MacKenzie Gore Vidal Sassoon (2024) - Throw Ur Stuff 4 Strikes!

[Senatorswin]

Well, there's Parker and Irvin, so the knock on his draft acumen might be stale.

Yep, there's hope. Maybe redoing their scouting system is paying off. I also heard an interview with Jake Irvin and he was saying the development system really helped Parker.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Also, while Herz is the product of a trade, his control is a new development since he came to the Nats.

[IanRubbish]

Well, there's Parker and Irvin, so the knock on his draft acumen might be stale.

There's also Sykora, who's a 3rd rounder.  Rizzo can't draft first rounders because he gets man crushes on guys with athletic builds and velocity that have nothing to do with being a good MLB pitcher.  Later rounds are much better where the "toolsy" guys Rizzo loves are gone, and you have to look at actual ability and data.  Moreover, you have Doo at the MLB level who turned wild things like Herz and Parker into everyday MLB starters.  That wouldn't have happened if it was up to Hickey. 

[IanRubbish]

Yep, there's hope. Maybe redoing their scouting system is paying off. I also heard an interview with Jake Irvin and he was saying the development system really helped Parker.

That development system is Doo.  Parker's MLB BB/9 is much lower than it ever was in the minors. 

[Elvir Ovcina]

There's also Sykora, who's a 3rd rounder.  Rizzo can't draft first rounders because he gets man crushes on guys with athletic builds and velocity that have nothing to do with being a good MLB pitcher.  Later rounds are much better where the "toolsy" guys Rizzo loves are gone, and you have to look at actual ability and data.  Moreover, you have Doo at the MLB level who turned wild things like Herz and Parker into everyday MLB starters.  That wouldn't have happened if it was up to Hickey.

Sykora was a classic Rizzo pick.  He's an athletic 6'6" and was all tools and velocity when drafted.  The only reason he was available in the third round was his bonus demand and Texas (I think it was Texas) commitment.  They paid him $2.6 million, which was the slot value for the 32nd pick.  As a result, they drafted min-bonus filler every round after the 6th and didn't sign several of them.

[Senatorswin]

That development system is Doo.  Parker's MLB BB/9 is much lower than it ever was in the minors.

Irvin was talking about the development Parker received at the minor league level.