I walk willingly into the propeller of promoting the importance of the draft. Locating, through the draft or international waters, amateur talent that gets to the market of MLB competence is very difficult to match form a “return-on-investment” perspective. The more players that, for whatever reason, represent excess value, permits the team more chances to extend windows of contention. A team can, theoretically, develop excess at any general aspect of the game. Today, I look a bit more carefully at relief pitchers.
Two general mindsets are tough to overcome regarding disregarding college players. They are unfamiliar. They take awhile to arrive, even in best case scenarios.