Read The Bullshit Charts A "Scientist" Is Hawking To Sports Teams

Every team wants the perfect draft pick. It's a deceptively simple-sounding goal that haunts every executive in sports, because they are being asked to do the nearly impossible—predict what human beings will do. Sure, every few years a player like Andrew Luck or Bryce Harper comes along who simply can't fail (even if they sometimes do), but the rest of drafting is closer to throwing darts blindfolded than anyone would like to admit. And that very much includes high-level sports executives, who don't keep their jobs by shrugging and telling their billionaire bosses, "Hey man, we're all just trying to get lucky!"

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