Quote Originally Posted by Homedawg View Post
While I agree players get missed, it happens. But what's ironic is they found Zinn and he wasn't on a major travel team. He's not an impact guy, but he's a tools guy for sure.
I can't remember how they found Zinn- I think it was maybe the State Legion Tournament or something like that- and he did well. I know us and Ole Miss wanted him.

My thing with him is, he's 5'10" 160 and he's a MIF when we have Stovall and Alexander committed Gridley on the team and then two corner guys that were draft risks. I don't see him hitting for power or average. I think he can run and defend. The biggest issue I have is he doesn't fill a need and overloads us in the MIF. And we don't have time to wait on him to develop into a hitter or a player, and he's going to need 3-4 years to develop. The Cubs have that kind of time to wait on him to develop. We don't.

Sounds to me like a guy that had a flash in the pan tournament at the right time and parlayed that into a scholarship. In hindsight, we should have been more patient and seen what he did his senior year and if we had lost him to Ole Miss, I wouldn't have cared to be honest with you.