http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/c...ox-draft-review

In summation:

 

'09 - Has potential to be very good.

'08 - Slayerific with extra goodness in Huddy, D2, and Morel.

'07 - Not wonderful, but Poreda helped nab Peavy.

'06 - Sucked.

We should just always draft the way we did in 08.

We should just always draft the way we did in 08.

 

Suck the year before so we get a high pick?

I love the Laumann-Bell approach to drafting, and hope that it continues to yield solid results for years to come.

I love the Laumann-Bell approach to drafting, and hope that it continues to yield solid results for years to come.

 

agreed

Suck the year before so we get a high pick?

 

Pretty much. It is a lot easier to draft stars at #8, than it is in the 20's.

We should just always draft the way we did in 08.

 

You mean hope the Reds pass on somebody like Beckham? In all honesty, though, Alonso may turn out to be a pretty good player, too.

 

Suck the year before so we get a high pick?

 

Sounds like a bad idea. Though being competitive at the MLB level makes it tougher to draft as well, the Sox had a poor draft philosophy up until a few years ago. They seem to be more willing to take the high-risk picks and have put the right people in the right places to oversee the process. Hopefully, the trend will continue.

 

(By the way, I know you weren't serious.)

Edited December 4, 200916 yr by Ranger

You mean hope the Reds pass on somebody like Beckham? In all honesty, though, Alonso may turn out to be a pretty good player, too.

Not to mention Justin Smoak, who was drafted after Beckham, looks like an absolute stud in the making. That draft was just stacked.

Not to mention Justin Smoak, who was drafted after Beckham, looks like an absolute stud in the making. That draft was just stacked.

 

And Brett Wallace and Buster Posey.

 

If anything, the one disappointment seems to be Tim Beckham, but he's only like what, 19?

 

I still say we got the better Shortstop Beckham from Georgia though .

 

And Brett Wallace and Buster Posey.

 

If anything, the one disappointment seems to be Tim Beckham, but he's only like what, 19?

 

I still say we got the better Shortstop Beckham from Georgia though .

 

Eh, Skipworth and Hosmer seem to be bigger disappointments than Beckham

And Brett Wallace and Buster Posey.

 

If anything, the one disappointment seems to be Tim Beckham, but he's only like what, 19?

 

I still say we got the better Shortstop Beckham from Georgia though .

Kyle Skipworth has been the biggest bust though, so far. And I really wanted him, LOLZ.