Little Orphan Grannies and Kids
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:35 am
In effect, we parent major league players. If playing well, we are one of their loudest supporters.
If playing badly, we still defend them, knowing they will turn it around.
Where we do the most parenting is during drafts.
If the kids were misbehaving last year, they get punished this year and fall in roundage.
I am in two early drafts and will give you a few tidbits about these players.
The younger players are not scolded as much as older players. Drafters seem to give them a pass in believing that it was merely bad luck that they were injured the year before.
Corey Dickerson falls into this category. He was taken in the fourth round a lot last year. This year, his drop was only a couple of rounds or so.
Yasiel Puig, who is as much of a headache as injury risk, fell from the second and third rounds to the fourth and sixth rounds.
Older players are dealt with more harshly. At home, we tell the oldest kids that they should know better.
Same happens in drafts.
Jacoby Ellsbury is 32! Where'd the time go?
Ellsbury has fallen from bottom of the first round or second round to the sixth and eighth rounds.
Nobody expecting over 30 homers again. Heck, we're hoping for over 30 games.
Matt Holliday, a fixture in the first five rounds for many years, was drafted in the 16th round.
And with the influx of new players succeeding, drafting has changed a little bit to accommodate that.
JP Crawford, Philadelphia's next new shortstop, was drafted well ahead of stalwarts such as Erick Aybar, Alcides Escobar, and JJ Hardy.
Robbie Ray and Mikie Mahtook were taken long before veterans Marlon Byrd and Phil Hughes.
These drafts are very different than past drafts. Thanks to the influx of kids, this year's draft is much deeper than in the past.
It has something for everybody.
As parents, we have to decide what is best.
If liking kids, there are plenty.
If liking veterans, there are plenty and you'll love the price tag on them.
One drafter, who loves his veterans had a draft that started like this
Miguel Cabrera
Ryan Braun
Troy Tulowitzki
Robinson Cano
Aroldis Chapman
Adam Wainwright
Tyson Ross
Jose Reyes
Little orphaned Grannies! Hope he knows a good doctor!
I kid, but we all know this is a great start if health can be maintained.
And this is only to show that there is something for everybody.
Another drafter started with Arrieta, Pollock, deGrom, and Keuchel. He wants to bully the pitching stats and feels that hitting can be caught up with later with a few savvy picks.
It should be a damned fun drafting year!
Former top ten rounders like Aoki, Jered Weaver, Erick Aybar, and JJ Hardy all went in the 29th round of a draft.
Deeeep is the word for the upcoming year.
And right now, these orphans are waiting to find home.
It'll be up to us in finding the right kids to live with this year.
If playing badly, we still defend them, knowing they will turn it around.
Where we do the most parenting is during drafts.
If the kids were misbehaving last year, they get punished this year and fall in roundage.
I am in two early drafts and will give you a few tidbits about these players.
The younger players are not scolded as much as older players. Drafters seem to give them a pass in believing that it was merely bad luck that they were injured the year before.
Corey Dickerson falls into this category. He was taken in the fourth round a lot last year. This year, his drop was only a couple of rounds or so.
Yasiel Puig, who is as much of a headache as injury risk, fell from the second and third rounds to the fourth and sixth rounds.
Older players are dealt with more harshly. At home, we tell the oldest kids that they should know better.
Same happens in drafts.
Jacoby Ellsbury is 32! Where'd the time go?
Ellsbury has fallen from bottom of the first round or second round to the sixth and eighth rounds.
Nobody expecting over 30 homers again. Heck, we're hoping for over 30 games.
Matt Holliday, a fixture in the first five rounds for many years, was drafted in the 16th round.
And with the influx of new players succeeding, drafting has changed a little bit to accommodate that.
JP Crawford, Philadelphia's next new shortstop, was drafted well ahead of stalwarts such as Erick Aybar, Alcides Escobar, and JJ Hardy.
Robbie Ray and Mikie Mahtook were taken long before veterans Marlon Byrd and Phil Hughes.
These drafts are very different than past drafts. Thanks to the influx of kids, this year's draft is much deeper than in the past.
It has something for everybody.
As parents, we have to decide what is best.
If liking kids, there are plenty.
If liking veterans, there are plenty and you'll love the price tag on them.
One drafter, who loves his veterans had a draft that started like this
Miguel Cabrera
Ryan Braun
Troy Tulowitzki
Robinson Cano
Aroldis Chapman
Adam Wainwright
Tyson Ross
Jose Reyes
Little orphaned Grannies! Hope he knows a good doctor!
I kid, but we all know this is a great start if health can be maintained.
And this is only to show that there is something for everybody.
Another drafter started with Arrieta, Pollock, deGrom, and Keuchel. He wants to bully the pitching stats and feels that hitting can be caught up with later with a few savvy picks.
It should be a damned fun drafting year!
Former top ten rounders like Aoki, Jered Weaver, Erick Aybar, and JJ Hardy all went in the 29th round of a draft.
Deeeep is the word for the upcoming year.
And right now, these orphans are waiting to find home.
It'll be up to us in finding the right kids to live with this year.