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  1. 06-06-2011 07:26 PM #1
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    What the!???

    Chris Smith part 2 while leaving the polished college bats on the board.

    What are you doing Joe Jordan?! The organization has enough young pitching!

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  2. 06-06-2011 07:28 PM #2
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    Uh what are YOU doing starting a new thread after every pick when theres already a thread up...
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    Quote Originally Posted by orioles119 View Post
    Chris Smith part 2 while leaving the polished college bats on the board.

    What are you doing Joe Jordan?! The organization has enough young pitching!

    You're unhappy with the O's drafting the guy who is generally regarded to have the best arm in the draft?
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    Well, I can stop making the threads now that the Orioles have struck out in the 1st round again.
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  5. 06-06-2011 07:29 PM #5
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    I'm for Bundy. Apparently teams are very worried about Rendon's shoulder, and his potential injury risk.
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    Well, considering that the organization doesn't really have any offensive powers in the minors besides Machado, then maybe they should have want with offense. Especially since Rendon was STILL on the board.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RyanW View Post
    I'm for Bundy. Apparently teams are very worried about Rendon's shoulder, and his potential injury risk.
    Medicals do not support at 5 + pick. Look for him to go 8 or 9
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    Polished college bats, plural? What are you talking about?
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    And you dont find it at all concerning that the "top player in the draft" has now fallen out of the top 5? Obviously the medical reports are not positive on Rendon. How can you complain about possibly the best arm in the draft?
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    You must not be paying attention if you think Bundy is a bad pick.

    I don't know much about the draft and even I know he's the best HS pitcher.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrivateO View Post
    You must not be paying attention if you think Bundy is a bad pick.

    I don't know much about the draft and even I know he's the best HS pitcher.
    I just see "High School" and think... when will he contribute at the ML level? A pitcher no doubt too...
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    Quote Originally Posted by orioles119 View Post
    I just see "High School" and think... when will he contribute at the ML level? A pitcher no doubt too...
    Somewhere, Billy Beane is laughing at us. (Sorry, I just read Moneyball again). That being said, I like the pick. I wanted Rendon too but Bundy looks good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by orioles119 View Post
    I just see "High School" and think... when will he contribute at the ML level? A pitcher no doubt too...
    2013/2014. Hes supposed to move quick.
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    The problem here is that Rendon was so hyped a year ago that people recognize his name over others and, consequently, feel he is still the same top prospect he was a year ago. Overall, you take the best player on the board. You can argue it was Bundy or Rendon. The position does not matter. There is no way to guarantee that a few years down the road we will still be as offensively deprived as we are now.

    All in all it was a question of whether the O's valued the lesser experience of a high schooler and the risks that went along with it or the injury risk of Rendon. Either is risky!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jamalshw View Post
    The problem here is that Rendon was so hyped a year ago that people recognize his name over others and, consequently, feel he is still the same top prospect he was a year ago. Overall, you take the best player on the board. You can argue it was Bundy or Rendon. The position does not matter. There is no way to guarantee that a few years down the road we will still be as offensively deprived as we are now.

    All in all it was a question of whether the O's valued the lesser experience of a high schooler and the risks that went along with it or the injury risk of Rendon. Either is risky!
    Not only this, but I don't trust the developmental history of the Orioles organization when it comes to high school products. Billy Rowell comes to mind.
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