I always point to this draft as proof that we do not select BPA. There is no way anyone will ever convince me, that all that talent in the 2nd rd, wasn’t better than the Ruiz pick. Not buying. Sell that nonsense to someone else.
Yea, I think that’s a thing said by people who aren’t involved in running a team.
The reality is OCCASIONALLY, there is a player that drops that you must pick that you don’t need. But the rest can more accurately be described as, the best player available in this grouping of players with similar grades.
Once you get to the mid first round, the grouping of players with similar grades get bigger and bigger and by the 2nd round, beat players available could be as many as 10 players.