baseball draft

The draft is underway and I just read a comment about how the A's used 3 out of their first 5 picks on high school pitchers and that Beane must be frustrated with "Moneyball" and coming back to using traditional baseball philosophy. Once again the media gets it wrong on what Moneyball is all about and what Beane has to do to be successful. It's not about OPS, College Pitchers, and Stats, but its about finding inefficiencies in the market to maximize wins per dollars spent. With the success he has had in the draft, there is now a tendency to overpay for college players and undervalue high school talent. So while everyone is paying good money for college pitchers, the A's once again go against the norm and steal some talented high school pitchers for dirt cheap. The hardest throwing right handed pitcher in the draft, Craig Italiano, goes in the third round to the A's and has already been signed.
Side note: Did you know that the MLB draft only allows for 30 seconds between picks? Other sports should follow this model.
A's Notes: If the A's weren't so far out of first place, and the Angels and Rangers heating up, I would really like our chances but I think we dug ourselves too big of a hole. We usually dominate our interleague competition (except for the Giants) so my goal is to see the A's at .500 by the end of June.
Daily Picks: I'm on fire.
Oakland (Zito vs Armas) -103- Zito doesn't pitch that well on the road, but our bullpen is rested and our offense is clicking.
Angels (Byrd vs Ramirez) +110- Byrd will throw strikes and Ramirez will get knocked out early against the free swinging Angels.
Cubs (Rusch vs. Towers) -140 - I'm riding the Rusch and Cubs bandwagon until the wheels fly off.
KC (Carasco vs. Rueter) +120- The only reason why I'm taking this one is due to the fact that I hate Rueter and I'm shocked that he still has a job.
Brewers (Sheets vs. Pavano) Even- No respect for the Brewers despite the Yanks going into a huge slide. Sheets doesn't seem to be completely healthy yet, but he only has to worry about Jeter, Sheff, and A-Rod.
Two days ago: 5-1 +458
YTD: 14-5 +963