tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post5609617580202165831..comments2024-03-29T02:43:41.299-07:00Comments on When the Giants Come to Town...: Scouting the 2017 Draft: Day 3 WrapDrBGiantsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574563470247927739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-83734651081513540432017-06-15T18:19:41.074-07:002017-06-15T18:19:41.074-07:00The Giants did a good job drafting and developing ...The Giants did a good job drafting and developing Posey, Bumgarner, Panik, Belt, Crawford, and and and who? Tomlinson? Duffy if he were still a Giant. Obviously Sandoval and others who left SF for "greener" pastures.<br />Jury is out on Slater, Arroyo, Blach, Beede, Mac, Crick, Parker and everyone else who hasn't proved they can get ML batters out or hit ML pitching.<br />Lack of depth came home to roost this year when Bumgarner and Smith went down early, and Melancon was up-and-down. <br />Contrary to our expectations this is not a good team and doesn't have the core to get better unless everything that has been bad gets better while the "core" stays intact. <br />Cueto's bad year and Núñez's good year may work to the Giants advantage, but a whole bunch of guys have to come through in 2018 to be a contender. Pence and Span may be contributors but they are not going to be better. Arroyo, Slater, and another rook need to be ML ready. Beede/Blach/someBody need to be beneficial, the bullpen needs to plug the leaks.<br />This is akin to filling an inside royal flush. Sure,it can happen, but don't bet your house!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-80453244779605653222017-06-15T14:47:39.975-07:002017-06-15T14:47:39.975-07:00Agree pretty much with your take on the draft. Ram...Agree pretty much with your take on the draft. Ramos and Gonzalez have high ceilings as high school hitters and it's wait and see how the drafted pitching do. The Giants have done a good job developing hitters under John Barr. The interesting thing to me is that the Giants seemed to have shifted to being better at developing hitters then pitchers which is fine with me. Maybe Tyler Beede and TY Blach will change that perception.<br /><br />LG Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-66704458914567440102017-06-15T13:10:40.555-07:002017-06-15T13:10:40.555-07:00It's interesting where they come up with these...It's interesting where they come up with these guys, especially the pitchers. After the first few rounds, hardly any of the Giants' picks -- even up to overall #500 -- were from BA's "Top 500" - rather, they were mostly anonymous perhaps except to diligent scouts. The Tidrow crew scouting pitchers seems to have specific things they look for, something they feel they can mold, and must spend a ton of time on the road, trying to get to out-of-the-way places just in time to see specific pitchers throw. Now that would be a tough job ...<br /><br />In any event, we'll certainly all root for Tostado.Jimnoreply@blogger.com