Rank the #1 Draft Disappointments

[Redskins Rick]

I missed that. Sorry

[weams]

11 minutes ago, weams said:

Look at this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_draft

Pretty poor draft

Strange draft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_draft

[Ohfan67]

This is almost ancient history now, but that 1999 draft was a doozy for the Orioles. So many misses. 

[Redskins Rick]

Just now, Ohfan67 said:

This is almost ancient history now, but that 1999 draft was a doozy for the Orioles. So many misses. 

Frank Wren was the GM and Tony DeMarcio was the head of the scouting department.

[weams]

15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Cough *Cayden* cough.

You sure that was why? I though money played a part. A lot of better player picked after? He is a champion. 

[weams]

Just now, Redskins Rick said:

Frank Wren was the GM and Tony DeMarcio was the head of the scouting department.

Frank Wren is one of the worst Front Office officials that have been in recent baseball. Jack Zduriencik bad. 

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, weams said:

You sure that was why? I though money played a part. A lot of better player picked after? He is a champion. 

Yes I think they picked for need.  I also think they would have selected him in the second round if they had not forfeited that pick. 

 

[TonySoprano]

Just now, weams said:

Frank Wren is one of the worst Front Office officials that have been in recent baseball. Jack Zduriencik bad. 

Want to rank GMs in the Angelos era?  You get to pick from Duquette, Sweater Vest, Flanagan, Beattie, Thrift, Wren, Gillick, and Hemond.

[weams]

4 minutes ago, TonySoprano said:

Want to rank GMs in the Angelos era?  You get to pick from Duquette, Sweater Vest, Flanagan, Beattie, Thrift, Wren, Gillick, and Hemond.

Wren last. Fanny probably next to last.

[TonySoprano]

6 minutes ago, weams said:

Wren last. Fanny probably next to last.

It's Thrift last, and everyone else ahead of him.
Soprano quick take - 
1. Gillick, 2. Duquette, 3. Sweater Vest, 4. Hemond, 5. Wren, 6. Flanagan, 7. Beattie, 
8. Thrift

[weams]

Just now, TonySoprano said:

It's Thrift last, and everyone else ahead of him.
Soprano quick take - 
1. Gillick, 2. Duquette, 3. Sweater Vest, 4. Hemond, 5. Wren, 6. Flanagan, 7. Beattie,  8. Thrift

Syd was sick. Attended his own firing conference thinking it was a promotion. 

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

How is 18 WAR, 4-time all star, 2-time Gold Glove “almost replacement level?”   Wieters was very good, just not great.    Really, the expectations placed on him came from his 2008 MiL season in A+/AA; he was highly regarded on draft day but not seen the same way as after the ‘08 season.   

In this vein, I'd say Al Kaline is the most disappointing player of all time.  Sure, he ended up in Cooperstown, multiple GGs, batting titles, 22 year career, 3007 hits, and a World Series ring. 

But at age 20 he hit .340, won the batting title and OPS'd .967.  By any reasonable growth pattern he should have been OPSing 1.200 by the time he turned 27.  The New Ty Cobb, yea, whatever.

[Redskins Rick]

21 minutes ago, weams said:

Frank Wren is one of the worst Front Office officials that have been in recent baseball. Jack Zduriencik bad. 

Worse than Fanny and Jim D????????

[weams]

Just now, Redskins Rick said:

Worse than Fanny and Jim D????????

Yes. Snake. Bad man. 

[DrungoHazewood]

29 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

This is almost ancient history now, but that 1999 draft was a doozy for the Orioles. So many misses. 

You can't complain too much about a draft that included Brian Roberts and Erik Bedard.  But then you remember Roberts was their 7th first round pick that year.   Larry Bigbie was by far the best of the first six, and three of them never appeared in the majors.  The first pick, Mike Paradis, had consecutive full seasons at Bowie with identical 6.41 ERAs, and the third year he took it up a level and had a 6.14.  Their 3rd rounder (catcher Jon Kessick) had all of 688 PAs in the low minors before quitting baseball.