The Hardball Times

October 21, 2008

Beane’s draft

Chone Smith takes a look back at the Moneyball draft, and finds some curious connections to the World Series. Guess who was drafted immediately before and after the A's Nick Swisher?
Posted by: Dave Studeman

August 15, 2008

Baseball’s Draft System Is Badly Broken

Tim Marchman has another nice commentary, this time talking about baseball's latest attempts to fix the baseball drat and why they aren't working.
Posted by: Dave Studeman

June 05, 2008

THT draft primer

For loyal THT readers, you may remember the "Breaking Down the 2007 Draft" articles written by Carlos Gomez close to a year ago. In the upcoming weeks, I plan on replicating this series for the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Of course, there will be a few slight differences.
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Posted by: Alex Eisenberg

June 04, 2008

Mock draft, part one

Saber Scouts has a mock draft on their site, including commentary on each of their projected picks. This is the first half; second half to follow this evening.
Posted by: Dave Studeman

There’s a draft

Baseball's amateur draft will be held tomorrow, and there's lots of good reading on the web. The original champions of amateur and minor league baseball, Baseball America, covers the draft extensively. MLB has their own section, and minor league maven John Sickels has plenty of draft coverage too.

A few other great sources are ESPN.com, Perfect Game, Saber Scouting, and Baseball Analysts.

THT will provide its own draft analysis after the dust settles.
Posted by: Dave Studeman

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Draft Articles

10/29/2009: Where does production come from?

07/09/2009: Minor League Mailbag - 7/8/09

07/09/2009: Fielding stats for college shortstops

06/25/2009: The wrong side of 120

06/18/2009: Prospect Breakdowns, Notes, and Additions - 6/18

06/12/2009: Extreme environments

06/11/2009: Top 50 Fantasy Prospects in the 2009 MLB Draft with Comments

06/11/2009: Abolish the minor leagues

06/08/2009: An Interview with Vince Gennaro

06/05/2009: The legend of Danny Goodwin

05/28/2009: The odds to Omaha

05/07/2009: Is Tom Mendonca the second coming of Brooks Robinson?

03/16/2009: Measuring the NAIA

03/03/2009: Even smaller colleges

02/17/2009: How good is NCAA Division 2?

02/05/2009: Breaking down Division 1 baseball

02/02/2009: Valuing the draft (Part 2)

01/23/2009: Draft Manifesto (part 2)

01/13/2009: Valuing the draft (Part 1)

12/02/2008: The 10 most interesting Rule 5 draft picks, 1981-2007

11/18/2008: The 10 most interesting Rule 5 draft picks, 1967-1980

11/04/2008: The 10 most interesting Rule 5 Draft picks, 1941-1966

10/23/2008: Breaking Down the Draft: More Requests (Part 3)

10/15/2008: Breaking Down the Draft: Some More Requests

10/14/2008: The 10 most interesting Rule 5 draft picks, 1903-1940

10/03/2008: Breaking down the draft: some requests

09/03/2008: Breaking down the draft: Bryan Price vs. Brad Holt

08/28/2008: Breaking down the draft: Picks 44-49

07/24/2008: Breaking down the draft: Picks 36-44

07/11/2008: Breaking down the draft: Scouting Gerrit Cole

07/10/2008: Breaking down the draft: Picks 27-35

06/27/2008: Breaking down the draft: Picks 18-26

06/11/2008: Breaking down the draft, Part 1