You’re projecting McCann for a career high in HR. It’s not an unreasonable projection, but the only reason you can say he’s more valuable than Mauer is the Homers.

You project Mauer to have 45 more points of BA than McCann, but think McCann’s extra 10 HR is worth more. I’m not going to argue that, but I will point out that if McCann doesn’t hit a career high, but instead hits 21, suddenly you’re paying 45 points of BA for 6 projected HR.

As far as comparing Posey to Wieters, it seems odd to me that he was supposedly such a surefire bet. His Babip was an insanely high .356 in ’09. You might not have expected it to regress as much as it did, but expecting him to maintain it seems odd. His HR totals for 2010 were about the same rate as in ’09, and his BA wasn’t that much lower than what I would have guessed. The issue with Wieters was everyone was assuming he’d improve.

But with Posey, we don’t need him to improve to be worth it. But if he DOES improve…. I’m not saying he’s worth a high level pick, but I think you’re underestimating him.

http://writer.zoho.com/public/vinreich/mock6

For being such an active commenter you sure haven’t made an effort to get into these razzmocks!

Hehe yea man, I was just trying to zig while others zagged! Next thing we know the first round is going to go Stanton, Chacin, Dunn, Posey, Hill, Morrow, and others

you should know that it already has claimed one life .

the other day , i was checking out the site’s credibility by comparing
it’s stats to the back of my 1964 Topps (#25) Bill Monbouquette card .

the numbers coincided , but since that night the card has been “lost” ,
(perhaps somewhere on this desk , if not the twilight zone) .
now , the guy in omaha , that i was selling it to , thinks i’m nuts/senile .

i was surprised at how many pitchers flew off the board in the 6th round .

yeah , i hesitated a long time before deciding to hook you up .
not that i used it much ,
but i felt like some sort of drug dealer , or bartender to an alcoholic .
o-pree would call me an “enabler” .
don’t kill yourself .
and if you leave a suicide note , don’t mention my name .
enjoy .

It is interesting to see how the first 8 picks or so in the mock changed with Grey’s rankings posted.

BTW: You took SEVEN that I would have grabbed had they fallen to me!

@Ned Shakeshaft: I’d draft one catcher in the $7-10 range then one dollar one.

@simply fred: Looks like a strong hitting team, Fred. Sizemore is a bit of a reach there, but it’s not terrible. Your pitching is great with upside, but it would be nice to see one more guy that you can hang your hat on. I mean, I like Chacin and Morrow and Kennedy and Norris, but there’s a lot of risk there.

In Fred’s defense the signing hasn’t been announced during the mock

C Posada (R15)
1B Cabrera (R1)
2B K.Johnson (R9) (Hill sniped R8)
3B M.Young (R8) (Alvarez sniped R6)
SS Reyes (R2)
MI Espinosa (R17)
CI Smoak (R17)
UT Freeman (R19)
OF J-Up (R3)
OF Sizemore (R4) (Panic Heyward #35 overall)
OF Stanton (R5)
OF BJ Upton (R7)
OF T Snider (R14)
SP J Weaver (R6)
SP Chacin (R10) (early but I wanted to keep the theme)
SP Morrow (R11)
SP Kennedy (R20)
SP Norris (R21)
SP Pavano (R23)
SP Paulino (R24)
RP Soriano (R12)
RP Bailey (R13)
RP Thornton (R16)
RP Fuentes (R22) (went the extra not sure if all get closer jobs)
RP Sale (R25)

http://www.mockdraftcentral.com/draft_grid.jsp?id=155075&color=0

And the updated ADP chart

http://writer.zoho.com/public/vinreich/adp

Or would that much scarcity necessitate some spending?

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/13/padres-nearing-agreement-with-catcher-gregg-zaun/