By bWAR, Paul Goldschmidt has been seven times as valuable as any other #246 draft pick in baseball history. Oh, hang on. My mistake. He has been seven times as valuable as EVERY other #246 draft pick in baseball history, COMBINED. https://t.co/5vwR9t7ikt— AZ SnakePit (@AZSnakepit) January 2, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
I remember we talked a bit about that two years ago, and karl malone linked to this SI piece:
http://www.si.com/mlb/strike-zone/2014/06/09/mike-piazza-keith-hernandez-albert-pujols-late-round-draft-picks
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
Goldschmidt's "DROP," by the way, has moved to 1964.9, which would put him 5th on the SI list, just shy of Kenny Rogers at 4th. If he puts up 4.0 WAR this year, he'd move up to 3rd. Catching Pizza for first (another 35 WAR) highly unlikely.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link