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Offline Kevrock

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Re: 2021 MLB Draft
« Reply #50: July 07, 2021, 08:00:29 PM »
I will too, but I'd like to think he learned his lesson from Denaburg.  Given the advances in scouting and analytics and the march of Tommy John surgery rates, there's almost no way to justify drafting an 18-year-old pitcher in the first round.  The bust risk is simply too high, and it's too easy to find college guys with 1/2 starter upside, closer downside, and with 3 years less of injury risk.  Further, if you want to get projectable teenage arms, there's a whole raft of Latin American guys every single year in the international period. 

If you can't find 30 dudes better than the high school arm risk profiles in any draft, it's time for a new job.

I mean you don’t draft a HS arm for the floor. Jackson Jobe has the best single pitch in the draft, 3 pitches graded above 60. He’s a really great prep prospect.