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Hutman Major Leaguer

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I'm getting the sinking feeling that this draft will be discussed in the future as Jordan's worst.

Sorry I'm getting a little annoyed at all of the naysayers. We have no idea who these guys are. Jordan and team have earned the right to pick whom they deem the best available players, not Baseball America, ESPN, or any of us have invested the time and hours into preparing that these guys have. Lets wait and see what nuggets he finds.

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UpstateNYfan Veteran All-Star

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How can anyone get excited about this stuff other than the player and his family? I admit I know nothing about these choices, but, the description of some of these players sounds terrible...Tommy John surgery, 12 HR's. Seems like there must be better quality out there. Hadn't Jordan said there was some depth and good early round picks after the first couple?

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The level of panic today is funny. Guys we won't know if this is good or bad for years. Baseball America won't know for years, other scouts won't know for years. I'm just excited that once this is over we will have new guys to cheer for.

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The level of panic today is funny. Guys we won't know if this is good or bad for years. Baseball America won't know for years, other scouts won't know for years. I'm just excited that once this is over we will have new guys to cheer for.

All true. But there's little upside to many of these picks, as opposed to Avery, Bundy or Hoes last year. I like our second and third round picks this year, but otherwise this looks more "daft" than "draft."

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Sorry I'm getting a little annoyed at all of the naysayers. We have no idea who these guys are. Jordan and team have earned the right to pick whom they deem the best available players, not Baseball America, ESPN, or any of us have invested the time and hours into preparing that these guys have. Lets wait and see what nuggets he finds.

Agreed, but I kind of look at it as not understanding why Jordan is taking guys who aren't highly ranked and more nationally known. Hobgood is understandable, he was scouted heavily.

However, when it gets to the lower rounds, its harder to understand. A guy like Malm, for example, apparently is headed to college which made his stock take a hit.

I don't view it as naysayers...we just don't have all the facts. But Jordan does and I'm sure he has his reasons for picking guys where he does.

It's not the end of the world. I'm looking forward to seeing what Jordan has to say later on today about todays draft.

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I don't know, that 2006 draft is looking pretty bad unless Britton develops into a good SP.

Eh, I don't know. Certainly a lot depends on Rowell, but I'm still high on Adams, and you mentioned Britton. Beato seems to still have some potential, and Blake Davis and Berken might be able to be role players on an ML team. If Rowell does indeed bust it's not a great draft by any means, but I don't think I'd call it a bad one.

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Sorry I'm getting a little annoyed at all of the naysayers. We have no idea who these guys are. Jordan and team have earned the right to pick whom they deem the best available players, not Baseball America, ESPN, or any of us have invested the time and hours into preparing that these guys have. Lets wait and see what nuggets he finds.

amen brother

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All true. But there's little upside to many of these picks, as opposed to Avery, Bundy or Hoes last year. I like our second and third round picks this year, but otherwise this looks more "daft" than "draft."

Well, the 3 players you mentioned were the 2nd, 3rd and 8th round pick. Basically, you're saying you don't like our 8th compared to last year...

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