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Draft 2007 Open Thread: 3rd Round and Beyond

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The draft's about an hour away, and as Russ has been updating below, selections are starting to clear up.

Here's where we stand with what I know:

  1. Tampa Bay, David Price
  2. Kansas City, Mike Moustakas
  3. Chicago Cubs, Josh Vitters
  4. Pittsburgh Pirates, Daniel Moskos
  5. Baltimore Orioles, Matt Wieters
  6. Washington Nationals, Ross Detwiler
  7. Milwaukee Brewers, Matt LaPorta
  8. Us, Casey Weathers
It's still looking to me that either Moskos or Detwiler or both will be available at our pick, but Tracy Ringolsby and Baseball America are sticking to their guns about the selection being Weathers, and Renck and Mayo haven't updated saying that it will be anybody other than Moskos.

I still say Detwiler. We're about to find out who's right... and it's Ringolsby!

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10 minutes
Can't. Wait. Much. Longer.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 11:50 AM MDT   0 recs

ARRGGGHHH
My computer at work won't load the draft tracker. I hope some of you wonderful people can keep me updated through the board.
Thanks

by Blake20th on Jun 7, 2007 12:08 PM MDT   0 recs

And the clock ticks down
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:11 PM MDT   0 recs

In Ringolsby's mock
he states that Schmidt slipped this year because his fastball dipped from mid 90's to the 80's...

Umm, No?  I don't recall ever seeing Schmidt be considered a mid 90's hurler.  Has he hit 93 before?  Probably, but I don't think his fastball velocity went anywhere.  Apparently he's unimpressed with Moskos' ability to start as well...

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:15 PM MDT   0 recs

Price goes first - no surprise
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:15 PM MDT   0 recs

The draft's worst kept secret
and judging by how quickly that jersey came out, even he's known for a while.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:18 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Royals take Moustakas
All right, let's see what the Cubs do.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:21 PM MDT   0 recs

I think they'll stick
with Parker.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:25 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

The clock is so silly
It's only purpose is to drag this out for TV commercials and ESPN commentary.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 12:26 PM MDT   0 recs

Cubs take Vitters
I was wrong.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:27 PM MDT   0 recs

So far it's just like the set-up
Now is where it will get interesting, though. Porcello's dropping, and Wieters is still out there.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 12:28 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Any Chance....
The Rockies would open their wallet for someone like Porcello?

by sg8335aa on Jun 7, 2007 12:30 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Doubt it
If they won't do it for Wieters, no reason they'd do it for Porcello.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:31 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Pirates select Dan Moskos
That's a curveball.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:32 PM MDT   0 recs

to a few mock drafts.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:32 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

First left field pick
but in a good way.  Congrats to the Pirates on taking a legit top ten player.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:33 PM MDT   0 recs

Want to place a bet
on what injury he's going to have?
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:34 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Don't you know it.
I'm actually disspointed for the fact that should Detwiler go soon, we'll be left with either Aumont or Weathers, and not the upside of a Dominguez or even Heyward.

Aumont gets a C from me, Weathers a B because the player is great but the value is not.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:35 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Not too left field...
The article I linked this morning did say he was a possibility, but the Pirates definitely did a good job of hiding their interest.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 12:35 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

okay left-center
but I just don't think many expected them to go any other way than the cheap route.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:36 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

There goes my pick.
Oh well....

I hope they draft Detwiler or Aumont.

Stay away from Weathers.  Drafting a closer with a top-10 pick seems unwise.

by malakian on Jun 7, 2007 12:36 PM MDT   0 recs

Orioles draft Wieters
Ah, there he goes.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:37 PM MDT   0 recs

I knew they'd do that,
Just to tick the Nationals off. Nats get Porcello

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 12:38 PM MDT   0 recs

Nats nab Detwiler
Uh, wow.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:42 PM MDT   0 recs

Not good.
So it's probably down to either Aumont or Weathers now.

(or hopefully also Porcello, Parker or Heyward)

by malakian on Jun 7, 2007 12:44 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Weathers for us, then...
The scenario almost worked, the Pirates threw it off with Moskos.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 12:46 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Please Rockies
take Dominguez.  

This is not shaping up good for me, and I think Aumont is the closest thing to a disaster for us.  Just a fastball and a dangerous whip/sidearm motion...

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:45 PM MDT   0 recs

John Manuel
believes the Brewers will go for Mesoraco.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:46 PM MDT   0 recs

Parker drops?
We haven't talked about selecting him, but he'd be another nice choice.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 12:48 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Brewers take LaPorta
Holy $#%^!!!!!

Rockies up.

"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:48 PM MDT   0 recs

Where does he play?
I've never heard anyone suggest LaPorta can move anywhere else but first.  So unless the Brewers are going back to the American League, this choice is certainly curious.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:50 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

LF
Brewers drafted him as a "left-fielder"

We'll see if he can play out there

by sg8335aa on Jun 7, 2007 12:51 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

He highly thoguht of entering 2006
but had a bad case of draftitis. Returned for his senior season and rebounded. Was a catcher, probably can't play anywhere other than 1st.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:51 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

that should be "thought"
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:52 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Rockies draft
Casey Weathers
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:53 PM MDT   0 recs

I don't like this pick...
hopefully we know what we are doing.

by Blake20th on Jun 7, 2007 12:55 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Arrgg..
Oh my... Yuck

by roxhead on Jun 7, 2007 12:55 PM MDT   0 recs

Schmidt.....
Back-to-back years of disappointment......Reynolds is proving us wrong, so we can only hope that Weathers does the same.  Hopefully he's more Huston Street than he is Chad Cordero or Ryan Wagner.....

by sg8335aa on Jun 7, 2007 12:57 PM MDT   0 recs

I don't think Weathers will prove us wrong
I think we all believe he'll be a great reliever.  The problem is that reliever is not the team's biggest issue.  Weathers will be great in a limited role...

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:59 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Not liking the pick
It's not that he's a bad guy; it's that he shouldn't be a top-10 pick, especially for a club like the Rockies.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 12:57 PM MDT   0 recs

Oh great
another young reliever that Hurdle will bury in favor of overpriced veterans...

Might I remind Rockies' management that most fans already consider you cheap, and don't need a reminder.  For a team that has few leads to hold, this pick is most certainly baffling...

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 12:58 PM MDT   0 recs

Unbelievable
Our team continues to suck in new and unexpected ways. Does anyone down at Coors Field know how a baseball team operates?

by easccp on Jun 7, 2007 12:59 PM MDT   0 recs

woww.... we
suck

go rox... i'm glad we have a guy who can close out games for us in 2010... i hope we have a lead in 2010... someone tell me that 70 innings is better than 200... i need to hear that right now

by Blake20th on Jun 7, 2007 12:59 PM MDT   0 recs

what happened
did everyone just jump off of a bridge or what? it got quiet, fast.  

by Blake20th on Jun 7, 2007 1:04 PM MDT   0 recs

And the Giants
make their first of three picks before the Rockies have their second: Madison Bumgarner. The D'Backs took Parker.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 1:05 PM MDT   0 recs

Our stupidity is the dbacks gain....
this seems to be theme. i reallly don't like arizona.

by Blake20th on Jun 7, 2007 1:07 PM MDT   0 recs

Mariners
take Aumont.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 1:10 PM MDT   0 recs

Marlins take Dominguez
So when he makes the majors no one will be there to watch him play.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 1:16 PM MDT   0 recs

Calling for O'Dowd's Head
What a waste - A Closer. It's like Parker and Porcello were expected to go high and weren't even scouted so they went with what they knew.  If either of these two end up moving quickly to the show???
TGFPR!!

by jlot10 on Jun 7, 2007 1:26 PM MDT   0 recs

Last few picks
Beau Mills to the Indians. All over the place before the draft, Mills finds a comfortable landing place.

Braves, to no surprise, take a Georgia guy in Heyward.

"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 1:28 PM MDT   0 recs

Looks like...
Porcello is going to end up going to college.
TGFPR!!

by jlot10 on Jun 7, 2007 1:31 PM MDT   0 recs

Reds take Mesoraco
The fast-rising catcher from PA gets popped.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 1:33 PM MDT   0 recs

First time, long time...
With Corpas developing and a closer picked in the top 10, Fuentes should pack his bags already.  Hopefully they get a ton for him at the deadline to a contender.  I haven't been opposed to picking relievers in the past because of their importance in the organization historically (quite correlated to overall success IMO) and because they'll arrive to help quickly (theoretically) but not sure about this one.  Seems like a reach, and not an elite relief prospect for such lofty consideration.  Hopefully he's fast-tracked because that's the benefit of picking someone like him, but I have some doubts there.

You guys do great things here at Purple Row.  I love the draft and wish I was home watching it for its first televised event but at least we have the internet still - and each other in these times of crisis.

I was a bit disappointed in some of the early picks that didn't seem like great fits to me.  Some of the ones picked more recently, though, you can already imagine them appearing down the road in their new homes as perfect matches.

Happy draft day... or not so happy as it turned out to be thus far, but most Rockies drafts in recent years have had fans yelling in frustration on draft day but pleasantly surprised later on.  Hopefully that's the case here with Casey Weathers rising toward the top of the closers in the game.  He certainly needed to have that kind of talent and potential to be picked here, but unfortunately I'm not convinced that he does.

by HiAspire on Jun 7, 2007 1:42 PM MDT   0 recs

I think he is elite, just new.
His stuff is fantastic. It's a little stretch, but there was obviously a bigger one in the selection just before ours, and the Brewers and Rockies have proven that they know what they're doing when it comes to drafts. I'm just surprised that there's so much negativity here. I probably would have preferred Dominguez, but I like Weathers quite a bit.

Thanks, btw, for the kind words, I enjoy reading your thoughts at FanHome, too.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 2:00 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Pete Kozma
to the Cards. Good pick.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 1:48 PM MDT   0 recs

He gets panned a bit
by the analysts, but really, what are they looking for from the Cards here?  I've seen Kozma play for about ten years, and think he'll be a very fine short stop that can bat near the top of the order and spray line drives all over the field.  Most importantly, he has the "baseball rat" attitude that turns average players into stars in a town that admires dirty jersey ballplayers.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 1:55 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Savery to the Phils
The Dodgers are up. Who will they take?
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 1:54 PM MDT   0 recs

Not a Boras client.
Other than that, I'm not sure.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 1:56 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Jays
take J.P. Arencibia. Julio Borbon still on the board.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 2:05 PM MDT   0 recs

Two high school pitchers for the Giants so far
Who do they think they are, the Braves? I'm not sure Alderson will be more than a middle reliever or last very long in the majors, and Bumgarner's similar to Andrew Johnston, in that he's got one good pitch and that might be all he'll ever have. Neither will be another Tim Lincecum.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 2:14 PM MDT   0 recs

Padres take Schmidt
The Rockies will get to face him quite a bit.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 2:15 PM MDT   0 recs

Poreda to the Sox
which keeps him away from the Giants' next pick.  I saw Poreda in Lincoln last year as well, but from what I've read he's a much different pitcher now.  Power lefties are the the types of pitchers I'd like to face on a regular basis, so thanks to Chicago.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 2:30 PM MDT   0 recs

James Simmons to the A's
Typical A's pick.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 2:31 PM MDT   0 recs

Tigers grab Porcello
Maybe he won't be going to college . . .
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 2:37 PM MDT   0 recs

I like this very much
The last thing I want to read is a million Red Sox or Yankees chat questions asking if Porcello would be a better pitching prospect than Jesus himself.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 2:40 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Jesus can't throw a curveball
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 2:41 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Curve
But I hear he's got a mean rising fastball.

Sorry, I'll stop.

I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Jun 7, 2007 2:49 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

The splitter's his calling card
I heard he can part large bodies of water with it...(cricket, cricket)

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 2:52 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Splitter
That's Moses that throws the splitter.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Jun 7, 2007 2:53 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

My bad
It's the change up that makes Jesus special.  (get it?  Water to Wine?  Anybody?  Have I completely sucked the funny out of the room?)

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 2:57 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Yankees are up
I've been waiting for this one.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 2:47 PM MDT   0 recs

Yankees take
Andrew Brackman. Not that much of a surprise.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 2:53 PM MDT   0 recs

Supplemental Round started
Nats led off with Josh Smoker.
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 3:19 PM MDT   0 recs

Frazier to the Red at #34
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 3:20 PM MDT   0 recs

Reds*
"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 3:20 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

and John Gilmore went one slot ahead
Those were two of the players I hoped might slip, let's see if anybody does.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 3:26 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Jon Gilmore, I mean
He's one of the no silent "h" crowd.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 3:29 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Mortensen to Cards
I thought his sinker would be very attractive to Colorado, but the Cards also heavily favor groundball pitchers.

by David OhNo on Jun 7, 2007 3:23 PM MDT   0 recs

Adkins to the Dodgers
and Kulbacki to the Padres.

How many picks have the Rockies made so far?

"Vae victis!" - Brennus the Gaul

by Russ on Jun 7, 2007 3:30 PM MDT   0 recs

At least their drafts aren't hugely impressive yet
So far, the most potentially dangerous talents taken seem to be Parker and Wendell Fairley, the last first round pick of the Giants. Fairley's a huge project, and Parker might not sign with the D-backs, given that they're not going to go over slot at all after signing Scherzer. I haven't been overly impressed by their drafts yet.

by Rox Girl on Jun 7, 2007 3:39 PM MDT to parent up