But how can you know? It seems there are a lot of young pitchers getting hurt all around baseball. I forget who it was or which system, but one of their pitchers has Tommy Johns while still in high school.
You can never have enough pitching. It saved the Indian's ass this year. No one expected all those kids to do as well as they did.
Sure you needs bats too, but I think that's easier to get from free agency or trades when your pitching is ready to make a run. But obviously you want some balance of bats in your draft too.
But how can you know? It seems there are a lot of young pitchers getting hurt all around baseball. I forget who it was or which system, but one of their pitchers has Tommy Johns while still in high school.
You can never have enough pitching. It saved the Indian's ass this year. No one expected all those kids to do as well as they did.
Sure you needs bats too, but I think that's easier to get from free agency or trades when your pitching is ready to make a run. But obviously you want some balance of bats in your draft too.
September call up if we're lucky.
There's been some grumbling that the Tigers draft too many pitchers who are easily derailed by injury, while the farm has no big bats.