We love our ragtag bunch of misfits, beards, muttonchops and Mitch Kramers, of course. We would love nothing more than to see all of them out there on the field, yukking it up and bringing us torturous wins for many more happy years to come. So you'll forgive us if we haven't exactly be tracking down top prospects or scouting UCLA dreamboats to eventually - maybe sometime many years in the future - get called up from the Fresno Grizzlies to replace Nate "No Running!" Schierholtz. But for those of you interested in the minutiae of minor leagues A through Triple-A, McCovey Chronicles has the best hope for the Giants pick in the draft:
- A good player.
We might take that a step further and add: "a good player whose quirky personality makes him an ideal guest on late night TV and/or other fascinating character attribute." Or at least the next Glenn Burke, just to spice things up. More than anything, we're looking for someone who can keep that Showtime reality series going well beyond season one. Heaven help us if the team ever succumbs to the Yankees' all-we-do-is-play-ball-and-hangout-at-the-W lifestyle.
If you really must follow along, MLB.com's Draft Central is live and ready to bombard you with numbers and abbreviations. And here's that Schierholtz highlight reel again, because it's awesome:
(Hat tip to SFist commenter, PeriqueBlend, for the video.)
