Fitting end to the season, meaningless game winning hit drops us 4 spots in the draft

[sundevil04]

a loss today and we would've picked 3rd, a win and we dropped to 7th. One final kick in the nuts.

 

[GatorAZ]

I hate this team sometimes. Should've played the triple A guys,

 

[kps0001]

Meh. We will just trade away whoever we get at that pick anyway...

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Screw the draft until the dust settles. You do not play to lose.

 

[Dback Jon]

I thought of this as well, but baseball first round is such a crap shoot, that 1-10 in most years is interchangeable.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

It's McCown to Poole all over again.

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[Bert]

Yeah I was really hoping to get the #1 pick so we could trade it again, I hear Trevor Cahill is available.

 

[DWKB]

I thought of this as well, but baseball first round is such a crap shoot, that 1-10 in most years is interchangeable.

Of the 52 players selected 3rd overall, 42 played in MLB and totaled 540.6 WAR.
Of the 52 players selected 7th overall, 37 played in MLB and totaled 338.3 WAR.

 

[Dback Jon]

Of the 52 players selected 3rd overall, 42 played in MLB and totaled 540.6 WAR.
Of the 52 players selected 7th overall, 37 played in MLB and totaled 338.3 WAR.

Wow - didn't realize it was that much of a difference. Damn that HR then...

 

[DWKB]

Wow - didn't realize it was that much of a difference. Damn that HR then...

Doesn't mean we can't get lucky and find another Frank Thomas or Clayton Kershaw though.

 

[Dback Jon]

Of course if you can hit on a Prince Fielder or Clayton Kershaw, it's all good

And if you look at last 20 years, the 7th pick averages WAR of 11.37 vs 5.64 for the 3rd pick