QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 04:16 PM)
I seriously hope the White Sox start drafting players that fit the "natural baseball player" mold rather than drafting players who are "athletes".
Look at all the horrible players that were drafted just because they were considered to be good athletes: Brian Anderson, Joe Borchard, Josh Fields, Lance Broadway, etc etc etc.
Just because someone's a good athlete doesn't mean it'll translate to being a natural baseball player.
I'd rather see the Sox drafting more players of the natural baseball player mold, because lets be honest, a player like Mark Buehrle would never have been drafted if the Sox were looking for pure "athletes" when they drafted him.
It looks like the Sox has a better drafting philosphy with the drafting of Beckham and Mitchell, but I'd rather see the Sox abandon the whole "drafting athletes" philosophy overall and start drafting guys who have shown in college baseball to be natural baseball players.
so what yer sayin' is: draft Grindy!!!