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Dodgers Sign First Round Pick Ethan Martin
As expected, the Dodgers signed their first round pick Ethan Martin today for about $1.7MM. He was a pitcher and third baseman in high school, and the Dodgers intend to use him as a pitcher.
The Dodgers have taken many high school pitchers in the first round recently: Chris Withrow, Clayton Kershaw, Scott Elbert, and Chad Billingsley.
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Not to nitpick, but Hochevar was a college pitcher (Tennessee). But he didn't sign anyway so I suppose it's a moot point.
Posted by: CJax33 | July 10, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Something I never understood, when you see guys like Johan Santana, Mike Hampton, Rick Ankiel, Micah Owings... why don't more players like this get drafted and play both ways for a while in the minors so a team can really try to figure out where they are valued the highest? Even at the ML level, it is surprising to me that there are never any two-way players. Usually from the time kids are young the pitcher is the best player on the team, and usually the best hitter also. This is baseball, a lot of these guys can play all over the field. It would be awesome to me to see Micah Owings run out and play LF for a couple of days and see what he could do.
Posted by: nrmax88 | July 11, 2008 at 07:24 AM
My mistake, thanks.
Posted by: Tim Dierkes | July 11, 2008 at 07:33 AM
Technically Tim said many he didn't say only, 4 vs. 1 is still many... When you get in a fight and there is 4 dudes kicking your ass, it's many... I don't think that changes in the context of baseball as 4 vs. 1 is still many... Just to let you know Tim, no apologies necessary, some of us are still literate!
Posted by: BaseballGuru | July 11, 2008 at 08:10 AM
No, CJax was correct...I updated the post after he and some emailers mentioned the error.
Posted by: Tim Dierkes | July 11, 2008 at 10:41 AM
"Something I never understood, when you see guys like Johan Santana, Mike Hampton, Rick Ankiel, Micah Owings... why don't more players like this get drafted and play both ways for a while in the minors so a team can really try to figure out where they are valued the highest?"
While Ruth did play both ways at times when he was with the Red Sox, I think the main issue is just the consistency with player development. Then again, with the modern 5 man rotation, I don't see why they can't try something like this.
Remember too that guys like Ankiel and Hampton were excellent pitchers who lost it through injury (Hampton) or Steve Blass Syndrome (Ankiel). I think a lot of the conversions within the minors happen by accident with people like Troy Percival and Robert Person.
Posted by: AA | July 11, 2008 at 01:03 PM
As an added aside, I think that the Dodgers' success with high school pitchers shoots in the foot Billy Beane's idea that college players that debut at 26 are the better choice. Billingsley has been effective since his first call up at 21 and shows no sign of arm issues, likely because he uses his legs so well. Kershaw is another who has been effective in the majors, even if his W/L numbers don't show it.
Posted by: AA | July 11, 2008 at 01:32 PM