ORG Weekly Discussion #1 - Recent Reds' Draft Picks

Congratulations to Patrick Bateman for the following post:

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Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman

The biggest thing that stands out at me is, whatever scout that was chief on the Jeff Gelalich train, I sincerely hope is not heavily involved in the process anymore.

Every single other pick I understood the reasoning behind, to some degree. I didn’t necessarily agree with them, but I understood them.

The other thing that stands out from reviewing the list is that the organization doesn’t need to have the philosophy of never trading any of these prospects. Obviously the payoff from waiting on certain players can be huge, but many of them were highly ranked at various points while struggling to produce in many ways, and many have have not improved enough to shake those issues (Travieso, Stephenson, Ervin, Stubbs). The internal talent evaluation doesn’t need to stop at the time of draft day, and there could be some benefit derived through trade if the reds get to know these guys early and cash in ahead of the curve. It worked in the one instance from the players traded from this list (as prospects).

As for the draft itself, I would suggest that excepting especially special talents the reds have faired better with the college picks. The reds developmental program has been poor for pitchers, and reducing the developmental time to the majors has appeared to bear more fruit.


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I will post the next discussion topic later today. Thank you to all participants!

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Originally Posted by Plus Plus

Congratulations to Patrick Bateman for the following post:



A Reds Hat with a link to this post has been added to your signature as a trophy!

I will post the next discussion topic later today. Thank you to all participants!

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Congrats to Bateman.

The rest of us gets a box of Rica-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat.

Was hoping you guys would change it from "Redszone" to "BatemanZone" if I won, but I will take what I can get!

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Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman

Was hoping you guys would change it from "Redszone" to "BatemanZone" if I won, but I will take what I can get!

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You should sell the hat now-its value will never be higher.