Cleveland MOD

jagsbball41 - thanks for taking the scouting director position - greatly appreciated!  :-)  I'm not sure I'll be around that weekend, but I'll see if I can help you with some of the philosophy and who would be a good fit for the Indians before that weekend comes.

The Indians would take the best available talent at their position, regardless of position and regardless of agent/price (which should be less of an issue now anyway with the new draft rules in place.)  

I know in the last few drafts, they've steered more toward college guys because they thought they were the better talent at that draft spot, plus the fact that virtually all of the HS draft picks from the 2001 draft (Dan Denham, Jake Dittler, J.D. Martin, Travis Foley, Mike Conroy, etc.) have failed to live up to expectations, but if there's a polished HS player that they feel is a good talent (like John Drennen, for instance,) they won't be afraid to draft him.

Regarding Scherzer, his command seems to have improved quite a bit during his time at Missouri; if he's deemed healthy (I think he had an injury, didn't he?) I could see the Indians taking him, though I heard the HS pitching talent was quite immense this year, better than the college pitching talent, so the Indians usually dive into a draft's greatest strength, so I could see them taking some polished high school pitching prospect if they feel he's the best choice at #13.  I think I heard that LHP is strong as well, so that could be another consideration - it's likely the Indians will take some quality LHP prospects as well.

Hopefully, this is helpful - if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at jchengeryATgmail.com (replace AT with @) or just reply in this or another thread that deals with the Indians' Draft (maybe call it MOD Indians 2 or something like that.)

Take care and have a great day!