MLB Draft

[*bengalfan74*]

(07-15-2023, 09:00 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Out of all the position players, I feel SS and CF can be the least-good at hitting. Defense is extremely important for those two positions.
Obviously though, being able to hit from either of those positions just makes the player that much better.

I'm not overly worried about who they draft.
Drafted players move organizations all the time.

Agree

The oldschool set up of a baseball team was speed and defense up the middle. Power on the edges.

You kinda sorta, there's always exceptions here and there. But you let your SS, CF, 2B, and C get away with not being all-star's at the plate if their defense was excellent. Now there's a line there. You can't stay on the field as SS batting .142, see Barrero

Your power, hitting, RBI's came from LF, RF, 1B, 3B and I still believe the better teams adhere to that set up for the most part. If your 1B for example is not producing at the plate you gotta make it up somewhere. And if you SS and CF are only kinda MEH hitting you start getting in trouble. Now your RFer isn't producing as well and you've just hit the wall. There's nowhere else to run.

And drafted players positions isn't that big a deal. Drafted as SS ends up RF. Drafted as 1B ends up C. Drafted as LF ends up pitcher, so on.