OK, I thought it would be a good time to put, in one place, links to all the blog posts I have made so far as we lead up to the 2024 draft beginning in a little over 2 weeks. So, if you are interested, please feel free to browse. Note that as you go through these, one thread appears throughout: Don't think you are smarter than the system and just make solid picks with a swinkle of aggression and you can wind up with a great draft! I encourage you to read through these posts for, possibly, a totally different vision of the baseball draft and how it has and should impact the Guardians and their 2024 draft. Enjoy!
So here goes:
Part 19: Explores types of players who might be value picks in the draft (other than the typical college junior/HS senior groups)
Part 18 - Talks about how draft-eligible guys performed/are performing in the Cape Cod League, a league where performance seems to be a big factor in how the Guardians rate their college draft prospects.
Part 17 - Warns of the Risks of taking the unusual path of drafting a lower-ranked prospect at 1-1, trying to save money for later rounds.
Part 16 - My first total mock draft of who the Guardians might pick in all 20 rounds of the draft if the draft had been held on June 9th.
Part 15 - A look back at the strategy and results from the Guardians' 2021 draft and the lessons we learned from picking a LOGICAL strategy and executing it.
Part 14 - Looks, from the beginning of the draft, at the history the exact draft slots in rounds 7-10 of the 2024 draft that the Guardians will be drafting.
Part 14 (#2) - Looks at the history of the draft slots in rounds 4, 5 and 6 that Cleveland will pick at in the 2024 Draft
Part 13 - Following superstition, there was no part 13 and, no, I don't step on the baselines when I leave a baseball/softball field
Part 12 - A history of the draft slots for our Comp A, 2nd and 3rd round picks the Guardians will be picking at in the 2024 draft
Part 11 - Looks at EXACTLY how much money the Guardians have in their draft budget for the 2024 draft, including the 4.99% overage and what that means in terms of penalties.
Part 10 - A look at some players in the category of draft-eligible sophomores and what that term means (NOTE: This is not a very comprehensive list. Those lists are available as paid content on a few other websites but I neither want to poach this material for this blog nor do I want to pay for content as my blog is always free and it goes against that concept).
Part 9 - A look at how many DH, C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B were drafted in the first 10 picks of the last 10 drafts.
Part 8 - A look at the trend in pitchers drafted in the top 10 picks of the last 10 drafts
Part 7 - A look at trends in outfielders drafted in the first 10 picks of the last 10 drafts
Part 6 - Early mock draft for players drafted beyond 1-1
Part 5 - A cautionary tale about what happens when you draft safe, draft off a primary position and draft injured players trying to out-think the experts with your 1-1 draft.
Part 4 - This part describes how mistakes in the draft and mistakes in other player decision, including mistakes based on people thinking they are smarter than all the other draft people in baseball, impact drafts and moves a team makes going forward. Really, this is a cautionary tale that says: DON'T SCREW UP THE 2024 DRAFT!!!
Part 3 - A very early look in January at potential players who might go 1-1. Looking at this will tell you how things can change in the draft during the year of that draft.
Part 2 - This article warms of how teams sometimes gravitate at the last minute to guys who move up draft boards and how there is value in guys who, at the last minute, suddenly move down draft boards, admonishing the Guardians' draft guys away from over-valuing 'the shiny new thing'.
Part 1 - Written after the draft lottery, this article looks at the data which says that, if they do their jobs correctly, the Guardians are looking at getting multiple great players in this draft.
If you have read this far, thanks! Go Guardians!
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