Comments on: Draft Reviews: Toronto Blue Jays http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/draft-reviews-toronto-blue-jays/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Impossibles http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/draft-reviews-toronto-blue-jays/#comment-74444 Impossibles Mon, 04 May 2009 17:22:10 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=4663#comment-74444 Good summary Marc. Have you heard any good things about Ahrens that might go beyond the stat line? Any idea when he might make his MLB debut? 2011 or even later than that? Good summary Marc. Have you heard any good things about Ahrens that might go beyond the stat line? Any idea when he might make his MLB debut? 2011 or even later than that?

]]> By: Spifficus http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/draft-reviews-toronto-blue-jays/#comment-74236 Spifficus Sat, 02 May 2009 03:47:13 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=4663#comment-74236 No love for Brett Cecil in the '07 draft? No love for Brett Cecil in the ’07 draft?

]]> By: Marc http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/draft-reviews-toronto-blue-jays/#comment-74210 Marc Fri, 01 May 2009 23:05:41 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=4663#comment-74210 I am aware of Conor's MLB debut but it was contract-related (part of his bonus), not performance-based and he's back down in A ball. I am aware of Conor’s MLB debut but it was contract-related (part of his bonus), not performance-based and he’s back down in A ball.

]]> By: Richie Abernathy http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/draft-reviews-toronto-blue-jays/#comment-74188 Richie Abernathy Fri, 01 May 2009 21:18:22 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=4663#comment-74188 Conor Gillespie made his MLB debut last year. Conor Gillespie made his MLB debut last year.

]]> By: Kevin S. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/draft-reviews-toronto-blue-jays/#comment-74181 Kevin S. Fri, 01 May 2009 20:48:19 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=4663#comment-74181 But what's the discount rate on draft picks going forward? A second-round pick you can start developing today is more valuable than a first-round pick you get next year because of both the additional development time you get for picking this year, and the additional uncertainty involved with who is going to be around when you pick next year. But what’s the discount rate on draft picks going forward? A second-round pick you can start developing today is more valuable than a first-round pick you get next year because of both the additional development time you get for picking this year, and the additional uncertainty involved with who is going to be around when you pick next year.

]]> By: Evan http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/draft-reviews-toronto-blue-jays/#comment-74173 Evan Fri, 01 May 2009 20:02:18 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=4663#comment-74173 Given that the draft compensation system only discourages the first free agent signing, but after you've done that you can pretty much sign whomever you want because you're giving away lower picks, wouldn't it make more sense to go forwrad in years rather than up in rounds? So rather than giving the Jays the Yankees' third round pick in 2009, instead we could give the Jays the Yankee's first round pick in 2011 (with the first picks in 2009 and 2010 going as compensation for Sabathia and Teixeira). Given that the draft compensation system only discourages the first free agent signing, but after you’ve done that you can pretty much sign whomever you want because you’re giving away lower picks, wouldn’t it make more sense to go forwrad in years rather than up in rounds?

So rather than giving the Jays the Yankees’ third round pick in 2009, instead we could give the Jays the Yankee’s first round pick in 2011 (with the first picks in 2009 and 2010 going as compensation for Sabathia and Teixeira).

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