Comments on: Strasburg Alternative No. 1: Grant Green

By: Conor

Conor — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:28:22 +0000

As I understand it, shortstop is typically the position of the most athletic player on the field. I would not be surprised to see a lot of good players at other positions (i.e. 3B, 2B, CF, LF) were shortstops when they were first drafted.

TomC - this is true. A few players that were drafted as shortstops include Gary Sheffield, Jim Thome, Phil Nevin, Michael Cuddyer, Brian Roberts, Hank Blalock, Josh Willingham, Ian Kinsler, Adam Jones, B.J. Upton...Bo Jackson played SS in HS...the list goes on and on. If you're familiar with the defensive spectrum, this makes a lot of sense. You can see that shortstops can essentially play anywhere on the field, whereas left fielders, can really only play left, first base or DH.

By: NODO Dweller

NODO Dweller — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:40:29 +0000

Sad but true terry

By: terry

terry — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:02:40 +0000

No discussion of the Ms potential pick at #2 is complete without a consideration of the relief arms and DH prospects that will be available in that slot.

By: TomC

TomC — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:39:33 +0000

aren’t we supposed to have a future all-star SS in Carlos Triunfel

As I understand it, shortstop is typically the position of the most athletic player on the field. I would not be surprised to see a lot of good players at other positions (i.e. 3B, 2B, CF, LF) were shortstops when they were first drafted.

By: Celadus

Celadus — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:47:07 +0000

I would really like for the Mariners to sign a hitter from college or high school who already exhibits some patience at the plate. Such players won’t start appearing on the M’s minor league rosters until the M’s start drafting them.

So my enthusiasm about Green = meh.

By: galaxieboi

galaxieboi — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:57:47 +0000

Conor wrote a bit about Triunfel here on the 6th. Just type 'Triunfel' on the search too.

By: Mike Snow

Mike Snow — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:34:43 +0000

Triunfel’s not likely a shortstop in the majors.

By: philosofool

philosofool — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:29:20 +0000

I know that there’s a lot to be said for taking the best player on the board, position-be-damned, but aren’t we supposed to have a future all-star SS in Carlos Triunfel (insofar as anyone is a future all-star before they’ve ever played a game in the bigs)?

I haven’t seen his name on this blog in awhile. Is there something that I don’t know about?

By: bakomariner

bakomariner — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:22:30 +0000

Conor, it will only be exciting if we have the right people making the picks…if Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb are involved at all, we’re in trouble…

By: Conor

Conor — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:14:32 +0000

Depending on if they sign Fields / where Ibanez lands, the M’s could have four of the top 40 picks next year. /drool

Actually it would probably be more like 4 in the top 50 (but three in the top 30 and five in the top 70ish) But still…very exciting!