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[RingoOSU]

Two of them are named drtooth and kitchkinet.

[rembrat]

They have to stop with these phone calls.

[RedOctober3829]

I'm 3 for 3 so far...Eric Hosmer to the Royals.

[cannonball 1729]

2 Boras clients in a row. Anyone else think it's a good sign for baseball that small market teams can afford Boras clients?

[Williams Head Case]

Matusz to the O's

[Seabass177]

Baltimore with Matusz.

[RedOctober3829]

Baltimore gets Matsuz...first pitcher of the draft.

Edited by RedOctober3829, 05 June 2008 - 01:35 PM.

[cannonball 1729]

Baltimore with Matusz.

Easy pick for the O's. Posey would have been blocked by Matt Wieters, their first pick last year.

[NYCSox]

Posey or Smoak to the Giants? I'm going with Smoak.

[RedOctober3829]

Giants go with Buster Posey....5 for 5

[Seabass177]

Smoak is a steal for whoever gets him.

[RedOctober3829]

Phillips is retarted. College coaches don't call pitches, at least ours don't.

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

Oh, I'm not impressed with how they did it, just with the result. They're going to be feeding talent into that major league roster for quite a few years, it seems. The timing of their rise is pretty nice, though. They're a viable playoff threat this year and are bringing the number 1 overall pick into the number 1 system in baseball.

Not a bad time to be one of the 18 Rays fans who existed before the start of the season.

Plus the organization has also signed some of these guys to long term deals early on, buying out their Arbitration and a couple of FA years.

[opes]

Boy, Posey sounds excited.
Settle down buddy.

[BS_SoxFan]

Phillips is retarted. College coaches don't call pitches, at least ours don't.

BC's coach does, I can't speak for any other schools but I know he does. Usually lets the catchers call them during intrasquad scrimmages and he calls them during the games. The catcher wears a little QB wristband type thing with different sequences of numbers on it that the coach will call.

[Seabass177]

Boy, Posey sounds excited.
Settle down buddy.

He probably just made about $10M. I'd be stoked too.

Not that big of a fan of Skipworth, because it's doubtful he can stay at C.

[RedOctober3829]

BC's coach does, I can't speak for any other schools but I know he does. Usually lets the catchers call them during intrasquad scrimmages and he calls them during the games. The catcher wears a little QB wristband type thing with different sequences of numbers on it that the coach will call.

Well, our catcher wears one of those wristbands as well, but they may call 2-3 pitches per game.

[cannonball 1729]

He probably just made about $10M. I'd be stoked too.

Not that big of a fan of Skipworth, because it's doubtful he can stay at C.

Beckham next? Reds have a lot of corner players, so I don't see Smoak.

[NYCSox]

What are the Marlins doing? Skipworth is a reach.

[BS_SoxFan]

Well, our catcher wears one of those wristbands as well, but they may call 2-3 pitches per game.

I didn't make it to as many games this year because of a bunch of crap second semester but I know last semester with a true freshman catcher the coach called a good portion of the game. Maybe a little less this year now that the catcher had more experience.

[DJnVa]

Beckham next? Reds have a lot of corner players, so I don't see Smoak.

Beckham is gone.

[Mystic Merlin]

Beckham is gone.

The other Beckham.

[opes]

wtf? alonso?

Thats gotta be a trade their thinking.

Edited by opes, 05 June 2008 - 01:52 PM.

[RingoOSU]

The other Beckham.

Not David or Posh either, Deej.

[DJnVa]

The other Beckham.

I knew that.

Apologies.

[Mystic Merlin]

I knew that.

Apologies.

I thought you were satya because of your avatar.

I should be the one apologizing.

[WayneHousieHOF]

I hope the Sox pick up a quality kid

[NYCSox]

Smoak is really starting to fall.

[Mystic Merlin]

I think the Nats will take an up-the-middle player here (given their past emphasis on power hitting and pitching).

Lawrie here?

EDIT - Then again, the MLB Draft isn't really meant to address "needs". The value here is Smoak.

Edited by Mystic Merlin, 05 June 2008 - 01:58 PM.

[Fratboy]

I think the Nats will take an up-the-middle player here (given their past emphasis on power hitting and pitching).

Lawrie here?

EDIT - Then again, the MLB Draft isn't really meant to address "needs". The value here is Smoak.

Yup. Best available player here is Smoak (as I understand it), and the Nats *should* take him.

[Caspir]

Crows' delivery looks, well, off.

[Fratboy]

Yup. Best available player here is Smoak (as I understand it), and the Nats *should* take him.

I'm an idiot. (Or maybe the Nats are.) They're eating Crow.

[Mystic Merlin]

Crows' delivery looks, well, off.

I think Bowden and Co. deserve some leeway given their recent drafts, but this does appear a bit odd.

[cannonball 1729]

wtf? alonso?

Thats gotta be a trade their thinking.

I don't get it either. Their corners are pretty full.

I'm doubting it's a trade, because MLB teams don't draft that way.

[drtooth]

Crow looks like an elbow injury in waiting with that delivery.

[Vegas Sox Fan]

So I'm gonna be at work untl 4PM EST meaning I have to follow this thing on the net until I leave. Last year there was a javascript window that updated with picks as they were made. Kind of like a gameday window. I'm having trouble finding it this year, can anyone help? I'm at the draft central page, but I'm not seeing anything quite like that.

Closest I've been able to find is the Draft Tracker, but it looks vastly different from what I remember of last year. Am I just missing it? Or is that it?

I believe you are looking for Draftcaster (as I was). It's here.

[RedOctober3829]

Castro to the Astros.

[NYCSox]

Holy catcher run. Castro at #10?

[SouthPaw21]

Jason Castro off the board... 3 catchers in the first 10 picks.

[opes]

I knew Castro wouldnt fall to 30th. damn it.

[RedOctober3829]

Still available: Wallace, Smoak. Wow.

[YouLookAdopted]

Tex will pick Shooter Hunt.

[cannonball 1729]

Castro to the Astros.

But what will they do with Koby Clemens?

[Snodgrass'Muff]

I believe you are looking for Draftcaster (as I was). It's here.

It might be because I can't install the flash software it's asking for, but I just get an alphabetical list of players. Oh well. And Castro at 10? And here I was being a silly boy thinking there might be a chance he could drop, hehe.

[NYCSox]

Watch Smoak fall into Beane's lap at #12.

[dylanmarsh]

Castro is a steal at 10. He really impressed the scouts assigned to the CCBL this past summer.

Edited by dylanmarsh, 05 June 2008 - 02:11 PM.

[Caspir]

Smoak in that Texas stadium oculd be a beast.

[RedOctober3829]

Smoak to the Rangers. Mark Teixiera-redux.

Edited by RedOctober3829, 05 June 2008 - 02:13 PM.

[OCD SS]

Teixeira V2.0.

[NYCSox]

I can't believe he fell to #11. A steal for the Rangers.