Another Saturday night drinking with the scouts at the Barleymoe

       Tonight Elijah Craig is joined by George Dickel, Johnny Walker  and Jim Beam

 Elijah: This time next week we will know the results of the draft. Anybody got an opinion about the draft.
 Johnny: I hate this week. No matter what you do, it rarely plays out in your favor.
 George: If you are a weak team and have an early draft position, I believe it's best to sign your free agents. The second round starts this year at pick 80.
 Jim: You mean there are 48 compensatory picks?
 George: Yes and I saw one  teams draft board and they had about 23 players ranked at the major league level.
 Johnny: The way it usually works out that means about 70 players will have a decent Major League career.
 Jim: I'm not sure this year's draft isn't going to compare to the internationals already signed.  My guess is that the careers of Oropesa, Torres, Jacques and Fernandez is going to be what people remember from this season. They already have taken 94.6 million out of the prospects budgets.
Elijah: Have some teams hurt their chances of signing draft choices?
 Jim: Yea, Seattle might have 2 million left, Fargo about the same, Trenton has about 5 million.Durham has the lowest payroll so they can do pretty much whatever they want.
Elijah: Well you guys pretend to be the best scouts, why don't you make some predictions.
Jim: I think David Oropesa can stay at shortstop but will hit a lot like Yan Nunez of Louisville.Seattle is loaded with shortstop types so he won't be rushed to the majors. My guess is he hits the bigs in season 55.
Johnny: I'll take Orlando Torres he signed for 25 million; 2 million less than Oropesa. My guess is that their careers will always be about who is Affirmed and who is Alydar. I think Torres is Alydar but he will have a really good career.
George: That leaves Jacques for me. If I were pimpbotlove, I'd move the guy to centerfield and I think he is a better hitter than Affirmed... I mean Oropesa.
 Elijah: Well you guys are finally on record about some players; we will look back on this is 5 seasons and see how you guys did. Anybody want to make a prediction about the draft.
Johnny: No I hate everything about the draft.
George: I think the Voodoo with the seventh and eighth draft picks will be smiling a lot this time next week; kind of like they think got both Affirmed and Alydar!