We know.Originally Posted by icehole3
I would like to see the Reds draft 5 pitchers in the first 6 rounds all hard throwers
We know.I would like to see the Reds draft 5 pitchers in the first 6 rounds all hard throwers
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Sounds like exactly the type of pick I am hoping for. I've had no time lately to catch up on the prospects so I will be relying on you guys for the 411, thanks RLJ.
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Because I'm capable of following the draft at work because I own the business and I generally don't have anyone in the office anyway, I was sorry to see that the draft starts this evening. That said, my wife asked before I left for work, "we don't have anything on the calendar tonight, do we?" to which I replied, "the baseball draft is tonight." Now I have it on the radar that counts!
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I think if I told my wife that I would get "I hate baseball."
Oh I would never get that. She takes umbrage when folks ask her, "did you become a baseball fan because you married Redsmetz." Her father would come back and haunt her to boot.
Yesterday we went for a walk down at the riverfront and stopped at the Lager House to watch some of the game. She even said to me, "aren't you glad you married a baseball fan."
Now she could care less about the draft. She'll care when they make the team and she has to learn their name. And all three of our kids are baseball fans.
I'm sure your wife has other qualities, right?
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Ha- I had the exact same conversation this morning!
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My wife never was a baseball fan other than enjoying going to games. She likes to go to the game but when I listen to it or watch it on TV it starts to annoy her. When I have the game on she will turn to the dog and say "Baseball's on again!"Oh I would never get that. She takes umbrage when folks ask her, "did you become a baseball fan because you married Redsmetz." Her father would come back and haunt her to boot.
Yesterday we went for a walk down at the riverfront and stopped at the Lager House to watch some of the game. She even said to me, "aren't you glad you married a baseball fan."
Now she could care less about the draft. She'll care when they make the team and she has to learn their name. And all three of our kids are baseball fans.
I'm sure your wife has other qualities, right?
She isn't a native Cincinnatian and really doesn't care until the playoffs begin to start. She enjoys it when the whole city gets wrapped up in the Reds or the Bengals for that matter. But other than that its just dead air and she would rather watch the WE channel.
Too many teams are going to be reaching for that "surefire ace" in the first round. That's been the trend as of late... even Anthony Rendon fell to 6th in last year's draft due to pitching fever. Our system has lots of arms with potential... I'd take a college arm with one of our supplemental picks and fill out the rest of rounds 1-2 with a variety of position players.
Rendon fell because he was injured and wasn't performing on par with what was expected of him.
Ah, I'd forgotten about the injury. Still, he seems to have emerged as a fine selection by the Nationals, and I still feel a hitter fits our needs best at this point in time, even though I wouldn't reach at all for one.
I'm hoping for that 3b out of Clemson. Not sure about Pischotti, he strikes me as a Dave Magadan type. Of course, if Marerro falls...
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Why were you talking to my wife this morning?
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She is pretty cute...
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I'd prefer Shaffer too, Dan. That's my real hope but most have Cleveland grabbing him after us. Who really knows though. When do the mock picks get it right?
In recent memory, some guys have nailed us taking Stubbs, Mesoraco, Alonso and Stephenson.... so they haven't been terrible.
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