Choice

I don't know much about Michael Choice. I didn't really follow the draft all that closely this year. From what I could tell though was that the way things happened, we had about 3 billion options at 10. And we took Choice. He seems like the kind of guy the A's would love. Lots of power, quite a bit of upside, college bat, and walks a TON. I'm pretty satisfied with the pick, really. The way the big league team goes up and hacks away, nice to see a guy enter the system who has a rep of walking often.

The one guy that really kind of intrigued me in this draft was Yasmani Grandal. Well, obviously harper and taillon intrigued me too, but I never thought we would get a shot at them. Grandal actually did fall to us, but we passed, presumably because of signability. I wouldn't be too surprised if the A's had Choice higher on they board though. Well, obviously they did, what I mean is I wouldn't be surprised if, just on talent alone, the A's had Choice higher than Grandal, just because of his awesome power potential and crazy patience. Reds ended up with Grandal. They got the guy I was really hoping would fall to the A's last year too in Leake. Mike Leake, btw, is fucking awesome. I thought people were under selling him as the safe but near mlb ready college pick. Turns out it wasn't under selling, he really was that mlb ready/safe of a pick. And more importantly, not only is he mlb ready, hes like an above average pitcher.

Anyway, excited to see how the rest of the draft turns out. Hopefully Choice will not be a tough sign so we can see some stassi/krol-esque signings in the coming rounds. Because seriously, our farm system is performing so miserably, those two are about the only two I'm optimistic about now. Krol has been awesome, and Stassi, despite the K's, is flashing some crazy power for a teenager in A ball. Hope we can get Choice signed quick, I'd really like to see what he can do. Gosh I love the draft, acquiring new talent is always way too much fun.