Poll: BPA

[ChaosLex]

When the O's draft, let's say that the BPA (aka: best player available) is a push between a hitter and a pitcher. Who would you draft?

[crawdad]

When the O's draft, let's say that the BPA (aka: best player available) is a push between a hitter and a pitcher. Who would you draft?

If two players rate out the same when you consider talent, skill level, projection, risk of injury, cost, etc . . . then you select for need.

We need:

infield skill positions>plus plus homerun potential>starting pitching>corner positions>HS catcher

[Stotle]

Not to be difficult, but I honestly can't answer. It depends on at what point in the draft we are, what we've selected so far and who's left on the board.

[crawdad]

Not to be difficult, but I honestly can't answer. It depends on at what point in the draft we are, what we've selected so far and who's left on the board.

Yeah, it is a pretty hard question to answer.

Kind of like asking if you want to have a closet full of shorts or parkas without telling me what the climate is.

[allstar1579]

I can't answer either. Too many variables. Is the pitcher a power pitcher? Are his mechanics clean? Does he have good secondary pitches?

Is the hitter a contact, power, or speed guy? How is the track record? What kind of competition have they faced?

It's really got to be done on a case-by-case evaluation. If you are talking about pick 5, you could say that the only possible situations where the BPA is a batter is if Ackley drops, if Green really tears up the rest of the season, or maybe an outside shot with Davidson. Even then, you are comparing them to a group of pitchers that could include Matzek, Gibson, Purke, Leake, Crow...etc. Lots of varying pros and cons there, so it depends on who you have.

[LookinUp]

In the absense of more information, my philosophy is to err on the side of pitching.

[QBsILLEST1]

To me it depends, it is kind of hard to compare apples to oranges and determine they are equally talented. I personally would find a way to see an advantage in one of the picks. So, without being able to see the pitcher and the hitter, I would be unable to answer myself. Usually I do lean toward the pitcher though.