With the time when prospects are called up and Memorial Day upon us, it's appropriate for us to take this time to walk past the fallen rookies of the past. Sorta like the Rites of Passage walk on Survivor when they burn all of the Survivors' belongings that didn't make it to the end. When I write it out, it sounds like something Germany did in the 1940s. Any the hoo! Here we have the number one pick in the 2008 MLB draft, Tim Beckham. Actual Keith Law quote, "(Beckham has) the best chance of anybody in this draft pool to be a superstar." Not Buster Posey (drafted a few picks after him), but Beckham. Next up, Jesus Montero and Zach McAllister. Actual Keith Law quote from a chatscript: Question, "Could Montero be an All-Star level 1B?" Answer from Law, "Yes." Question, "How do you project McAllister?" Law answer, "At least a #3." At least! These are fun, let's do more! Another question posed to him, "I've heard contrasting things about Dustin Ackley's power. Based on what you've seen what is Ackley's ceiling in terms of HR/year?" Keith, or Klaw as he calls himself, said, "I could see 20-25. I'd say Ackley's chance for 30 HR power is 20%." Okay, one more (though I could do this all day) actual Keith Law quote, and this one is classic because he name drops his alma mater. In 2009, someone asked him, "Shouldn't Teheran be higher on (Law's prospect) list than Jeff Locke?" Keith said, "Are you asking me or telling me? When I first got to Harvard, there was this variety show that some upperclassmen put on during freshman week, and one guy had a funny routine about "flexers" -- students who would ask bogus questions that were really designed to state opinions or try to show off knowledge. (Grey comment, "Sounds like a riot!") Obviously, the answer is "no," since I ranked Locke over Teheran. It's incredibly naive to ignore probability when ranking prospects." I do enjoy a pompous ass. I wonder if he has a post.harvard.edu email address. Of course, he does! Shoot, his email is likely harvardgrad@post.harvard.edu. So, what in the Hans Christian Anderson does this have to do with Carlos Correa? He's a sure thing right now. That doesn't mean he's a sure thing. A lot of shizz happens between Matt Bush signing a contract and having his tiki torch snuffed out with his 4th DUI while singing Free Bird. Just like it's also true that Albert Pujols was drafted in the 13th round. I'm reminded of the William Goldman quote about Hollywood, no one knows anything. What we do know is the Astros are winning and have no reason to keep down the hitting Correa. He looks like a young Hanley. Just remember, so did Xander Bogaerts. Anyway, here's some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
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