Cardinals draft philosophy changing under Bloom

[ramfandan]

Chaim Bloom may have been exactly what the doctor ordered to fix the St. Louis Cardinals' broken draft-and-develop model. After Day 1 of the MLB draft saw the Cardinals draft fireballers Liam Doyle and Tanner Franklin and power hitters Ryan Mitchell and Jack Gurevitch, there is no doubt that the Cardinals' draft philosophy has undergone a seismic shift under the incoming president of baseball operations.

Cardinals fans will love what Bloom brings to the table in his drafts.
Over the past several seasons, the Cardinals valued polished college pitchers at the top of the draft, those who were likely to fit in the rotation but serve as back-end starters. They generally threw fastballs with sink and ho-hum velocity that would elicit ground balls. But as the league banned the shift and strikeouts became the name of the game, the Cardinals found themselves stranded with pitchers who didn't fit the modern iteration of baseball.


With the two pitchers they grabbed on the first day of the draft, the Cardinals appear to finally be turning a corner with the types of hurlers they're selecting. The Cardinals are now snapping up pitchers who throw gas but may need to hone their secondary stuff, which is almost a 180-degree turn from their previous strategy. Fans should be ecstatic about this shift.

On the hitting side, the Cardinals look to be shooting for the moon, just as they did in the first round of the 2020 draft when they snagged Jordan Walker, a raw power bat who later tore up the minor leagues and provided a solid rookie campaign in St. Louis before the Cardinals messed with his swing and potentially irreparably damaged him. With the new development team in place, there is hope that Mitchell and Gurevitch can flourish at the highest level and provide the homegrown thump in the middle of the order that the Cardinals have lacked for so long.


MLB insider Keith Law mentioned in an article for The Athletic (subscription required) that based on their top two picks, the Cardinals had his favorite group of players selected on Day 1, and if Bloom's history at the helm of the Boston Red Sox is any indication, several of them could soon blossom into high-level prospects.

Under Bloom in 2022, the Red Sox drafted baseball's current consensus top prospect in outfielder Roman Anthony 79th overall, and the following year, they took another one of baseball's most highly touted youngsters in Kristian Campbell 132nd overall. Those picks alone show that Bloom is savvy enough to find gems beyond the first couple of rounds. For many Cardinals fans, John Mozeliak can't vacate his seat soon enough, and while the Bloom era may be fraught with some turbulence and criticism (whose isn't?), the drafts should be in good hands.


No longer will St. Louis fans be forced to wince at their team's constant preaching of "pitch to contact." This is a new-look version of the Cardinals, and if Doyle and others pan out, they may be able to reclaim their familiar perch atop the NL Central.

Link to article : https://redbirdrants.com/2025-mlb-draft ... haim-bloom

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MLB Draft expert touts St. Louis Cardinals draft as his favorite
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Drafting Liam Doyle represents a change in philosophy for the St. Louis

[rockondlouie]

Chaim Bloom may have been exactly what the doctor ordered to fix the St. Louis Cardinals' broken draft-and-develop model. After Day 1 of the MLB draft saw the Cardinals draft fireballers Liam Doyle and Tanner Franklin and power hitters Ryan Mitchell and Jack Gurevitch, there is no doubt that the Cardinals' draft philosophy has undergone a seismic shift under the incoming president of baseball operations.

Cardinals fans will love what Bloom brings to the table in his drafts.
Over the past several seasons, the Cardinals valued polished college pitchers at the top of the draft, those who were likely to fit in the rotation but serve as back-end starters. They generally threw fastballs with sink and ho-hum velocity that would elicit ground balls. But as the league banned the shift and strikeouts became the name of the game, the Cardinals found themselves stranded with pitchers who didn't fit the modern iteration of baseball.


With the two pitchers they grabbed on the first day of the draft, the Cardinals appear to finally be turning a corner with the types of hurlers they're selecting. The Cardinals are now snapping up pitchers who throw gas but may need to hone their secondary stuff, which is almost a 180-degree turn from their previous strategy. Fans should be ecstatic about this shift.

On the hitting side, the Cardinals look to be shooting for the moon, just as they did in the first round of the 2020 draft when they snagged Jordan Walker, a raw power bat who later tore up the minor leagues and provided a solid rookie campaign in St. Louis before the Cardinals messed with his swing and potentially irreparably damaged him. With the new development team in place, there is hope that Mitchell and Gurevitch can flourish at the highest level and provide the homegrown thump in the middle of the order that the Cardinals have lacked for so long.


MLB insider Keith Law mentioned in an article for The Athletic (subscription required) that based on their top two picks, the Cardinals had his favorite group of players selected on Day 1, and if Bloom's history at the helm of the Boston Red Sox is any indication, several of them could soon blossom into high-level prospects.

Under Bloom in 2022, the Red Sox drafted baseball's current consensus top prospect in outfielder Roman Anthony 79th overall, and the following year, they took another one of baseball's most highly touted youngsters in Kristian Campbell 132nd overall. Those picks alone show that Bloom is savvy enough to find gems beyond the first couple of rounds. For many Cardinals fans, John Mozeliak can't vacate his seat soon enough, and while the Bloom era may be fraught with some turbulence and criticism (whose isn't?), the drafts should be in good hands.


No longer will St. Louis fans be forced to wince at their team's constant preaching of "pitch to contact." This is a new-look version of the Cardinals, and if Doyle and others pan out, they may be able to reclaim their familiar perch atop the NL Central.

Link to article : https://redbirdrants.com/2025-mlb-draft ... haim-bloom

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MLB Draft expert touts St. Louis Cardinals draft as his favorite
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Drafting Liam Doyle represents a change in philosophy for the St. Louis

+1

[Hazelwood72]

Chaim Bloom may have been exactly what the doctor ordered to fix the St. Louis Cardinals' broken draft-and-develop model. After Day 1 of the MLB draft saw the Cardinals draft fireballers Liam Doyle and Tanner Franklin and power hitters Ryan Mitchell and Jack Gurevitch, there is no doubt that the Cardinals' draft philosophy has undergone a seismic shift under the incoming president of baseball operations.

Cardinals fans will love what Bloom brings to the table in his drafts.
Over the past several seasons, the Cardinals valued polished college pitchers at the top of the draft, those who were likely to fit in the rotation but serve as back-end starters. They generally threw fastballs with sink and ho-hum velocity that would elicit ground balls. But as the league banned the shift and strikeouts became the name of the game, the Cardinals found themselves stranded with pitchers who didn't fit the modern iteration of baseball.


With the two pitchers they grabbed on the first day of the draft, the Cardinals appear to finally be turning a corner with the types of hurlers they're selecting. The Cardinals are now snapping up pitchers who throw gas but may need to hone their secondary stuff, which is almost a 180-degree turn from their previous strategy. Fans should be ecstatic about this shift.

On the hitting side, the Cardinals look to be shooting for the moon, just as they did in the first round of the 2020 draft when they snagged Jordan Walker, a raw power bat who later tore up the minor leagues and provided a solid rookie campaign in St. Louis before the Cardinals messed with his swing and potentially irreparably damaged him. With the new development team in place, there is hope that Mitchell and Gurevitch can flourish at the highest level and provide the homegrown thump in the middle of the order that the Cardinals have lacked for so long.


MLB insider Keith Law mentioned in an article for The Athletic (subscription required) that based on their top two picks, the Cardinals had his favorite group of players selected on Day 1, and if Bloom's history at the helm of the Boston Red Sox is any indication, several of them could soon blossom into high-level prospects.

Under Bloom in 2022, the Red Sox drafted baseball's current consensus top prospect in outfielder Roman Anthony 79th overall, and the following year, they took another one of baseball's most highly touted youngsters in Kristian Campbell 132nd overall. Those picks alone show that Bloom is savvy enough to find gems beyond the first couple of rounds. For many Cardinals fans, John Mozeliak can't vacate his seat soon enough, and while the Bloom era may be fraught with some turbulence and criticism (whose isn't?), the drafts should be in good hands.


No longer will St. Louis fans be forced to wince at their team's constant preaching of "pitch to contact." This is a new-look version of the Cardinals, and if Doyle and others pan out, they may be able to reclaim their familiar perch atop the NL Central.

Link to article : https://redbirdrants.com/2025-mlb-draft ... haim-bloom

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MLB Draft expert touts St. Louis Cardinals draft as his favorite
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Drafting Liam Doyle represents a change in philosophy for the St. Louis

Dan, we can only hope, brother! I’m looking forward to the No Mo’ Mo regime.

[Jatalk]

Drafting at #5 helps

[CCard]

Chaim Bloom may have been exactly what the doctor ordered to fix the St. Louis Cardinals' broken draft-and-develop model. After Day 1 of the MLB draft saw the Cardinals draft fireballers Liam Doyle and Tanner Franklin and power hitters Ryan Mitchell and Jack Gurevitch, there is no doubt that the Cardinals' draft philosophy has undergone a seismic shift under the incoming president of baseball operations.

Cardinals fans will love what Bloom brings to the table in his drafts.
Over the past several seasons, the Cardinals valued polished college pitchers at the top of the draft, those who were likely to fit in the rotation but serve as back-end starters. They generally threw fastballs with sink and ho-hum velocity that would elicit ground balls. But as the league banned the shift and strikeouts became the name of the game, the Cardinals found themselves stranded with pitchers who didn't fit the modern iteration of baseball.


With the two pitchers they grabbed on the first day of the draft, the Cardinals appear to finally be turning a corner with the types of hurlers they're selecting. The Cardinals are now snapping up pitchers who throw gas but may need to hone their secondary stuff, which is almost a 180-degree turn from their previous strategy. Fans should be ecstatic about this shift.

On the hitting side, the Cardinals look to be shooting for the moon, just as they did in the first round of the 2020 draft when they snagged Jordan Walker, a raw power bat who later tore up the minor leagues and provided a solid rookie campaign in St. Louis before the Cardinals messed with his swing and potentially irreparably damaged him. With the new development team in place, there is hope that Mitchell and Gurevitch can flourish at the highest level and provide the homegrown thump in the middle of the order that the Cardinals have lacked for so long.


MLB insider Keith Law mentioned in an article for The Athletic (subscription required) that based on their top two picks, the Cardinals had his favorite group of players selected on Day 1, and if Bloom's history at the helm of the Boston Red Sox is any indication, several of them could soon blossom into high-level prospects.

Under Bloom in 2022, the Red Sox drafted baseball's current consensus top prospect in outfielder Roman Anthony 79th overall, and the following year, they took another one of baseball's most highly touted youngsters in Kristian Campbell 132nd overall. Those picks alone show that Bloom is savvy enough to find gems beyond the first couple of rounds. For many Cardinals fans, John Mozeliak can't vacate his seat soon enough, and while the Bloom era may be fraught with some turbulence and criticism (whose isn't?), the drafts should be in good hands.


No longer will St. Louis fans be forced to wince at their team's constant preaching of "pitch to contact." This is a new-look version of the Cardinals, and if Doyle and others pan out, they may be able to reclaim their familiar perch atop the NL Central.

Link to article : https://redbirdrants.com/2025-mlb-draft ... haim-bloom

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MLB Draft expert touts St. Louis Cardinals draft as his favorite
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Drafting Liam Doyle represents a change in philosophy for the St. Louis

1. Bloom isn't even GM yet. The drafting dept hasn't changed.
2. It's a lot easier to pick "high gas" guys when you pick at number 5 in the draft which comes from losing and some luck.
3. If Bloom is so great then why isn't he still at his old job?
4. Ownership will decide the path of the draft. They give the okay or not to draft and pay players.
5. I'm very happy with them taking who they got. I hope for big things and quickly.

[jbrach]

why was whitey herzog not in his old job when the cards hired him?

[Ozziesfan41]

Chaim Bloom may have been exactly what the doctor ordered to fix the St. Louis Cardinals' broken draft-and-develop model. After Day 1 of the MLB draft saw the Cardinals draft fireballers Liam Doyle and Tanner Franklin and power hitters Ryan Mitchell and Jack Gurevitch, there is no doubt that the Cardinals' draft philosophy has undergone a seismic shift under the incoming president of baseball operations.

Cardinals fans will love what Bloom brings to the table in his drafts.
Over the past several seasons, the Cardinals valued polished college pitchers at the top of the draft, those who were likely to fit in the rotation but serve as back-end starters. They generally threw fastballs with sink and ho-hum velocity that would elicit ground balls. But as the league banned the shift and strikeouts became the name of the game, the Cardinals found themselves stranded with pitchers who didn't fit the modern iteration of baseball.


With the two pitchers they grabbed on the first day of the draft, the Cardinals appear to finally be turning a corner with the types of hurlers they're selecting. The Cardinals are now snapping up pitchers who throw gas but may need to hone their secondary stuff, which is almost a 180-degree turn from their previous strategy. Fans should be ecstatic about this shift.

On the hitting side, the Cardinals look to be shooting for the moon, just as they did in the first round of the 2020 draft when they snagged Jordan Walker, a raw power bat who later tore up the minor leagues and provided a solid rookie campaign in St. Louis before the Cardinals messed with his swing and potentially irreparably damaged him. With the new development team in place, there is hope that Mitchell and Gurevitch can flourish at the highest level and provide the homegrown thump in the middle of the order that the Cardinals have lacked for so long.


MLB insider Keith Law mentioned in an article for The Athletic (subscription required) that based on their top two picks, the Cardinals had his favorite group of players selected on Day 1, and if Bloom's history at the helm of the Boston Red Sox is any indication, several of them could soon blossom into high-level prospects.

Under Bloom in 2022, the Red Sox drafted baseball's current consensus top prospect in outfielder Roman Anthony 79th overall, and the following year, they took another one of baseball's most highly touted youngsters in Kristian Campbell 132nd overall. Those picks alone show that Bloom is savvy enough to find gems beyond the first couple of rounds. For many Cardinals fans, John Mozeliak can't vacate his seat soon enough, and while the Bloom era may be fraught with some turbulence and criticism (whose isn't?), the drafts should be in good hands.


No longer will St. Louis fans be forced to wince at their team's constant preaching of "pitch to contact." This is a new-look version of the Cardinals, and if Doyle and others pan out, they may be able to reclaim their familiar perch atop the NL Central.

Link to article : https://redbirdrants.com/2025-mlb-draft ... haim-bloom

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MLB Draft expert touts St. Louis Cardinals draft as his favorite
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Drafting Liam Doyle represents a change in philosophy for the St. Louis

1. Bloom isn't even GM yet. The drafting dept hasn't changed.
2. It's a lot easier to pick "high gas" guys when you pick at number 5 in the draft which comes from losing and some luck.
3. If Bloom is so great then why isn't he still at his old job?
4. Ownership will decide the path of the draft. They give the okay or not to draft and pay players.
5. I'm very happy with them taking who they got. I hope for big things and quickly.

Bloom was brought in to the Red sox to oversee the rebuilding of their development system which he did a great job of doing they also used him to do the dirty work of cutting payroll which included trading mookie betts but not getting a great return from him because he had to use betts to dump Price also. He was done dirty by the Red sox used him to do their dirty work then scape goating him with fans. Also if ownership runs the draft and not the GM then they indeed have the worst ownership in the majors

[rockondlouie]

Bloom was brought in to the Red sox to oversee the rebuilding of their development system which he did a great job of doing they also used him to do the dirty work of cutting payroll which included trading mookie betts but not getting a great return from him because he had to use betts to dump Price also. He was done dirty by the Red sox used him to do their dirty work then scape goating him with fans. Also if ownership runs the draft and not the GM then they indeed have the worst ownership in the majors

^^^THIS^^^

[Dazepster]

Chaim Bloom may have been exactly what the doctor ordered to fix the St. Louis Cardinals' broken draft-and-develop model. After Day 1 of the MLB draft saw the Cardinals draft fireballers Liam Doyle and Tanner Franklin and power hitters Ryan Mitchell and Jack Gurevitch, there is no doubt that the Cardinals' draft philosophy has undergone a seismic shift under the incoming president of baseball operations.

Cardinals fans will love what Bloom brings to the table in his drafts.
Over the past several seasons, the Cardinals valued polished college pitchers at the top of the draft, those who were likely to fit in the rotation but serve as back-end starters. They generally threw fastballs with sink and ho-hum velocity that would elicit ground balls. But as the league banned the shift and strikeouts became the name of the game, the Cardinals found themselves stranded with pitchers who didn't fit the modern iteration of baseball.


With the two pitchers they grabbed on the first day of the draft, the Cardinals appear to finally be turning a corner with the types of hurlers they're selecting. The Cardinals are now snapping up pitchers who throw gas but may need to hone their secondary stuff, which is almost a 180-degree turn from their previous strategy. Fans should be ecstatic about this shift.

On the hitting side, the Cardinals look to be shooting for the moon, just as they did in the first round of the 2020 draft when they snagged Jordan Walker, a raw power bat who later tore up the minor leagues and provided a solid rookie campaign in St. Louis before the Cardinals messed with his swing and potentially irreparably damaged him. With the new development team in place, there is hope that Mitchell and Gurevitch can flourish at the highest level and provide the homegrown thump in the middle of the order that the Cardinals have lacked for so long.


MLB insider Keith Law mentioned in an article for The Athletic (subscription required) that based on their top two picks, the Cardinals had his favorite group of players selected on Day 1, and if Bloom's history at the helm of the Boston Red Sox is any indication, several of them could soon blossom into high-level prospects.

Under Bloom in 2022, the Red Sox drafted baseball's current consensus top prospect in outfielder Roman Anthony 79th overall, and the following year, they took another one of baseball's most highly touted youngsters in Kristian Campbell 132nd overall. Those picks alone show that Bloom is savvy enough to find gems beyond the first couple of rounds. For many Cardinals fans, John Mozeliak can't vacate his seat soon enough, and while the Bloom era may be fraught with some turbulence and criticism (whose isn't?), the drafts should be in good hands.


No longer will St. Louis fans be forced to wince at their team's constant preaching of "pitch to contact." This is a new-look version of the Cardinals, and if Doyle and others pan out, they may be able to reclaim their familiar perch atop the NL Central.

Link to article : https://redbirdrants.com/2025-mlb-draft ... haim-bloom

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MLB Draft expert touts St. Louis Cardinals draft as his favorite
•
Drafting Liam Doyle represents a change in philosophy for the St. Louis

1. Bloom isn't even GM yet. The drafting dept hasn't changed.
2. It's a lot easier to pick "high gas" guys when you pick at number 5 in the draft which comes from losing and some luck.
3. If Bloom is so great then why isn't he still at his old job?
4. Ownership will decide the path of the draft. They give the okay or not to draft and pay players.
5. I'm very happy with them taking who they got. I hope for big things and quickly.

Bloom was brought in to the Red sox to oversee the rebuilding of their development system which he did a great job of doing they also used him to do the dirty work of cutting payroll which included trading mookie betts but not getting a great return from him because he had to use betts to dump Price also. He was done dirty by the Red sox used him to do their dirty work then scape goating him with fans. Also if ownership runs the draft and not the GM then they indeed have the worst ownership in the majors

Excellent points.

[CCard]

Chaim Bloom may have been exactly what the doctor ordered to fix the St. Louis Cardinals' broken draft-and-develop model. After Day 1 of the MLB draft saw the Cardinals draft fireballers Liam Doyle and Tanner Franklin and power hitters Ryan Mitchell and Jack Gurevitch, there is no doubt that the Cardinals' draft philosophy has undergone a seismic shift under the incoming president of baseball operations.

Cardinals fans will love what Bloom brings to the table in his drafts.
Over the past several seasons, the Cardinals valued polished college pitchers at the top of the draft, those who were likely to fit in the rotation but serve as back-end starters. They generally threw fastballs with sink and ho-hum velocity that would elicit ground balls. But as the league banned the shift and strikeouts became the name of the game, the Cardinals found themselves stranded with pitchers who didn't fit the modern iteration of baseball.


With the two pitchers they grabbed on the first day of the draft, the Cardinals appear to finally be turning a corner with the types of hurlers they're selecting. The Cardinals are now snapping up pitchers who throw gas but may need to hone their secondary stuff, which is almost a 180-degree turn from their previous strategy. Fans should be ecstatic about this shift.

On the hitting side, the Cardinals look to be shooting for the moon, just as they did in the first round of the 2020 draft when they snagged Jordan Walker, a raw power bat who later tore up the minor leagues and provided a solid rookie campaign in St. Louis before the Cardinals messed with his swing and potentially irreparably damaged him. With the new development team in place, there is hope that Mitchell and Gurevitch can flourish at the highest level and provide the homegrown thump in the middle of the order that the Cardinals have lacked for so long.


MLB insider Keith Law mentioned in an article for The Athletic (subscription required) that based on their top two picks, the Cardinals had his favorite group of players selected on Day 1, and if Bloom's history at the helm of the Boston Red Sox is any indication, several of them could soon blossom into high-level prospects.

Under Bloom in 2022, the Red Sox drafted baseball's current consensus top prospect in outfielder Roman Anthony 79th overall, and the following year, they took another one of baseball's most highly touted youngsters in Kristian Campbell 132nd overall. Those picks alone show that Bloom is savvy enough to find gems beyond the first couple of rounds. For many Cardinals fans, John Mozeliak can't vacate his seat soon enough, and while the Bloom era may be fraught with some turbulence and criticism (whose isn't?), the drafts should be in good hands.


No longer will St. Louis fans be forced to wince at their team's constant preaching of "pitch to contact." This is a new-look version of the Cardinals, and if Doyle and others pan out, they may be able to reclaim their familiar perch atop the NL Central.

Link to article : https://redbirdrants.com/2025-mlb-draft ... haim-bloom

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MLB Draft expert touts St. Louis Cardinals draft as his favorite
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Drafting Liam Doyle represents a change in philosophy for the St. Louis

1. Bloom isn't even GM yet. The drafting dept hasn't changed.
2. It's a lot easier to pick "high gas" guys when you pick at number 5 in the draft which comes from losing and some luck.
3. If Bloom is so great then why isn't he still at his old job?
4. Ownership will decide the path of the draft. They give the okay or not to draft and pay players.
5. I'm very happy with them taking who they got. I hope for big things and quickly.

Bloom was brought in to the Red sox to oversee the rebuilding of their development system which he did a great job of doing they also used him to do the dirty work of cutting payroll which included trading mookie betts but not getting a great return from him because he had to use betts to dump Price also. He was done dirty by the Red sox used him to do their dirty work then scape goating him with fans. Also if ownership runs the draft and not the GM then they indeed have the worst ownership in the majors

1. He traded Betts. He should have told ownership to fire him first. They did anyway.
2. Ownership doesn't necessarily "run" the draft, but they sign off on all the drafts because they have to pay the signing bonuses. You might think Mo makes the decisions, but you'd be terribly mistaken. The buck stops with ownership. If you don't think they tell GM's who they can draft, I have a bridge for sale.

[dugoutrex]

bloom is ... just another guy

[An Old Friend]

1. He traded Betts. He should have told ownership to fire him first. They did anyway.
2. Ownership doesn't necessarily "run" the draft, but they sign off on all the drafts because they have to pay the signing bonuses. You might think Mo makes the decisions, but you'd be terribly mistaken. The buck stops with ownership. If you don't think they tell GM's who they can draft, I have a bridge for sale.

I don't know what to make of your first point. Want to try again? You're saying the first thing he should have done when taking the new job was to tell ownership to fire him when they said he needed to trade Mookie Betts and David Price?

On your second point... eek. Owners should be far away from the draft. And they are, for the most part.

[45s]

bloom is ... just another guy

don’t say that to Rock…

No one wants a weeping man with a boner…

[craviduce]

The Cards still didn't draft an abundance of HS players.

Granted they're still trying to rebuild the farm, and restock the majors...players that will take some time develop are being shied away from at draft time. When the major league team is set and competing with the Cubs in a full season, then we can change draft philosophies.

Until then, it's the same philosophy...we just targeted a new aspect, which was Flamethrowers...much like 2022 with LHP. And 2021 with 6'3-6'5 strike throwers.

[Goldfan]

They needed new people in org to know to draft fireball pitchers???
I really don’t know what to say anymore….

[craviduce]

They needed new people in org to know to draft fireball pitchers???
I really don’t know what to say anymore….

they didn't...it was a Meed, they addressed a Need. They didn't change philosophies. They kept up with the the same old Need Themed Drafts.