Where's Delmon get drafted for 2006

[Philliebuster]

Would anyone care to speculate on where Delmon Young gets drafted next year is a 4-5 or 5-6th round pick? What is your opinion. Say he gets called up in September and gets 80-100 AB's this season bats about .300 with 5 homers and 5 SB's, does this draft position change if he doesn't get called up this season? Opinions please.

[stumpak]

It would be crazy to take him that high.

That said, if he puts up a 1.000 OPS in 70 ABs in September, there will be an idiot in most every league who will foolishly extrapolate that over a full season and and draft Delmon way higher than he should be taken. So yes, I think big success in September would make him tremendously overvalued.

I am eagerly awaiting Delmon Young hysteria in a few weeks. Pull up some of the posts on Upton from this time last year--some people practically had him in the Hall of Fame by now and he is still in AAA without a sniff of a big league starting job this season.

[pokerplaya]

Unless he gets a ton of PT in September, is assured a starting job in April and absolutely tears the cover off the ball, he is nothing more than a later round flier at this point.

[LooseCannon]

I would say that the average he is drafted in is like 20th round and that is if he plays well in Spetember if he even is brought up..I say I'll be picking him off of the FA because in the limited At-Bats you'll see from Delmon it will prove nothing to people....he's still a rookie that needs to improve if he comes to the bigs.

[Mustangs989]

Assuming he is assured of the starting OF job I would have no problem drafting him in the 13th-15th round of a redraft league. You aren't going to find many players with the kind of upside Young has that late in the draft. Drafting him in the 5th round is crazy though.

[Cleveland Steamers]

I would say I would look to take him in the 15th round next year if he is given a starting nod. If you compare his numbers from his first two years, he has quite a bit in common with some big name players. I think ill take the risk for his upside rather than draft a player like Trot Nixon or a newly named closer during the offseason.

[RAmst23]

You can't project Delmon anywhere near that high. Established players are still going in the 6th round, you don't want to use that pick on a rookie in his first full season. 13-15 round would probably be a little too high for me, but then again I hate drafting rookies, so eh.

[Cleveland Steamers]

Im not a fan of drafting rookies either but I havent seen upside like this in awhile. The guy is 5 tool player and has the possibility of putting up 30/30 seasons with regularity. I know its a chance I can, and will take rather than draft a possible closer in waiting like MGonzalez in the 15-16.

[The Miner Part 2]

with the loss of muhsim muhammed i see jake as a 12-16 ranked QB.

[Tavish]

I don't see him being drafted at all, at most a filler taken by a D-Ray fan. Although by the end of 2006 he will most likely be on a fantasy team in every league.