| Re: What Would You Do?
1. I'm assuming you are talking about as the Steelers are right now this season, thus we would be talking about the 2007 draft. I see them as a wild-card team at best currently, so I don't know how important a 25th overall pick is to them at the moment. Although, trading away this pick means you don't have a first round pick. I would pass up this trade. I know there have been players picked in the late rounds that have turned out to be gems, and we would be possibly talking about possible multiple 7th round picks in some drafts...but this seems a bit much. By the 7th round, how much talent is really still available? I would hold onto my 25th round pick, and take the best available talent this year. If the trade was for maybe all the 5th round picks, that would be considerable.
2. If I was the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates (a horrible team), I would do whatever I could to make sure my top talent, especially a 20+ game winning pitcher, is very happy by the end of the season. Who knows, he might be a free agent soon. Since we won't be making the playoffs, I also think it might give the players something to play for in the late September game by helping a teammate obtain a bonus. I'm sure the other players would back this decision. My hope would be that the pitcher wouldn't blow out his arm during the game and hurt his chances of starting next season. |