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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
But doesn't a lot of that have to do with the Ricciardi regime's strategy to pick guys who were more signable and pass over the guys who may make above slot monetary demands intentionally?
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For sure it's a factor in that jays draft being so bad but the MLB draft has the lowest % success rate by far even amongst top picks. In 1999 as an extreme example, 16 of the first 30 picks never even played 1 MLB game! In 2000 it was 14, in 2001, 11. It seems to average out to around 1/3 of top 30 picks not even getting a single MLB game.
No other big 4 league has such poor draft pick predictability. Couple that with the quality of picks you get for a FA - at best probably around 20 & 40. It's better than nothing I guess.