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so you're looking at talents 5-10 on your board and sifting them, which is why I have no problem still promoting Dahl even though he'll likely go 15th or so.
I don't view Correa as having magic sparkle dust, no. I'm okay with his bat but not massively enthused yet, although he looks better than last year and I hear a lot of raving about his progress and future potential. He's got work to do, but so do most high school kids.
He's 18 and I don't think he's as good as Manny Machado (who was 17 when he was drafted 3rd in 2010). Machado has yet to demonstrate power, but he's 19 in AA - he's rocketing up the ladder. He takes walks, he should last at SS defensively, and he looks like a Rickie Weeks sort of player except moved over one slot on the field. Manny's as tall as Correa, so as he fills out and isn't the youngest player in every league he plays in he should add some extra base hits.
Correa's got the same sort of skills - but I'm actually afraid he'll be more like his fellow countryman Christian Colon, drafted right after Machado but not in his class at this point. Not the worst thing, but just "a blue-chip prospect" and not a world-killer by any stretch. I see him as possessing a good bat for a MIF but not a good bat for a MOTO. Isn't that what we want/see from Franklin?
The reason I'm all over Dahl is that he's had injuries masking his talent level. Maybe the injuries themselves should be a warning that he's not gonna hold up over a 162 game season, but when a guy fractures vertabrae (lifting weights) then gets mono before playing for Team USA and still looks like the best player on the field, it makes me believe his ceiling is not as limited as it's being portrayed.
Add in the near-perfect Josh Hamilton swing and his raw coaching situation, as well as his hungry baseball rat personality, and I'm good with him.
But again, that's because I feel like picking 3rd in this draft is like picking 6th in a more top-heavy draft, and 12th or so in 2005. In the right light, Correa could be viewed as a future MOTO star like Tulo. I just haven't seen him in that light yet.
If Jack does, I'll trust him, but that's not where I have him. The two MOTO-potential young bats for me are Buxton and Dahl, and I only think one of them will get to us. I remember Jack drafting Fielder "too early" and feeling pretty good about that pick later.
Don't think it'll happen again though, and I'll have to start looking for more positives on Correa than "interesting mix of Miller and Franklin" with my number 3 pick.
~G