Re: New Rule Proposal - Minor League Draft Changes
Reply #35 –
Yes, you might be.
While I agree with Matt that you are cherry picking here with Rodriguez, I also agree I think he is more the exception and not the rule in this case. I looked up both on Fangraphs and Baseball Prospectus with their information on the draft, and both had Rodriguez around the 36 ranked player in the draft (I think BP did fantasy picks, while FG was more future value). You could argue that the O's overdrafted Rodriguez, relative to industry consensus. I think we can all agree we all missed on Rodriguez in hindsight, but I think there was good reason for this and we all might learn a lesson from this to draft a guy like this, just in case. However, we aren't seeing loads of FYPD players not being selected in our draft when they are drafted high in real life. Rodriguez seems more like an outlier than a real problem.