Who Will Get the All-important First Pick?
With the Initial Draft set to take place next weekend, everyone is on pins & needles as we prepare to find out this weekend who will win the coveted top pick. All teams have the same 6.25% of getting the first pick, so it's anyone's game. Some conspiracy theorists are even floating the idea about that the NBA's commissioner would go so far as to rig the draft so a large market team like New York would win the top pick of the draft!
Who's worthy of being the top overall pick?
With there not being any players who truly set themselves apart as head & shoulders above the rest of the top tier players, it comes down to what team gets the top pick.
Do you want the youngster to build around or the veteran to try to win now? Prefer to have an ace to anchor your rotation or a big bat to plug into the middle of your lineup? With all the teams subject to the league-wide soft cap of $50 million, we could find out which owners are willing to spend and which ones are more concerned with the bottom line as well.
According to our Baseball Mogul Times scouts, here's the skinny on the top candidates to go #1 overall in the upcoming draft:
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Player Name P Age Overall Peak Scouting Salary Years
Crause, Chuck SP 26 91 93 9.7 $4,200,000 3
Pradel, Tomas SP 24 87 94 9.7 $1,253,086 Arb '10
Cuadra, Daveed SP 27 88 90 9.6 $380,000 Arb '10
Ambler, Preston SP 27 90 90 9.6 $3,450,000 6
Deason, Jameson SS 22 86 93 9.6 $800,540 Arb '10
Helmer, Malcolm SP 26 90 90 9.6 $3,700,000 5
Greenlaw, Doug C 22 85 89 9.4 $2,160,417 4
Babich, Dusty SP 26 79 94 9.4 $1,350,000 4
Is having the top pick even an ideal position for a team?
Sure the owner of the team with the top pick will have every player to choose from, but they'll also have a long wait until their next pick, having to watch 30 players go before their next pick. Many are saying that being able to pick at the back end of the first round & the beginning of round 2 is more valuable than having that first overall pick.
One thing is for sure, the winner of the draft will likely be determined by what they're able to do after the first couple rounds. All the teams should be able to get good players able to contribute at the top of the draft, but getting those kinds of players in the middle rounds will likely be what separates the winners from the losers
Originally Posted by Alloutwar
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