Random Draft comments

klown61455 on Cleveland's draft:  My 19th round pick, Raphael Saenz (P) may be the 2nd best player I drafted but if my 20 HS scouting is anywhere close to accurate, Darren Pressley will be an absolute steal with the 6th pick!

Ed. note:  I didn't see Pressley so all I have to go on are my Advanced Scouting ($0, so the department is basically my 15-yo beagle), which projects him to an OVR of 100, and the currents, which suggest a pretty good hitting (although free-swinging) 2B.


werniss on Colorado's draft:  I have 20 scouting on HS and 0 on College. I upped from 16 to 20 for HS this season. I was looking primarily for pitching in the first round (at pick #10) I had Derek Leach as my #1 prospect but was taken (went #4 overall).  Even though I had pitching as a target I had Pressley as #2 but was also taken ahead of me. So, my #3 McMillan which I haven't been able to sign yet as I thought he was the next available best pitcher that I can "see".  Also, William Washington a high school pitcher with 20 on high school scouting was apparently not scouted enough.  I still can't see him but he was picked #2 in the draft so I would be curious what ratings he has and why I couldn't see him with max budget of scouting on high school. That is my biggest beef with the current system.

Ed. note:  Both McMillan and Washington remain unsigned but I'd still expect them to be under contract soon.  I had McMillan at 8 and Washington at 9, but I could have underrated both (I have more $$ devoted to college than HS).

TXLnghrn on Vancouver's draft:  With my draft, I had a choice between Jimmy Stairs (PROJ 98 OVR) and Darren Pressley (PROJ 99 OVR).  I chose to put Stairs first and got him. I didn't see the guy who went #2. With Stairs, all his actuals are lower than I saw before the draft. Nevertheless, he's a 91 OVR with amazing offensive potential who'll end up in LF. Perennial all-star so can't complain too much. My supplemental pick (David Huang) should be a solid ML setup guy. And my 2nd-rounder (Gordon DePaula) is likely to make the bigs as at least a platoon 1B/LF that can crush lefties.

Ed. note:  TXLnghrn gets an A on this draft for choosing Stairs over Pressley (or any of the other #1 pretenders).  Although Stairs is 2 years older than Pressley I think his ratings will always stay ahead - he could be in the Majors to start next season and do well.  TXL might be a little optimistic about that 2nd-rounder, but Huang could be one of those low-control guys who has enough other quality ratings to be pretty effective.

Season 45 Power rankings, volume 2

Teams	score
Montgomery	2.05
San Francisco	2.55
New York	2.8
Kansas City	3.65
Jacksonville	4.3
Philadelphia	6.15
Milwaukee	7.95
San Juan	10
Columbus	10.6
Jackson	11
Honolulu	11.6
New Orleans	12
Oakland	12.8
Durham	14.2
Las Vegas	14.5
Toronto	15.2
Florida	16.3
Colorado	17.6
Richmond	19.5
Vancouver	21
Los Angeles	21.2
Toledo	21.6
Houston	21.6
Scottsdale	24
Boston	24.4
Salt Lake City	25.2
Austin	25.2
Cleveland	27.2
Montreal	27.7
Helena	28
Pittsburgh	30.4
Dover	30.5