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I'd want to be very careful with this draft. 5 years ago there was an "amazing" pitching draft as well, with just one lone college bat worth drafting high.
The order:
#1: Hochevar - has sucked
#2: Reynolds - has sucked
#3: Longoria - the lone plus-plus college hitter is tremendous
#4: Lincoln - sucks
#5: Morrow - bullpen, rotation, mostly suck with lots of Ks
#6: Miller - sucks
#7: Kershaw - HIGH SCHOOL arm, made good so far
#8: Stubbs - outfielder who's been all right, actually
#9: Rowell - high school 3B who's been atrocious in the minors
#10: Lincecum - 2 Cy Youngs and a World Series ring
#11: Scherzer - decent starter, not a frontliner yet
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That looks a LOT like this draft. I expect 2 HS bats in the first 10 picks, Rendon, and the rest are pitchers.  The most under-rated one currently is the guy pitching like Lincecum, Rendon's a near-clone of Longoria with better college power, and the "consensus" top arm...
in 2006 it was Miller in college or Hochevar who'd held out for more money, and in 2011 it's Cole.  Both Miller and Hochevar have spent 5 years epically flopping around with similar profiles to Cole.
I want either the bat or the freak - Rendon or Bauer.  We skipped on the freak last time to our lasting regret.  As I continue to be underwhelmed by Cole's results with his supposedly-dominant stuff...
I'm definitely getting 2006 deja vu.
~G