On Jun 7, 8:49=A0am, p62c61 <p62...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jun 5, 11:55 pm, "Brother Freebyrd" <headbangerz4je...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> > "gig" <os...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > One thing is for sure, IF he IS any good, we'll only see a few years
of =
him
> > and thats IF he even makes it out of the minors. It is the Pirates
were
> > talking about LOL. I have about .01 percent faith in the whole Pirate
> > organization, that sucks. Its been all downhill from 1979.
>
> Well lack of faith based on past efforts is certainly justified, but
> Milwaukee just demonstrated with their signing of Braun that a smart
> team can do things to keep players around long enough to win. =A0If
> Alvarez is as good as he appears to be the Pirates could sign him into
> his early thirties without going broke. =A0I'm thrilled with the pick
> and now it's time to see if Nutting will step up and. =A0I'm also pretty
> pleased with Huntington's effort in this draft and very optimistic
> that we finally have a guy who knows what the hell he's doing at the
> helm. =A0Not only the pick of Alvarez, but throughout the draft, which
> wasn't particularly deep with talent to begin, he picked solid hitters
> with demonstrated skills, pitchers appropriate to the round and even
> managed to snag a possible sleeper or two like Matt Hauge. =A0This draft
> represents a complete reversal of past philosophy IMO.
>
> It's certainly too early to say for sure but if this keeps up we might
> just start seeing some good things on the field sooner or later.
> Early indications are that the baseball end of the deal is on the
> mend, now let's see what the bean counters have to show us.
Paul,
I, for one, would be interested in your analysis of the Pirates draft
on a player-by-player basis. I know it would be impossible to do ALL
the picks, but could you point out the good ones and the not so good
ones? Are we likely to see any of these in the majors (besides
Alvarez) by 2010? What is your take on Scheppers? A stress fracture
in the shoulder seems odd.
Anyway, it's good to see that the Buc's seem to have this draft thing
down.
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