Future Shock: Draft Wr... (06/11)
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June 11, 2010 BP PodcastBP Podcast Episode 4: 2010 Draft Special With Special Guest Keith LawLast week, we had an excuse for nearing the two hour mark, as our special guest was an agent, and agents, by default, talk a lot. This week? We have nobody to blame but ourselves, and the 2010 MLB draft. That said, if Stephen Strasburg's debut didn't happen this week, we would have it a more reasonable length. Because it was draft week, we are joined by special guest Keith Law of ESPN for a long conversation about, well, pretty much everything draft-related before moving onto our Pop Culture Moment and why Catcher In The Rye isn't much of a classic. In additional good news, we are now available on ITunes, and the link is below to subscribe on whatever ITunes compatible device you might own. Note: As always, we do alert you to the presence of the occasional adult language. Don't say we didn't warn you. Up And In Episode 4: "The S Is Not For Sex, It's For Sports"
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Email Us: podcast@baseballprospectus.com Table Of Contents 0:00: Intro; Jason's new digs; Keith Law's sleep schedule; Agenda review; Housekeeping 3:50: Emails: Hipster police; Good/bad tools; The best email we've ever received (we love your mom) 10:15: The Strasburg Debut: Mom knew about it; he's still boring; Fernando-mania; Defending Cleveland 24:33: Arbitrary Draft Grades: Chicken-fried steak; Teams know better than you and I; Internet scout frauds 39:36: Gary Brown: Just because a guy doesn't walk, doesn't mean he's bad; an analysis of Shasta 50:30: Special Guest Keith Law: 2010 Draft Review
92:30: Pop Culture Moment (with Keith): Hating Catcher In The Rye 106:27: Not Jim Tracy: How important the draft is to building a winning baseball team 108:15: Wrapping up: Oh wait, let's talk about the draft some more first, my favorite '11 guy Music is Les Savy Fav from the album Go Forth copyright 2001 - FrenchKiss Records.
Kevin Goldstein is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Regarding Culver and Simpson, I think your point is good (that the players are probably a lot better than they were given credit for in the blogosphere before the draft). However, if no one was talking about them, and no other teams were on them, isn't it still a mistake, simply because they could have had a better player and then taken Simpson/Culver in a later round?
Just to clarify: I suppose it's possible there were multiple teams interested in taking these guys early and somehow keeping that interest secret, but does that seem likely?
We do provide some insight in the conversation about the fear that they would not be around with later picks, and as the old scouting cliche goes, "It takes just one team."