The bats are reducing Rendon's monster numbers and increasing pitcher dominance, Rendon is slightly slowed by a nagging injury...just enough doubts to keep him from being the slam-dunk #1, not enough issues to give me pause about drafting him #2.
I like Cole. I do. But I will take a hitter worthy of the first pick in the draft over a pitcher every time. So far, so good. It's playing out perfectly. I don't mind the fall-back position of "only" the best pitcher in the draft and a worthy Verlander-like starter, but adding a Scott Rolen type to the mix on offense would be worth his weight in gold.
And if the Pirates decide to move their plus 3B to 1B to accomodate Rendon (another benefit for us - they have a good player at the hot corner already), then we'll take the golden arm instead. Bats ARE gonna be under-rated this year as everyone adjusts, but some arms are still pretty special.
Definitely glad to be picking top-2, though.
~G
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