1997 BLB Amateur Draft

[Jistic]

Went with 1B Frank Zamora. My scout had him as the 4th best hitter in the draft and thought he'd be picked 2nd overall. I'm guessing my scout is way over rating him. Doesn't have much power for a 1b and very young but feels like a good value here. We'll see.

[tomr1962]

Anyone think their scout sees things different in 12 than he did in 11? Mines sure seems to

[Delandis]

Pick will be in 30 min. I'm driving to work.

[Carlos]

Went with CL Pat Knight.

Not exactly thrilled with the pick... but he was the best non-international guy I had left on my board.

Liked Knight but liked Sustaita more. Good pick.


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[Dave]

I was hoping Knight would drop to me. Nice pick.

[BradZ]

I'm set to auto from list because I'm heading into a meeting. As soon as BAL makes a pick mine should fire. If it doesn't I'll be back in a bit. Pretty comfortable picking between the 2 guys I have at the top of my list right now. I wish it was the 3rd rd instead of the 2nd, but what are you going to do?

[Jake]

I like Leary, and that nice work ethic will hopefully get him a third pitch for you.

[BradZ]

I like Leary, and that nice work ethic will hopefully get him a third pitch for you.

I had a feeling Ybarra was going to go to BAL. My scout says HOF potential for him. Happy with Leary too. Even if he never gets that 3rd pitch, he's an advanced feeder league guy that can hopefully move quickly.

[Carlos]

Brad took the last pitcher I really, really liked. Prick.

[Delandis]

Very happy to get Ybarra here. Honestly, my scout doesn't think he'll be HOF talent. But I figure an 18 year old with that kind of talent at this point, will at very worst be an above average reliever.

[Clay]

BLB Scouts are extremely out of touch. They freely throw around HOF references, but fail to factor in that our Owners won't even vote in one of the best Closers of a generation.

We don't need an entire Hall... Maybe just like a Nook of Fame.

[Jake]

They freely throw around HOF references, but fail to factor in that our Owners won't even vote in one of the best Closers of a generation.

I agree.

It's terrible that Grant Lewis can't get in.

[Clay]

I agree.

It's terrible that Grant Lewis can't get in.

Grant Lewis sucks.

[Delandis]

Anyone think their scout sees things different in 12 than he did in 11? Mines sure seems to

My scout is still the same. Although, he is getting up there in years and I dread the day when he retires.

[Dave]

We haven't drafted a catcher in a while and we're really happy to select Danny Torres there. He switch hits, plays slightly above average defense, played well against "great" competition and he's international, which means he's likely nowhere near as good as his ratings make him appear! Really excited about this pick. Here's hoping we've completely shit the bed on both our INTL picks thus far.