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sg8335aa · February 9th, 2007, 04:58 AM

Yes, the draft position helps HiAspire......however you're also forgetting the fact that the Rockies International Presence before O'Dowd was practically nothing.

Under his watch, he's built a strong presence in the Dominican, Venezuela and the Pacific Rim. By my count there were 12-13 International prospects on this year's Rockies Top 30. Our system would never have been as deep as it is without our presense in the International Market.

Take away: Morales, Jimenez, Morillo, Gomez, Lindsay, Lo, Corpas, Herrera, Deduno, Anuery Rodriguez, Colina and Strop......what do you have left? A very mediocre system.

Yes, high draft position gave us prospects like Tulo, Nelson, Francis, Stewart and *gasp* Reynolds.........however, the whole Gen-R movement has come from guys selected in the mid-rounds where draft position doesn't matter: Baker, Barmes, Holliday (yes I know he wasn't an O'Dowd pick), Hawpe, Atkins.....not to mention prospects like: Fowler, Ianetta, Koshansky, Roe, Hynick, Wimberly, EY Jr, Matt Miller.....etc....

I don't buy your "we only have a strong farm system because of our high-draft position" arguement. Take away Stewart and Tulo and replace them with mid-1st round talent and while we may drop a few notches, I still think we're a top 5 farm system (but closer to 4th/5th)

February 9th, 2007, 04:58 AM	#11 (permalink)
sg8335aa Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 118	Hiaspire Yes, the draft position helps HiAspire......however you're also forgetting the fact that the Rockies International Presence before O'Dowd was practically nothing. Under his watch, he's built a strong presence in the Dominican, Venezuela and the Pacific Rim. By my count there were 12-13 International prospects on this year's Rockies Top 30. Our system would never have been as deep as it is without our presense in the International Market. Take away: Morales, Jimenez, Morillo, Gomez, Lindsay, Lo, Corpas, Herrera, Deduno, Anuery Rodriguez, Colina and Strop......what do you have left? A very mediocre system. Yes, high draft position gave us prospects like Tulo, Nelson, Francis, Stewart and gasp Reynolds.........however, the whole Gen-R movement has come from guys selected in the mid-rounds where draft position doesn't matter: Baker, Barmes, Holliday (yes I know he wasn't an O'Dowd pick), Hawpe, Atkins.....not to mention prospects like: Fowler, Ianetta, Koshansky, Roe, Hynick, Wimberly, EY Jr, Matt Miller.....etc.... I don't buy your "we only have a strong farm system because of our high-draft position" arguement. Take away Stewart and Tulo and replace them with mid-1st round talent and while we may drop a few notches, I still think we're a top 5 farm system (but closer to 4th/5th)