tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post3534058659599683579..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Interview: Former Giants Top Prospect Gary Brownobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-12796010675088274362017-06-12T00:31:57.589-07:002017-06-12T00:31:57.589-07:00Always feel bad for a former top prospect who ends...Always feel bad for a former top prospect who ends up in somewhere like Southern Maryland, playing Independent, answering fluff from a a guy like this. Seriously, doesn't even really sound like the interviewer is all that interested, or even listening to the answers. <br /><br />Brown has to sense this, but has to stand there and play it straight, and tell him how he felt about playing next to a guy (Harper in Fall League) who grabbed the golden ring and may be in line for, what, $300 million?<br /><br />I wish Gary the best. Hopefully one of the few who make it back from the Independents. Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293124641124817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-72305763009584850942017-05-20T17:02:08.227-07:002017-05-20T17:02:08.227-07:00Thanks, that's another good comp for Brown, Gl...Thanks, that's another good comp for Brown, Gladden! Also, nice to see old Giants!<br /><br />Yes, another failed Giants outfield pick, but that's going to happen, failure is the name of the game with the draft, people should be more surprised when players perform and make the majors, that's actually the rare thing in the draft.<br /><br />That's why I think the best way to judge how a team is drafting is by how their team is made up of players drafted and/or developed by the GM, and I would also throw in prospects used in trades to get valuable players, like Pence, Scutaro, Franchez, Moore, Pagan, Winn, Schmidt, etc. If the link to to the team's player development, I think they should be counted. <br /><br />Another dimension, similar to player development, is picking up cheap production. Minor league pickups of players you don't really expect much out of, only for them to produce nicely for the team, like Blanco, Kontos (via Stewart trade, whom we picked up cheaply), Torres, Casilla.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-59799924345739505702017-05-20T14:49:38.995-07:002017-05-20T14:49:38.995-07:00Brown turned out to be a big disappointment for th...Brown turned out to be a big disappointment for the giants. Was hoping he would turn out to be at least another Dan Gladden. I thought just on sheer athleticism he might be able to help the team, like you said, similar to Blanco, but it was not meant to be. Whether he can have an epiphany in his career or not, he seems to be another failed giants outfield pick in the draft. nomisnalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297640472949764321noreply@blogger.com