Draft Daze

Tuesday, June 03 2008 @ 08:17 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pistol

After an off day it's a good time to look at the draft.

There's several spots for draft coverage:
  *  Baseball America
  *  ESPN.com
  *  Perfect Game
  *  Saber Scouting
  *  MLB.com with fairly detailed scouting reports

You can also find some good info at Baseball Prospectus and Minor League Ball.


As posted over the weekend, there was a blogger mock draft.  Here are the results of Round 1.  Picking for the Jays, given the circumstances, I went with Shooter Hunt.  I think the chance of this happening on Thursday is maybe 10% as I think there's going to be a couple players, particularly Aaron Hicks and maybe a college reliever, who are going to go ahead of the Jays pick forcing a position player the Jays like to fall.  We'll probably get a better feel for that as the final mock drafts come out today and tomorrow.

The blogger mock draft continued after round 1.  Here's the supplemental round:

  • Minnesota - Anthony Hewitt, SS/OF, Salisbury (CT) HS
  • Milwaukee - Jake Odorizzi, RHP, Highland (IL) HS
  • Mets - Lance Lynn, RHP, Mississippi
  • Phils - David Cooper, 1B, California
  • Brewers - Ross Seaton, RHP, Second Baptist (TX) HS
  • Royals - Isaac Galloway, OF, Los Osos (CA) HS
  • Giants - Aaron Weatherford, OF, Mississippi State
  • Astros - Mike Montgomery, LHP, Hart (CA) HS
  • Cards - Ryan Perry, RHP, Arizona
  • Atlanta - Eric Thames, OF, Pepperdine 
  • Cubs - Brett DeVall, LHP, Niceville (FL) HS
  • Pads - Tyler Ladendorf, SS, Howard (TX) College
  • Arizona - Sonny Gray, RHP, Smyrna (TN) HS
  • Yankees - Robbie Ross, LHP, Lexington Christian Academy (KY)
  • Red Sox - Ryan Westmoreland, OF, Portsmouth (RI) HS
  • Pads - Jordy Mercer, SS/RHP, Oklahoma State
And then after that, Round 2, up until the Jays pick (the 2nd round is still continuing now):
  • Tampa Bay - Brad Holt, RHP, UNC-Wilmington
  • Pittsburgh - Kyle Weiland, RHP, Notre Dame
  • Kansas City - Roger Keishnick, OF, Texas Tech
  • Baltimore - Zach Putnam, RHP, Michigan
  • Philadelphia - Daniel Webb, RHP, Heath HS, KY
  • Florida - Dennis Raben, OF, Miami
  • Milwaukee - Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B, Pitt JC
  • Milwaukee - Chris Carpenter, RHP, Kent St.
  • Washington - Destin Hood, OF, St. Paul’s Academy (AL)
  • Houston - Brett Marshall, RHP, Sterling HS (TX)
  • Texas - Adrian Nieto, CA, American Heritage HS (FL)
  • Oakland - Daniel Schlereth, LHP, Arizona
  • St Louis - James Darnell, 3B, South Carolina
  • Minnesota - Tim Murphy, LHP, UCLA
  • Dodgers - Tyler Stovall, LHP, Hokes Bluff HS (AL)
  • Milwaukee -Carlos Gutierrez, RHP, Miami
  • Toronto - Zack Cox, 3B, Pleasure Ridge Park HS, Louisville, KY
Most of the college players I was interested in at that point (Cooper, Carpenter, Murphy, Holt) were gone so I went with a left handed hitting 3B, Zack Cox.  His profile sounded pretty good (and certainly better than the video) so I went with him.

I think that there's a good chance that a lot of the college pitchers will go quickly so the Jays might not have a good shot at one in Round 2.  The draft's a lot easier when you have extra picks.

The draft begins Thursday afternoon.  ESPN2 will televise the first round (at least in the US) and MLB.com will have every pick as its made.

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