1986 Amateur Draft Discussion

[rubisco43]

what to do... what to do. i followed my scout last year and got ZERO top 100's. should i stick with him this time or just auto?????

[Pat]

Whatever you are going to do, do it now.

[rubisco43]

Whatever you are going to do, do it now.

morgantown has to pick first. and just cuz of that, i'll take my damn good time.

[Pat]

morgantown has to pick first. and just cuz of that, i'll take my damn good time.

Drafting fast or drafting slow, we both know the guy you take is going to be a scrub.

[rubisco43]

Drafting fast or drafting slow, we both know the guy you take is going to be a scrub.

well duh.

[Plastic]

I just got my cpu and game back up and running. I will make my pick within the hour. Sorry for the delay.

[Plastic]

Morgantown selects SS Artie Wallace.

Our scout felt he was the best bat out there and could be a strong lead off type a guy.

We will see, I haven't decided if I trust my scout yet.

[Clay]

My $0.02 on last few...

5 - Bulls - Jeremiah Gray (SP) - Like this kid, but I've gambled on a lot of "No Stuff" pitchers, and few pan out.

6 - Whalers - J.J. Walker (CF) - Scouts were very "meh" on this kid. Average.

7 - Gamblers - Jody Shields (LF) - Could be a bomber.. slightly better version of Rob Deer... but the 17 and raw thing scares me.

8 - Patriots - Samuel Helmrich (LF) - Scouts calls him average across the board.

9 - Storm(from Slammers) - Clarence Smythe (CF) - Scouts likes nothing about this kid.

10 - Mohawks - Artie Wallace (SS) - Another average across the board guy from my scouts 4's and 3's.

[liquidcrash]

Put my scout in with the others who think that JJ Walker will be the greatest hitter of all time. Shields was just behind him on my list.

[Spectre]

Yeah, I had a feeling not many scouts would be drooling over Smythe- I'm kinda used to other team scouts not liking my prospects (Dodson last year). My scout is allegedly an 80 in hitting. Smythe will either be really good or he'll be a bust, I don't see much middle ground with him. My scout had him as 6-6-5-5-4 and he was easily the best hitter left on the board for me.

Like I said though, the fact that he's from Long Island pushed him over the edge LOL.

[Pat]

My Take:

1 Storm SP Don Leonard - (7/4/5) - Draft list #3
2 Brawlers 1B Don Hudson - (5/5/5/4/3) - Draft list #1
3 Bandits 2B Brad Christian - (4/4/4/5/5) - Draft list #2
4 Kodiaks SP Conan Wilkerson - (6/5/5) - Draft list #4
5 Bulls SP Jeremiah Gray - (3/3/5) - Draft list #5
6 Whalers CF J.J. Walker - (4/5/5/5/3) - Draft list #24
7 Gamblers LF Jody Shields - (4/6/5/4/3) - Draft list #16
8 Patriots LF Samuel Helmrich - (4/5/5/4/4) - Draft list #11
9 Storm CF Clarence Smythe - (4/4/3/3/3) - Draft list #10
10 Mohawks SS Artie Wallace - (4/2/3/4/3) - Draft list #6

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So....my scout was only really high on a few of those guys...but he thought all of them would go in the top 25 picks...And, the top five, while out of order, is EXACTLY how he expected the top five to go...Take it for what it is worth.

My scout still has the #7, #8, and #9 guys on the draft list available...and he based on overall potential, his #1, #2 and #3 prospects are still available.

[Clay]

My #1 Hitter and #2 SP are still available. I'd love to get one of them at 1.16... but I have 6 players I really, really like left... so I'll get someone I'm fond of.

[Pat]

well duh.

Well...as it turns out, I really liked DeClare.

My scout has him #40 on the draft list, but he had him as the #3 overall player based on potential. 7-6-3-6-5, with 6-7-6 speed, and 7-5-6 fielding...reminds me a lot of my current RF/CF Michio Nago.

Nice pick.

[rubisco43]

my one and only pick. auto'ed from now on.

[Clay]

Liked DeClare. High on my board. Good pick.