Not enough anyway
I think it has more to do with some diehard who are enthused about perception. You may look at something like Baseball America or Pipeline and hear the glowing reports and where they rank them and the Braves go against the grain with their own reports. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with people who like or dislike a draft because it’s an opinion. But I also like to think fans of prospects give the team the benefit of the doubt unless the pick is egregious. I ain't naming names either!
I forgot about Henry Cotto.
This is what Powers wrote up on Williams:
Announced as an OFer
yep
It's a nice mix of players (can't predict how they will turn out) but some college, some high school, mix between pitchers and position players and they don't seem to be trying to do bonus gymnastics to the degree they have done in the past. In two days, remind me how wrong my assessment is.
Hopefully none if them forget how to spin a baseball after they sign like Waldrep did. Maybe the Braves learned their lesson with him, and will stop teaching top prospects how to stop doing things that would make them successful.
I’m taking about access to the database, not third hand values written in an article. Remember that silly “data” about Ian Anderson and his 1700 rpm spin? Do you trust that “data” as valid because it was written somewhere? Or maybe, just maybe, was that piece of “data” incorrect?
