June 12, 201313 yr Well, yeah, something could happen over the next year (like an injury) but that's completely irrelevant. Right now he's virtually a lock for the first overall pick. That's not remotely the same as the draft board we just saw. The point I'm making is that some years the first overall pick can be predicted with a high degree of confidence. Some years have clear favorites. Others don't.
June 12, 201313 yr Pretty much the only way to ensure that Carlos Rodon is a Marlin is to suck more than the Astros. If the Marlins are going to suck, I think they should at least be the best at it.
June 12, 201313 yr We (19-45) still suck to the tune of 3 less wins than the Astros (22-44.) But, soon, it may become a problem to suck more than the Mutts (23-36.) Or even the Cubs (now in their 105th year of suckage at 25-37.) Regardless of the benefits of losing 100+ games, I agree that any draft choice is a crap-shoot and it would be a better outcome for all of our young guys to win about half of their remaining games while looking forward to more talent on the way. The sort of thing that might inspire the FO to make Stanton a long-term offer.
June 12, 201313 yr Maybe I'm in the minority but who gives a s*** about Rodon. I'd rather have this young team play good baseball and win a few games in the process to prepare for next year. That seems more important than Rodon at this point apparently your sarcasm meter is turned off I wasn't really alluding to your post, but to the non-sarcastic posts that would prefer 120 losses to get Rodon.
June 12, 201313 yr Hey guys if we maintain our current win % of .297 we won't even crack the top 15 of worst records of all time!
June 12, 201313 yr Maybe I'm in the minority but who gives a s*** about Rodon. I'd rather have this young team play good baseball and win a few games in the process to prepare for next year. That seems more important than Rodon at this point apparently your sarcasm meter is turned off I wasn't really alluding to your post, but to the non-sarcastic posts that would prefer 120 losses to get Rodon. okey-doke...
June 12, 201313 yr I agree that any draft choice is a crap-shoot I don't think this is necessarily true, either. Some picks in the earlier rounds on the whole tend to be safer than the later rounds, I think. Of course, it's not a perfect science, but it's not a total crap shoot if you have the luxury of picking early.
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