1986 Amateur Draft Discussion

[Gyrodork]

Well, either my scout is an absolute genius, or he's mentally deficient. He doesn't agree with ANYONE so far. But I've decided to throw in with him anyway. I'm hoping his 75 Amateur Scouting rating means something.

[Whale]

Liked DeClare. High on my board. Good pick.

Funny how different everyone's scouts are. My scouts hated DeClare...45th best hitter...4/4/3/4.

[Jistic]

Went with Lonnie Godwin here. There's a couple of guys I wanted, still have another pick. My scout says that SP is gonna drop big after him so we had to do it. I really didn't think we'd take a SP as they'd all be gone but with the run of hitters, he kinda fell in my lap.

I'll be happy if he can be a solid 2 or 3 in 4-5 years. His endurance is low, but everything else looks very good.

[Clay]

Lonnie Godwin is another that my scouts had no interest in. Average at best.

[Delandis]

Baltimore's pick is in. Picked up O'Finegan. He's one of the few that OSA and my scout agreed on, somewhat. I hate his lack of defense, might move him to first base.

[mahoney2]

Does your scout like anyone?

[mahoney2]

I love the O'Finnegan pick.

[Jistic]

Lonnie Godwin is another that my scouts had no interest in. Average at best.

Your scout is either gonna be genius or goat I think.

[Clay]

Baltimore's pick is in. Picked up O'Finegan. He's one of the few that OSA and my scout agreed on, somewhat. I hate his lack of defense, might move him to first base.

Like the O'Finegan pick. #5 player remaining on my board and Top 15 overall.

Does your scout like anyone?

Yes

Your scout is either gonna be genius or goat I think.

I agree. But, I'm choosing to trust him at this point because he did pretty well last year. My Top 4 overall players last year were Pancho Herrerra (#4 BA), Ignado Sanchez that Wilmington took (#11 BA), Jared Austin with California (#78 Prospect) and Orinosuke Takahashi (#91 Prospect). Based on that... I have at least a small amount of confidence in his ability to spot, at least, Pitchers.

On the flip side, he was pretty low on Curt Dodson who is now #37.

So... I choose to trust him because... well... what's my choice?

[Delandis]

My scout loved Herrera last year too...may be a good sign for you. However, my scout seems to be a bit more critical of the draft this year, or maybe there is just less talent this year. I've scoured through the draft this morning, and I don't see many potential late round gems that I think will fall this year.

[spot]

... what's my choice?

Coin?

RNG?

Auto?

All I know is that almost to the pick your scout and mine are exactly opposite. There are a few picks that they agree on on both sides but I have been predicting what my scout will say based on what your's says and I've been pretty accurate. Unfortunately my scout is new so who knows.

I am actually excited to see what happens in a few years...

[Clay]

That's the thing... there are so many wildcards once they are picked... who knows how it's going to turn out?

I guess my thing is, I'm choosing to trust my Scout simply because I don't have any other thing to base a choice on other than, like Spot said, coin toss, "Bear/Ninja/Gun", dart board?

Trust me, I'm not being arrogant when I say how my scouts saw each of these picks because I don't know what it means.... just sharing.

[Jake]

In a few seasons I'll have forgotten what all the scouts thought, and we'll be using OOTP 14 anyways.

[Clay]

In a few seasons I'll have forgotten what all the scouts thought, and we'll be using OOTP 14 anyways.

I only remember the Top 4 guys on my board from last season because I picked 5th and Dodson was already picked at #1... so... before I traded up to take Herrerra at #2, I really locked into those guys.

Plus.... I had Herrerra at 8-8-8, Sanchez at like 8-7-7, and Austin at 8-8-8-8-8... those kind of stand out.

[Ryan]

Went with Lonnie Godwin here. There's a couple of guys I wanted, still have another pick. My scout says that SP is gonna drop big after him so we had to do it. I really didn't think we'd take a SP as they'd all be gone but with the run of hitters, he kinda fell in my lap.

I'll be happy if he can be a solid 2 or 3 in 4-5 years. His endurance is low, but everything else looks very good.

My scout really like Godwin. He was next on my board after the other two SP's were picked, but he ranked favorably with them. Interested to see how he turns out.

Baltimore's pick is in. Picked up O'Finegan. He's one of the few that OSA and my scout agreed on, somewhat. I hate his lack of defense, might move him to first base.

Another guy my scout liked. He was actually right after Godwin on my board.

Bastards.