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Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother
Bullshit. It's part of the exact problem of counting on guys not good enough
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There's a difference between saying Noot shouldn't be a #3 hitter and that he's total dogshit.
You've consistently bashed him to the point I can't delineate between the two.
And he's a perfectly fine above average OF that would be starting for most teams.
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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
I don't disagree with you here, but maybe an organization that routinely produces hyped prospects that disappoint needs to say **** them more often.
It bit him in the ass at times with Dan Haren and Coco Crisp, but Mozeliak has a habit of holding on to pocket fives in a board full of paint before he realizes he should have dumped his hand long ago.
This org used to be able to scout its own players.
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I think the bigger gripe I have with player development or scouting is that they don't take big risks early in the draft. Yes, that can come back to bite them in the ass, but that's how you get great players.
Instead, they're perfectly content taking guys with higher floors and lower ceilings (Hjerpe, Thompson, McGreevy, Wacha, Piscotty, Wisdom would be examples of this philosophy). Having 2-3 WAR players is nice, but the goal should be to acquire players who have a chance at being "stars" (think 5 WAR +) than just acquiring nice complementary players.