Comments on: Farm Authority Report 05/30/06

By: Basil

Basil — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:39:00 +0000

There are some strong college pitchers that could be available at our turn. Right-hander Greg Reynolds from Stanford, Daniel Bard from North Carolina, Brandon Morrow from Cal-Berkeley, Josh Butler from San Diego, Joba Chamberlain from Nebraska and Tim Lincecum from Washington should all go somewhere in the first round

I've read recently about a Stanford pitching curse, or somesuch. The gist seems to be that it's not wise to take Stanford hurlers, because they don't (aside from Mussina, I suppose) pan out. What's your impression on that?

By: Ryan Zimmerman

Ryan Zimmerman — Wed, 31 May 2006 12:03:48 +0000

Wow, the top ranked hitters are so young this year…Aren’t Butler and Marrero like 17/18 years old?

I’d sincerely draft a hitter (if a good one falls to us) but we do need lots of pitchers.

By: Brian J Oliver

Brian J Oliver — Wed, 31 May 2006 13:50:19 +0000

Stanford pitchers have not necessarily panned out as one would hope. Aside from Mussina, some other names of note (round drafted): Willie Adams (1); Jeff Austin (1); Mike Gosling (2); Jeremy Guthrie (2); Rick Helling (1); Chad Hutchison (1 & 2); Kyle Peterson (1st); and Justin Wayne (1)

I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s a curse. More often than not they haven’t panned out but, though I haven’t done the research, I don’t see this as a greater failure rate than any other name college

By: Brian J Oliver

Brian J Oliver — Wed, 31 May 2006 13:51:52 +0000

RZ - Josh Butler is a SP from University of San Diego. He projects best as a RP. Actually Jonathan Mayo from Around the Minors has him tabbed as the Nats’ #15 pick in his mock draft.

By: Ryan Zimmerman

Ryan Zimmerman — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:00:14 +0000

My bad Brian...

I was talking about Billy Rowell (yes, huge typo)