I had two primary issues with the pick:
1) It was our first bat in a draft in which I wanted us to go heavy on bats, yet even he was a possible pitcher. I already knew quite a bit about him and knew a lot of people liked him more as a pitcher, so I worried we would use him on the mound.
2) I'm a huge Mississippi State fan and was bummed we wouldn't be getting him.
Yes, I did say it was a bit of a reach based on rankings. And I cared too much about that during the draft. I wasn't as concerned about that with Riley as I was with Soroka (which also looks to not be the case), and I was wrong on that.
I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. I was skeptical of the pick, and I was wrong. Riley has killed it, and I love having him in the system. It happens. I'm a human being, one who will always give an opinion, even if it turns out to be stupid because I don't have the knowledge I should have.
cajunrevenge (08-11-2015)
Bethancourt had another good night at the plate. 2-4 with a double.
Yeah, I don't think too many folks had a problem drafting Riley, just more when we picked him. I'd say many more folks were annoyed by the Soroka pick (myself included). I would have much rather seen us draft Ke'Bryan Hayes, then Chris Betts, then grab Riley with our 4th pick. And that should have been easily doable.
Soroka has looked excellent so far however, and Herbert is a solid C prospect as well, so can't really complain even though I'd still prefer the above scenario.
Man, Riley really just dominating right out of the gate.
Saw a Kiley McDaniel prospect chat yesterday that said he would take Albies out of the big 3 SS prospects in the minors right now. Said he should rank anywhere from 20-50 I think for all three.
Sims has REALLY responded to the promotion. Makes one wonder what he was working on at the lower level?
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thethe (08-12-2015)
And some teams do that. The problem with Cameron is that at $4 MM, he would absorbed a lot of space we didn't have. He really only fit with the Astros, who had $17 MM to spread around. As for Hayes, I guess we'll have to see how it plays out. Riley has been impressive thus far, but it's way early for both of these guys.
Chico (08-12-2015)