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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
The obvious pick instead of Hochevar should have been Longoria.
He was the consensus top position player in the draft, and, as history has demonstrated, going with a position player instead of a pitcher at 1/1 is the far better move.
But he wasn't even on the radar because of Gordon, which is completely ****ing stupid because Alex projected as a first baseman, too. Draft the bat, worry about where the bat plays later.
Anyway, coulda, shoulda, woulda.
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Taking Hochever over Longoria and not taking Wieters are the two that I have serious issues with at this point (and did at the time). Any other complaints would be hindsight. The Hochever pick was just a bad pick, period. A lot of people felt that way at the time.
There may have been issues other than money at play with Wieters, but still disappointed we didn't take a guy with his combination of positional need, track record and upside.