2009 MLB Draft - Day Three
by Russ Oates on Jun 11, 2009 9:15 AM MDT
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Rockies select
Clint Tilford, RHP, U of Kentucky.
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Reliever who
allowed 75 hits in 51 2/3 innings, walked 24, struck out 34.
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Back in 2006, BA said he had good mound presence.
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Can Ian Laperriere pitch
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 11, 2009 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions
+1
lol!
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 9:59 AM MDT up reply actions
Rockies draft
Stephen Junker, LHP. Bellevue U
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Steven
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Bellevue's
stats for him are very bare.
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He was drafted by the Cards out of high school in 2005,
So he’s a senior, we know he’s cheap and not likely to make an impact.
with a name like that
you know his pitching outings are doomed
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 11, 2009 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
probably a changeup artist
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 10:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Astros take Greg Peavey
How far he’s fallen.
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Cody Woods, RHP, Middle Tennessee State
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Coty
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anything exciting there?
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 11, 2009 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
Closer, 15 saves.
50 K in 44 1/3 IP.
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Not too shabby. I like taking flyers on college closers with solid numbers.
So long as our scouts sign off on their stuff. I’m really curious about what we make of Bargas in this regard.
Nats just drafted
son of their pitching coach.
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Son of the new pitching coach.
Randy St. Clair was fired at the start of the month.
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Rockies take
Brandon Whitby, C, Prairie View A&M
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Will there be a Rowbot Roll Call
in the Game Draft Wrap?
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We've got a major MI talent on the radar from the Dominican that we're the frontrunners for, Rossell Herrera
According to a Kiley McDaniel Baseball Prospectus article from the other day. And we have Hector Gomez, EY2 in the minors, and while they are still relatively far away, I came away impressed with both Thomas Field and Carlos Martinez after watching them last night.
The other point being....
We still need to have 2B/SS at Tri-City and Casper this year….
We did draft a couple of decent filler guys yesterday,
I’m guessing Angelys Nina fills one slot as well. It’s funny that last season we were complaining about too many middle infielders at those levels.
and don't forget Mike McCoy
/ducks
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
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Rockies choose
Timothy Pierson, OF, Thurston HS, Ore.
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Tym Pearson.
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Signed to play QB at Portland State
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Willing
to play baseball if he goes high enough. Taking a flier on this one, it appears.
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These later rounds really fly.
Do the scouts/drafters just have a list of players and go right down the list depending on who’s left?
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Rockies choose
Jared Higgins, CF, Belaire HS, Tx.
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Jarrett/Bellaire
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In the interest of accuracy, it's "Bellaire"
A long history of competitive HS baseball.
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Texans and their funny spellings.
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You think the spelling is funny? You ought to hear us say it !
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Bexar
ftw
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions
even Boerne?
pronounced “Bernie”
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions
even Gruene?
pronounced “Green” home of the oldest dance hall in Texas
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:34 AM MDT up reply actions
You've just dissed pretty much the entire state of my birth. I'm hurt.
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions
We're
going to have a Red River Shootout here?
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Yep without those two miserable football teams.
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
btw Bexar is pronounced
“bear”
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 10:33 AM MDT up reply actions
You've got to be kidding me!
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for reals!
also Mexia is pronounced “muh-HEY-uh”
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
or the oilfield supply company Schlumberger
pronounced “Slum Ber Jay”
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Ha ha
There’s a Schlumberger plant where I live (Worland, WY), and I swear it took 7 months of living here before I knew that that was what they were referring to when they said ‘Slumberjay’ out loud/
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by Franchise26 on Jun 11, 2009 10:43 AM MDT up reply actions
looking at it, it looks like it should be "Shoo lum burger"
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
It's French, not Texican.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
I spent a summer there one weekend
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:49 AM MDT up reply actions
Coloradan's can't complain too much.
Arkansas and Kansas rhyme in our state, and Bunie (Buena Vista) Peeburg (Phippsburg), Pee-ance (Picance) all seemed kind of odd to me.
Indiana is pretty bad
There’s PAY-roo (Peru), BRA-zull (Brazil), LEB-nun (Lebanon), and so forth
Des Peres, Missouri — pronounced ‘DUH PAIR’
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by Franchise26 on Jun 11, 2009 10:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Sort of like how Dubois, Pennsylvania is actually pronounced DOO-boys locally.
If ever there was a town that needed to go to the snootier possible pronunciation, that one probably qualifies.
It's actually nice because...
as soon as you hear someone say Ar-vaah-dah or not pronouce Gallapago St. Gal-a-peg-oh, you know they are not native and can be dismissed immediately. :)
Arvada
That’s where I’m from. In high school we went to marching band nationals and when they introduced us they pronounced both Arvada and Colorado wrong. And there’s also Nevada. The “a” in all three of those should be as in “apple,” but so many mispronounce them.
"Coloroddo"
is like nails on a chalkboard to me!
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
and don't forget Waxahachie
pronounced wahks a hachie not “wax” as is often the case
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions
And if we get into Louisana pronounciations, we'll be here until game time
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:49 AM MDT up reply actions
(only like an hour away)
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 10:52 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah and I'm ticked it's not on TV. That's two this week. We need a new TV contract.
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
THIS
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 11:01 AM MDT up reply actions
Here's a quote from a coach on him:
“When he gets on base, he’s thinking about going on the first pitch. With his speed, if you can throw him out, God bless you, because it doesn’t happen often.”
Grandson of Yaz just drafted.
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Red Sox, obviously.
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He may have the DNA but so did Ted Williams' son and he couldn't hit a lick.
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:24 AM MDT up reply actions
He'll probably go to Vanderbilt.
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Pirates select Zachary Nuding
/immature lol
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Colorado takes
John Thomas, CF, Pace Academy
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Zachary Nuding
was worse
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions
Love the way the St. Louis guy
announced their pick: “Also known as THE ROCK!!!”
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I want nepotism picks
if there are any to be made.
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Rockies take
Brett Hambright, C, Riverside CC
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Eric Federico, RHP, Cal State Stanislaus
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63 K in 64 1/3 IP
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Reliever.
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Boston drafted
Frank McCourt. Yes, son of Frank McCourt.
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Um, I must have misheard. Gavin McCourt is the son's name.
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Rockies draft
Jason Bagoly, C, OH HS.
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Kent St. Commitment, really big kid, 6'4", 220 lbs.
"We feel that Jason is the best hitter in the state of Ohio," said Stricklin. "He is a big, strong, physical player that has improved his skills behind the plate dramatically. He will make an immediate impact on our team because of the way he handles himself at the plate.
A's drafted Dan O'Dowd's son.
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well there was our chance at a little neop, uh nepo, uh drafting relatives.
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions
a favor from Billy Beane?
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions
The relative to be named later?
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Either that, or Beane's telling O'Dowd by code that there's a job for him in Oakland
If his current gig hits some snags when he goes to renew his contract.
So when they start getting these guys signed
where do the send them? To Tucson for “orientation” or to Casper or Tri-Cities?
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Some as soon as this weekend.
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where to? or does it depend on their skills?
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
College players, especially the seniors,
will head to Tri-City.
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Son of Muhammad Ali
just drafted by the Angels.
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Well Ali is 67 so if he started having kids in his twenties
this guy’s gotta be 45.
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 11:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Kid's adopted.
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So his son does something he never did.....gets drafted.
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by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 11:13 AM MDT up reply actions
After a 15-minute break,
the Rockies draft Matthew Sanders, 3B, Clemson.
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Interesting, we add the Tigers 3B to their 1B we already had.
And now we have two Sanders that play third from the SEC in this draft also.
ACC
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I lke how...
we’re going nearly all college players in later rounds. Obviously no highschool kid taken in the 24th round is going to sign. Unless he’s go zero college prospects.
Rockies select
Joseph Scott, 2B, Cal State Fullerton
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Quote from his coach:
"He’s a true Titan and a great leader… he solidified our defense last year when we put him at second base. He had a tremendous year offensively in the Fall"
He sounds like a grinder/team leader type of pick that the Rockies will want to help keep other guys motivated.
Oakland drafted Bobby Crosby's brother.
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Bubba?
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 11:34 AM MDT up reply actions
The Indians drafted
two players named Kyle Smith!
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Rockies
select John Broyles, RF, Fayetteville HS
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He's known as Franco Broyles, committed to Arkansas
Helped lead Fayetteville to three straight state championships. And definitely seems likely that he’s related to the former AD, so luring him from that commitment would be next to impossible.
I'm out.
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Rockies draft Micah Green
LF, Cherokee Trail HS
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Aurora, CO
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 11:48 AM MDT up reply actions
An article on Green is at Colorado Baseball Insider
I’m guessing he’s got to have some sort of pretty strong college commitment, I’m looking for where right now.
never mind, it was the next link down.
Wichita State’s a big time program, but this one seems at least a little feasible to lure him off of, we’ll see.
Green's a stud
Never seen a high school player run like he does. That makes two of my brother’s current teammates that were drafted after Anderson from Mtn. Vista went in round 28 to the Astros yesterday (he’s a Mizzou commit).
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We like those rangy cf guys,
He, Higgins and Thomas are all similar in that respect that speed is their predominant tool right now, but others are possible.
Rockies draft Heath Holliday
Catcher, Bixby HS, OK
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pure nepotism pick?
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 12:03 PM MDT up reply actions
He's a high school kid.
Seems like he’d be better off going to college being drafted this late, right?
Probably...
If there was some real chance of him playing for the organization right now, he would have gone earlier, I’m guessing.
That's
Eaton (CA) High School
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 12:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Typo
on MLB’s part. Tyler went to Eaton, played for the Reds. Good hitter, but there’s no way he skips college.
Sterling absolutely reeks of nepotism. I think even he’d be surprised he was drafted. I suppose look for Monfort to complete the Eaton triumvirate and nab Logan Hall.
by LawrenceDavis on Jun 11, 2009 12:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Clinton McKenney, RHP, Clemson
Clemson’s getting quite a few really late draft picks, Oakland just picked their CF.
Yankees select Patrick White from West Virginia,
It sounded like the guy started saying that they’d like him listed as a quarterback before correcting himself.
related to
Chad Tracy but not Chad Tracy.
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