2009 MLB Draft Open Thread
by Russ Oates on Jun 9, 2009 3:48 PM MDT
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PrintWho's it going to be? Missouri RHP Kyle Gibson? Sacramento State OF Tim Wheeler? Prep RHP Matt Hobgood? Arizona State RHP Mike Leake? A combination of these players since the Rockies have the 11th and 32nd picks of the first round? Someone else? We'll find out some time after 6:15 ET when the Nationals will select San Diego State RHP Stephen Strasburg with the first overall selection of the 2009 draft.
Colorado Rockies Selections on Day One:
First Round: 11, 32
Supplemental First: 34
Second: 59
Third : 90
Purple Row First Round Draft Tracker
| Pick | Team | Player Selected | Position | School |
| 1 | Washington Nationals | Stephen Strasburg | RH SP | San Diego St. |
| 2 | Seattle Mariners | Dustin Ackley | CF | UNC |
| 3 | San Diego Padres | Donavan Tate | CF | Cartersville (GA) HS |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Tony Sanchez | C | Boston College |
| 5 | Baltimore Orioles | Matt Hobgood | RH SP | Norco (CA) HS |
| 6 | San Francisco Giants | Zach Wheeler | RH SP | East Paulding (GA) HS |
| 7 | Atlanta Braves | Mike Minor | LH SP | Vanderbilt |
| 8 | Cincinnati Reds | Mike Leake | RH SP | Arizona St. |
| 9 | Detroit Tigers | Jacob Turner | RH SP | Westminster (MO) HS |
| 10 | Washington Nationals | Drew Storen | RH RP | Stanford |
11 |
Colorado Rockies |
Tyler Matzek |
LH SP |
Capistrano Valley (CA) HS |
| 12 | Kansas City Royals | Aaron Crow | RH SP | Fort Worth Cats |
| 13 | Oakland Athletics | Grant Green | SS | USC |
| 14 | Texas Rangers | Matt Purke | LH SP | Kline (TX) HS |
| 15 | Cleveland Indians | Alex White | RH SP | UNC |
| 16 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Bobby Borchering | 3B | Bishop Verot (FL) HS |
| 17 | Arizona Diamondbacks | AJ Pollock | CF | Notre Dame |
| 18 | Florida Marlins | Chad James | LH SP | Yukon (OK) HS |
| 19 | St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| 20 | Toronto Blue Jays | |||
| 21 | Houston Astros | |||
| 22 | Minnesota Twins | |||
| 23 | Chicago White Sox | |||
| 24 | Los Angeles Angels | |||
| 25 | Los Angeles Angels | |||
| 26 | Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| 27 | Seattle Mariners | |||
| 28 | Boston Red Sox | |||
| 29 | New York Yankees | |||
| 30 | Tampa Bay Rays | |||
| 31 | Chicago Cubs | |||
| 32 | Colorado Rockies |
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Tracy Ringolsby
reports that Matt Hobgood appears to be the choice this morning.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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He' typically on point
But that’s when we’re picking high with less uncertainty.
Hobgood
I’ll leave it up to others to do real analysis of our picks, but I have to say I’ve wanted him since I first saw his name, so that we could nickname him “Hobgoblin.”
I'd be down for nicknaming Matzek "Hobgoblin"
its not as clear as a link with nicknaming Hobgood that but at the same time, someone in the organization needs to be nicknamed Hobgoblin
The Rockies need some oldschool purple/white striped high socks. The team’s problem is it’s lack of swagger. I feel strongly that these socks will provide the swagger necessary to tap the potential that are the Rockies.
How do we have 34?
I know it’s the sandwich pick, but Jabbs’ article didn’t specify how those are ordered, or I missed it
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Win-loss record.
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Three picks in the first 35 is a pretty good hault.
I’m hoping for two pitchers and a corner infielder, personally.
lol so are the Rex Brothers any good???
and will the Rockies draft both of them?
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Doing a Denver Post commenter impression?
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that would be more like
ZOMG WHY DOESNT O’DUD TRADE ALL TEH DRAFT PICKS TO GET HOLIDAY BACK???/
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions
But there is something in that comment.
Draft picks should be traded.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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I feel the uncertainty of MLB draft picks and the distance from MLB impact
makes trading draft picks almost pointless. It’s too much potential that might be 3 years away, you know?
The only real purpose would be the teams that are in blatant firesale mode, I don’t see them actually providing the marginal increases to a trade package that they would in the other 3 of the big 4
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
Actually
I think a scenario would work out where trading picks would be a great idea for a team. Look at the Nationals. Sure Stratsburg is going to be a heck of a player, but there are also risk with drafting pitchers, and with the money he is going to get, I could almost make the argument that the Nats should be able to trade the number 1 pick for another teams number 1 1s and 2 or however you want to look into it. Thus giving them 3 picks for one, and filling more holes in their minor league system.
but your average DP commenter
thinks that the Broncos did a good job trading draft picks and so the Rockies should do the same thing
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 11:02 AM MDT up reply actions
also please,
It’s “O’Clown”
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 11:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Not sure...
The average Post poster knows any more about the Broncos than he does about the Rockies. Or Obama, or the weather or, how to tie his shoes or…
ZOMG CAN TEH ROCKIES DRAFT NEW OWNERS!!!1
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions
ok that's all I could think every time I read it
until I slowed down the skimming and read it through like 5 times
“Oh…it’s not like Phil and Tyrone Rex, it’s Rex Brothers”
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
because the Sedin Twins have shifted my view of "Brothers" in a draft
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
hey
San Diego has the Gonzalez brothers and Pittsburgh has the LaRoche brothers…
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 11:07 AM MDT up reply actions
Aren't there four of them?
Harry, Otis, Skippy, and Roland? Did a lot of shorts back in the ‘30s and ’40s? Didn’t make any money and drank up whatever they did get? Or, am I hinking of different guys?
BP's latest Mock
has Aaron Crow slipping to the Rockies….
And Rich Poythress at 32!
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would we WANT Crow?
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
That's the debate....
Pretty unlikely he doesn’t sign two years in a row. Rockies just need to mention Matt Harrison to scare him a bit. Rockies may have to go a touch over slot and wait till August 15th, but I’d be he signs. There’s no leverage there.
Harrington would be a good guy.....
to mention as well. Mr. Harrison has never been heard from again.
see there's the issue
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 11:23 AM MDT up reply actions
With the 11th overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the Colorado Rockies select...
Jackson Holliday, LF, Ridgeview Day Care.
Think we can sign him for slot?
Eschew Obfuscation!
Scott Boras
is asking for $100M.
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Probably not
he’s a Boras client, right?
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Interesting side note...
my brother coaches in summer training camps put on by the Diamondbacks. One of his campers is 8 year old Jackson Grace, son of Mark Grace. My brother says he’s pretty much a natural, what with his MLB DNA.
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions
BA Has us taking
11. Hobgood – Saying we are “all over him”
and
32. Tim Wheeler
No mention of Poythress anywhere, making me think he might be there at 34.
Hobgood, Wheeler and Poythress would make me a very very happy person today. (even if I am stuck in the armpit of america until July_
What brings you to Waco, TX?
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions
+1
LOL
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 11:29 AM MDT up reply actions
+1
We’ll see a little more love for Waco later in the year but that’s another sport and another discussion.
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Author: Jim Bouton
I'm OK with Hobgood but...
would rather get someone to fall back to us rather than reaching for him. Crow, Scheppers, GIBSON, Matzek,
I've been reading on Hobgood today
and I’m imrpessed. Fastball with 90-95, big curve, good frame. Comparisons to Goose Gossage. I think he’s a great pick if he falls to us.
Goosage was a starter in the early part of his career
And Hobgood would be a starter too, say he still has good velocity on his fastball in the fifth and sixth innings so nothing suggest that he wouldn’t be a starter.
I just don't trust high school pitchers
Too much can go wrong. I saw Alex White pitch in the super regionals over the weekend, I want him.
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
Is there a time limit on each pick?
How long will it take to get to the Rockies pick at 11 & 32?
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
I think
The time limit is 5 minutes, so #11 should come within 30-45 minutes or so. In the first hour for sure.
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
Russ told me 15minutes for the first round
It’ll make for a long night if that’s true. Hopefully they don’t actually take that long when they know what they want.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 11:51 AM MDT up reply actions
not sure why that posted twice.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
It didn't.
But all my comments appear to be posting twice, too. But they’re not actually there. It’s a creepy doppleganger effect. :-(
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The whole deal seems a little jacked this morning. Apparent double postings, links not opening.
Just a little wierd.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
Yeah...
I’ve never seen it happen on SBN before. Well, double-posting happens sometimes, but it’s usually a combination of user error and a faulty internet connection.
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7 picks in the top 64.
8 picks in the top 100.
Sorry, just wanted to gloat for a bit. :-D
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#1.
First overall pick, 2005.
That 51-111 season gave us TWO good things: Justin Upton, and RJ’s perfect game.
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Yeah that unerves me a little
At least the Phils and Mets have zero combined picks in the top 64
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Heh.....
that’s why it wasn’t so terrible that O-Dawg went to the Dodgers. The #17 pick was the highest we could have gotten from ANY team.
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and that DOESN'T include
supplemental picks had Adam Dunn refused arbitration!
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 11:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Not necessarily.
I understood the reasoning behind it, but I still think it’s a damned shame.
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He would have declined
Nobody saw the train wreck that was free agency coming. He expected to get a big payday.
Most likely.
But if he doesn’t, we’re paying Adam Dunn and Eric Byrnes a combined $28 million or so this season, and we still needed a starting 2B, a starting pitcher, and BP help.
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Still upset about that.
RMN, is Adam Dunn impressed?
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by PioneerSkies on Jun 9, 2009 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, since he had to take a pay cut to join the Natinals....
…eh, nvm. I’ll let RMN post it.
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I'm at work
don’t have the link
wah wahhhhhhhhhh
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 12:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Ugh....
can’t take you ANYWHERE.
Good thing I’ve got it.
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I have Dunn on my fantasy
I love Adam Dunn
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions
I love the guy too.
Master of the true outcomes. Kinda like a reverse Juan Cruz.
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Renck at the DP is now saying
that while Hobgood is on the list, the Rockies are also considerting 3b/1b Bobby Butchering.
Keith Law reported that this morning, as shared be David Oh No. Renck is pulling that striaght from Law. Had they been separate sources, this would have more legs.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 1:35 PM MDT up reply actions
That's what K-Law was saying as well
It seems that as the draft is getting closer a lot of HS players are sliding over signability concerns. I can guarantee that a few of them are bluffing and when push comes to shove, they’ll sign with their drafting team. It’s just a matter of the Rockies being able to ferret out which have real demands and which are just posturing.
Borchering would be a great pick if he is somehow still available in Round 32.
We need more corner IF depth.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Heathcott is an interesting one
Scouting report reminds me of Carlos. I’m also all for Leake, assuming Crow or Scheppers don’t drop.
Also relevant:
Insiders are saying that Leake is the second choice for the Tigers after Aaron Crow, with Shelby Miller also being a possibility. So he may be gone before we even get there.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Mayo's sources are interesting...
He’s now saying the Tigers are going a different direction from Crow, who he expects to still be available for them:
Looking like Tigers choices at 9 for #mlbdraft are: Jacob Turner, Shelby Miller, Mike Leake
after he twittered:
New#mlbdraft mock is up http://tinyurl.com/nnovr2. It’s already updated; Crow will not go 9. How far will he slide?
Anyway, if he's right, that means Aaron Crow should be available at #11
Since I doubt that the Nats would draft him twice. If he is available, we’ve got to take him.
How much
did the Nats offer him last year? I agree with Law that he’s not going to accept anything less.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
The reasons to accept less outweigh the reasons not to.
At this point he and his agents have played the draft game poorly and I think his best hope for future money is to take less money and hope to get an MLB contract so that he hits free agency quicker.
Matt Harrington
as well as his agents and his family disagree with your assessment.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Yeah, that worked out really well for them.
It’s exactly why Crow can’t afford to go through another draft. His only leverage is to squeeze as much as he can out of the drafting team this year, but he can’t go one more.
The problem
is not the player but the agents. There is way too much ego involved in the business to admit that you screwed up last year to take less this year. If Crow knows what is good for him, he’ll look at Harrington as a warning, and ignore his agent and do what it takes to start his pro career.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
I just watched his video on MLB.com
He still thinks Crow is a possibility, though Crow has been hopping all around the draft predictions. He speculates his agents are trying to shadow his signability so as to lower his draft number so he gets a better team.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 2:10 PM MDT up reply actions
LOL maybe forget Hobgood
JonathanMayoB3 Now looking Matt Hobgood going 5 to O’s; Wheeler 6 to Giants; Minor 7 to Braves; Matzek 8 to Reds? less than 5 seconds ago
That still leaves Crow out there...
The Rockies have to call the bluff of his agents. He’s not going to spend a second year in Indy ball.
Callis is on the same train:
These six picks look fairly certain:
1. Nationals: San Diego State righthander Stephen Strasburg.
2. Mariners: North Carolina first baseman Dustin Ackley.
3. Padres: Georgia HS outfielder Donavan Tate.
4. Pirates: Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez.
5. Orioles: California HS righthander Matt Hobgood.
6. Giants: Georgia HS righthander Zack Wheeler.
From BA’s latest blog post.
I guess Wheeler is the new Beckahm
(Two in the first round, unrelated)
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Now 8 from Callis looking certain
1. Nationals: San Diego State righthander Stephen Strasburg.
2. Mariners: North Carolina first baseman Dustin Ackley.
3. Padres: Georgia HS outfielder Donavan Tate.
4. Pirates: Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez.
5. Orioles: California HS righthander Matt Hobgood.
6. Giants: Georgia HS righthander Zack Wheeler.
7. Braves: Vanderbilt lefthander Mike Minor.
8. Reds: North Carolina righhander Alex White.
So
We have a good chance at Crow or Scheppers. I would love that. If they are still on the board when we draft, which do we take?
I'm thinking Crow still, but Scheppers would also be a good pick.
I really think it’s in the Rockies interest to take the risk with one of those two because there is no real leverage. They won’t sign until Aug. 17th, but they will sign, eventually. Given that the pick is protected, it’s the best play the team has available, I believe.
Everybody seems to be locked in with Storen at 10 as well,
So right now the only mystery seems to be who the Tigers pick. If their options are high upside HS arms Matzek and Purke or safe college guys like Leake and Brothers. I think they go cheap this year given how the economy’s hurting their corporate ticket base.
They're after Shelby Miller too.
And despite the evidence, I still say there’s possibility they go for Crow.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 3:14 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm surprised they're getting scared off of him
His agents must be very good poker players, as everybody knows they have a terrible hand, but nobody wants to call them on it.
It's possible the Tigers are laying low themselves, playing into Crow's hands...
… and they intend to draft him anyway.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 3:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I'll believe
The Padres will draft and pay Tate when it happens. Not saying it’s impossible bu he’s not their sort of guy. Maybe Moorad has shaken things up?
Tate's not as big a gamble as his draft demands make him seem.
$6 million’s the going rate for HS selections at the #3 slot, see Eric Hosmer last year, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the Padres did pay him that kind of money there and then go cheap after that.
I should probablyexplain further,
Unless they want a PR disaster like Pittsburgh’s going to have for taking Sanchez, the best players available at that slot are all going to be asking for big money. Since Tate’s not looking for “precedent setting” money like Tyler Matzek is, for instance and just what the #3 pick got last season, he’s a solid value pick without seeming cheap.
I was using the Matt Bush story as an example.
And from my experience in San Diego, there’s never really a fear of a PR disaster. Fan expectations are somewhat low.
This is true, but I think given that Tate's a decent available option
That gives them an out with some cost certainty and won’t seem like it’s out of left field like the Bush pick was. Since everybody seems to see that pick as a near certainty, I’m also guessing there’s some insider knowledge.
Moorad
likes to drop money on outfielders. (See Byrnes, Eric; Green, Shawn)
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D'oh!
No Crow for the Rockies, it loks like, but we’ll see what they come up with:
At No. 11 the Rockies will take the most signable high school pitcher, and that Arizona State righthander Mike Leake is not in the equation.
From BA’s blog.
This makes me think that we might go with Shelby Miller...
As long as the Tigers go another direction. At least Leake’s out.
Looks like either Miller or Chad James.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 3:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I just noticed that nobody thinks the GIants are picking Matzek anymore.
That puts him on the list too.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 3:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Right...
… but I am hoping signability is less important than is being stressed.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 3:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey hey! We got him after all, eh?
My hopes were fulfilled.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, the more I think about the Rockies, the more I think James.
I think Miller’s clearly bluffing with his $4 million bonus demand, he’s not going to college, but I don’t know if the Rockies will call him on it since they clearly aren’t about to call Crow or Scheppers on their bluffs.
Is it possible...
that the front office is just going by projections right now, and would plan to pick Crow if he is still on the board.
Maybe...
…. but most people are projecting no teams before us take Crow anymore. So if that’s the case, they’re using outdated projections.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 3:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Crow
Many people now think that Crow will last until the Supplemental 1st……He doesn’t seem willing to budge from his $4 million asking price which is causing the drop.
He has to budge...
Or he becomes another Harrington. He’s just not going to get that kind of money anymore.
That would be a pretty far drop
If he goes down that far, he would absolutely need to sign. Otherwise, he will be a third time drafter with a signability tag, not exactly going to get a lot of teams interested in him.
Thanks
as it turns out the cable company in Alaska does not get MLBN.
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-Glendon Rusch
Really?
You should see a placeholder graphic. They haven’t begun coverage yet.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions
+1
mine too
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"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
I'm riding Carlos Ruiz a little longer
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:31 PM MDT up reply actions
ditto
The Rockies need some oldschool purple/white striped high socks. The team’s problem is it’s lack of swagger. I feel strongly that these socks will provide the swagger necessary to tap the potential that are the Rockies.
more fantasy news
Brad Lidge is on the DL. Madson expected to close…
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4 Minutes
1 min between. Thankyou.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
How much time do they have?
"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
BA saying Colorado is tight lipped but believed to want a prep right-hander
Which suggests to me two things:
-The Rockies have better relations with Shelby Miller than others and see through the signability issues (Keith Law linked the Rockies to Miller in his second mock before pegging White)
-The Rockies will say draft board be damned and take Garrett Gould. I like Gould a lot at 32, but that is a lot of dreaming for pick 11, and leaves a lot of talent on the board.
Bottom line: I still expect Colorado to stay to form and select a collegiate arm.
He's the only one that makes sense.
The Rockies have had few publicized ties to Gould, and after Gould, you have to reach way down to find another prep righty with a decent first round grade.
Who wouldn't be?
Texas flamethrowers rock!
And their off
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"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
Should the rockies have made themselves the worst team
Last year on purpose after they seen that they wouldn’t win anything?
If they
are worried about having money to sign someone like Crow – then finding the dough to sign Strasburg would be near impossible.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Gaslamp Ball
tried to do that. And failed.
PADRES = FAIL
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Pirates and Sanchez won;'t be one either
Starting at #5, things get interesting
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 4:25 PM MDT up reply actions
These Hobgood O's rumors seem prety substantial...
I really wonder if there are no surprises until #9.
But Hobgood was a surprise up until about an hour ago.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 4:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Didn;'t the Pirates confirm they were getting him a week ago?
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 4:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes, but my point is that it's not a surprise anymore.
Just a surprising reach in the grand scheme of things. Hobgood to the O’s and Minor to the Braves are in the same camp, even though the picks are known beforehand.
Are you going to write the story on our pick?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 4:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I think it is either you or I
Russ is unavailable
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 4:36 PM MDT up reply actions
I am just speaking from the point of going into today.
I think everybody knew the first four. Anybody wyho hasn’t been following mMayo or anyone else and their updates won’t expect Hobgood.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 4:32 PM MDT up reply actions
All three majors outlets reporting it
with only ESPN leaving room for Wheeler.
Harold Reynolds:
The Padres are the most boring team in the big league
Hit the nail on the head there.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
That
was awesome.
And then he hugged somebody.
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yukyukyuk
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Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
I dunno
18 innings is pretty exciting…
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
On a related note
Will you please tell your bullpen to stop blowing big leads when I have Haren pitching?
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Unless they are playing the Rockies
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Don't you think
I would have done that already? That’s 2 more wins just within the last week.
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True
but I suppose I shouldn’t hope for too much considering you have a Wildcat pitching meaningful innings.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Schlereth?
Our 2008 1st rd pick, with the sub-3 ERA?
Of course, Zavada was a 30th round pick in 06, and still has a 0.00 ERA in more innings.
Why hate the ’Cats, btw?
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Because I like the Devils
can’t help but hate the kitties.
I actually am secretly rooting for Schlereth – his Dad went to my HS.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
YOU LIKE THE SCUM DEVILS??!
Stink Schlereth was awesome.
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Pepsi Throwback?
Da hell?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
They manufacture it out here in Wyoming
And let me tell you, it’s good as HELL. The throwback Mountain Dew is even better – and I hate regular Mountain Dew.
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Isn't it just cane sugar?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 4:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Exactly
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No kidding?
I’ll check out the Mountain Dew for sure. I’ve had enough Pepsi for a lifetime, but Mountain Dew is a gamer’s best friend.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
I agree with this
And it’s just about impossible to find in Memphis, but it’s everywhere in Nashville.
Too busy
updating their MySpace profiles.
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come on
I can make lolcats AND follow along
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Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Impressive
We should introduce you to hotclaws.
"And that's not just a metaphor. We're actually building an umbrella."
I am.
But I am also doing several other things.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 4:34 PM MDT up reply actions
No fans
no random chanting, no Chris Berman. The NFL has this down.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
not anymore...
tornado coverage has taken precedence
:-\
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Is Aaron Crow going to be the best talent available
If he drops to #11?
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Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
My question being
Are we picking a HS talent (assuming we do) for the sake of picking a HS talent?
Because it really sounds like we’re doing this the not smart way if that’s the case
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:42 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't think so.
Most of the players I’d heard linked to the Rockies are college players, except for Hobgood, who’s now off the board.
So then back to the original question
Is Crow the best available, or are we gonna dance around signability?
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Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:43 PM MDT up reply actions
If I were Crow, I wouldn't mess around and wait another year
I’d sign
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 4:44 PM MDT up reply actions
I read all that and agree
I’m just caught up on the concept of us picking guys we shouldn’t this early
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:45 PM MDT up reply actions
So
when does the real draft begin?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
Braves fans are going to be furious
As well they should be. Even Leake would have been a better pick than Minor.
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yeah I diss looking dumb
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Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:48 PM MDT up reply actions
So you diss crocs?
Those are much worse than flat bills.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
Crocs are similarly stupid
but these are complete different levels of stupid
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Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:49 PM MDT up reply actions
As a general rule
Often when black guys look cool following a trend, white guys look goofy when doing the same thing.
black guys drive like this
and white guys drive like this.
Listen, this signature line is a big part of who I am.
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 9, 2009 4:50 PM MDT up reply actions
I love the 12 year old white kid I saw
last week. Baggy pants, Billabong shirt, flat bill hat that he wore Shawn Chacon style. Sadly, this isn’t rare here in Houston.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
is the sticker still on it
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Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh wow
Wheeler knows basically nothing about the Giants. That was quite the interview.
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Bright future....
…. but not so bright.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 4:48 PM MDT up reply actions
how can you not pronounce city names
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:51 PM MDT up reply actions
It's called a regional dialect
Some Midwesterners say “Missourah” too.
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I don't know...Selig is also a decade behind...still in the 1990's
Maybe he’s just senile
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 4:52 PM MDT up reply actions
also matzek and crow
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Question
Is Washington allowed to select Crow again?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
No they can't
A player must consent to being drafted twice by the same team. Crow did not give that consent.
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I just think it might be amusing
and a way to get another top draft pick next year. If they don’t end up signing Strasburg, then pick Crow and not sign him again, wouldn’t they theoretically be looking at 3 of the Top 12 picks next year?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
The rule is
a player is only allowed to be selected by a team in two straight years if he gives them his written permission to do so.
Leake throws the draft board for a loop
ALEX WHITE PLZ
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That wouldn't be too bad...
We know the Nats aren’t taking him, it’s only a question of who the Tigers pick as to whether he’ll be available or not.
OK so we want White now?
Over Matzek and Crow?
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Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
read David OhNo's post
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Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I was told the same thing
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Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:57 PM MDT up reply actions
except worse
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for Fredo
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Without the upside
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 4:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Yup. Which means we won't be taking him either.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 4:55 PM MDT up reply actions
supposedly..,
That was what I would consider a soft rumor though, and like Shelby Miller, his college commitment isn’t very strong. Matzek’s demand is a little more credible.
Yup
Reportedly wants Porcello money. Him and Purke, who are better than any HS arm taken except Wheeler.
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How do you feel about White?
I know he was a first-day pick out of HS… at least I think I know that. And I was impressed with him at the super regional.
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I like him more than most
better than Gibson actually. I thought he was a poor man’s Peavy coming into the year, but he raised his arm slot a bit this year and the movement on the heater wasn’t the same. Still believe he has top of the rotation stuff when he gets a minor league pitching coach preaching the two seam over constant off speed stuff.
Still…Boras…
Turner goes to the Tigers...
He was a possibility that fits the latest Rox rumors (HS RHP), I wonder if they were hoping he’d slip to them because they knew he was actually signable after being rumored to want Porcello money earlier.
Who are we picking?
Crow, Matzek, White?
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for Fredo
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
I'm hearing teams are scared of his injury problems
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for Fredo
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:57 PM MDT up reply actions
I would
venture to guess he falls to the supplemental.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
I'd be happy with it.
Hoping they can get Poythress or Borchering at 32.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
how does that sit
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Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:58 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm grinding my axe
Is he the best pick available at the time
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Draft Griffey
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I don't think they get to re-pick
if they fail to sign someone in the re-pick slot
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Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
They don't get compensation if they don't sign this pick.
Since it was compensation for not signing Crow.
noooooo
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Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Moonlight Graham
Listen, this signature line is a big part of who I am.
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 9, 2009 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
This guy is dead!
Then cross him off the list.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Did you know the Janitor from Scrubs is in that movie?
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Field of Dreams or Major League? We're cross pollinating
Listen, this signature line is a big part of who I am.
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 9, 2009 5:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Major League
I replied to PioneerSkies
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:05 PM MDT up reply actions
for reals?
I knew he was a cop in The Fugitive…
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
watch it, it will blow your mind
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Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:33 PM MDT up reply actions
The Rockies pick
Jack Elway
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Holy shit?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
Matzek
WOW
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Matzek!!!
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Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
If you ask me...
… this is evidence that O’Dowd knows he needs to be drafting talent over signability right now.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 5:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Hmm
right now forever
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
Hopefully O'Dowd won't be around forever,.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I know I'm in the minority here
but I like the guy and think for the most part he’s been pretty decent.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
Was talking to my aunt this weekend, native Denverite.
She HATES Dan O’Dowd, thinks he’s arrogant and doesn’t have a clue as to what he’s doing.
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What's her Denver Post commenter account name?
Seriously, O’Dowd’s a lot of things, but ‘arrogant’ isn’t one of them.
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Erm....
before you question her intelligence, you should probably know that she’s a retired vice president of Oppenheimer Funds….
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Oh I'm teasing
Plus, I’m not the guy about to get the big math degree.
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Ask RMN
I think he’s getting some sort of math degree.
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I have a BS in Chemical Engineering
and pursuing a MS in Engineering Technology Management – think an MBA, but more based on supply chain and optimization/operations research
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:29 PM MDT up reply actions
jerkhead
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Seth Smith status: Badass
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I still disagree with that sentiment
but I disagree amicably
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:30 PM MDT up reply actions
I think Harold
is right on again – they have to develop pitching, they’re not gonna get marquee free agents to come to Coors, even with the Humidor.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Wow, this is news!
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Thank you Harold!
go hug somebody
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
like $26.99
the front office got to supersize their lunch
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:06 PM MDT up reply actions
$7 in quarters
and a six pack of Coors Light
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that's really funny, I won't lie
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
So, Gibson with the next pick?
And we can have a super draft class. Right?
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
If we get Gibson
I’ll have to consult my doctor about my raging erection.
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Do they
have any money left, after their FA binge??
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" When Matzek is locked in, it’s easy to argue that he’s one of the — if not the — top high school lefty in this Draft class. With a fastball that reaches 95 mph and two different breaking pitches, he’s got the tools necessary to succeed. The one knock is that it seems at times that he’s just doing enough to get by. When focused, he really knows how to pitch and put away hitters. It’s a package that should go pretty quickly on Draft day."
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM MDT up reply actions
From ESPN
Matzek can now control all six of his pitches — a fastball that touches 95 mph, a cutter that breaks in on righties, a tailing fastball that breaks in on lefties, a slider, a curve and a circle change.
three fastballs with different movement...
Carlos Zambrano style?
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
This has nothing to do with O'Dowd
but everything to do with ownership. O’Dowd and Schmidt would love to take guys like this every year if they were given the budget to do so.
It will be interesting to read what comes out of the Rockies FO in the coming days in discussing money with Matzek. Monfort canmake up for quite a bit of ill will with a blank check being handed to Schmidt and Co. to get this done.
Also, absolute best player available here. Matzek is a future ace, I’m simply floored by this…and still nervous.
Lets
hear your prediction for 32 and 34
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
Budget picks
maybe a Garrett Richards from OU at 34. Live arm, wonderful off speed stuff, highly inconsistent. Arm warrants the pick but the results do not. Maybe a below slot guy that high.
Perhaps still Poythress, maybe a HS outfielder like Everett Williams or Marisnick… I really can’t say after that bombshell of a first rounder.
One other comment on Matzek, he’ll be our #1 Purp over Friedrich the day he signs.
If he signs.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM MDT up reply actions
We have enough safe picks in the past
Best player available and future ace is exciting, regardless of whether we sign him or he pans out . I’m so excited there’s a chance of that now
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM MDT up reply actions
They knew about the draft?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 5:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Kid is nervous as hell to be on TV
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
It least he's taller than an average female
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry
You’ve been gone a while. I’m rusty
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Looks board... but sounds at least a LITTLE enthusiastic, which is nice.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Ha! I can blow the spelling whistle on you now
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Ha!
Oops. And that’s one I’d freak out over too.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Said he will play 1st for Oregon...
but will see what the Rockies have to say. Already posturing!
Crap
Was hoping he’d still be there at 32. And the Snakes got him to boot.
"Better move your rental cars, I am about to take BP."
-Glendon Rusch
No pitchers
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 5:35 PM MDT up reply actions
After taking Scherzer, Parker and Schlereth the last 3 years? We’ll take a pitcher in the comp round.
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Augenstein and Newby
will be in the bigs soon, too.
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I like John Manuel's take:
With higher-ranked talents on the board, the Diamondbacks go for Notre Dame outfielder A.J. Pollock, who had a great summer in the Cape Cod League last year.
I had
us taking LeVon Washington and Jonathan Singleton in the first round, in the mock draft I did for MVN.
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Love his Voice
"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 like Bochering, but there are too many players
just like Pollock to take him that high. Wheeler, Jackson, Den Dekker, Mitchell, even Kipnis, they all are roughly similar ceiling outfielders, with Mitchell having the highest ceiling and lowest floor.
Again though, like Colorado, Arizona’s important picks are their later picks today, where you can expect similar talent at cheaper prices.
Pollock
has a lower ceiling, but is expected to make the bigs fairly quickly.
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So who are we hoping to drop now
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for Fredo
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
So whose injury are we more scared of if the latter two are available
Also the Indians took White
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Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM MDT up reply actions
White was drafted by Cleveland....
…. or do you mean a different White?
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Here's another thought, the Rockies take Aaron Crow or Scheppers at #32 as insurance
In case they don’t sign Matzek and then pick as they regularly would at #34. It makes a lot of sense to do it that way since they would get the #33 pick next year if they don’t sign either one.
alright, just forget everything I say for a little while
Still I’m clearly shell shocked by our pick. The ploy still makes sense with Scheppers, though.
Scheppers was drafted too.
(just kidding)
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 9, 2009 5:43 PM MDT up reply actions
It also would suggest that
the Rockies only intend to sign two of their three first rounders, which I’m not sure they are prepared to do.
Given the expense of one of them, I see it as more likely now than I did an hour ago...
If one of the two they sign is Matzek, I’d still be happy with that, but otherwise it’s a questionable move.
Dbacks
like players like that. Chris Carter v1.0
The Arizona Diamondbacks: Invincible in 18 innings since '01
And then
they took a Conor Jackson type — mature college hitter w/o much power but good contact.
The Arizona Diamondbacks: Invincible in 18 innings since '01
Could this draft get O'Dowd an extension if it goes well enough?
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for Fredo
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
Hey All
OVERFLOW THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 9, 2009 5:44 PM MDT reply actions
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