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1. Washington Nationals Bryce Harper C/OF Coll. of Southern Nevada

2. Pittsburgh Pirates Jameson Taillon RHP The Woodlands (Texas) HS

3. Baltimore Orioles Manny Machado SS Brito HS (Miami)

4. Kansas City Royals Christian Colon SS Cal State-Fullerton

5. Cleveland Indians Drew Pomeranz LHP Ole Miss

6. Arizona Diamondbacks Barret Loux RHP Texas A&M

7. New York Mets Matt Harvey RHP North Carolina

Are there any Mike Leakes or Stephen Strausburgs in this draft?

AZGrizFan wrote:Are there any Mike Leakes or Stephen Strausburgs in this draft?

big dropoff after the top 3, IMHO

1. Washington Nationals Bryce Harper OF/C Coll. of Southern Nevada
The Skinny: Hit .442 w/29 HR in 215 AB for CSN - FanHouse story | Video
2. Pittsburgh Pirates Jameson Taillon RHP The Woodlands (Texas) HS
The Skinny: 95 SO, 2.82 ERA in 56 IP. 6-6, 225 lbs - Video
3. Baltimore Orioles Manny Machado SS Brito HS (Miami)
The Skinny: Hit .689 with 11 HR. 6-3, 190 lbs, RH hitter
4. Kansas City Royals Christian Colon SS Cal State-Fullerton
The Skinny: Has .352 average, with 16 HR and 64 RBI in 60 G
5. Cleveland Indians Drew Pomeranz LHP Ole Miss
The Skinny: Went 9-2 with 2.24 ERA and 139 SO in 100.2 IP - FanHouse story
6. Arizona Diamondbacks Barret Loux RHP Texas A&M
The Skinny: 11-2 record, 136 SO/33 BB in 104 IP
7. New York Mets Matt Harvey RHP North Carolina
The Skinny: 8-3, 3.09 ERA. Unsigned 3rd-round pick of Angels in '07
8. Houston Astros Delino DeShields Jr. OF/2B Woodward Academy (Atlanta)
The Skinny: Son of the longtime big leaguer, he's a great athlete
9. San Diego Padres Karsten Whitson RHP Chipley (Fla.) HS
The Skinny: 6-4, 190 lbs., 7-3 with 123 SO in 55 IP - FanHouse story | Video
10. Oakland Athletics Michael Choice OF Texas-Arlington
The Skinny: Hit .383 with 16 HR and 76 BB in 60 games
11. Toronto Blue Jays Deck McGuire RHP Georgia Tech
The Skinny: 9-4, 2.96 ERA in 16 starts, 118 SO in 112.2 IP
12. Cincinnati Reds Yasmani Grandal C Miami
The Skinny: Has .412 average with 14 HR and 23 2B in 59 G. also 55 BB for .537 OBP
13. Chicago White Sox Chris Sale LHP Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
The Skinny: Went 11-0 with 2.01 ERA, 146 SO and just 14 walks
14. Milwaukee Brewers Dylan Covey RHP Maranatha HS (Pasadena, Calif.)
The Skinny: 6-2, 195 lbs, he's known for his nasty curveball
15. Texas Rangers Jake Skole OF Blessed Trinity HS (Roswell, Ga.)
The Skinny: Baseball/football signee at Ga. Tech
16. Chicago Cubs Hayden Simpson LHP Southern Arkansas
The Skinny: Division II guy went 13-1 with a 1.81 ERA, 131 SO in 99.1 IP
17. Tampa Bay Rays Josh Sale OF Bishop Blanchet HS (Seattle)
The Skinny: 6-1, 205 lb, left-handed hitter is powerfully built
18. Los Angeles Angels Kaleb Cowart RHP/3B Cook County HS (Adel, Ga.)
The Skinny: Florida State commitment was Georgia HS player of year
19. Houston Astros Mike Foltynewicz RHP Minooka (Ill.) Community HS
The Skinny: 6-4, 190 lbs Univ. of Texas commitment

Choice is pretty damn good but he went 1/9 against us in 3 games. (4 K's)
He's v. good at turning into a ball to get HBP too. We gave him an IW when it wasn't really needed and he made the last out (3UA) that won us the SLC.

However, it's good to see an actual College guy get drafted with all the HS kids they're taking

Red Sox have already come to contract agreement with 20th overall pick Kolbrin Vitek who has agreed to move from 2B to 3B with the Red Sox.

36. Boston Red Sox - For Jason Bay
The Pick: Bryce Brentz, OF, Middle Tennessee State
The Buzz: An absolute steal for the Red Sox. Brentz was projected as high as No. 10 and slides way down to the board. He has a short compact swing that can hit for power and average.

39. Boston Red Sox - For Billy Wagner
The Pick: Anthony Ranaudo, RHP, LSU
The Buzz: One of the bigger players in the draft, Ranaudo checks in at a massive 6-foot-6, 230-plus pounds. With command of three pitches, he is a very solid prospect to get in the middle of the supplimental round.

UNHWildCats wrote:36. Boston Red Sox - For Jason Bay
The Pick: Bryce Brentz, OF, Middle Tennessee State
The Buzz: An absolute steal for the Red Sox. Brentz was projected as high as No. 10 and slides way down to the board. He has a short compact swing that can hit for power and average.

A deal is also in place for Bryce Brentz.

Ruffin from UT goes to Detroit in the A compensation round. Think we'll ever hear from/of him again?

The Phils picked up a local LHP from Germantown Friends HS in Philadelphia. Jesse Biddle. 6'5" 225 lbs, headed to Oregon.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phi ... _team.html

Introducing the new asshole of MLB.

I give him less than a year before he:

is dead
becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol
is in jail for raping an 11 yr. old girl
is giving the keynote at a Republican Party rally

dbackjon wrote: 8. Houston Astros Delino DeShields Jr. OF/2B Woodward Academy (Atlanta)
The Skinny: Son of the longtime big leaguer, he's a great athlete

I played against Sr. at various levels back in the day in Delaware. I can't believe he has a kid draft age already.

Keeping an eye on the draft today.

An old buddy of mine has a son who is hopefully going to get drafted after a very successful college career at Wake Forest. My buddy played minor league ball with the White Sox organization.

Also a pitcher on the local high school team was projected to a Round 1 or 2 pick, but he partially tore a ligament in his pitching arm in his last start before the draft. Now no one knows where he will go now.

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/BhGFxHI3Ed ... itcher.htm

5th round

pick 151 Cody Wheeler LHP Coastal Carolina- Arizona Diamondbacks
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic ... id=7177781

pick 154 Joblonski(Rico) Noel CF CCU- San Diego Padres

The Sox have taken Pennsylvania high school SS Sean Coyle, a North Carolina signee who played for the Under 18 Team USA last summer. He has been described as the Dustin Pedroia of this draft in that he has lot of tools in a little (5-8, 175 pounds) package. He projects as a 2B in pro ball.

Coyle was the 110th overall pick. His brother plays at UNC and the Sox will have to pay to keep him from the Tar Heels. Coyle hit leadoff for Team USA and had tremendous plate discipline.

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Good news here is that Keith Law reported this morning before the draft day began that Boston would take Coyle and that parameters of a deal were already in place this morning, so unless some major development he will bypass UNC and sign with Boston.

SunCoastBlueHen wrote:

dbackjon wrote: 8. Houston Astros Delino DeShields Jr. OF/2B Woodward Academy (Atlanta)
The Skinny: Son of the longtime big leaguer, he's a great athlete

I played against Sr. at various levels back in the day in Delaware. I can't believe he has a kid draft age already.

Holy crap. Delino is quite a few years younger than I am and he has a kid finishing HS?

89Hen wrote:

SunCoastBlueHen wrote:
I played against Sr. at various levels back in the day in Delaware. I can't believe he has a kid draft age already.

Holy crap. Delino is quite a few years younger than I am and he has a kid finishing HS?

Delino was Class of 87 at Seaford. I wish he'd have taken the basketball scholly at Nova instead of going through with a mediocre career in baseball, with some early flashes of brilliance.

93henfan wrote:Delino was Class of 87 at Seaford.

Huh. I thought he was later than that.