1997 BLB Amateur Draft

[Dave]

My top 10 guys are all still available....

I trust they all have nicknames?

[Clay]

I trust they all have nicknames?

Not until I edit their nicknames and ratings.... I mean.... ummmmm.....

My top 10 thing was actually tongue in cheek. I honestly haven't looked at my list since I ran it. I'll wait until the 1st Round is over to tell everyone how much they suck.

[Jake]

Well, son of a bitch. Suarez and then Jobe were 1 and 2 left on my board... not that I even loved them that much though...and I'll be picking in a few.

[funclown]

Jobe was a solid top ten. Switch hitter who should get better.(Least my scout says he should)

Nice pick Pat. Lol, and this is why you are.......

[Pat]

B.J. Jobe is a typical DC type. Defends, runs, singles hitter.

[liquidcrash]

I haven't done any research on this draft. We took an international with our first pick.

This will end well.

[BradZ]

How do you find were your scout placed them by rankings? Never noticed anything like that.

Draft List -> Action -> Ask Scouting Director -> Rinse -> Repeat

[Delandis]

B.J. Jobe is a typical DC type. Defends, runs, singles hitter.

Very surprised he fell that far especially with everyone avoiding internationals like the plague.

[Z]

Jobe is good. Sixth best hitter on my scout's board. Good track record too.

[Jake]

Eh. I'm totally lost this draft. Took two MR's in the top 15 picks. Just not comfortable with anyone else and I think I'm getting close to sure bets.

Probably should have taken Suarez at 1.12 and then nabbed one of these at 1.15, but I never claimed to be smart.

[BradZ]

Man, up to 1.17 and Batavia on Day 1? That's moving along at a nice clip. Let's keep it up!

[liquidcrash]

I like Washington's pick of Jobe a lot. He was the next guy in line on my draft list when my pick came up, if I remember correctly. Just a solid all around player who should be a good top of the order hitter. I think he'll be able to play CF pretty well, or continue to be excellent in left.

As for my pick, we took SS Ruben Velasquez from the Dominican Republic. I have a general policy of not taking internationals highly in the draft, but this draft is littered with them at the top from what my scout sees. Velasquez was #1 on my scout's list and we'll gamble that he can become an everyday SS, which is a rare commodity in this league. If I had been around more lately, I probably would have taken Jobe, since I just like feeder league guys more.

[Delandis]

Should I be afraid that my #1 hitter is still on the board?

[Dave]

Should I be afraid that my #1 hitter is still on the board?

Mine is too.

[Jake]

I know other people like it, but I absolutely can't stand this "distribution" of talent, if it's actually there. Maybe I'm reading too much into it.

No real life draft, save for the 1933 NFL draft, the 1987 BLB Draft, or the 2012 Bikini Hockey League draft, would have so many differing opinions on who would be top 5-10 picks.