The Colorado Rockies will make the 23rd pick in the MLB draft this week. From there they will make the 62nd and 77th pick, and then in the way these drafts go, they will make a lot more selections (37 more, to be exact).
The promise of future success makes each prospect exciting, and each one of them benefits from the fact that we haven’t yet seen them fail.
And yet the timeline of player development means we won’t see most of these guys for years, if at all. The ability to follow minor league systems and track progress helps, but ultimately the whole process requires a lot of patience from the organization and fans alike.