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Old 04-02-2024, 10:24 PM   #64
Baconi
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Originally Posted by thenewchuckd View Post
If I could pick at #1 and get a distribution of players with career WAR of like you see in real life, I would be happy. Of course with top staff I would expect to do a bit better than that. But let's start with baby steps.

https://www.mlb.com/news/every-no-1-...mlb-draft-pick

The linked article just tells me that since 2013, first overall draft picks have not been consistently good at all. Rutschman looks good and it's still too early to say for others, but this seems to emphasize that baseball prospects can have very random outcomes.
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