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Originally Posted by ayaghmour2
Thanks for the share! Very interesting article and these are my favorite type of studies to read and write. This one really highlights how different MLB's draft is to the rest of the major leagues. NHL is the closest to MLB, but in the NBA and NFL there's almost never an instance of a first rounder not debuting. And for the NFL plenty of 2nd and 3rd Rounder make instant impact right away. In baseball, you have a good chance with your first rounder, but its far from a guarantee. And then already in the second its already coin flip.
Legendsport did a good job answering your draft question, but I'll add that online drafts are a lot of fun. Stats Plus makes the actual drafting easy, but all the discussion we get around the draft makes it almost feel like a real life one. Especially when the players you want your team to get are snapped up right before you're up...
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Yeah, it's part of the reason why I do not understand why MLB in its draft's current form even considers high school players, especially in the 1st round. College players are guaranteed to be more advanced and generally work out much better, EVEN the college pitchers whose arms are NOT spent as it has always been rumored.