2014 BLB Amateur Draft Beginning Tues 11/10

[funclown]

Montalbo and Robideau were both drafted with 5 potential contact.

5 contact is where they ended up.

According to OSA on both counts, at least.

At the time both these guys my scout had a 4 for contact POT. I do pay attention to OSA though from round 3 on and its served us well especially in round 3.

Its also sad I remember what my scout thought about them at the time.

I also use to LOVE eye guys cuz there for a period where the feeders weren't producing them, but it seems since the version change thats been corrected.

[BDub]

Warroom isn't allowing me to add players to the draft list.

I have my anniversary today. So if I can't add anyone, guess you guys will be waiting.

Just trade the pick to me and i'll take care of the rest.

[Z]

Probably another one of my stupid theories, but I always believed contact(1B- Jon Montalbo, Todd Robideau, EX)can be learned where power is something you either have or don't.

Again, I have alot of dumb theories.

Montalbo and Robideau were both drafted with 5 potential contact.

5 contact is where they ended up.

According to OSA on both counts, at least.

I understand what you're saying though.

I think it's mostly just a math and psychology thing.

A player's potential isn't likely to improve more than 1, in rarer cases 2, points in any given category.

When a slugger improves from 4 contact to 5, it sticks in your memory because it often means he makes contact often enough now to hit 30-40 home runs. You remember the guy who puts it together and starts bashing home runs.

When a contact hitter improves from 4 power to 5, it isn't nearly as memorable. Maybe he hits 20 home runs instead of 15.

Another aspect is the sample itself.

Like I said, generally a player is fortunate to gain 1 point in a category.

So think about the player pool.

The power guys who need a contact bump almost all have 4 contact to begin with. That's because 3 contact guys aren't usually considered prospects at all, and 2 contact guys are almost never drafted or given an opportunity to play pro ball. So almost all the guys we think of already have 4 contact and that bump up 1 point from 4 to 5 isn't so unlikely.

The pool of contact guys is completely different. Unlike the power guys, who almost always have at least a 4 in contact, the contact guys very frequently have a 3 or even a 2 in power.

So it's much more unlikely that "contact" players develop meaningful power because they need to add 2 or 3 or 4 or even 5 points to their initial power potential, while "power" players usually only need to add 1 point to their initial contact potential.

[Delandis]

Probably another one of my stupid theories, but I always believed contact(1B- Jon Montalbo, Todd Robideau, EX)can be learned where power is something you either have or don't.

Again, I have alot of dumb theories.

I don't think that's dumb at all.

I believe that to be true as well.

[Carlos]

Warroom isn't allowing me to add players to the draft list.

I have my anniversary today. So if I can't add anyone, guess you guys will be waiting.

[funclown]

Lots of power available in this draft, I'm curious to see if my strategy pays off, I've got my centerpiece already, If i can pull out a few more guys to be around O'Hearn my already deep system could be reaaaaaaally deep

Probably another one of my stupid theories, but I always believed contact(1B- Jon Montalbo, Todd Robideau, EX)can be learned where power is something you either have or don't.

Again, I have alot of dumb theories.

[mike]

Plus a whole bunch of "6" for power guys that should be available in the later rounds.

Lots of power available in this draft, I'm curious to see if my strategy pays off, I've got my centerpiece already, If i can pull out a few more guys to be around O'Hearn my already deep system could be reaaaaaaally deep

[funclown]

And a second!!!

I went through the draft list in its entirety and got a list of over 60 guys. I'm pretty optimistic about getting a few impact prospects in this draft with the plethora of picks I have remaining

Plus a whole bunch of "6" for power guys that should be available in the later rounds.

[mike]

Amigos started with 21 on our list. We are now down to 13 left and we selected one of the 8.

That's either really good or really bad.

Oh, and we also got Nunn.

And a second!!!

I went through the draft list in its entirety and got a list of over 60 guys. I'm pretty optimistic about getting a few impact prospects in this draft with the plethora of picks I have remaining

[Hank]

I was shocked he was still there. My scout like him more so than OSA, but I'm excited to see what he becomes. Pretty far along at this point, he'll debut at Double-A.

My scout didn't even have him in his top 50.
Either he's a genius and saw something in DJ that wasn't good, or he'll be looking for work in the offseason. ;)

[spot]

Amigos started with 21 on our list. We are now down to 13 left and we selected one of the 8.

That's either really good or really bad.

Oh, and we also got Nunn.

[funclown]

Pawtucket goes with "Dave Walker"

My scout thinks he can pretty good though I view him as no more then a #3 starter eventually.

Were also barren right now in the farm with pitchers. Seems like a good time to start building it back up.

[funclown]

Pawtucket will be making its pick in an hour or two.

Stuck on three pitchers right now and not sure which way to swing.

(Which means I probably end up taking a power hitter)

[Carlos]

Power. Switch hitter. Love.

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[Delandis]

And with the 13th pick of the draft the Baltimore Bulldogs select:


D.J. Gosser (1B/DH)
Oklahoma Sooners

-As a sophomore, D.J. took the college baseball world by storm with an amazing season setting single season batting records in runs (71), total bases (187), home runs (30) and RBI (83) on his way to his first NCAA OH Award in 2012. Gosser, while not nearly as spectacular as a junior, was still good enough in 2013 to repeat as the 2013 award winner.

Fast forward to April 2014, the switch hitting slugger just ended a 21 game hit streak and looks to be a major force for the Sooners again in 2014 and hopefully for the Bulldogs, a few years down the line.