[Westheim]

1984 Draft pool

First, numbers: we will have picks #23, #40, #81 and every 24th from there.

I earmarked 30 pitchers in the 288-player pool. There were a couple of very strong guys in there. The main prize seemed to be Tim Hess, who had a potential 20/20/12 rating with high stamina, but of course the chances that he would remain through 22 picks were – thin. Another prime candidate was MR Lawson Steward, with a potential 20/20/18 rating.

For the first time in years, there were no promising catchers in the pool at all, so that group could be skipped more or less safely (and the Coons had 11 catchers on their teams, so we were not short on them, either). Among the 39 position players that we shortlisted were probably no big stars, but a bunch of promising talent, especially in the outfield this time. The #1 pick among that group was probably a guy with an unpronounceable name to most in the sport: LF/RF/1B Hjalmar Flygt, with a potential 20/12/20 rating.

Whatever would happen during the first 22 picks – none of those players would remain on the table by pick #23. That’s what you get for going to the World Series.

I prefer going to the World Series to picking second in the amateur draft.