We all have our own plans.
We all have our personal values.
It’s why I trade Anthony
Rizzo for Lucas Giolito. It’s why Crox Sox and I have drafted guys like Carlos
Rodon and Raisel Iglesias with the No. 1 overall picks. It’s why Choo and
Butter do Choo and Butter things.
And it’s also why Jose Quintana, whose average draft position is nearly 60 picks ahead of anyone else in the draft pool, is available in the draft and not Kevin Gausman.
In a decision that came
down to the final 15 minutes, new JLB franchise Monkeys
Never Cramp firmly believes he did not have a brain cramp.
Yes, he’s an Orioles fan,
so you have to know he has some orange-colored glasses on, as he admitted
Monday, but at the same time,
Gausman is healthy and will finally have no limits placed on him.
“I’m probably, outside of
his parents, the biggest believer in Kevin Gausman,” Ryan said Monday.
I retorted with a quick
jab, “Yeah, but his parents would have kept Quintana.”
We shared a laugh and continued
to discuss the perceived values of players.
It is truly funny how all
of us have our own values. It took me some time to completely understand it and
it’s why we now have a free trade market. And after a conversation with the Monkey, I can't say I agree with him 100 percent, but I can see why he made the decision he did.
Like all moves, only time will tell if he is the fool, or we are.
In any case, we have an
exciting draft class this year, and Quintana isn’t the only interesting name out
there. Here a few other random notes from the keeper deadline.
CATCHER AND THE WRY
People must be very
unimpressed with the catchers out there in MLB. Only six were kept this year,
and that includes a prospect and a strange keeping of Mike Zunino.
The other four catchers
are sure-fire keepers: Gary Sanchez, J.T. Realmuto, Wilson Contreras and Buster
Posey.
The projected batting
averages — in order of appearance above — for the four are .286, .281, .281 and
.317.
Zunino’s projection is
.232.
The other catcher kept is
Chance Sisco as the Bombers are taking a … chance … on the rookie.
That leaves a lot of
passable fantasy catchers out there in the draft, and if history holds true, we won’t see
them go early in the draft either.
We’ve reached a point
where unless you have the clear-cut best of the best, you’re better off using
your keepers for players who would be drafted before the catchers go.
It’s likely the reason why
you see a guy like Salvador Perez in the draft for the second year in a row.
MINORS EXPAND
Only two teams — Sex
Panthers and Crox Sox — didn’t keep two minor leaguers, which means they are
the only teams to pick in the 37th overall round. The 38th will be all for
minor leaguers.
Everyone will have to
draft a third minor league eligible player — or have kept one — in order to
fill out the roster. Otherwise, there will be drops needed to be made.
The biggest minor league
question heading into the draft is can the Bombers fill out his system with
sons of major leaguers? Right now, in his two green roster spots, he has Fernando
Tatis, Jr. and Vlad Guerrero, Jr.
My bet is he goes for
Pedro Martinez, Jr., who is a 17-year-old 3B in the Tigers system — and yes, a
son of a Hall of Famer.
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