You're overrating draft picks.
Here's the recent pick 6's:
2006 mitch thorp
2007 david myers
2008 chris yarran
2009 gary rohan
2010 reece conca
2011 chad wingard
2012 jackson macrae
2013 mattew scharenberg
2014 caleb marchbank
2015 aaron francis
Both Prestia and Mitchell are significantly better than every single name on that list except Chad Wingard (Jackson Macrae close, and Francis is a maybe).
So Prestia is absolutely worth their first pick.
Gary Rohan is pretty handy.
Just because a recent run of pick 6's haven't done well, doesn't mean the worth of pick 6 should be decreased. That's utterly ridiculous.
I don't know what the run of pick 7's have been like but if they have garnered better players, would you say pick 7 is worth more than pick 6?
Outrageous.
Prestia is a good player with the potential to be great, and I would understand if Richmond gave up pick 6 for him, but I don't think we will. I feel as though our 2017 first round pick will be of greater use to Gold Coast.
I'd give pick 6 for Mitchell on the other hand if they add in Nankervis.
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