Comments on: The Prior Draft…Revisited http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/ A Chicago Cubs Blog and Fan Site Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MJ http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16631 MJ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:22:58 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16631 I blame Milton. I blame Milton.

]]> By: sherm http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16630 sherm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:04:20 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16630 Lizzie, they're all "off days" this year Lizzie, they’re all “off days” this year

]]> By: Lizzie http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16629 Lizzie Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:05:33 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16629 Joe, good choice of an off-day topic. :-) Joe, good choice of an off-day topic. :-)

]]> By: Mr. David M. Beyer http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16627 Mr. David M. Beyer Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:49:59 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16627 That's a pretty good draft. The first 5 all making the majors (though not all with the Cubs) has to be considered a success. That’s a pretty good draft. The first 5 all making the majors (though not all with the Cubs) has to be considered a success.

]]> By: cap'n obvious http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16626 cap'n obvious Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:46:59 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16626 thats a pretty decent draft year for the Cubs. Any time you can get 3-4 big league contributors out of a draft year I'd say thats pretty good. No one knew Prior was going to be a bust. His juice abuse would seem to have caused some serious tendon damage. As dominant a college pitcher as I have ever seen. thats a pretty decent draft year for the Cubs. Any time you can get 3-4 big league contributors out of a draft year I’d say thats pretty good. No one knew Prior was going to be a bust. His juice abuse would seem to have caused some serious tendon damage. As dominant a college pitcher as I have ever seen.

]]> By: Seymour Butts http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16624 Seymour Butts Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:12:11 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16624 I'll take a slightly different view (as I am wont to do), and say I think we did reasonably well. Prior should have been the class of the draft, (Joe Mauer was taken ahead of him was he not?), but eventually proved to be soft despite his outward appearance. 26 other clubs also did not pick Dan Haren in the 2nd round. By my count, (could be wrong) there are 4 Cub selections on current ML rosters. Not too bad. A recurring daydream....If I had a time machine, and could go backwards, I could have been the most successful baseball GM ever simply by scanning the draft sheet for recognizable names. The problem is they are mostly recognizable in hind sight. Nice exercise Joe, keep 'em coming. I’ll take a slightly different view (as I am wont to do), and say I think we did reasonably well. Prior should have been the class of the draft, (Joe Mauer was taken ahead of him was he not?), but eventually proved to be soft despite his outward appearance. 26 other clubs also did not pick Dan Haren in the 2nd round. By my count, (could be wrong) there are 4 Cub selections on current ML rosters. Not too bad.
A recurring daydream….If I had a time machine, and could go backwards, I could have been the most successful baseball GM ever simply by scanning the draft sheet for recognizable names. The problem is they are mostly recognizable in hind sight.
Nice exercise Joe, keep ‘em coming.

]]> By: sherm http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16622 sherm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:01:41 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16622 hindsight...blah blah blah... I just remember being very excited to have selected Prior. I thought, as did a handful of others, that he was going to have a long and stellar major league career. Handful = pretty much everyone, everywhere. hindsight…blah blah blah…

I just remember being very excited to have selected Prior. I thought, as did a handful of others, that he was going to have a long and stellar major league career.

Handful = pretty much everyone, everywhere.

]]> By: Joe Aiello http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16619 Joe Aiello Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:36:49 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16619 Agreed Agreed

]]> By: Doc Raker http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2009/09/09/the-prior-draft-revisited/#comment-16617 Doc Raker Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:31:12 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/?p=3910#comment-16617 Ryan Howard in the 5th round, wow. Interesting to see that Geo and Theriot were drafted the same year as Prior. They don't seem like contemporaries since they took such different paths to the bigs. Ryan Howard in the 5th round, wow.

Interesting to see that Geo and Theriot were drafted the same year as Prior. They don’t seem like contemporaries since they took such different paths to the bigs.

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