Comments on: Gerrit Cole

By: The Great Disaster Draft Of ‘08 : WasWatching.com

The Great Disaster Draft Of ‘08 : WasWatching.com — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:51:01 +0000

[...] happens? With the 28th pick, they take a kid, Gerrit Cole who will not sign. With the 44th pick, they take a kid that many feel was an [...]

By: Cole To College Instead Of Yanks? : WasWatching.com

Cole To College Instead Of Yanks? : WasWatching.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:18:16 +0000

[...] for the record, I would have picked Conor Gillaspie, Shooter Hunt or maybe Brett DeVall instead of Gerrit [...]

By: Cole, DeVall, & Odorizzi : WasWatching.com

Cole, DeVall, & Odorizzi : WasWatching.com — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:28:45 +0000

[...] noticed that the Yankees 2008 first round pick Gerrit Cole made the “Second Team” for Baseball America’s 2008 High School All-American [...]

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:09:19 +0000

>> Mostly it’s because of his immature mound demeanor. >>

I would think something like that could easily be corrected. One pass through AA or AAA and some cranky veteran along the way will fix his wagon.

By: yankeemonkey

yankeemonkey — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:43:21 +0000

When you have the financial flexibility that the Yankees have, you don’t take the safer pick, you take the best player available, with the highest upside. I don’t pretend to know the first thing about players in the amateur draft, so I don’t know whether Cole has a higher upside than Gillaspie, but I’m sure that’s the philosophy behind the pick, and I agree wholeheartedly.

By: Steve Lombardi

Steve Lombardi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:34:11 +0000

~~~Every single other draft analysis has this as a steal for the Yanks, as one of the top 15 players in this draft…~~~

Baseball America did have Cole as the 17th best player in the draft. However, they also had Conor Gillaspie (who I would have taken), the one you call “Bill Mueller,” as the 23rd best player in the draft. Is there really much difference between 17 and 23?

Plus, one is a HS pitcher and the other is a college hitter. Studies have told us here that the college hitter is a safer bet than the HS pitcher.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:00:39 +0000

Are you kidding? A guy the scouts project as being Bill Mueller at best over a guy with a huge ceiling, an overpowering FB, and three plus pitches, all because he has “immature mound demeanor?” So does Josh Beckett…

You are just dedicated to quibbling with every pick aren’t you? Every single other draft analysis has this as a steal for the Yanks, as one of the top 15 players in this draft…

By: Steve Lombardi

Steve Lombardi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:52:04 +0000

Mostly it’s because of his immature mound demeanor.

By: asdf

asdf — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:26:33 +0000

Is it because he was compared to Hughes?