I'm not arguing to never take a pitcher, and perhaps you didn't mean that I suggested it. I would love to have drafted Appel, for example, and we see how that appears to have worked out. I would certainly suggest that in this particular case, it worked out better not to have done so. Tough luck for Prior and the Cubs, no question. Whether that is good luck for the Twins, or good luck in avoiding bad luck...above my philosophy pay grade. Perhaps the second installment of the series will argue that the Twins would still have been better off to pick Prior. I am looking forward to reading it.