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I can't imagine that having the leg strength and athleticism to dunk is a BAD thing for a pitcher to have.  I mean that leg strength can only mean a hotter fastball, right?
However I agree with you guys that typically the Adam Jones' of the world rarely pan out, and even when they do make it to the majors they usually disappoint and under perform expectations (just look at Adam Jones, or Tui as an example).
Anymore I would MUCH RATHER the M's draft the slightly less athletic baseball obsessed dirt dog (Nick Franklin) over the supremely athletic guy with no real baseball skills (Most over our picks in the Bavasi era) that is mostly here because he really enjoyed the sound of "Cha Ching" (taking the guaranteed baseball money over college sports)!
As a quick basketball player turn HOF baseball player aside, I have been reading Selena Roberts biography / expose on Alex Rodriguez, and interestingly enough when he was a 14 year old freshman he could already dunk a basketball and was considered a better basketball prospect than baseball.  In fact he was going to quit baseball to concentrate on basketball, but his family convinced him to give it one more year.  Of course that was the year he started doing steroids and working out a whole bunch and started hitting home runs (he was a tall skinny defensive whiz before that), and all of a sudden was an instant baseball mega prospect (his bench press went from 100 pounds to 310 in 3 months), and the rest, as they say, is history.