Oh look. The Seattle Pilots are back on the clock. Again. At this point, half the first round feels less like a draft and more like an extended Seattle team-building exercise. Somewhere around Pick #12 I started wondering if the Pilots were simply going to draft every player I like and leave the rest of the league to sort out the leftovers. To their credit, they've been remarkably committed to a philosophy. No half measures. No playing it safe....
MOCK DRAFT — PICK #15 Seattle Pilots The Seattle Pilots are back. Again. At this point, Seattle has accumulated so many premium assets that every few picks I expect them to wander back into the draft room carrying another first-round selection they found behind a couch somewhere. So far, the strategy has been remarkably consistent. Acquire talent. Ignore timelines. Embrace risk. Ask questions later. The Pilots entered the offseason with...
The league-operated Colorado Rockies are back on the clock, and after selecting Mike Lowell at Pick #7, they've got a chance to continue something they haven't really had in a while: A coherent long-term plan. That's admittedly a low bar, but we're working with what we've got. With no permanent owner yet in place, the Rockies continue to lean into the safest philosophy available: accumulate talent, don't overcomplicate things, and leave the...
Sometimes draft picks require pages of analysis. Sometimes there are multiple viable candidates. Sometimes front offices spend weeks agonizing over competing philosophies, positional value, organizational fit, and long-term projections. And sometimes the player who has been sitting at the very top of your board for weeks unexpectedly falls right into your lap. As soon as Seattle announces Paul Lo Duca at Pick #12, somewhere in St. Louis, owner...