(New York Daily Mirror Online - February 24, 2010)
(The Mirror Online is following the Twitter account of an unnamed front office executive of the Knights who is present in the Knights draft "war room" at Knights Field in Flushing, NY.)
NEW YORK - In a Tweet sent to the press by an unnamed source in the Knights' front office, Knights GM Mitch Pak is said to be "unconcerned" by the Georgia Roadkill's selection of highly-touted catching prospect Matt Wieters #1 overall in the NASBL 2010 draft, which is currently underway. The Knights select fifth.
"Mitch was most likely not going to take Wieters with the fifth pick anyway, because he feels that rookie C's don't do well in their first seasons and Wieters wasn't good enough to take in the first round. After the Salty debacle of 2008 and seeing how Soto underperformed last year, Mitch is probably going to wait until the later rounds to address the catching situation."
Jarrod Saltalamacchia was a highly valued catching prospect who was on several teams' draft lists in 2008. The Knights took him in the second round, but he failed badly, hitting just .194 with 2 homers and 11 RBI. He was traded to the Cannibals before the '09 season for a draft pick. Salty did very well for Lake Champlain in 2009, batting .375, but was cut down and is now available on the free agent market. Last offseason, Pak went against conventional wisdom and selected lefty Jon Lester with the overall #1 pick, bypassing Geovany Soto, another highly-touted catching prospect. Lester went 12-10, 3.86 and was second in the LF Rookie of the Year voting while Soto had a mediocre season.
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The Illinois Times is eager to follow these tweets to see what Mitch is thinking. With Illinois holding the picks directly behind New York, we are very eager to see what direction the Knights are headed.
"I know Matt Wieters. Matt is a friend of mine. I can assure you Salty is no Matt Wieters" as quoted by Wieters agent Scott Boros.
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