In fairness to Hader, the "suck my cock, I'll murder your family!" tweet is a quote from the hilarious Will Ferrell flick Semi-Pro, which Farrell's character yells at the referee/reverend after a bogus foul call.
Can I buy their picks at auction for my 2019 4th and 5th rounders? I mean, if those picks are going to dissolve due to negligence anyway, I'm sure those owners would rather get some future picks for them once they awake from their comas.
Nailed it!
59) Griffin Conine
72) Logan Gilbert
81) Adam Kloffenstein
I had a few more names that interested me on my board so I do slightly regret not acquiring more free late picks.
I care more about the signing bonus and less about the team. Was going to take a high bonus college pitcher with terrible command and big velo but I prefer Kloff’s repertoire, build, and command.
Statistically it's very unlikely that 3 of those guys will pan out. A realistic outcome is one back-end starter, one bullpen/swingman, and the rest bust.
I have this vague memory of Bonderman being their next big ace in the making, and then uberprospect Verlander burst onto the scene and quickly overtook him.
There are dudes on that list who are obviously not aces, I was just running through the current Yahoo Top 25 and then a couple from the next page who are ace-y.
Not to be too much of a Debbie Downer, but almost all of those guys are backend starters at best if they pan out at all. There's no one in that list that anyone should be getting their hopes up over. Maybe Pardinho is the next Berrios in 4 years if we get really lucky, and maybe Pearson is a high-end guy.
My fact-based analysis of current top aces and whether they were notable prospects or not:
Verlander - I'm too young to remember but pretty sure he was a top prospect
Sale - Top prospect
Scherzer - Elite prospect
Kluber - NP
Severino - Top 20 prospect
DeGrom - Not a notable prospect
Cole - Elite prospect
Nola - Top 50 prospect
Bauer - Elite prospect
Snell - Top 20 Prospect
Greinke - Elite prospect
Paxton - Top 50
Corbin - Mid-rotation prospect/backend Top 100 type
Berrios - Top 20 prospect
Morton - Lol f***ing silvergun always
Manaea - Top 50 prospect
Carrasco - Top 50-100 prospect, post-hyper
Folty - Backend top 100 guy, stuff/no command type
Skaggs - Top 20 prospect
Strasburg - elite prospect
Kershaw - elite prospect
Syndergaard - elite prospect
McCullers - Top 100 prospect
Buehler - Elite prospect
Ohtani - elite prospect
David Price - Borderline #1 overall prospect
Really most of the top fantasy pitchers were good prospects at some point with 3-4 exceptions.