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Old 11-18-2017, 09:50 PM   #75
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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho View Post
Actually, they are:

Pratto (17)
N/A (16)
Russell (15)
Watson (15)
Finnegan (14)
Griffin (14)
Chase Vallot (14)
Dozier (13)
Manaea (13)

That's actually 8 players. Two of them are awful, awful picks. Two of them were home run picks that helped secure a WS title and another AL pennant (Finnegan and Manaea). Several are still TBD (Dozier, Griffin, Pratto, Vallot).

I've said in the past I don't think the Royals adjusted well to the changes in the draft post 2011, with the hard slotting.

The 13, 14, 16, and 17 drafts are actually solid to really good when you look at them in context and complete. While it's easy to say "Look at the first round picks!" and get impatient with the results, that's not the way baseball works.

Looking back at the more recent draft, it actually gives me confidence they'll do well with the picks that are coming.
I don’t want to argue with you about the Royals because nobody can win an argument with you in this setting. You are definitely the resident expert.

Your correction doesn’t make me more confident in our ability to reach the highest levels again. But it does show how good GMDM is at making trades. I’ll always remember and love GMDM for ‘15; I do wish he was much better in the drafts but as you point out he has made some great trades.

Now if we could forget Ian and some of the recent disaster signings we’d all be happy.
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