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Originally Posted by KCUnited
Is taking a guy a round too early, a high upside pitcher who won't see the field until February, and a Juco pitcher seem like the moves of a GM who's fearing for his job?
I heard Petro bring this up earlier.
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I don't know if they were in a position to draft ANYONE who might help save Dayton's job in the next 3-12 months. Those guys usually are few and far between.
The major league roster, not the current farm system, is going to determine Dayton's fate, probably by draft day 2014, it not sooner. And outside of Ventura and Duffy, there's really no prospect in the minors right now who can help them win games at the ML level by then (and what they really need is bats anyway).
Dayton might as well have drafted like he always planned to. His immediate and short-term concern should be the ML club.