All true, but the risk involved in signing a kid like Yorman is just cash. The risk with drafting a player like him high in the first round is much higher, the price might be similar but the opportunity cost is way higher. I like what the Reds have done this year, taking some "sure things" (Alonso, Zach Stewart) in the draft while also picking up some toolsy potential stars like Duran and Rodriguez. I LOVE the new plan of sliding some money into the minor league system.
Perhaps the money being spent on Rodriguez is coming out of the budget allocated to pursuing Inoa. Once we capped out, we turned our attention to the next guy on the list.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Where would Duran have ranked on this list?
"Once-in-XXXX" is probably my biggest sports pet peeve. (I know it's not your quote OBM) It seems like there's a once in a decade player every single year.
Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz. 6 HOF pitchers who all pitched in the same 2 decade time frame. Now we've Johan Santana, CC Sabathia, Brandon Webb, Felix Hernandez, etc.
It is almost always a gross overstatement.
Last edited by RedsManRick; 06-27-2008 at 06:21 PM.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
One other thing. I remember a quote from Mario Soto saying that Duran was expected to get around five millions dollar in July but the Reds were able to get him for two million since they found a loophole in the rules and were able to sign him earlier. That huge money figure alone tells you how highly thought of Duran was.
That's a great move. It gives us another top 10 prospect, and a guy who would have been a first round pick. If the Reds get Iona too, which is a very big longshot, they would establish themselves as the new, and very rich kid in town down there.
How do you even create a top 10 prospect list with Yorman, if true, and Duran along with the other guys.
in no order:
Alonso(if signed)
Fraizer
Yorman
Duran
Mez
Stubbs
Valaika
Stewart
Roenicke
Lotzkar
Cumberland
Wood
Fransisco
Waring
Rosales
Maloney
etc...
it goes on and on and on with prospects any team would LOVE to have....and maybe even Iona!!!!
How long before this guy can suit up for the DSL or VSL Reds?
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Sure a wildly swinging 16 yr old is a big risk but I think the greater risk is the 93 MPH throwing 16 yr old (Inoa) .
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