(The others)
Next time you watch Noah Syndergaard dominate another line-up remember the name Matt Lipka. That’s who Frank Wren drafted over the Mets hurler.
Mike Trout could’ve been a Brave, too. The Angels drafted the face of the game with the compensatory pick gained when Mark Teixeira signed with the Yankees. Or to put it another way, Anaheim obtained the rights to Trout for Casey Kotchman and Stephen Marek.
Sure, the draft is a crapshoot and it would be unfair to judge Wren’s record on the draft. But when you combine that with the disastrous free agent signings and questionable hires (Larry Parrish!