All this talk about drafting and old draft examples are brought in during a time when the draft wasn’t truly respected or thought as a way to build a team. There were more teams who thought of the draft as “draft schmaft” until the past ten years when considerable resources have been put into scouting and development for everyone.
Anyway, it’s obvious that nowadays each team has a much better understanding of the guys at the top. So missing on someone not developing is as much as a reflection of the organization’s development as much as it’s on the guy drafted. That my view on it. You also have a much better chance of hitting a jackpot at the top of the draft. Where you have to find some diamonds in the rough is after the mid first round. Then surrounding the draftees with good coaching in the minors comes into play. There’s a reason Tampa and Toronto have hit the mark when it’s come to their efficient bringing in of prospects. They have the full support system in place. It’s more than just good scouting.
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