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The Major League Baseball draft and context for it

On Tuesday afternoon I was sitting at my desk thinking about what I was going to write about for Redleg Nation this week. A few ideas had been kicking around, but then I saw this tweet roll through my timeline:

Why is #Reds pitching staff in (poor) state it’s in? Take a look at how badly they drafted from 2007-12: https://t.co/Akg63Ocl9L @Local12 pic.twitter.com/mKd4uqYn6h

— Richard Skinner (@Local12Skinny) May 23, 2017

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For those of you who don’t live in the Cincinnati area, Richard Skinner works for the local CBS station covering sports.