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[philly sox fan]

Every scouting report about these recently drafted kids includes the anonymous opinions of some scout or another. But very little is known about any specific scout including the scout who will be credited signing the kid. Over the last year or so I’ve been interested in seeing if building a database of players signed by specific scouts over the years could help shed light on the quality of specific scouts. Unfortunately, I’m not convinced the answer is “yes”, but it’s been interesting nonetheless.

In this post we’ll look at the Sox scouts who are responsible for the Sox 2007 draft. I’ll go through the Sox scouting director and crosscheckers, link an area scout with each drafted player and then run through each scout by the importance of players drafted this year and I’ll include a signing table (if I’ve got one) for every scout.

Jason McLeod – Director of Amateur Scouting, 2005-2007

McLeod is, I think, quite young to be a scouting director. He washed out of minor league baseball in the early 1990s and worked his way up from an intern position through various jobs of increasing responsibility in the Padres player development department. His only official scouting job was as a California area scout in 2002-2003.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Paul	McAnulty	SD	2002	12	C	1B/OF	CA
Joe	Lima	SD	2002	UFA	C	2B	CA
Peter	Stonard	SD	2003	4	C	SS	CA
Justin	Smyres	SD	2003	11	C	SS	CA
Ryan	Klatt	SD	2003	38	C	RHP	CA

McLeod only signed a handful of players. McAnulty, who seems to be caught between the end of the Padres bench and the dreaded 4A label, is the best player that McLeod officially signed, but the sample is naturally quite small and nearly devoid of high picks.

Peter Stonard was a controversial draft pick. He headed into the 2003 season as a potential 1st rd pick despite some off-field incidents that lead to him leaving Alabama for San Diego State. Right before the draft he was kicked off the SDSU team as well. A quick Google search only gives the cause as “breaking team rules”, but my recollection is that he failed a couple drug tests in his collegiate career. And yes I mostly remember that because his name is Stonard. He never did anything as a professional and, well, who cares. But if you really, really wanted to go waaaaaay out on a limb, you might say that McLeod as an area scout going to bat for Stonard and his questionable past foreshadowed his willingness to overlook Clay Buchholz’s “youthful indiscretions” as a scouting director. Or not.

Here’s a nice interview with McLeod from soxprospect.com.

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Btw, this kind of a thin track record doesn’t appear to be too unusual, at least for a Sox scouting director. David Chadd’s and Wayne Birtton’s signing tables don’t look much different. Clearly, the area scouts with the best signing records don’t necessarily get bumped into the big chair.

The Crosscheckers

The Sox employ six crosscheckers – one national, four regional and one for pitching. I don’t think the number is unusual. Most teams seem to be set up similarly. The pitching crosschecker position does, however, seem to be unique.

Here are the Sox crosscheckers with their years of service with the Sox and regions of responsibility. (note: that’s total years of service with the Sox, not just their time as crosscheckers)

Table

Scout	Tenure	Title
Dave Finley	2002-2007	National Crosschecker
Mike Rikard	2005-2007	East Crosschecker
Danny Haas	2002-2007	Midwest Crosschecker
Marc Wasinger	2003-2007	South Crosschecker
Fred Petersen	2005-2007	West Crosschecker
Daryl Milne	2003-2007	Pitching Crosschecker

Crosscheckers are not officially credited with signing individual players – that designation goes to the area scout – but each of these scouts has worked as an area scout and has signing tables.

Dave Finley – 2002-2007; National Crosschecker

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Brad	Gennaro	SD	1992	6	C	OF	CA
Mike	Stadler	SD	1992	35	HS	C	CA
Britton	Scheibe	SD	1992	41	JC	OF	CA
Matt	Lachappa	SD	1993	2	HS	LHP	CA
Jarman	Leach	SD	1994	38	C	LHP	CA
Gordon	Amerson	SD	1994	4	HS	OF	CA
DJ	Drewien	SD
Aaron	Roques	SD
Richard	Talbott	SD
Brent	Billingsley	FL	1996	5	C	LHP	CA
Mark	Kotsay	FL	1996	1	C	OF	CA
Brian	Reed	FL	1997	6	HS	OF	NV
Scott	Goodman	FL	1999	10	C	OF	AZ
Dennis	Anderson	FL	1999	25	C	C	AZ
James	Close	FL	1999	22	C	OF	NV
Jacob	Laidlaw	FL	1999	7	HS	SS	NV
Kevin	Perkins	FL	1999	19	C	2B	CA
Barry	Schell	FL	1999	15	JC	OF	CA
Adrian	Gonzalez	FL	2000	1	HS	1B	CA
Will	Smith	FL	2000	6	HS	OF	AZ
Jeff	Stevens	FL	2000	45	C	OF	CA
Lincoln	Holdzkom	FL	2001	7	CC	RHP	AZ
Dustin	Kupper	FL	2001	9	CC	RHP	AZ
Michael	Eason	FL

The Sox front office under the Henry/Lucchino ownership is a melding of the Marlins and Padres and as it turns out Finley was an area scout for both organizations. Finley’s time in SD pre-dates Epstein and I doubt he would have had much contact with Luchino, but he certainly was a colleague of some of the other Padres scouts who have gone on to work for the Sox. He moved to the Marlins in the mid-1990s and did a nice job there primarily because he nailed both of his 1st round picks, Kotsay and Gonzalez. He moved to the Sox in 2002 as part of the ownership change and was bumped up to a crosschecker at that time.

Mike Rikard – 2005-2007; East Crosschecker

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Doc	Brooks	SD	2001	7	C	OF	GA
Joseph	Hastings	SD	2001	24	C	1B	NC
Khalil	Greene	SD	2002	1	C	SS	SC
Michael	Johnson	SD	2002	2	C	1B	SC
Brian	Whitaker	SD	2002	27	C	RHP	NC
Daniel	Moore	SD	2003	2	C	RHP	NC
Colt	Morton	SD	2003	3	C	C	NC
Matt	Lauderdale	SD	2003	9	C	C	SC
Ryan	Johnson	SD	2003	13	C	OF	NC
Ronnie	Robinson	SD	2003	24	C	RHP	GA

Rikard was the Carolinas area scout for the Padres in the early 2000s. His only 1st rd pick, Khalil Greene, has been a success although he also had a couple 2nds and a 3rd that never went anywhere. He joined the Sox as a crosschecker in 2005.


Danny Hass – 2002-2007; Midwest Crosschecker

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Robert	Smith	Bos	2002	18	C	RHP	MO
Zachary	Borowiak	Bos	2003	14	C	SS	MO
Michael	Bowden	Bos	2005	1s	HS	RHP	IL
Christopher	Jones	Bos	2005	29	C	RHP	IN

The Haas last name may be familiar to some. Eddie Haas, presumably his father, was a longtime colleague of Dan Duquette’s. Eddie was a high ranking scout (crosschecker, advance scout, etc) with the Expos when Duquette was there and he later joined Duquette in Boston. Considering his anonymous job in Boston as a crosschecker Eddie received a surprising amount of press in Boston, almost all negative. He was referred to as the only scout Duquette would listen to and there were stories that Duquette would have Haas watch kids on tape and then take Haas’s opinion over the area scouts who had actually watched the kid play. Nobody seemed to like Eddie or his role with the Sox very much.

However, Eddie had the Sox draft his son Danny in the 18th rd (pretty damn high for nepotism pick) of the 1997 draft. He was a lousy minor leaguer for a few years and then was hired as a young area scout in 2002 prior to the ownership change. He kept his area scout position for a few years under the new ownership group and was promoted to a crosschecker in 2006. In his brief time as an area scout he officially signed one high draft pick and right now Bowden looks like a very good pick.

Incidentally, a second young Haas named Matt – a brother perhaps? – worked for the Sox from 1999-2005. He signed Kevin Youkilis. So the Haas family did end up contributing one, and perhaps two, good players to the Sox.

Mark Wasinger – 2003-2007; South Crosschecker

Wasinger scouted Louisiana and Alabama for the Padres in the late 1990s and early 2000s. His two notable signs are both late drafted pitchers - Brian Lawrence a workhorse innings eater from the 17th round and his coup Cy Young candidate Jake Peavy in the 15th rd. Peavy was considered more of a 4th rd talent, but fell because he was expected to go to college. Wasinger convinced his bosses that Peavy was signable and worth 4th rd money and that’s worked out pretty well.

He was initially hired by the Sox as a major league scout in 2003. He moved back to the amateur level as a crosschecker in 2004.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Ben	Howard	SD	1997	2	HS	RHP	TN
Tony	Lawrence	SD	1997	4	C	C	LA
Dustin	Viator	SD	1997	36	C	RHP	LA
Ryan	Hawkins	SD	1998	14	JC	RHP	AL
Brian	Lawrence	SD	1998	17	C	RHP	LA
Todd	Shiyuk	SD	1999	10	C	LHP	AL
Jake	Peavy	SD	1999	15	HS	RHP	AL
Mewelde	Moore	SD	2000	4	HS	OF	LA
Jake	Gautreau	SD	2001	1	C	3B	LA

Fred Petersen – 2005-2007; West Crosschecker

Petersen has the longest career of the crosscheckers and surprisingly no connections to the Padres or Marlins. He’s moved around organizations and areas which I think is unusual. It seems like most scouts stick to the same area even as they move from organization to organization. Petersen went from a Texas scout with Seattle to a Midwest scout with Baltimore to a California scout with the Cubs. I have a record of a lot of players that he signed, but no particular successes. He joined the Sox as West Crosschecker in 2005.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Shane	Ziegler	Sea	1991	65	JC	RHP	TX
Kyle	Yeske	Bal	1992	39	C	OF	MN
Kenny	Reed	Bal	1993	18	C	1B	IN
Edwon	Simmons	Bal	1993	9	HS	SS	IL
Mike	Trimarco	Bal	1993	31	C	RHP	IL
Chris	Sauritch	Bal	1994	31	C	2B	IL
Rick	Short	Bal	1994	33	C	3B	IL
Rachaad	Stewart	Bal	1994	16	JC	LHP	IL
Matt	Achilles	Bal	1995	23	JC	RHP	IL
Scott	Eibey	Bal	1995	8	C	LHP	IA
Tim	Olszewski	Bal	1995	15	JC	RHP	IL
Jerry	Hairston	Bal	1997	11	C	SS	IL
Matt	Schwager	Bal	1997	34	CC	RHP	IA
Jayson	Werth	Bal	1997	1	HS	C	IL
Dustin	Brewer	Bal	1998	22	HS	RHP	IL
Marc	Houle	Bal	1998	39	CC	RHP	IA
Ronald	De Mato	Bal
Joaquin	Serra	Bal
David	Zwirchitz	Bal
Jandin	Thornton-Murray	Cub	1999	14	HS	SS	HI
Rick	Devinney	Cub	2001	29	HS	C	CA
Segio	Mitre	Cub	2001	7	CC	RHP	CA
Matt	Clanton	Cub	2002	1s	JC	RHP	CA
Chris	Miller	Cub	2002	11	C	C	CA
Kyle	Boyer	Cub	2003	7	C	OF	CA
Matt	Lincon	Cub	2003	8	JC	LHP	CA

Darryl Milne – 2003-2007; Pitching Crosschecker

Milne covered Colorado for at least 12 years with the Padres. He joined the Sox in the same capacity in 2003 and was bumped up to the newly created position of Pitching Crosschecker in 2007. He hasn’t really signed anybody of note, but it’s also true that in his long career he’s never signed anybody higher than the 5th round. He probably recommended that the Sox acquire David Pauley in the Dave Roberts deal.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
James	Elliott	SD	1990	23	C	C	CO
Junior	Herndon	SD	1997	9	HS	RHP	CO
Geoffrey	Jones	SD	1998	32	JC	LHP	UT
Mike	Thompson	SD	1999	5	HS	RHP	CO
Jake	Huff	SD	1999	19	C	C	CO
Jeremy	Webster	SD	1999	32	CC	LHP	UT
Joel	Klatt	SD	2000	11	HS	3B	CO
David	Pauley	SD	2001	8	HS	RHP	CO
Ben	Fox	SD	2001	10	JC	LHP	UT
Sean	Thompson	SD	2002	5	HS	LHP	CO
Mark	Dobson	SD
Kent	Ervin	SD
Seth	King	SD
Tim	Perry	SD
John	Wilson	Bos	2003	9	JC	RHP	CO
Curt	Borland	Bos	2003	UFA	C	RHP	CO
Patrick	Perry	Bos	2004	7	C	C	CO
Matthew	Ciaramella	Bos	2004	13	C	CF	UT
Cooper	Eddy	Bos	2004	36	C	RHP	NM
Reid	Engel	Bos	2005	5	HS	CF	CO
Levi	Tapia	Bos	2005	38	CC	C	CO

It’s interesting to note that Milne who signed no pitchers of note was made the pitching crosschecker and not Wasinger.

Is there anything notable about the Sox crosscheckers? As area scouts they did seem to do a very good job with first round picks and for the most part the best Sox prospects have also been very high picks. I think Moneyball promoted the unfortunate idea that finding undervalued sleepers is the key to good drafting, but the odds of any amateur player out of the consensus top 100 making much of a mark are so long that chasing diamonds in the rough can’t be the primary route to draft success. The most important decisions in the draft will be focused on trying to get the right players out of the consensus top 100 (or whatever).

On the other hand, as well as these scouts did with first round picks they didn’t do a whole hell of a lot with 2nd and 3rd round picks which are pretty important too. Who knows. These types of reports are always really constrained by small samples.

[philly sox fan]

Anyway, let’s move on to the 2007 draft. In the following table I’ve listed the standard information for each pick – round, slot, player, position, school and state. And then I’ve added the likely area scout (and most are very straightforward) and the crosschecker in charge of that region. Now I’m not sure how the Sox actually define their regions, but BA uses the same designations for their draft coverage. That’s probably based on how most teams set things up so we’ll just assume the Sox do it this way.

I originally included a couple more columns for the pitching crosschecker (yes, for each pitcher) and the national crosschecker, but the extra columns screwed up the formatting. Those columns aren’t specifically needed, but I do want to convey the idea that there is significant scouting structure in place above and beyond the area scouts.

I assume the late round, very low bonus players may only be seen by an area scout, but any player who gets six figures I’m sure has been seen by at least one crosschecker and as the bonuses escalate you have more and more scouts getting involved up through the national crosschecker, the scouting director and Theo Epstein himself for the most important signs. And this process does not end with the draft itself. All of the significant tough sign players are still playing summer ball or coming in for workouts and that provides all of the key decision makers additional opportunities to scout the player. (note: McLeod describes this process a bit with respect to Chris Province in the interview I linked to earlier)

Notes:
- signed players (19 so far) are listed in green
- unsigned players in bold are the key remaining tough signs
- a bold named scout means I’m a little uncertain about that scout
- it’s reasonably safe to assume the Sox will sign the rest of the top 10 picks and probably 2-4 others.

I very loosely sorted the area scouts into tiers of importance based on the drafted players. I only assumed the top 10 rounds will sign so as tough signs come in that will change things. Probably the best way to do a sort like this is on the basis of bonus money allocations and I’ll do that after the August 15 signing deadline. I have done that for the 2003-2006 drafts and will post that separately.


2007 DRAFT

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout	Regional Crosschecker
1s	55	Nick Hagadone	LHP	C	WA	John Booher	Fred Petersen
1s	62	Ryan Dent	SS	HS	So CA	Madsen/Woodward	Fred Petersen
2	84	Hunter Morris	1B	HS	AL	Danny Watkins	Mark Wasinger
3	114	Brock Huntzinger	RHP	HS	IN	Josh Loggins	Mike Rikard
4	144	Chris Province	RHP	C	LA	Danny Watkins	Mark Wasinger
5	174	Will Middlebrooks	3B	HS	TX	Jim Robinson	Danny Haas
6	204	Anthony Rizzo	1B	HS	FL	Laz Gutierrez	Mark Wasinger
7	234	David Mailman	1B	HS	NC	Quincy Boyd	Mark Wasinger
8	264	Adam Mills	RHP	C	NC	Quincy Boyd	Mark Wasinger
9	294	Kade Keowan	OF	JC	LA	Danny Watkins	Mark Wasinger
10	324	Kenneth Roque	SS	HS	PR	Edgar Perez	Mark Wasinger
11	354	Thomas Pressley	RHP	HS	TX	Jim Robinson	Danny Haas
12	384	Eammon Portice	RHP	C	NC	Quincy Boyd	Mark Wasinger
13	414	Justin Grimm	RHP	HS	VA	Tony Guzzo	Mark Wasinger
14	443	Jake Cowan	RHP	HS	GA	Rob English	Mark Wasinger
15	474	Scott Green	RHP	C	KY	Duane Gustavson	Mark Wasinger
16	504	Austin Bailey	RHP	HS	AL	Danny Watkins	Mark Wasinger
17	534	Jaren Matthews	1B/OF	HS	NJ	Ray Fagnant	Mike Rikard
18	564	Hunter Strickland	RHP	HS	GA	Rob English	Mark Wasinger
19	594	David Marks	OF	CC	WA	John Booher	Fred Petersen
20	624	Daniel Milano	C	C	RI	Ray Fagnant	Mike Rikard
21	654	Aaron Reza	SS	C	OK	Ernie Jacobs	Danny Haas
22	684	William Latimer	LHP	JC	CO	Jon Lukens	Fred Petersen
23	714	Drake Britton	LHP	HS	TX	Jim Robinson	Danny Haas
24	744	Matt Presley	3B	HS	CO	Jon Lukens	Fred Petersen
25	774	Seth Garrison	RHP	C	TX	Jim Robinson	Danny Haas
26	804	Deshaun Brooks	3B	C	SC	Quincy Boyd	Mark Wasinger
27	834	Yasmani Grandal	C	HS	FL	Laz Gutierrez	Mark Wasinger
28	864	Nick Tepesch	RHP	HS	MO	Josh Loggins	Danny Haas
29	894	Juan Carlin	LHP	HS	FL	Anthony Turco	Mark Wasinger
30	924	Wil Vazquez	C	C	OH	Duane Gustavson	Mike Rikard
31	954	Daniel Buller	LHP	CC	No CA	Blair Henry	Fred Petersen
32	983	Ridge Carpenter	RF	HS	HI	Wally Komatsubara	Fred Petersen
33	1012	Garrett Larsen	RHP	CC	TX	Jim Robinson	Danny Haas
34	1041	Anthony Bajoczky	RHP	C	NC	Quincy Boyd	Mark Wasinger
35	1070	Sean Tierney	LHP	HS	VA	Tony Guzzo	Mark Wasinger
36	1099	Scott Lyons	SS	JC	So CA	Madsen/Woodward	Fred Petersen
37	1127	Scott Lonergen	RHP	C	TX	Jim Robinson	Danny Haas
38	1155	Derrick Stultz	RHP	HS	FL	Anthony Turco	Mark Wasinger
39	1183	Jonathan Roof	SS	HS	KY	Duane Gustavson	Mark Wasinger
40	1211	Ryan Fischer	RHP	HS	No CA	Blair Henry	Fred Petersen
41	1237	Michael Bourdon	C	HS	CT	Ray Fagnant	Mike Rikard
42	1263	Chad Povich	RHP	C	MS	Danny Watkins	Mark Wasinger
43	1288	Scott Cure	LHP	HS	CO	Jon Lukens	Fred Petersen
44	1315	Emmanuel Solano	SS	CC	FL	Laz Gutierrez	Mark Wasinger
45	1340	Peter Gilardo	C	C	NY	Ray Fagnant	Mike Rikard
46	1364	Garret Young	OF	C	VA	Tony Guzzo	Mark Wasinger

[philly sox fan]

Tier 1 – Most High Picks and Best Pick

For the most part the Sox spread their picks around this year so that no one area scout dominates the way Rob English did in 2002. The one name that did jump out at me a bit is Danny Watkins.

Danny Watkins – 2005-2007; AL, LA, MS

Watkins was hired prior to the 2005 draft so his track record with the Sox is pretty thin. He actually has a bit of a tough act to follow because he replaced Joe Mason who drafted Jonathon Papelbon in 2004 from this area. Watkins previously worked for the Astros although I don’t have a very extensive signing table for his time there either.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
2	84	Hunter Morris	1B	HS	AL	Danny Watkins
4	144	Chris Province	RHP	C	LA	Danny Watkins
9	294	Kade Keowan	OF	JC	LA	Danny Watkins
16	504	Austin Bailey	RHP	HS	AL	Danny Watkins
42	1263	Chad Povich	RHP	C	MS	Danny Watkins

Two picks in the first four rounds (and a third in the top 10) is pretty good and some reports have suggested that Bailey may be a signable tough sign player. If that happens then the Sox will have made a sizable commitment to Watkins scouted players.

Watkins only significant Sox signing to date is Caleb Clay who is just starting his pro career. His only semi-notable player with Houston is Chris Burke whose career has really stagnated in the face of Biggio’s pursuit of 3000 hits.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Chris	Burke	Hou	2001	1	C	2B	TN
Cameron	Likely	Hou	2001	24	C	OF	AL
Seth	Bobbitt	Hou	2001	28	C	RHP	AL
Ryan	McGrath	Hou
Mark	Obradovich	Hou
Carl	Lipsey	Bos	2005	23	C	2B	MS
Billy	Bell	Bos	2005	39	C	OF	LA
Terry	Large	Bos	2005	46	C	RHP	AL
Caleb	Clay	Bos	2006	1s	HS	RHP	AL
Ryne	Lawson	Bos	2006	30	C	RHP	AL

Jim Robinson – 1999-2007; Texas

The most highly regarded player the Sox drafted was Will Middlebrooks in the 5th round from Jim Robinson’s Texas area. The rest of Robinson’s picks aren’t highly regarded, but I think it’s worth putting the scout who will sign the best player in the top tier.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
5	174	Will Middlebrooks	3B	HS	TX	Jim Robinson
11	354	Thomas Pressley	RHP	HS	TX	Jim Robinson
23	714	Drake Britton	LHP	HS	TX	Jim Robinson
25	774	Seth Garrison	RHP	C	TX	Jim Robinson
33	1012	Garrett Larsen	RHP	CC	TX	Jim Robinson
37	1127	Scott Lonergen	RHP	C	TX	Jim Robinson

You can see that Pressley has already signed, but it’s not clear that any of the other late round picks will.

Robinson has scouted Texas, one of the big three producers of drafted players, for the Sox since 1999. As a result I have an extensive signing table for him that even stretches back a bit earlier to a stint scouting Texas for the Orioles.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Ricky	Casteel	Bal	1997	7	CC	RHP	TX
Mamon	Tucker	Bal	1998	1s	HS	OF	TX
Sonny	Garcia	Bal	1998	47	C	RHP	TX
Brock	Rumfield	Bal
Casey	Fossum	Bos	1999	1s	C	LHP	TX
Jason	Bottenfield	Bos	1999	19	C	RHP	TX
Lew	Ford	Bos	1999	12	C	CF	TX
Kelly	Shoppach	Bos	2001	2	C	C	TX
Kristopher	Coffey	Bos	2001	25	C	CF	TX
Ken	Trapp	Bos	2001	26	C	RHP	TX
Bryan	Kent	Bos	2001	27	C	2B	TX
Luis	Villarreal	Bos	2002	20	C	LHP	TX
Jose	Vaquedano	Bos	2002	35	JC	RHP	TX
William	Durazo	Bos	2002	UFA	C	1B	TX
Jeff	Ontiveros	Bos	2002	UFA	C	1B	TX
David	Murphy	Bos	2003	1	C	OF	TX
Chris	Durbin	Bos	2003	10	C	CF	TX
Chris	Turner	Bos	2003	15	JC	CF	TX
Ignacia	Suarez	Bos	2003	24	C	SS	TX
Kevin	Jordan	Bos	2003	33	C	LF	TX
Matthew	Goodson	Bos	2004	23	C	RHP	TX
Clay	Buchholz	Bos	2005	1s	JC	RHP	TX
Dominic	Ramos	Bos	2005	17	C	SS	TX
Ryan	Colvin	Bos	2005	30	JC	RHP	TX
Bryce	Cox	Bos	2006	3	C	RHP	TX
Dustin	Richardson	Bos	2006	5	C	LHP	TX
Jordan	Craft	Bos	2006	13	C	RHP	TX
Brian	Steinocher	Bos	2006	21	C	RHP	TX
Steve	Minus	Bos

Robinson’s record with the Sox is notable for the lack of out and out busts amongst his round picks. All of his players from the first 3 rounds made it into the high minors as at least decent prospects and most will make the majors. The downside is that players like Fossum, Shoppach and Murphy stalled in the high minors for one reason or another (injuries for Fossum, stuck behind All Star catchers for Shoppach and just apparently not much better than a 4th OF for Murphy). The inability of one of his players to get over that hump and be a quality regular, much less a star, has somewhat tarnished Robinson’s track record to date. At least from a prospect perspective, Buchholz’ great season has polished that deficiency quite nicely.

[philly sox fan]

Tier 2 – At least one high pick

It turned out that the other picks in the first three rounds all went to separate scouts whose only other pick was in the late rounds.

John Booher – 2003-2007; WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, W Can

Booher came to the Sox from the Marlins, but he did not arrive as part of the initial wave in the spring of 2002. His first draft with the Sox was 2003.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
1s	55	Nick Hagadone	LHP	C	WA	John Booher
19	594	David Marks	OF	CC	WA	John Booher

Marks has already signed and is at this point just an organization player. Hagadone was the Sox highest selection, but probably will not end up with the highest bonus.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Shane	Smuin	FL	1999	20	JC	RHP	UT
Matt	Massingale	FL	2000	8	C	RHP	WA
Marc	Rittenhouse	FL	2001	35	C	2B	WA
Mitch	Stachowsky	Bos	2003	50	JC	C	ID
John	Otness	Bos	2004	UFA	C	C	WA
Jacoby	Ellsbury	Bos	2005	1	C	CF	OR
James	Zink	Bos	2005	8	CC	RHP	WA
Richard	Lentz	Bos	2006	19	C	RHP	WA
Jason	Blackley	Bos	2006	UFA		RHP	Can

As is typical of area scouts who cover third tier areas Booher has mostly signed mid to late round organization players. His only draft pick higher than the 8th round was a very good one though.

Dan Madsen – 2003-2007; So CA, So Nevada

There are two scouts who cover southern California so I listed both with the two southern California players.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
1s	62	Ryan Dent	SS	HS	So CA	Madsen/Woodward
36	1099	Scott Lyons	SS	JC	So CA	Madsen/Woodward

Dent was the Sox second selection and obviously is a very important part of the draft class. However, California did not play much of a role in the rest of the draft. The Sox only took three other players from the state and the next player after Dent was taken in the 31st round.

Dan Madsen joined the Sox in 2003. I don’t have any record of previous scouting experience. He’s covered southern Califonia and Arizona for the Sox. Arizona is an important second tier state that is usually considered to be on par with Georgia or the Carolinas, but in addition to the relatively few players drafted from California the Sox did not take anybody from Arizona this year. According to BA the overall talent in Arizona was low this year (2 stars out of 5) so that’s perhaps not a surprise.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Beau	Vaughan	Bos	2003	3	C	RHP	AZ
Dustin	Pedroia	Bos	2004	2	C	SS	AZ
Ryan	Schroyer	Bos	2004	5	C	RHP	CA
Michael	Jones	Bos	2004	25	JC	OF	AZ
Tom	Caple	Bos	2004	46	C	OF	CA
Scott	Shoemaker	Bos	2004	UFA	C	RHP	CA
Kevin	Guyette	Bos	2005	10	C	RHP	AZ
Justin	Masterson	Bos	2006	2	C	RHP	CA
Paul	Smyth	Bos	2006	27	C	OF	CA

Madsen has signed three players from the first 3 rounds. Pedroia is a big success. Masterson is realling coming on in a difficult first full season assignment in Lancaster. Vaughan flamed out very quickly as a starter and is still kicking around as a reliever.

Note that Madsen no longer covers Arizona. That state was moved to the area scout covering the Rocky Mountain region.

Jim Woodward – 2002-2007; So CA

Jim Woodward has a much longer track record as a scout. He scouted from the Mets in the late 1980s into the mid-90s. He worked with the Padres in the early 2000s before joining the Sox in 2002.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos
Tim	Howard	NYM	1988	5	JC	2B
Mason	Rudolph	NYM	1988	17	HS	C
Alan	Zinter	NYM	1989	1	C	C
Chris	Butterfield	NYM	1989	14	C	OF
Fernando	Vina	NYM	1990	9	C	2B
Tom	Allison	NYM	1990	48	JC	2B
Todd	Douma	NYM	1990	14	C	LHP
Demond	Smith	NYM	1990	6	HS	OF
Marc	Kroon	NYM	1991	2	HS	RHP
Randy	Curtis	NYM	1991	8	CC	OF
Jason	Jacome	NYM	1991	12	CC	LHP
Andrew	Trumpour	NYM	1992	9	JC	RHP
James	Popoff	NYM	1992	27	C	RHP
Benny	Agbayani	NYM	1993	30	C	OF
Craig	Jelsovsky	NYM	1994	20	HS	SS
Ryan	Miller	NYM	1994	30	C	SS
Grant	Roberts	NYM	1995	11	HS	RHP
Ryan	Jaroncyk	NYM	1995	1	HS	SS
Dan	Murray	NYM	1995	10	C	RHP
Justin	Germano	SD	2000	13	HS	RHP
John	DiBetta	SD	2000	15	CC	SS
Andre	Gomez	SD	2000	40	C	C
Jon	Brandt	SD	2001	16	C	RHP
Jordan	Pickens	SD	2001	12	JC	1B
Abe	Alvarez	Bos	2003	2	C	LHP
Dustin	Kelly	Bos	2004	15	C	SS
William	Blue	Bos	2005	4	HS	RHP
Jorge	Jimenez	Bos	2006	15	CC	3B

Woodward’s best signing is Fernando Vina all the way back in 1990. And actually, as a fast 2B Vina’s career would be a pretty good mid-range hope for Dent. If Dent becomes a Vina-type player that would be a fantastic outcome, but that may be a bit more realistic than the Rafael Furcal comparisons that he came out of the draft with.

Ryan Jaroncyk is a somewhat infamous 1990s first round bust. Iirc, after his first summer of pro ball he just up and quit. Didn’t go to play football or anything like that, just took his signing bonus and went home. One of the main responsibilities of an area scout is to interact with the player and get a good read on his makeup. Having your first round pick up and quit on the game cannot be good for your career. And as it turns out Woodward was not part of the 1996 Mets scouting staff. Jaroncyk may have cost him his job.

Woodward eventually moved to San Diego by the early 2000s where he must have caught Epstein’s eye. I don’t have a record of any top picks for SD and these players all looked like flotsam until Justin Germano got off the waiver wire merry go round back in SD and put together a nice run of starts. Teams often will put in a waiver claim in players previously signed by their scouts. Once that signing scout is in your corner he stays there I guess. It’s possible the Sox put in claim on Germano this spring.

Woodward has not had a good run with the Sox. It turned out that Alverez’s 85 mph fastball was not actually a plus pitch. And his other high pick Scott Blue turned up lame before he even signed his contract.

Josh Loggins – 2006-2007; IL, IN, MO, WI, MN

Loggins has scouted the Midwest for the Sox for two years. I don’t have a record of any previous scouting stints with other organizations.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
3	114	Brock Huntzinger	RHP	HS	IN	Josh Loggins
28	864	Nick Tepesch	RHP	HS	MO	Josh Loggins

Huntzinger has a bit of an underwhelming scouting report – a HS pitcher with a modest upside. That scouting report immediately reminded me of Josh Garrett. Garrett was a 1st round pick in 1996 out of Indiana and the last player the Sox drafted from Indiana in a single digit round. If Huntzinger ever has a league average k rate in full season ball he will have dramatically outproduced Garrett.

Tepesch is considered a very unlikely sign, but would be a great get for Loggins and the Sox.

[philly sox fan]

Third Tier – At least one single digit pick

Quincy Boyd – 2006-2007; NC, SC

Boyd joined the Sox in 2006 and covered the upper Midwest which is the area he had covered for the Mets since the late 1990s. The Sox longtime Carolinas scout Jeff Zona left this past off-season to join his 1990s colleague Mike Rizzo in Washington and the Sox slid Boyd into the vacant and important Carolina area.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
7	234	David Mailman	1B	HS	NC	Quincy Boyd
8	264	Adam Mills	RHP	C	NC	Quincy Boyd
12	384	Eammon Portice	RHP	C	NC	Quincy Boyd
26	804	Deshaun Brooks	3B	C	SC	Quincy Boyd
34	1041	Anthony Bajoczky	RHP	C	NC	Quincy Boyd

Boyd didn’t sign any Sox picks last year so these are his first Sox signings. The Sox will probably sign 25-28 players from the draft so in terms of quantity Boyd, with at least four and likely five players, will have been a key scout for the 2007 draft class. The expected value of the picks in the 7th and 8th rounds is very low, but you can say that Mailman and perhaps Mills are right at the end of what we’d call the middle rounds. Portice, Brooks and Bajoczky are pretty typical late round, low ceiling, early sign NYPL filler. This is definitely more of a quantity than high upside quality group of players.

Boyd’s track record with the Mets does not include any notable players, but again he didn’t sign any high round players.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Alex	Stoffels	NYM	1998	30	CC	C	IA
Kevin	Ciarrachi	NYM	1999	17	C	C	IA
Orlando	Roman	NYM	1999	31	CC	RHP	IA
Jeff	Duncan	NYM	2000	7	C	OF	AZ
Chris	Basak	NYM	2000	6	C	SS	IL
Tim	Flannigan	NYM	2000	30	C	3B	IL
Joe	Hietpas	NYM	2001	16	C	C	IL
Todd	Dulaney	NYM	2002	32	JC	2B	IL
Ivan	Maldonado	NYM	2002	18	CC	RHP	IA
Blake	Whealy	NYM	2002	13	C	2B	IL
Dante	Brinkley	NYM	2003	23	C	OF	MO
Anthony	Piazza	NYM	2003	12	C	C	MO
Andy	Sides	NYM	2003	11	HS	RHP	MO
Matthew	Sawvell	NYM

Laz Gutierrez – 2007; SE Florida

Gutierrez was hired this past off-season to cover southeast Florida. I don’t have any record of previous scouting positions.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
6	204	Anthony Rizzo	1B	HS	FL	Laz Gutierrez
27	834	Yasmani Grandal	C	HS	FL	Laz Gutierrez
44	1315	Emmanuel Solano	SS	CC	FL	Laz Gutierrez

Over the last 15-20 years the Sox have not spent many high round draft picks in Florida and that trend continued this year. I expect Rizzo will be signed. My first impression was that Grandal was very unlikely to sign, but that may not be the case. If he signs for supplemental round money than this becomes a pretty good haul for Gutierrez. Solano is an organization signing, but I’m sure one Gutierrez will fondly remember as his first ever signed draft pick.

[philly sox fan]

Fourth Tier – Everybody else

Some of these scouts may end up signing some tough sign players and therefore may rank higher on a bonus payout scale, but for now just based on the rounds these players were taken the players are mostly afterthoughts.

Anthony Turco – 2005-2007; W, NW Florida

Turco is another very young area scout. I believe this is his first job scouting. Turco scouts the non-Miami rest of the state.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
29	894	Juan Carlin	LHP	HS	FL	Anthony Turco
38	1155	Derrick Stultz	RHP	HS	FL	Anthony Turco

Late round HS picks rarely sign. In previous years these might be DFE candidates if the Sox could convince them to go the JuCo route. If either has a big summer or the Sox have a hole to fill, they might get signed, but probably not.

Turco’s only previous sign is Josh Papelbon.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Josh	Papelbon	Bos	2006	48	C	RHP	FL

Blair Henry – 2006-2007; Northern CA

I believe this is also Henry’s first scouting job. This year he only drafted a couple late players one of whom has already quietly signed.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
31	954	Daniel Buller	LHP	CC	No CA	Blair Henry
40	1211	Ryan Fischer	RHP	HS	No CA	Blair Henry

Last year Henry had a much more high profile draft.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Kris	Negron	Bos	2006	7	JC	SS	CA
Lars	Anderson	Bos	2006	18	HS	1B	CA

Henry has been given some credit for correctly gauging Anderson’s signability as “projected slot” and not impossible.


Duane Gustavson – 2007; KY, MI, OH, TN

This was Gustavson’s first draft with the Sox. He came to Boston with at least ten years of experience scouting this region with the Pirates.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
15	474	Scott Green	RHP	C	KY	Duane Gustavson
30	924	Wil Vazquez	C	C	OH	Duane Gustavson
39	1183	Jonathan Roof	SS	HS	KY	Duane Gustavson

Vazquez is his first sign with the Sox and is a classic late round collegiate organizational player. Every minor league squad needs a couple catchers so every team drafts a few in the later rounds. I don’t know much about Roof, but he’s an unlikely sign.

Green is recovering from Tommy John surgery. If he remains in college he may be a high round pick next year so he will require a sizable bonus to forgo that possibility. If Green signs, then Gustavson will have had an important draft.

I have a fairly extensive signing table for Gustavson’s time with Pittsburgh.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Jason	Hardebeck	Pitt	1997	16	JC	LHP	IL
Chris	Luttig	Pitt	1997	17	C	LHP	IN
Sam	McConnell	Pitt	1997	11	C	LHP	IN
Jason	Biddlestone	Pitt	1999	32	CC	RHP	OH
Patrick	O'Brien	Pitt	1999	39	HS	RHP	OH
Aaron	Weston	Pitt	1999	3	HS	OF	OH
Chris	Bass	Pitt	2000	9	HS	SS	IN
David	Beigh	Pitt	2000	2	HS	RHP	IN
Tim	Keyser	Pitt	2000	12	HS	RHP	KY
Nate	McLouth	Pitt	2000	25	HS	OF	MI
John	Van Benschoten	Pitt	2001	1	C	RHP	OH
Mike	Arbinger	Pitt	2002	UFA	C	OF	OH
Bryan	Bullington	Pitt	2002	1	C	RHP	IN
John	Hummel	Pitt	2002	16	HS	LHP	IL
Michael	Carlin	Pitt	2003	UFA	C	1B	OH
Brian	Bixler	Pitt	2004	2	C	SS	MI
Kevin	Hall	Pitt
Justin	Wallace	Pitt

One of the main draft patterns that the Prates have become known for lately is a terrible run of first round pitchers who subsequently suffer significant arm problems. Gustavson contributed to that with Van Benschoten and Bullington. Perhaps the Green pick was his way to change his luck – draft them after they’ve already been hurt.

Edgar Perez – 2007; Puerto Rico

Perez was hired this past winter from the Indians although I don’t have a record of him as their scout in Puerto Rico though. Perez is the first full time Sox scout in PR since 2004.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
10	324	Kenneth Roque	SS	HS	PR	Edgar Perez

Roque is the first player the Sox drafted from PR since Angel Santos in the 4th round of the 1998 draft.

Ernie Jacobs – 1998-2007; KS, OK, SD, ND, NE

Jacobs has been with the Sox for a long time and has an extensive signing table.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
21	654	Aaron Reza	SS	C	OK	Ernie Jacobs

Reza is a pretty typical later round collegiate pick to fill out a short season roster. Of course, the same was said about Freddie Sanchez who was also signed by Jacobs.

Table

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Matthew	Cooper	Bos	2000	3	HS	1B	OK
Freddie	Sanchez	Bos	2000	11	C	SS	OK
Ian	Cronkhite	Bos	2002	15	HS	CF	OK
Gregory	Stone	Bos	2002	10	C	SS	OK
Michael	Dennison	Bos	2003	21	C	RHP	KS
Jarrett	Gardner	Bos	2003	19	C	RHP	AR
David	Sanders	Bos	2003	30	C	LHP	KS
Lance	Schartz	Bos	2003	41	CC	C	KS
Thomas	Hottovoy	Bos	2004	4	C	LHP	KS
Ryan	Phillips	Bos	2004	11	CC	LHP	KS
Logan	Sorensen	Bos	2004	19	C	1B	KS
Matt	Vanderbosch	Bos	2004	9	C	CF	OK
Ismael	Casillas	Bos	2005	11	C	RHP	KS
Matthew	Hancock	Bos	2005	27	C	LHP	OK
Kris	Johnson	Bos	2006	1s	C	LHP	KS
Zach	Daeges	Bos	2006	6	C	OF
Ty	Weeden	Bos	2006	16	HS	C/1B	OK
Chad	Rhoades	Bos	2006	UFA	C	RHP	TX

Sanchez is the only significant player signed by Jacobs to date. Last year was a very active year with a high pick to Johnson and a sizable bonus to Weeden.


Jon Lukens – 2005-2007; UT, CO, AZ, NM

Lukens joined the Sox in 2005 with no prior scouting record that I’ve found. He was based in Florida his first two years with the Sox. Last year he was shifted to the Rocky Mountain region to replace Milne who was promoted to a crosschecker position.

Interestingly, this is the first time that Arizona, an important secondary state and that had previously been scouted by one of the Southern California scouts or briefly its own scout in 2006, was added to the responsibilities of the Rocky Mountain area scout. That decision represents a small reorganization of the department.

Table

Rd	Slot	Player	Pos	School	State	Area Scout
22	684	William Latimer	LHP	JC	CO	Jon Lukens
24	744	Matt Presley	3B	HS	CO	Jon Lukens
43	1288	Scott Cure	LHP	HS	CO	Jon Lukens

Presley is a highly regarded player. If he signs, then this will be a much more interesting group.

Table

[td=*]FL [/td][td=*]Ricardo [/td][td=*]Sanchez [/td][td=*]Bos [/td][td=*]2005 [/td][td=*]25 [/td][td=*]C [/td][td=*]C [/td][td=*]FL [/td][td=*]Luis [/td][td=*]Exposito [/td][td=*]Bos [/td][td=*]2005 [/td][td=*]31 [/td][td=*]JC [/td][td=*]C [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]FL[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Matt[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Sheely[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2005[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]48[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]JC[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]FL[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]William[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Mann[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2006[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]UFA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]FL[/color] [/td]

	Player	Team	Year	Round	School	Pos	State
Jeff	Corsaletti	Bos	2005	6	C	OF	FL
Yahmed	Yema	Bos	2005	7	C	OF	FL
Matthew	Mercurio	Bos	2005	16	C	2B

As I mentioned the Sox have not used very many high picks on players from Florida recently so it’s not too much of a surprise that Lukens hasn’t signed a notable player to date.


Ray Fagnant – 1993-2007; CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, VT, E Can

Fagnant is the last area scout holdover from Lou Gorman’s tenure although by 1993 the department was already starting to change significantly under new scouting director Wayne Britton. Fagnant has signed a lot of late round picks under Epstein and had signed a lot of high round picks under Duquette.

Table

[td=*][color="#000000"]Rd[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Slot[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Player[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]School[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]State[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Area Scout[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]17[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]534[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jaren Matthews[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1B/OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]NJ[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ray Fagnant[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]20[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]624[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]Daniel Milano[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]RI[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]Ray Fagnant[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]41[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1237[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Michael Bourdon[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]CT[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ray Fagnant[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]45[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]1340[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]Peter Gilardo[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]NY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#339966"]Ray Fagnant[/color] [/td]

Matthews is semi-interesting, but the two players that have signed are standard issue late round filler.

The Sox have leaned towards local filler so Fagnant’s table is quite extensive.

Table

[td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Player[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Team[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Year[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Round[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]School[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]State[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]John[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Graham[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1993[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]21[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]MA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]James[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Larkin[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1993[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]30[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]3B[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]MA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Brian[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Rose*[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1994[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]3[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]MA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Joseph[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Mamott*[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1994[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]6[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]NY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Carl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pavano*[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1994[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]13[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]CT[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]John[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Raifstanger[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1994[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]33[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]INF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]MA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Christopher[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Kurek[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1994[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]46[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]NY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Adam[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Kurek[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1994[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]46[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]NY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Andrew[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Noffke[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1995[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]13[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OH[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Kevan[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Cannon[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1995[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]15[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OH[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ben[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Stallings[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1995[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]19[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]KY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Matt[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jones[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1995[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]25[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OH[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]James[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Farrell[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1995[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]40[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OH[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Eric[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Glaser[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1997[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]KY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Marty[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]McLeary[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1997[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]10[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OH[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Tom[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Miller[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1997[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]11[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OH[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Danny[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Haas[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1997[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]18[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]KY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Joseph[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Thomas[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1997[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]21[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OH[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Carlos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Rodriguez[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]11[/color] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]KY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Joseph[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Adeeb[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]25[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]TN[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Rick[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Asadoorian[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1999[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]MA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Greg[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Montalbano[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1999[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]5[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]MA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Kregg[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jarvais[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1999[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]11[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]ME[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jeffrey[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Waldron[/color] 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[/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2002[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]16[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]SS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]NY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]David[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pahucki[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2002[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]23[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]NY[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Patrick[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Boran[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2002[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]24[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]SS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]NJ[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]James[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Buckley[/color] 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Sprinkled amongst the filler though, there’s a who’s who of high profile Duquette era New Englanders – Rose, Pavano, Asadoorian, Baker, Delcarmen. He has also signed two significant bonus players – Craig Hansen and Ryan Kalish - under Epstein. The 4M guaranteed MLB contract to Hansen is by far the biggest contract the Sox have ever given an amateur player. It hasn’t worked out very well to date and, of course, at that magnitude just about every important scout in the organization must have signed off on the pick.


Rob English – 2002-2007; Georgia

I’ve already written about English before. Briefly, he was a longtime Georgia area scout with the Braves who was hired by Duquette/Britton in the winter of 2002. His first Sox draft was also the Sox new ownership’s first draft and as it turned out an unusual number of players were picked from Georgia. As a result he become somewhat of a poster boy for the new ownership’s draft efforts.

This was a relatively light draft for English with only two picks both outside of the first 10 rounds. The only previous draft that did not include an English pick in the first three rounds was 2004 which made up for that with a seven figure bonus to Mike Rozier as a late round signability pick.

Table

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Cowan is an interesting signability player although unlikely to command a seven figure bonus.

Both of the teams that English has worked for have been active in Georgia so his signing table is quite large.

Table

[td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Player[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Team[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Year[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Round[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]School[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]State[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Eric[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Lairsey[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1991[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]15[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]John[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Rocker[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1993[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]18[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]George[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Lombard[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1994[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]William[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Wise[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1994[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]13[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ben[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Fowler[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1995[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]19[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pooh[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Hines[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1995[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]47[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]JC[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]SS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jason[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Shiell[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1995[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]48[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Aaron[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Taylor[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1996[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]11[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Galen[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Reeder[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1996[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]29[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]JC[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Richard[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Thieme[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1997[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]17[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Johnny[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]McGinnis[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]4[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LJ[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Yankosky[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]11[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Tommy[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Clark[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]15[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Zach[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Frachiseur[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]19[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Shaun[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Harper[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]50[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Rodney[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Dickinson[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]UFA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Nick[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Green[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1999[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]32[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]JC[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2B[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Adam[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Wainwright[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2000[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bryan[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Digby[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2000[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Blaine[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Boyer[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2000[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]3[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ahmad[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Woods[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2000[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]9[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Josh[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Burrus[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2001[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Macay[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]McBride[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2001[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Richard[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Lewis[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2001[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1s[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2B[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Kyle[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Davies[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2001[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]4[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Dexter[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Cooper[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2001[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]15[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Dominique[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Partridge[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2001[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]28[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Kevin[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Hopper[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Tony[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pierce[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]TJ[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Reese[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Atl[/color] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Scott[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]White[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2002[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]3[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]3B[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Chad[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Spann[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2002[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]5[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]3B[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Brandon[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Moss[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2002[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]8[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]SS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Robert[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Cochrane[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2003[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]18[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]David[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Coffey[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2003[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]23[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Matt[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Murton[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2003[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1s[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]CF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Mickey[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Hall[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2003[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jeremy[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]West[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2003[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]7[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]CF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]AZ[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Michael[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Rozier[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2004[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]12[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RJ[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Swindle[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2004[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]14[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]SC[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]John[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Burgess[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2004[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]22[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1B[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Andrew[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pinckney[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2004[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]34[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]3B[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jonathon[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Egan[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2005[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jason[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Hurst[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2005[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]UFA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Jason[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Place[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2006[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]SC[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Josh[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Reddick[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]2006[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]17[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]JC[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]GA[/color] [/td]

English signed a lot of players in the 1990s, but they were almost exclusively from the later rounds. His last two drafts with the Braves featured a number of very high picks the best of whom, Wainwright and Davies, are still trying to establish themselves as successful major leaguers.

English’s signings with the Sox have been somewhat underwhelming to date with solid prospects Moss, Murton and Place as the cream of the crop. Josh Reddick is off to a nice start in lo-A and may be an interesting sleeper prospect though.

Tony Guzzo – 2007; DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV

This is the first year that Guzzo has worked for the Sox and I don’t have any record of his having previously worked for another organization as a scout.

Table

[td=*][color="#000000"]Rd[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Slot[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Player[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]School[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]State[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Area Scout[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]13[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]414[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Justin Grimm[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]VA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Tony Guzzo[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]35[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1070[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Sean Tierney[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]LHP[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]VA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Tony Guzzo[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]46[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1364[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Garret Young[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]OF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]C[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]VA[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Tony Guzzo[/color] [/td]

Grimm is another interesting player that slipped due to signability issues.

Wally Komatsubara – 1997-2007; Hawaii

Komatsubarara is a Duquette administration holdover who has worked the grueling Hawaii and Pacific rim beat. He’s actually more a Ray Poitevint guy than a Duquette guy. He had previously worked for Poitevint with the Angels and for a time was officially under Poitevint in the international scouting department.

Table

[td=*][color="#000000"]Rd[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Slot[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Player[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]School[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]State[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Area Scout[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]32[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]983[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ridge Carpenter[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]RF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HI[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Wally Komatsubara[/color] [/td]

It’s pretty rare that the Sox draft a player from Hawaii. The last player the Sox signed from Hawaii is the great Mike Dekneef from 1990.

Now Guam on the other hand, the Sox have practically cornered the Guam market.

Table

[td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Player[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Team[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Year[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Round[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]School[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Pos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]State[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Arthur[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Davis[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ana[/color] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Keith[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Hattig[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ana[/color] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Augustine[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Leger[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Ana[/color] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]John[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Hattig[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]1998[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]25[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]HS[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]INF[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Guam[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Allen[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Mundon[/color] [/td][td=*][color="#000000"]Bos[/color] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td][td=*] [/td]

Summary

Since the Sox did spread the picks around that’s the background and signing table for all eighteen of the Sox area scouts. Not all of them will end up signing players, but they at least had somebody from their areas drafted. For scouts in lesser regions I’m sure there are years where none of your players get taken which has to royally suck.

[diehard24]

Sorry for a post that only serves as a compliment, but, seriously, what an unbelievable effort here, Philly.
There's nothing like this anywhere. Fantastic! Thank you!

[XNOUGHT]

This is what makes SoSH fantastic. Unbelievable effort Philly. The time and work you put into this is far more then expected, and inspires other posters to reach father and contribute more to this excellent main board.

[redinchicago]

What a great resource to have. Thanks! And I thought Danny Watkins' area was more busy this year.

[RetractableRoof]

This is an immense body of work... thanks for putting it together.

In the absence of the scouting reports by an individual scout in total, I find it hard to evaluate the scouts merely on picks that were made on their behalf, or the signings. For example, if the scout identifies player x as the pick to make with the Sox 3rd round choice, and one pick before, the team above picks the player. The Sox move on and pick a player from another region, because as the grading goes, that is where the next highest player on the list is. We as fans can't know that the scout was right about player x who may go on to do great things. We do know that player y was signed in the 12 round, but he was filler... we also don't know that the scout may have steered clear of a player the front office was hot and heavy for, because he knows the guy has a reputation for doing xyz things.

I guess those are crappy examples, but it would appear with scouts there is more we don't know than what we do know (through heavy lifting on your part). If we could see the scouting reports filed on players who made it, or didn't make it and then compare the total effort to other scouts who evaluated similar players then the sort of analysis you are producing starts to be incredibly interesting to me. Perhaps you have an idea for extending the analysis in ways I can't envision (that wouldn't be hard)... I look forward to reading more of this work, I just struggle to see how us as fans can make something of it, other than being addicts for Sox information.

[dnramo]

Good stuff

Fred Petersen – 2005-2007; West Crosschecker

Petersen has the longest career of the crosscheckers and surprisingly no connections to the Padres or Marlins. He’s moved around organizations and areas which I think is unusual. It seems like most scouts stick to the same area even as they move from organization to organization. Petersen went from a Texas scout with Seattle to a Midwest scout with Baltimore to a California scout with the Cubs. I have a record of a lot of players that he signed, but no particular successes. He joined the Sox as West Crosschecker in 2005.

Mitre and Hairston were reasonably successful given where they were drafted. I don't know their signing bonuses, but if the Sox got a Mitre or a Hairston out of the 7th or 8th round I'd be happy.