The Draft

In the first round we take Andrew McCutchen. The kid put up some amazing numbers in his senior year of high school, but it was unfortunately just that, his senior year of high school. Picking kids straight out of high school always scares me. Another thing that scares me, things like this:
McCutchen, who writes poetry and sings in his church choir...
Now don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with poetry and the church choir, but sometimes these kids right out of high school haven't experience a whole lot of life, and when they get to the minors, they do just that. Josh Hamilton comes to mind. Of course, McCutchen did say this, which is encouraging:
I prayed every night that I'd get drafted by the right team. The Pirates impressed me. They stoodout more than any other team.
Nice to see that someone that will be commanding a large signing bonus wants to come here (or so it seems). I'm really not trying to bash the kid, now that he's here I'll be pulling for him as hard as anyone, it's just that, like I said, picking kids out of high school makes me nervous.

On a more personal note, congratualtions to one of my high school teammates, Nolan Reimold, who was drafted by the O's in the second round with the 61st overall pick. He did things with a bat to a ball that high school seniors shouldn't be able to do, then went on to Bowling Green and lead the nation in slugging this year in route to being named MAC Player of the Year. Congrats Nolan, and good luck in the minors.

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