MLB Draft Round 16 Last Round
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I think he's going after John Van Benschoten, that good ol 9.2 ERA. He's a keeper. Grab him before someone else does man.
Good grief . . . we thought you were waiting for Yom Kippur before deciding on who to catch for him.
sorry not trying to take up all the time. on a true night schedule right now. just woke up in fact lol
look at the pick right before mine. that’s how it always goes in these. luckily there are plenty of other ideas.
no time to do even a write up. anyway the idea behind the pick is his ability to play multiple positions, and i could potentially get another catcher to face a lefty, and have him for substitutions for any outfielder or first baseman in the same game. best thing about berra is he can do anything, he’s clutch, and one of the all-time winners.
Ichiro was a solid choice. "Players in their prime" . . . indeed. That amazing season the Mariners had. But I would have to consider Yogi a more solid consideration for the purpose. His stamp on multiple world series is WOW.
Sort of a non-consideration perhaps, but I've often wondered how a catcher of Yogi's era would adjust to the modern game, and particularly catching a vertical curve like SK's, with taller batters, taking longer swings, standing as far back in the box as allowed, and often more. Game more integrated, much more speed. Would a catcher of Bera's time be able to adjust (catching deeper in the pitch, off the dirt, blocking successfully)? Or would the passed balls and throws to first pile up too much for them?
the pick before me was ryan. blocking successfully will be hard to argue since as things were he rarely made errors. btw the most effective pitchers he caught for had lots of breaking stuff. and one of them of note had a 12-6.
I’ll take a multi time MVP that would have had well over 700 home runs had injury’s not plagued him, and I get him in his prime. He still had over 500 for his career, and a career average of over .300. Give me one of my favorite baseball players of all time, the big hurt, Frank Thomas. He and Barry will be lethal in that 3/4 slot.
He doesn't seem so scary in those Nugenix commercials.. bad pick! LOL
I think those guys could catch today. Pitchers have been hitting 90+ mph forever so they should be accustomed to handling the velocity. They saw plenty of breaking balls, as well. They may need a little time to adjust to certain pitches & movement but Yogi Berra, for example, still had elite reflexes & coordination & would be good to go after a bullpen session or 2, IMO.
they say he was an underrated athlete because of all the things you mentioned. he’s still the best catcher in yankee history by far, winning 3 mvp’s. that as much as anything shows how good he was. he’s also quoted as being casey stengel’s favorite player. not a bad compliment.
While I do like the pick, may I say God bless you for A) not taking a pitcher and
B.) taking a position I am locked at.
I feel like there’s lot of guys left that can belt 40-50 homers but not as many top tier dominating starters that can keep their ERA under 2 for a year.
So I’m taking 2.
Grover Cleveland Alexander and Clayton Kershaw. @drcats2013 back to you sir.
So I’m taking 2.
Grover Cleveland Alexander and Clayton Kershaw. @drcats2013 back to you sir.
I wish there were a 4 time cy young award winner, and 2 time World Series winner left for me to draft. Oh wait, there is. Give me Steve Carlton
@hotelblue you’re back up
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See you guys in like 3 days lol
Solid . . . could have gone long ago, before Seaver even.
Think I’m getting a big steal here. Undisputed best player of his generation, already 3 MVPs at just 28. Who knows how many he will get? Certainly may end up in the GOAT discussion someday.
Mike Trout
Mike Trout
I already have a guy who can play RF, but I just can’t pass up one of the best pure hitters ever. Only 434 strikeouts in 10,232 plate appearances. Tony Gwynn. @jcrow10
