Comments on: Assessing The Draft: The Future Is Much, Much Later

By: Mike M

Mike M — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:50:28 +0000

Well the Phillies are definitely relying solely on their player development coaches for this draft class. Overall, I think the Hewitt pick was really weird, considering he batted so low in actual wooden bat leagues. I thought we should have drafted Collier in the first round with Gillaspie going to us in the supplemental. So, I am actually happy that we still got Collier and the rounds after that seemed like solid choices. Schreve was actually a first round choice for many scouts until he had arm troubles. Therefore, I think it’s great to take a couple of risks in the middle rounds of the draft, as long as these guys have showed potential in the past.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:37:16 +0000

The Phillies are great at developing players. Do the names Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins ring a bell?

By: Tim Malcolm

Tim Malcolm — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:03:45 +0000

Yeah, but for two days this stuff is important.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:56:39 +0000

oh yeah, i forgot, they also need to trade ryan howard

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:56:17 +0000

You cant really tell what theyre going to do until they get into your farm system and start to develop. Sure, scouting and drafting the right player is critical in baseball, but you need to really be able to coach them up. Great farm systems continually churn out great players and the Phillies certaintly need to improve in that way.

By: Mike T.

Mike T. — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:12:47 +0000

This draft stuff bores me.

By: AP

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:29:20 +0000

Maybe we got another Chase Utley in the future?