Nice (and prescient) writeup by the AJC on Heyward, who is the youngest player in the draft, and who was projected to go as high as sixth. The names McGriff and McCovey have been mentioned as comps, just to get us started on the overhype….
UPDATE: Here’s Baseball America’s take…
“Heyward has as much upside [...]
June 7, 2007
More on Heyward
June 7, 2007
Sweet Bird of Youth!! great pick
2007 Draft: Atlanta Braves
Players signed indicated in Bold
Round
Overall
Player
Position
School
State
1
14
Jason Heyward
of
Henry County HS, McDonough, Ga.
GA
June 7, 2007
The Most Ridiculous Thing I’ve Seen since…..
I’ve seen some stupid things pop up in and around baseball. Ideas that may have seemed good on paper, but in reality are something we can all do without. Having the winner of the All-Star game (aka the mid-season popularity contest) determine home field advantage in the Series is one egregious example. The (thankfully) short-lived [...]
