GM's OFFICE: The 2016 First Pitch Arizona Rookie Draft

Well, that went quick.

Seems just like yesterday when we were wrapping up the 2016 baseball season, and yours truly and a host of others were making final preparations for our 2016 First Pitch Arizona (FPAZ) weekend. Two books later, here we are, back and ready to tackle the 2017 GM's Office column.

And let's start by looking back and ahead at the same time. I'm speaking of an exercise we put together for the FPAZ conference that has some direct implications for preparing for 2017—with some fun and competition built into it. 

One of the undoubtable trends in MLB in recent seasons is the impact that rookies have on our fantasy baseball pennant races. In 2016, the class wasn’t as prolific overall as the 2015 (Correa/Lindor/Snydergaard,...

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