ReadingPhilly wrote:yeah, Crawford didn't like him there for some reason.

"The way I operate, I believe unless he has potential to be a No. 1 or No. 2 starter, I'm not going to forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat."

BigEd76 wrote:Almaraz:

"The way I operate, I believe unless he has potential to be a No. 1 or No. 2 starter, I'm not going to forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat."

azrider wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Almaraz:

"The way I operate, I believe unless he has potential to be a No. 1 or No. 2 starter, I'm not going to forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat."

I am assuming he won't forfeit a strong impact bat for a third starter?

Trent Steele wrote:

azrider wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Almaraz:

"The way I operate, I believe unless he has potential to be a No. 1 or No. 2 starter, I'm not going to forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat."

I am assuming he won't forfeit a strong impact bat for a third starter?

I like the cut of this fella's jib. Bring me bats, bats, and bats.

BigEd76 wrote:Almaraz:

"The way I operate, I believe unless he has potential to be a No. 1 or No. 2 starter, I'm not going to forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat."

azrider wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Almaraz:

"The way I operate, I believe unless he has potential to be a No. 1 or No. 2 starter, I'm not going to forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat."

I am assuming he won't forfeit a strong impact bat for a third starter?

JFLNYC wrote:He's not going to forfeit a third starter? Doesn't he mean he WILL forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat?

Brantt wrote:Did Squire chime in on the picks yet?

Do we like them?

CalvinBall wrote:

azrider wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Almaraz:

"The way I operate, I believe unless he has potential to be a No. 1 or No. 2 starter, I'm not going to forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat."

I am assuming he won't forfeit a strong impact bat for a third starter?

Squire wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:He's not going to forfeit a third starter? Doesn't he mean he WILL forfeit a third starter for a strong impact bat?

Yeah...he totally Willy Wonka'd that. Strike it, reverse it.

Teams almost never get impact players after the first 2 rounds. Hitting on an elite player after Round 2 usually takes pretty much an act of God or pure chance. That’s why you can usually list off the exceptions to that rule pretty easily given that there’s something like a 99% fail rate after that part of the draft.

Best 3rd rounder in Phillies history: JA Happ
Best 4th rounder: Michael Bourn
Best 5th: Ryan Howard (huge score for us that really made a difference)
Best 6th: Bob Boone (same as Howard above…pretty much the only 6th rounder we ever hit on)
Best 7th: Kyle Kendrick (getting a decent 5th SP in the 7th is nice…Ken Giles is honorable mention here as a decent setup man potentially)
Best 8th: Chuck McElroy: Um…yeah, he was “good”…gave us Mitch Williams so he basically lost us the 93 WS I guess.
Best 9th: Ryan Madson so a great setup man and part-time closer.
Best 10th: Marlon Byrd so another decent value pick

Basically, in Rounds 3-6, we got one good player and maybe one other decent player in our entire history (going back to 1965). From 7-10, we’ve “hit” on literally one guy that made it to the Majors for more than a cup of coffee.

So, I will be super happy if we manage to do that in any of those rounds this year but if they dont, I wont be shocked or disappointed given how rare it is to get real talent or even an MLB regular after Round 2.