I thought I posted yesterday that I thought they would go heavy on pitching. The wannabe draftniks are panning the whole thing. If any of these geeks, who are NOT employed by a major league organization, would pay the slightest bit of attention they would realize pitching is baseball's best currency. There's nothing wrong with going for a toolsy high school outfielder, but the Cardinals have enough resources where they can trade for someone already proven. And given how adept they are at shitting out pitching prospects, I trust whatever they are doing.

Sounds like the first pick (Weaver) was a safe college pitcher, high floor, low ceiling unless he develops a better third pitch.  The upside came with their compensation pick (Flaherty).  The 2 second round picks sound like guys who should sign for below slot in order to free up the money to sign Flaherty (maybe Weaver).  Flaherty is reportedly asking for about $1M over slot.

tkihshbt wrote:

APIAD wrote:

Whats the word on the cards draft. I dont follow these things enough to know what kids are what. Seems like the cards are taking risk on signablity and hoping to get top arms instead of playing it safe and ending up with AAAA type players.

The players they drafted fit the same mold as someone like Wacha. I'm guessing they are athletic with easy, repeatable mechanics. All of them appear to have fastballs and change-ups.

There must be something in the Cardinal Way about pitchers with developed change-ups, because almost every pitcher they draft anymore knows how to throw a good one. 

The one difference being that 3 of the 4 are only 6'0" and slightly built.

You can trade the bonus round picks, I think.

Draft picks can't usually be traded for up to a year, but I think they can be listed as "future consideration."