2013 Draft

[kab21]

when did this argument ever turn into BPA = best batter available. that's not true at all. Close to half of the drafts back to 2000 have a pitcher as the 1A or 1B BPA (Prior, Verlander, Price, Strasburg and 2011). Last year the 6 best available players included 3 batters and 3 pitchers. This year Appel definitely falls into the top 5 talent wise and I'm hoping they take him regardless of Boras.

 

The point is that you need to take what is available in a draft and you can't lock into taking a certain position in a draft especially 9 months before the draft.

[old nurse]

when did this argument ever turn into BPA = best batter available. that's not true at all. Close to half of the drafts back to 2000 have a pitcher as the 1A or 1B BPA (Prior, Verlander, Price, Strasburg and 2011). Last year the 6 best available players included 3 batters and 3 pitchers. This year Appel definitely falls into the top 5 talent wise and I'm hoping they take him regardless of Boras.

 

The point is that you need to take what is available in a draft and you can't lock into taking a certain position in a draft especially 9 months before the draft.

 

9 months from now, if Appel is the third best player available, the Twins will take him. Last year they thought Buxton was better than Apple. There is a likelihood of one of the top two teams doing something out of the box with their pick unless the second coming of Strasberg, Harper and Price magically appear. That is why I think the Twins will get the third best player regardless of position. The argument against college pitchers is the abuse college coaches do to top pitchers. Perhaps drafting someone like Gonsalves or Holton, pitchers coming out of high school, would be a better idea.