Earlier this week, I shrocked the baseball community by predicting that newly acquired 2Bman Max Schrock would have one of the more successful careers amongst the A’s current slew of promising prospects.
Here are some "fun facts" to support the notion that regardless of for whom he was traded (2 months of "pretty good lefty" Marc Rzepcyznski), or when he was drafted (13th round), the switch-hitting Shrock may be worthy of more love than he is getting...
Pedigree, Schmedigree
In 2006, Baseball America’s top 100 prospect list included the following designations:
- #3: Brandon Wood, the Angels SS who was going to follow A-Rod as a superstar-slugging SS.