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sorry guys, was debating on 6 players... couldn't decide, and probably would have changed my mind 12 more times....
I love me Nolan Ryan but for some reason he doesn't get the love from some other drafters. He is ranked in top 5 of all pitchers in most articles I see about Greatest pitchers of all time but in our mock drafts he is a top 10 pitcher not top 5 which I feel he is.
I love me Nolan Ryan but for some reason he doesn't get the love from some other drafters. He is ranked in top 5 of all pitchers in most articles I see about Greatest pitchers of all time but in our mock drafts he is a top 10 pitcher not top 5 which I feel he is.
Even if people think he's just top 10 he's my #3...
i was looking at him during this draft and even said he is much better than i thought he was... wouldn't say he is top 5, his WHIP was just not good enough to be a top 5 ever... only had 3 seasons of a WHIP under 1.1...
Randy Johnson only had 6, when you walk a shit ton of guys it's tough to keep that WHIP down, Nolan Ryan had almost 900 more strikeouts than anyone who ever pitched, he also has the lowest hits/9 in the history of the game. Tell me you'd wanna stand in there against him being wild and throwing it 100 MPH.
That said I don't think he's top 5 maybe not top 10 but he is top 15 for sure.
Randy Johnson only had 6, when you walk a shit ton of guys it's tough to keep that WHIP down, Nolan Ryan had almost 900 more strikeouts than anyone who ever pitched, he also has the lowest hits/9 in the history of the game. Tell me you'd wanna stand in there against him being wild and throwing it 100 MPH.
That said I don't think he's top 5 maybe not top 10 but he is top 15 for sure.
ROUND 7
7.1.49 : Jeffro : Juan Marichal - SP
7.2.50 : Ritz : Jackie Robinson - 2B
7.3.51 : Nos : Nolan Ryan - SP
7.4.52 : Milk : Gary Carter - C
7.5.53 : UK : Tris Speaker - CF
7.6.54 : Smitty :
7.7.55 : WLK :
7.8.56 : 500 :
I sent a text to Smitty
Probably the pick of the draft so far getting Speaker this late. I would have taken him a couple rounds ago if I didn't already have Cobb in center and I didn't wanna use my DH spot on him...