they're both at 2.5 fWAR now, so that graphic was probably made yesterday (Rizzo had 0.8 RAR in yesterday's action, Goldschmidt had 1.2) if they updated it today, they'd need to be switched
it doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to me that the WC logo is a bunch of hands grabbing something, when everybody knows that's precisely the thing you never want to do in this sport
why was the situation so disappointing? the basic consensus was that Aiken/Rodon/Jackson were clear top-3 talents with a stray publication/opinion here & there throwing Kolek into that mix, and one of those guys made it to our pick we just didn't seem to value that player or the non-baseball baggage attached to him
What does that have to do with anything. The question wasn't whether they made the right decision. They were in a crappy situation and made the most of it, but that does not make the draft good. As it turns out it probably would have been better to win more games in 2013, oh well. Or lost more games. only if Hoyer?/McLeod? was lying about Schwarber being #2 on their board
where are people getting this bizarre idea that Schwarber is some offensive monster? his college numbers are about identical to what guys like Tony Sanchez & Jeff Clement did, and the scouting consensus isn't really all that enamored with him, either
outsize-zone swing% april: 15.7% may: 11.7% june: 7.5% and it's coincided with 1-1/2 months of .900 OPS COME ON DOWN! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Rod_Roddy_TPIR.jpg
i strongly think Soler will still be up next year, and Alcantara needs to come up with Olt going down, right about now we'll surely see Hendrick this year, too, probably in early August
Hendricks is awesome: 86 pitches through 7, nearly all of them (60) strikes he's so economical, if he had capable fielders he'd probably just throw CGs every turn...go ahead and put him ahead of that weirdo misfit we just picked