Originally Posted by
jacksonianmarch
Eierman has been top 10 until the past month. Now he’s mocked to fall out of the first round altogether. Clearly, teams need to draft best available, but when you do your draft list, you have guys listed in groups. If a player falls down to them that they don’t think should fall, then take them. But I don’t think the Sox should be snagging a HSer with athleticism and significant distance between floor and ceiling. If they have guys in the same grouping when their pick comes, they have to prefer getting a “safer” pick. The Sox need someone who can tear through the lower levels and appear to have trade value. With the cliff approaching and expensive players pricing themselves out, the Sox will need to replace those stars and I doubt they’ll be able to develop them by then. But if they collect some assets down on the farm, they may be able to trade for them