OF Rick Ankiel $ LHP Hideki Okajima 1B Carlos Pena RHP Manny Corpas RHP Ubaldo Jiminez RHP Manny Delcarmen LHP Gio Gonzalez 3B Kevin Youkilis 1B Conor Jackson 3B Angel Villalona RHP John Maine RHP Chris Carpenter
Guys, I know I just took Hamilton, but I look at the draft field, and I just didn't see a better overall hitter available than Ankiel. The media made a huge thing about him coming back as a hitter, but the thing is, he's a great athlete and great athletes have done this before.
Stan Musial, another Cardinal, started as a pitcher. Lefty O'Doul and Smokey Joe Wood both became big-league regulars in the OF after starting as pitchers. And how many of you guys know that Ryan Klesko was drafted to pitch, hurt his arm, and was kept by the Braves only after a torrid round of BP shortly after the injury?
Anyway, I'm figuring Ankiel will fan about 140 times, but also hit .275 with 25-30 HR this year. Then, once he learns the league, a 40-HR season doesn't seem out of the question. You can't teach the kind of power he naturally has.
Sorry Hatfield, but I picked up the best established hitter in the draft a few pick after you. His name is Carlos Pena. I don't think last season was a fluke. He was a 1st-round pick in 1998 and has always been regarded as a promising hitter. He just broke out last year. Pena will be around .290 every year with 40+ HR and less Ks than Ankiel. The great thing is that I pretty much got him as a backup! In the second round!
The fact that Pena fell out of the first round is ridiculous. My draft board was 1.Philips 2. Joba 3. Pena. 47 HR and the spring he's having are proving that he'll be around this level for awhile, not just last season. Joba was only so high because I figured I could trade him off fast to someone who had his value inflated. #1 overall for a setup man seems slightly high, especially for a team like mine.
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Guys, I know I just took Hamilton, but I look at the draft field, and I just didn't see a better overall hitter available than Ankiel. The media made a huge thing about him coming back as a hitter, but the thing is, he's a great athlete and great athletes have done this before.
Stan Musial, another Cardinal, started as a pitcher. Lefty O'Doul and Smokey Joe Wood both became big-league regulars in the OF after starting as pitchers. And how many of you guys know that Ryan Klesko was drafted to pitch, hurt his arm, and was kept by the Braves only after a torrid round of BP shortly after the injury?
Anyway, I'm figuring Ankiel will fan about 140 times, but also hit .275 with 25-30 HR this year. Then, once he learns the league, a 40-HR season doesn't seem out of the question. You can't teach the kind of power he naturally has.
wait he was listed in George Mitchell's report right? Are you going to release him now that he was listed...? Shame on the Bud Selig of BARB.
Sorry Hatfield, but I picked up the best established hitter in the draft a few pick after you. His name is Carlos Pena. I don't think last season was a fluke. He was a 1st-round pick in 1998 and has always been regarded as a promising hitter. He just broke out last year. Pena will be around .290 every year with 40+ HR and less Ks than Ankiel. The great thing is that I pretty much got him as a backup! In the second round!
.290 seems awfully high. i think .275 is more realistic.
The fact that Pena fell out of the first round is ridiculous. My draft board was 1.Philips 2. Joba 3. Pena. 47 HR and the spring he's having are proving that he'll be around this level for awhile, not just last season. Joba was only so high because I figured I could trade him off fast to someone who had his value inflated. #1 overall for a setup man seems slightly high, especially for a team like mine.
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