Blah, not much you can predict from a draft order, teams pretty much always draft regardless of position so hopefully Colorado, TB, and Pittsburgh fall in love with Longoria or a prep pitcher.
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Blah, not much you can predict from a draft order, teams pretty much always draft regardless of position so hopefully Colorado, TB, and Pittsburgh fall in love with Longoria or a prep pitcher.
Lincecum is a very good pitcher from what Ive seen in FSN broadcasts (maybe 1 or 2 starts). I would be happy if the M's got the local boy but it wont happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarinersFan87
Great write up, mission. I'm glad you provided a perspective on what was arguably the most talked about amateur draft in recent years.
I'm shocked at what a bust Andrew Miller has been so far. It's clear that he's still plagued with command issues. To think I was once deeply disappointed that the Tigers snapped him up one pick before us, and that we didn't get any one of the Big Four college pitchers that MarinersFan mentioned.
I do chuckle now at the bit about the U. of Washington pitcher not having the potential of Miller.
:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Yeah, let's ignore that Lincoln comment.
Now excuse me as I go throw up all over myself thinking about having Felix-Lee-Lincecum as our 1-2-3.
Actually, Lincoln's not that bad after all. He still has a chance to be the 2nd best RHP from that draft, which he was, talentwise. I'm not so sure the Pirates would prefer Kershaw even now.
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"Let me see if I can say this tactfully," Lincecum's father said. "The Mariners' guys, Bavasi and Fontaine, they were idiots. And they're where they should be now — gone. Is there a little retribution in this? There sure is. Am I a little excited? Yeahhhhh."
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Six pitchers — Kansas City's Luke Hochevar, Colorado's Greg Reynolds, Pittsburgh's Brad Lincoln, Florida's Andrew Miller, the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw and Morrow — were chosen ahead of Lincecum, who went 10th in the 2006 draft.
In his conference call, Lincecum mentioned several of the players chosen ahead of him, including Reynolds, Kershaw and Tampa Bay's rookie of the year, Evan Longoria, but despite some prompting in the background, he didn't mention Morrow.