on further investigation, it appears they don't get an extra pick every year: it's a lottery, and the lottery is weighted according to the previous year's standings.  Nonetheless, it does seem a little odd that they're getting extra help.  Are they any less deserving than, say, Miami, though?  Because fuck Miami for trousering their competitive balance money whilst occasionally blundering ass-backwards into a World Series.  Why should the Tards be penalised for being well-run?  And what the fuck is wrong with me?  Fuck St. Louis.

[Powdered Toast Man]

So, Ian Happ and Donnie Dewees...two of the better bats in the draft. I don't know much about any of these guys other than what I read on websites that say the Cubs nailed it in the first two rounds again. It just looks like the Cubs are hoarding the NCAA's top bats. Looking at their numbers, they hit for average and have amazing OBP's for their college careers. I was a tad bummed that Benentindi was picked so early, but I'm going with the Cubs know what they're doing and these two picks feel very Schwarberish.