the1andonly3003 said:?I was reading that Astros only wanted to trade for rentals. Why give up decent prospects for just a rental?
They're in the low minors. The chances of one of them panning out into an MLB star is slim.the1andonly3003 said:?I was reading that Astros only wanted to trade for rentals. Why give up decent prospects for just a rental?
the1andonly3003 said:?I was reading that Astros only wanted to trade for rentals. Why give up decent prospects for just a rental?
So you forced me to read his Wikipedia page where I learned that while Kazmir was the fifteenth pick of the 2002 pick, the fifth pick of the draft was another pitcher on Kazmir's Cypress Falls (TX) H.S. team named Clint Everts who apparently was taken by the Expos and never heard of again. I'm guessing that high school team was pretty good since Kazmir had an ERA of 0.37 as a senior and at one point gave up one hit in six games but some other guy actually seemed better.E5 Yaz said:Keep in mind that Kazmir was born in Houston. While this is a rental, it is possible he will like playing for a team close to his home
There's an entire chapter about that draft in Moneyball where Michael Lewis shits on the idea of taking Kazmir and Prince Fielder.snowmanny said:So you forced me to read his Wikipedia page where I learned that while Kazmir was the fifteenth pick of the 2002 pick, the fifth pick of the draft was another pitcher on Kazmir's Cypress Falls (TX) H.S. team named Clint Everts who apparently was taken by the Expos and never heard of again. I'm guessing that high school team was pretty good since Kazmir had an ERA of 0.37 as a senior and at one point gave up one hit in six games but some other guy actually seemed better.
In retrospect, doesn't it look like Lewis just bought whatever Beane was selling and Beane was dutifully trying to justify the A's going cheap on that year's draft instead of trying to stock the team's farm system with all the picks they had?Pilgrim said:There's an entire chapter about that draft in Moneyball where Michael Lewis shits on the idea of taking Kazmir and Prince Fielder.
Rough Carrigan said:In retrospect, doesn't it look like Lewis just bought whatever Beane was selling and Beane was dutifully trying to justify the A's going cheap on that year's draft instead of trying to stock the team's farm system with all the picks they had?
I feel like you could say that about a lot of Michael Lewis books.Rough Carrigan said:In retrospect, doesn't it look like Lewis just bought whatever Beane was selling and Beane was dutifully trying to justify the A's going cheap on that year's draft instead of trying to stock the team's farm system with all the picks they had?
Rough Carrigan said:In retrospect, doesn't it look like Lewis just bought whatever Beane was selling and Beane was dutifully trying to justify the A's going cheap on that year's draft instead of trying to stock the team's farm system with all the picks they had?
maufman said:
Said a little differently, it looks like a failure of leadership by Beane -- he needed to convince his owner to seize the once-in-a-generation opportunity and budget slot money for all those picks. The one guy they spent on was Nick Swisher, and he turned out nicely; the others did better than you'd expect for a batch of 3rd-4th round talents (which is what they were), but not well compared to what you'd hope to get from 1st/supp round picks.