No. 5 pick in 2008 Draft

by jt_7241 on Jan 23, 2008 11:06 AM PST

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Re: No. 5 pick in 2008 Draft

Best available talent.

by rotorueter on Jan 23, 2008 11:08 AM PST reply actions  

Re: No. 5 pick in 2008 Draft

I agree, as long as it's a hitter, and as long as that hitter hits for power and OBP.

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by hairball on Jan 23, 2008 11:14 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: No. 5 pick in 2008 Draft

Well I don't think BS was planing to take a guy who can't walk or hit for power. Or is he?

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by Cookyman on Jan 23, 2008 12:30 PM PST up reply actions  

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I sure hope he doesn't plan on picking a guy who can't walk. That would be a terrible baseball decision.

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by howtheyscored on Jan 23, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: No. 5 pick in 2008 Draft

Blind kids can play baseball.  Look it up.

Really, that's pretty much it's own punchline.

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by multiphasic on Jan 23, 2008 12:50 PM PST up reply actions  

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I don't know.  If he gets one of those guys who race wheelchairs, it might be doable.  And imagine that guy's strike zone.  Especially if it's an umpire who calls the strike zone from the knees to the belt.

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by thehavenot on Jan 23, 2008 2:22 PM PST up reply actions  

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absolutely correct.  with a pick this high, "need" is only a tiebreaker after all else, including signability, has been researched.

by mlb22 on Jan 23, 2008 2:46 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: No. 5 pick in 2008 Draft

best hitter, i think we are set at pitcher for a long time

i so badly want to root for a homegrown hitter it makes me sick

thank god the patriots dont have the giants' first round pick too

by son of riles on Jan 23, 2008 11:13 AM PST reply actions  

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I think they should pick a baseball player.

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by EliminateMe on Jan 23, 2008 11:39 AM PST reply actions  

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No!!! That's just what they expect us to do!

I understand football players make world class jocks, and are sure things to mash for years in MLB. We should draft one of them!

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by howtheyscored on Jan 23, 2008 12:27 PM PST up reply actions  

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You mean there's an ex-football player in the MLB?! That is so cool!! People should definitely write more about him!

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by Cookyman on Jan 23, 2008 12:37 PM PST up reply actions  

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I hear Renaldo Nehemiah is available.

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by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Jan 23, 2008 1:31 PM PST up reply actions  

DARIN ERSTAD!

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by Natto on Jan 23, 2008 11:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: DARIN ERSTAD!

I was thinking more of a Frank Okam type, but to each his own I guess.

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by howtheyscored on Jan 24, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions  

Did you guys know...?

We're going to pick Smoak! That's what the internets are saying.  Not a chance we don't!

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by WalrusMan on Jan 23, 2008 12:19 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Did you guys know...?

Oh great, now you've jinxed us. Maybe it's the extreme cold you've been exposed to.

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by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 23, 2008 12:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Did you guys know...?

Maybe it will be different this year, but a couple of years ago, when we had our first #10 pick (the golden ticket that landed us Lincecum), BA speculated on who might get picked 10th or maybe it was the 10th best player, and it was Evan Longoria, 3B.  So I spent all winter and spring salivating over getting him but he just had to go and develop even faster than others, catapulting him up higher in the draft, away from our pick...

So don't get settled on Smoak being our pick, just hope that the Giants pick a position player who can be a middle of the lineup hitter for us, hopefully a college hitter so he shouldn't be as far away from making the majors.

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by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Jan 23, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Did you guys know...?

Yeah it's actually ridiculously early to think about the draft, because the status of players changes so dramatically throughout the course of the spring season.  Mike Moustakas vaulted himself from fringe 1st round consideration to the #2 pick with his senior season and while an extreme example, that sort of upward/downward is typical once the college and high school seasons start.

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by Roger on Jan 23, 2008 3:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Don't take me so seriously...

I'm more making fun that we've had three draft posts in the past few days with almost 6 months to go until it yet.

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by WalrusMan on Jan 23, 2008 3:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Don't take me so seriously...

What!? It's never too early to talk about the draft. Sheesh, it's like I don't know you people at all! All the time we've spent together, warming ourselves by the virtual campfire, roasting virtual hotdogs and electronically speculating on the meaning of life...  

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by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 23, 2008 4:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Don't take me so seriously...

Damn it, now  I want a hotdog. And not a virtual one either.

by Adam @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 24, 2008 8:59 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: No. 5 pick in 2008 Draft

Speedy slap hitting CF

by zenbitz on Jan 23, 2008 12:42 PM PST reply actions  

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That doesn't walk enough, LOL

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by ramirez415 on Jan 23, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions  

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I voted for starting pitcher just to piss people off. ;-)

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by shikantaza on Jan 23, 2008 1:06 PM PST reply actions  

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