The San Francisco Giants selected Mississippi State right-hander Chris Stratton with the 20th overall pick in the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Now that I’ve successfully replicated Bud Selig’s wooden performance as Draft emcee, I’ll talk to you about this Stratton character. He’s a junior power pitcher with strong command and four pitches, although he has a few… Read more →
My official draft credo is: If the Giants draft a pitcher I’ll probably just shut up and not worry about it too much. Tonight, the Giants selected right-handed pitcher, Chris Stratton, with their first pick (20th overall) in the 2012 First Year Player Draft. Stratton pitched at Mississippi State and was the 2012 SEC Pitcher of the Year. Other stuff… Read more →
.255/.335/.317 That’s Tim Flannery’s career batting line over 11 seasons in the major leagues. .255/.335/.317. Really, it’s not a very good batting line. He was pretty good at drawing walks (277 career walks vs. 293 career strikeouts) and he did have some competent seasons on offense (by OPS+ he was above average in 1984-86 and 1988), but it’s not a… Read more →