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#1 - 18 Y/O

Event

Season Height Weight OV RA GL AS AA PC DU HE SP PA TP MK
Current - 6-4 182 57 48 5 32 57 12 26 92 0 42 64 76
Projected - 6-5 190 80 60 9 43 99 17 29 98 0 65 64 89

Event Season CN PW LH RH BE BR BU PP ST CT LH RH VE GB P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Current - 16 3 10 15 14 7 53 64 75 59 52 41 32 68 68 57 41 42 0
Projected - 29 4 14 25 19 15 94 74 92 92 78 56 36 82 86 73 55 64 0

 #2 - 18 Y/O

Event Season Height Weight OV RA GL AS AA PC DU HE SP PA TP MK
Current - 6-0 203 52 38 18 29 33 6 24 90 4 28 37 76
Projected - 6-3 216 79 48 28 38 57 13 26 97 4 40 33 83

Event Season CN PW LH RH BE BR BU PP ST CT LH RH VE GB P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Current - 8 4 19 8 21 8 30 93 64 51 47 42 31 66 68 55 44 0 0
Projected - 14 4 31 17 29 15 51 97 84 79 73 79 36 82 85 68 69 0 0

 #3 - 18 Y/O

Event Season Height Weight OV RA GL AS AA PC DU HE SP PA TP MK
Current - 6-2 180 49 25 10 67 52 16 29 56 51 54 60 86
Projected - 6-2 192 78 29 13 79 82 26 36 59 51 71 60 97

Event Season CN PW LH RH BE BR BU PP ST CT LH RH VE GB P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Current - 12 6 10 11 22 12 43 65 60 49 33 42 68 57 60 63 38 25 0
Projected - 22 9 18 19 27 16 79 72 79 85 56 72 82 68 75 77 59 46 0

 #4 - 18 Y/O

Event Season Height Weight OV RA GL AS AA PC DU HE SP PA TP MK
Current - 6-2 178 53 35 5 15 32 18 26 89 32 25 37 85
Projected - 6-3 193 76 45 7 16 54 33 29 100 32 30 37

100

Event Season CN PW LH RH BE BR BU PP ST CT LH RH VE GB P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Current - 18 1 24 13 22 14 33 59 67 64 35 52 39 41 65 67 35 33 17
Projected - 29 1 38 16 32 23 56 70 88 88 52 74 46 50 86 85 48 53 28

#5 - 20 Y/O

Event Season Height Weight OV RA GL AS AA PC DU HE SP PA TP MK
Current - 6-1 196 62 52 28 59 70 0 18 67 40 52 21 74
Projected - 6-1 217 81 52 51 59 100 7 19 92 43 54 21 85

Event Season CN PW LH RH BE BR BU PP ST CT LH RH VE GB P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Current - 14 0 17 23 10 9 47 77 65 58 60 65 81 70 72 68 51 26 0
Projected - 20 7 17 25 10 21 71 67 67 80 78 89 97 71 89 68 76 37 0


I like #5 the best except for his low durability
2/24/2014 8:57 AM
I think #5 is your best bet.
2/24/2014 9:56 AM
Draft a guy that won't sign.....
2/24/2014 12:49 PM
#5, easily.  He projects as a solid SP2, which is not wonderful for the #1 pick but better than the other 4.
2/24/2014 2:08 PM
Do you have nothing invested in scouting??

If these are really the 5 best options for a #1 overall pick, I have to agree with willsauve.

If for some reason you've *got* to take one of them, go #5, but ouch.
2/24/2014 3:29 PM
I had $18mil in HS Scouting and $4mil in College Scouting
2/24/2014 3:59 PM
Posted by nyaggie98 on 2/24/2014 3:59:00 PM (view original):
I had $18mil in HS Scouting and $4mil in College Scouting
That's actually a bit distressing, because #5 - who clearly has the most talent of the bunch - is the only one covered by the low college scouting.

Are there really no top bats available?

I can understand being short and pitching and feeling the need to fill that hole, but taking a future #3 SP instead of a stud bat doesn't usually make sense, even in that scenario.
2/24/2014 4:36 PM
I would still probably lean towards the college guy even with the $4M budget, his current ratings don't make his projections look unreachable.  But yeah, there has to be a bat out there.  Take the best bat and trade him for a pitcher if you have no pitching and enough bats.
2/24/2014 4:42 PM

to me, the specific answer to a "who should I draft?" question normally starts and ends with "whoever you like". The more general explanation (from a pure baseball standpoint rather than a WIS standpoint) is a conceptual understanding of what positions/player type hierarchy you want to target. I base my hierarchy on scarcity and marginal advantage.
My pyramid is:  #1- always start with having as much dominant starting pitching as possible, #2- gold glove+silver slugger 5-tool SS, #3 gold glove CF with power+speed, #4 gold glove 2B with power+speed, #5- dominant relief pitching, #6- toolsy on-base/power/defense/(+speed?) combination catcher, #6 strong-armed + plus-glove offensive 3B, #7 power-hitting 1B, #8 power-hitting RF with strong-arm, #9 power-hitting LF
Out of your 5 examples, none of them necessarily fit the bill for any of those prototypes, so the answer, for me, would revert to whoever comes the closest to my positional ideal; and because none of them suit my fancies I would just say to myself pick whoever you like because no matter what you probably won't be too happy

2/26/2014 2:07 AM
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