Honestly, this is the first one I’ve seen this year higher than 20. Though I do think it’s about right.

I almost wonder if some of the spin isn’t actually coming from the organization itself. With a complete overhaul of the front office, it probably helps them buy time to set expectations a bit low for the farm, initially. I can see where a lot of these guys do rely on the organizations themselves for some information. I really can’t see much other reason for bias.

It is accurate to say they could use to go after one or two more toolsy higher ceiling types. But the relatively “safe” picks they have been loading up on are all power bats. It’s not like they are “low ceiling” guys offensively.

Of Lucas Duda, Fernando Martinez, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Sean Ratliff, Zach Lutz, Wilmer Flores, Jefry Marte, Cesar Puello, Aderlin Rodriguez, Cory Vaughn, and Brian Harrison, the only ones under 6’2" are Martinez, Lutz, and Marte. Every one of these guys has above average power projection, and has shown an ability to hit for average. Yeah, what a boring system. Too many similar guys. Just a bunch of guys who all look like they have a good chance to be average big league corner position players, while hitting 20+ HR a year. Yeah, who needs those.

I can remember when this system went a decade without developing any guys like that. They used to draft a bunch of supposedly high ceiling toolsy speedsters who never did learn to hit.

So yeah, some more pitching would be nice, some more overslot “top talents” would be nice, keeping more high draft picks would be nice, maybe even trading for some prospects at times, but please, please, please don’t stop drafting the boring big college power bats, or signing those boring Latin power hitting third basemen.