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Guys who came out of nowhere (1 Viewer)
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Man In The Box
Footballguy
Mike Piazza
Finless
Footballguy
RnR
Footballguy
Meh. The Greek God of Walks was coveted before he ever played an MLB game.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Robinson Cano
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
Finless.
Finless
Footballguy
Been here since day 1Can someone tell me what Heyward's deal was and how I missed drafting him over the last couple years? Did he just make a torrid run right out of high school?
He was never on my radar.....which makes no sense.
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
Heyward was expected to be good. Not this good, but he was a high first round draft pick. He went 14th overall and was in the same draft as David Price, Matt Weiters, Bumgarner, Porcello, Borbon, Vitters, LaPorta, Moustakas.
He came out of high school and is their local boy. He was last year's minor league player of the year and that's the first time I ever heard of him.
He came out of high school and is their local boy. He was last year's minor league player of the year and that's the first time I ever heard of him.
Eephus
Footballguy
Well he's only 20 so he was even younger a few years ago. He was a high HS draft pick by the Braves and has always been an impressive physical specimen. When we did the original SB dynasty draft in 2008, Heyward was regarded highly enough by minor league touts for me to burn a mid round pick on him. Heyward, Alvarez and Andrew Brackman were the three futures I targeted in that draft. Brackman has been as bad as Heyward's been good.
Can someone tell me what Heyward's deal was and how I missed drafting him over the last couple years? Did he just make a torrid run right out of high school?
He was never on my radar.....which makes no sense.
Finless
Footballguy
I'd like to take Alvarez off your hands.Well he's only 20 so he was even younger a few years ago. He was a high HS draft pick by the Braves and has always been an impressive physical specimen. When we did the original SB dynasty draft in 2008, Heyward was regarded highly enough by minor league touts for me to burn a mid round pick on him. Heyward, Alvarez and Andrew Brackman were the three futures I targeted in that draft. Brackman has been as bad as Heyward's been good.Been here since day 1
Can someone tell me what Heyward's deal was and how I missed drafting him over the last couple years? Did he just make a torrid run right out of high school?
He was never on my radar.....which makes no sense.
boubucarow
Footballguy
Heyward took so many pitches in the high school circuit that many teams felt like they didn't see enough to spend a 1st round pick on him. The Braves apparently had seen enough in their own backyard and rated him I believe as a easy top 10 pick if not higher.
Sam Quentin
Footballguy
Shaun Marcum?
cheese
Footballguy
Trevor Hoffman. Reds 11th round pick as an infielder, but after trying him at pitcher in the minors they didn't care about protecting him from expansion draft. Pitched for Marlins in their 1st season and never saw the minors again until a 2003 rehab assignment.
Guy has been unbelievable for almost 20 years.
Guy has been unbelievable for almost 20 years.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Never heard this good stuff!
Man In The Box
Footballguy
Ryne Sandberg was a 20th round pick.
boubucarow
Footballguy
And traded to the Cubs along with Larry Bowa for a Ivan Dejesus who hit .194 the previous year.
oso diablo
Footballguy
Piazza doesn't fit my idea of "no expectations upon callup". He first appeared in the majors as a September call-up in 1992, after socking an OPS of around 1000 in AA & AAA that year. In my 93 NL-only auction, i had him pegged as a "gotta get", which i did and he was a key part in winning the title that season. Pablo Sandoval is a recent comp.The guys who fit this definition for me are ones like Casey McGehee.
Eephus
Footballguy
Sandoval is a great example. The Panda wasn't regarded as a top prospect coming up through the Giants system. In 2008, something clicked and he did great at AA, AAA and MLB levels.
pantagrapher
Footballguy
GreatLakesMike
Footballguy
Pete Rose
Signed by the Reds as an amateur free agent.
Signed by the Reds as an amateur free agent.
Eephus
Footballguy
That was before the amateur draft started
GreatLakesMike
Footballguy
I didn't even think about that.
Blunder aside, is it safe to say Rose wasn't a top prospect?
Eephus
Footballguy
He was a late bloomer. I believe he signed an independent minor league deal before signing with the Reds organization.I didn't even think about that.Blunder aside, is it safe to say Rose wasn't a top prospect?
Zow
Footballguy
As a favor actually. True story: I played for a team that cut Mike Piazza
Great example. 62nd rounder 
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Don Mattingly
Pablo Sandoval
Ricky Ricardo
Pablo Sandoval
Ricky Ricardo
Eephus
Footballguy
He exploded once he started hitting the Vita-Meta-Vega-Min
Finless
Footballguy
Sandoval, really? I thought I remembered some minors hype and talk of dual positions prior to him coming up.I'm a Sox fan I and I did not see Ellsbury becoming this successful. The year before coming up he was buried in the Sox prospects ranking IIRC.
GreatLakesMike
Footballguy
Watched Mattingly play for the Columbus Clippers (AAA). He rarely went deep, but man could he stroke the ball. Great defensive first baseman as well. He was a lock for Hall until the back problems started. What a great player.
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Not. About. You.As a favor actually. True story: I played for a team that cut Mike Piazza
