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Originally Posted by StLee
First, I hope Andy and Biff turn out to be superstars manning the middle of the Cougars' infield! And seems like a great prospect, especially if you project him to begin on the Top 100.
I was thinking about your commentary on draft picks and how you see them shaking out, which reminded me of an article I read several years back. I used to be in contact with the head of Korea's SABR. We had some talks about Americans playing in Korea and how that process worked since he was also the English-speaking reporter for the KBO. I also got to meet former LSU P Jason Scobie, who pitched for the Kia Tigers in 2007, and saw former LSU and MLB P Anthony Ranaudo pitch in 2016 against my home team, the Samsung Lions.
Anyway, one thing I talked about was how so many MLB teams drafted early for big-star potential (high school players) over realistic, guy-is-going-to-make-the-majors picks (college players) like the NFL does (granted, there are still l;ots of busts, but most 1st rounders in the NFL turn into players). Here is an article that breaks down the reality of those picks: https://sabr.org/journal/article/the...itative-study/
I am also curious how your draft works in a multiplayer league. Do you guys get an amount of time to make your picks? Send in a list of your players by preference? Automated? |
Thanks for the share! Very interesting article and these are my favorite type of studies to read and write. This one really highlights how different MLB's draft is to the rest of the major leagues. NHL is the closest to MLB, but in the NBA and NFL there's almost never an instance of a first rounder not debuting. And for the NFL plenty of 2nd and 3rd Rounder make instant impact right away. In baseball, you have a good chance with your first rounder, but its far from a guarantee. And then already in the second its already coin flip.
Legendsport did a good job answering your draft question, but I'll add that online drafts are a lot of fun. Stats Plus makes the actual drafting easy, but all the discussion we get around the draft makes it almost feel like a real life one. Especially when the players you want your team to get are snapped up right before you're up...