reds draft

[Fishercat]

Justin Turner, Cal State Fullerton was the Reds pick

[Dry1313]

Great pick.

[Dry1313]

Yankees got Timothy Norton. Who is he?

[Fishercat]

And the Sox take a person whose first google search produces...a MySpace page

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=11413571

[Dry1313]

He just cancelled his membership lol.

[Dry1313]

Travis Webb LHP Washington State.

[Fishercat]

Toronto grabs Dan O'Brien, GM, Western Michigan U.

I think the position is off, but the rest is right.

[Dry1313]

Saddleback Community College? LOL>

[Dry1313]

Puerto RIco Baseball Academy. They're not trying to fool anyone.

[Fishercat]

The Yankees take Betances

[MarinersFan87]

Betances just went to the Yanks.

[CincyRedsFan30]

i guess we just have to hope that the strategy of taking the "best available" players, leads to more draftees turning into legit prospects percentage wise, that can be dealt if they don't fit our needs.

I've seen a lot angry over the Stubbs pick, but I'm really not.

Krivsky has said he wants to take the best player available and obviously he thought Stubbs fit the team's needs best at the time. From what I can tell, he plays great defense and we all know Krivsky is a big defensive guy.

His draft strategy actually reminds me a lot of Marvin Lewis'. Obviously football is a different animal, but I see a number of parallels. I'm willing to have faith in him here.

[CincyRedsFan30]

Mmmmm... utility player with pop. We got Rich Aurilia (reds version) guys, jump for joy! Why draft a catcher with some ability to hit (since we literally have no depth in the minors at catcher) or a pitcher when we can get something we already have gobs of, utility infielders. You can never have too much of a good thing I guess.

Another thing to consider is that Krivsky might be trying to think ahead(not saying whether that's good or bad at this point) to possibly grooming some more players on offense and eventually trading them down the road for pitching(if they develop well, obviously). Although the new ownership and Krivsky have both said how important the draft is, Castellini has consistently seemed like a no-nonsense, win ASAP type guy.

The team might feel more comfortable trading some of our offensive players on the Reds right now if they feel they have viable future options. And of course our MLB offensive players are going to bring us more immediate results. It sounds like a "win now and build for the future" type strategy to me.

[CincyRedsFan30]

Wow. Unbelievable, another brilliant move by Walt.

Of course.

[homerun21]

Drafting for need in baseball is incredibly stupid. Our system SUCKS, we needed everything, taking BPA is fine.