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2007 MLB Draft - New kids in the Adopt-A-Prospect Orphanage

A Boy Named Seo May 31 2007 04:03 PM

The draft starts a week from today and for the first time, will be televised kinda, on MLB.tv. Also different this year will be the absence of a team's ability to "draft-and-follow". According to an [url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070531&content_id=1997066&vkey=draft2007&fext=.jsp]MLB.com article[/url], basically this means "teams will no longer be able to select a player late in the Draft, send them off to junior college and then sign them the following season after watching their development closely." Using the entire year and going down to the wire before signing your #1 guy (Humber and Pelfrey for example) is no longer an option either as clubs now have until [url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/draftday/rules.jsp]11:59 PM (EDT) August 15[/url] to sign their dude or he's back in the draft for next year. If I'm getting that right, teams now have just over 2 months to sign their guy, which is pretty huge. The Mets have no first round pick this year, but have 2 sandwich picks (#42 and 47 overall) and also pick at 77, 93, and 99 giving them 5 of the first 100 picks which ain't so bad. The Mets had just 2 picks in the first 100 last year and grabbed RHP Kevin Mulvey out of Villanova at #62 (currently pitching pretty well at Binghamton) and one Joseph Smith out of Wright State at #94.

Edgy DC May 31 2007 05:34 PM

Amazin'. That really puts a management team to work, trying to sign 50 picks during two months over the summer while making crucial stand-or-draw decisions about their major league roster also.

MFS62 May 31 2007 06:08 PM

Another key date will be July 2. That is when teams will be able to sign International free agents. Four outfielders of interest from the Dominican Republic are: Jose Jose - Outfielder - NO! Not a misprint. But his song is already taken. Ricardo Garcia - Outfielder Itaniel Guzman - Outfielder Anderson Pujols - Outfielder Later

OlerudOwned May 31 2007 06:19 PM

Anderson Pujols. Runs like Hernandez, hits like Albert.

Benjamin Grimm May 31 2007 06:23 PM

OlerudOwned wrote: Anderson Pujols. Runs like Hernandez, hits like Albert. Or maybe the other way around.

seawolf17 May 31 2007 06:24 PM

No, it's "runs like [url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/andersp01.shtml]Sparky[/url], hits like [url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujollu01.shtml]Luis[/url]."

OlerudOwned May 31 2007 06:27 PM

Willie Mays Hayes. I hit like Mays and I run like Hayes. You may run like Hayes but you hit like shit.

A Boy Named Seo May 31 2007 06:28 PM

BA has their [url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/rankings/?rank=tracker]top 30 dudes[/url] which may mean nothing to us drafting in the 40's, though somebody's bound to drop. I've heard of both the high school kids from Chatsworth. The LA Times had a write-up about Mike Moustakas a couple weeks ago as he set the state high school record for career homers with 50-something and he has over 20 this year. Not bad. I'm guessing neither one of those dudes is around by the supplemental round. Omar in the in-game interview right now just said "best player available" is the team's draft policy. No surprises there.

seawolf17 May 31 2007 06:31 PM

We might have at least one guy get some draft love this year. RHP [url=http://goseawolves.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/novakowski_gary00.html]Gary Novakowski[/url] was named the America East Pitcher of the Year.

A Boy Named Seo May 31 2007 06:35 PM

"...lists Roger Clemens as his favorite sports figure." What are they teaching at that college of his?

Frayed Knot Jun 01 2007 11:09 AM

Baseball Prospectus ran a little [url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6294]pre-analysis[/url] on the 'tendancies' of the teams in anticipation of next weeks draft. A bit speculative in our case since the current director has run only one draft to date. New York Mets -- Scouting Director: Rudy Terrasas (Drafts Run: 2006) - Best Player Produced: Joe Smith (3rd round) - Best Prospect in Minors: Kevin Mulvey (2nd round) - Notable Steals: None yet identified. - Five-Round Strategy: 4 total picks. 75% college, 25% junior college. - Strategy in a Nutshell: Omar Minaya has a background in international scouting, and in selecting Terrasas as his scouting director, he hired a colleague with a background in Latin America. As a result, Terrasas has already been aggressive in the Dominican Republic, but his tendencies running a draft remain to be seen. His first four picks last season were all pitchers, and given Joe Smith's success this season, Terrasas already has one bullet point on his resume. Finding players like Smith will be essential, as Omar Minaya has little reservations about forfeiting first-round picks for free agents. - 2007 Draft Crystal Ball: The Mets don't pick until the supplemental first round this June, choosing 42nd and 47th. If the pitching trend continues, pitchers Barry Enright, Tony Watson, and Aaron Poreda are all good college names that could be on the board at that point. However, seriously associating names with the 42nd pick is a fool's game.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 03 2007 10:44 AM

Looks like the draft is on ESPN2, in addition to MLB.tv. Here's a [url=http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/06/03/sports/professional/22_00_566_2_07.txt]thing [/url]from a San Diego paper. Wonder if there will be a bunch of players sitting around and MLB will do the hat/#1 jersey thing the other sports do? ]Must-see TV? MLB hoping to see its draft evolve By: JEFF SANDERS - Staff Writer Thirty years ago, when the New York Mets selected Wally Backman with their first-round pick, he was notified by the school intercom with the rest of his Aloha High classmates in Beaverton, Ore. Naturally, at first, Backman figured he was headed to the principal's office. Dustin Moseley and Joe Saunders, more than 20 years later, invited their closest friends to join their family to huddle around their computer to follow the draft live via the Internet. Matt Antonelli's father, likewise, re-rigged the speakers hooked up to his computer to accommodate the 100-plus party that showed up to celebrate the Wake Forest product's induction as the Padres' 2006 first-round pick. Now enter the next phase of the evolution of baseball's amateur draft: Live TV. For what so many people call the national pastime, it's about time. "I think it's great; there's no reason in the world Major League Baseball shouldn't have the same notoriety and marketing and publicity that the NFL and the NBA do with their drafts," said Grady Fuson, the Padres' scouting and player development director. "We're at a point now where ESPN has found a market for it. I only expect it to get bigger and bigger." The Tampa Bay Devil Rays will kick off the 2007 draft Thursday at 11 a.m. on ESPN2, marking baseball's first attempt to give a broad audience an inside look at the ground-up development of organizations. Only don't expect the same kind of spectacle that comes with the NFL or NBA's draft. You probably won't see projected No. 1 overall pick David Price squirming in his seat at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; his Vanderbilt team is a No. 1 seed in its regional and in the College World Series hunt. You probably will see plenty of game film on Price and Georgia Tech catcher Matt Wieters. But top the quality of tape available on top prepsters, like Cypress High third baseman Josh Vitters and Norwell (Ind.) High right-hander Jarrod Parker, remains to be seen. A Mel Kiper-like best available list? Maybe ---- Baseball America has scouting reports on the country's top 200 prospects. An in-depth look at a Major League war room? Most likely not. Teams will have only five minutes to pick. Nobody will make any trades. Clubs' representatives headed to Florida ---- the Padres are sending senior advisor Dave Winfield and Randy Smith, the director of professional and international scouting; the Dodgers are sending, among others, Tommy Lasorda ---- will have little, if any, inside info on the players selected. But even if next week's dog-and-pony show is only a dressed-down look at the draft, it beats the 48-hour window in the 90s that used to elapse before the draft was publicized. "I think there's a big baseball world out there, and I think it'll be followed pretty well," said Saunders, the Angels' first-round pick out of Virginia Tech in 2002. "It's baby steps. I think they have to start at the collegiate levels and the high school levels just to get the word out there to the public, which probably doesn't know who these guys are. ... "Hopefully, it grows and becomes a really great thing." Will it ever become Must-See-TV like the first day of the NFL draft? The odds are stacked against baseball. Trading picks in a 50-round draft doesn't seem feasible, at least not any time soon. College baseball doesn't yet have the popularity that college football and basketball do. The stars selected in the first round of the baseball draft often take at least a year to reach the big leagues. The Padres' Xavier Nady, in 2000, was the last drafted player to head straight to the bigs and only 20 players have done that since 1967. Every year, top-round NFL and NBA selections become prominent players in their leagues. Minor League Baseball's popularity, though, has never been better. The draft can cash in on that now. And perhaps a lot more down the road. "I always watch the NFL Draft," Antonelli said. "I'm sure it won't be as big as those sports; those guys are going right in. We're not going right into the bigs; we're going into the minors. But I'm sure there's tons of college baseball fans that will like to see where their guys go and I'm sure there's tons of people interested in Minor League Baseball, with all the fans that come out and watch us. "I'm sure it'll be pretty big."

cleonjones11 Jun 06 2007 05:48 PM

How about Todd Frazier from Rutgers if he slips???

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2007 08:05 AM

Gets underway at 2PM EDT. - 5 minutes are being allowed for each of the 1st round picks, something that'll be a change for teams used to doing this thing in an almost rapid-fire fashion. Since there are no back-room deals to be made teams almost certainly won't need 5 minutes per pick although it wouldn't surprise me if there's some sort of unofficial minimum in order to give the BB2N crowd - who'll be manning the desks as ESPN2 televises this one - a chance to dazzle you with their knowledge of the player just selected (IOW: read what Baseball America has to say about him). And WOW, it's being held at a Disney facility too ... What a coincidence! After Round 1 things should go pretty quickly. No first round pick for us (#29 overall was given up for Moises) so, again, our picks are 42, 47, 77, 93 & 99 as we picked up a few for losing Robo Hernandez & Bradford. Then, it's #123 and every 30 picks after that: 153, 183, 213, ...

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 10:00 AM

Darryl Strawberry will be announcing the picks for the Mets. Tommy Lasorda, no doubt, will do the same again for LA this year. I love the draft.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 07 2007 10:04 AM

]Darryl Strawberry will be announcing the picks for the Mets. awesome.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2007 10:08 AM

We should use a late-round pick to make a courtesy draft of DJ.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 12:07 PM

Looks just like an NBA or NFL draft with the big stage, chairs full of baseball players I've never seen before in suits, a giant board behind the podium with team names and slots for players, and the expert panel of Ravech, Steve Phillips, and Gammo building drama. "Who will the #1 pick be?" It's that dude from Vanderbilt. We all know that. ESPN2's got the "On the Clock" graphic on the screen, Tampa with 5:00, but it hasn't started ticking until after the first commercial break. Gammons just confirmed the draft-and-follow for me. If they're not signed by this August 15th, the player goes back into next year's draft. Party time.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 12:17 PM

David Price, 6'5" lefty pitcher from Vanderbilt picked first. He's in the room and the camera panned to him, but no stage photo op and #1 jersey. Topps is bummed. Edit: I spoke too soon. He's now wearing a green "TB" hat and matching green "TB" jersey.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 07 2007 12:29 PM

If you're a schlub goofing off in a cubie like me, try this: [url]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2007/draftcaster.jsp[/url]

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 12:29 PM

Royals take that high school homerun machine from Chatsworth, Mike Moustakas with the 2nd overall pick and the Cubs take Cypress, CA third baseman Mike Vitters 3rd. Vitters is the first player to stand up, put a Cubs uni and hat on, go to the stage, and shake hands with the Commish while posing for pictures. Price was in the building it looked like. Wonder why he didn't do the same. BA's #2 and 3 guys are still there, a catcher from GA Tech and a RHP from Orange, NJ.

metirish Jun 07 2007 12:37 PM

Are there drunken fans hooting and hollering?...

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2007 12:40 PM

metirish wrote: Are there drunken fans hooting and hollering?... Please ... baseball fans have more sense than that. Sounds like each team is using their entire 5 minute allotment (and for no reason whatsoever) so they'll get to the NYM picks around midnight or so.

metirish Jun 07 2007 12:42 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: ="metirish"]Are there drunken fans hooting and hollering?... Please ... baseball fans have more sense than that. Sounds like each team is using their entire 5 minute allotment (and for no reason whatsoever) so they'll get to the NYM picks around midnight or so. Brilliant,I imagine Phillips and company are talking a pile of shit to fill time.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 07 2007 12:42 PM

Looks like the O's took the catcher (switch-hitter and also a closer!) Weiters No. 5 after the Pirates slummed it for a lefthanded college reliever, Moskos, No. 4.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 12:49 PM

metirish wrote: Are there drunken fans hooting and hollering?... "Let's go Brewers!" clap, clap, clap, clap-clap. Guess baseball has those guys, too. LaPorta listed #21 on BA's top guys list. He's 22 already, so it's kinda weird they took him with the Prince already holding down 1st.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 01:00 PM

Phillips' word-o-the-day: "Fast-track".

bmfc1 Jun 07 2007 01:02 PM

In an odd development, Jets fans are booing each pick.

Rotblatt Jun 07 2007 01:04 PM

BP baffled as to the Brewer's pick of LaPorta. Most scouts project him as a 1B, and the Brewers already have Fielder there. If he stays at LF, BP thinks he could be disasterous defensively--on the order of Jack Cust.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 01:24 PM

Cleveland's guy hit 38 HR in NAIA this year. That's no small shakes.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 07 2007 01:26 PM

="A Boy Named Seo"]Cleveland's guy hit 38 HR in NAIA this year. That's no small shakes. Even better he was academically ineligible at Fresno State so you know he's probably a real jock.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 07 2007 01:27 PM

Hey here's a switch -- Braves take a Georgia high schooler.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 01:31 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Hey here's a switch -- Braves take a Georgia high schooler. And his MLB.com thing calls him "intriguing" and "all-or-nothing". They add "If all the cards fall right, he could be a future cleanup hitter." Sounds like Rob Deer.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 01:35 PM

BA's #2 dude Rick Porcello still available. He's a 6'5" high school righty and throws a slider, curve, and fastball between 94-96. Got hit kinda hard his last HS start. Wonder if that is keeping peeps at bay.

metirish Jun 07 2007 01:36 PM

Are the Team execs at the draft,I really want to know if Billy Beane and his crew there,I doubt it,he probably hates that it's on the tele.

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2007 01:36 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Hey here's a switch -- Braves take a Georgia high schooler. Amazing how often that happens. There's a real top notch academy that's run out of Atlanta's northern suburbs and the Braves seem to always wind up with the best talent out of that area: Francoeur, McCann, etc. It's like the old days in NYC-area basketball. I remember seeing an old newspaper cartoon captioned: 'Louie Carnaseca's recruiting budget' and it was nothing more than a man's hand full of subway tokens. This year's guy was expected to go earlier and it's like all the other teams parted ways just to get him to the Braves.

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2007 01:38 PM

Top half of Round 1: 1 - Tampa - David Price; LHP Vanderbilt Univ 2 - KC - Mike Moustakas; IF, Calif High School 3 - Cubs - Josh Vitters; 3B, Calif HS 4 - Pirates - Dan Moskas; LHP, Clemson 5 - Orioles - Matt Wieters; C, Ga Tech 6 - Nationals - Ross Detwiler; LHP, Missouri State 7 - Brewers - Matt LaPorta; 1B, U Florida 8 - Rockies - Casey Weathers; RHP (RP), Vanderbilt 9 - D'Backs - Jarrod Parker; RHP, Indiana HS 10 - Giants - Madison Bumgarner; LHP, NoCar HS 11 - Mariners - Phillips Aumont; RHP, Canadian HS 12 - Marlins - Matt Dominguez; 3B, Calif HS 13 - Indians - Beau Mills; 3B/1B, Lewis & Clark Univ 14 - Braves - Jason Heyward; OF, GA HS 15 - Reds - Devin Mesoraco; C, Penn HS

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 01:40 PM

metirish wrote: Are the Team execs at the draft,I really want to know if Billy Beane and his crew there,I doubt it,he probably hates that it's on the tele. I haven't noticed any. Before the D-Rays picked they showed Zimmer and I think former MLB-er Dave Martinez at a table writing stuff down on a notepad like they were actually deciding anything. Guys like Zimmer, Dave Winfield, Dewey Evans, Straw, etc. are there to give it ceremony, but I think that's it.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 01:47 PM

Porcello's a Boras guy. The August 15th deadline looms very freaking large with a guy like that, with an agent like that, and demands like that.

OlerudOwned Jun 07 2007 01:59 PM

Pretty interesting point there about the injury problems for Rice pitchers, Humber included.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 01:59 PM

What is the "PG" hat most of the HS kids are wearing in their stock photos?

HahnSolo Jun 07 2007 02:08 PM

Still no Seton Hall Prep kid? Boras scaring teams away, I imagine. Wasn't there a HS pitcher from Connecticut who was supposed to go top 10? I don't see him yet.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 02:18 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 07 2007 02:19 PM

23 picks in and that kid still waits. Mets have taken hard-throwing right-handed college pitchers #1 what, 4 out of the last 5 drafts? Wonder if they get a dude like Andrew Brackman, a 6'10" baseball/basketballer from NC State or James Simmons from UC-Riverside.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 07 2007 02:18 PM

I believe PG is for "Perfect Game" ... some slimy amatuer baseball factory thingy.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 02:33 PM

I like Keith Law, and BA's Jim Callis, and the other guy with the beard. All seem to be real knowledgeable guys with lots of information and no Mel Kiper arrogance.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 07 2007 02:35 PM

Who the hell is Mel Kiper?

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 02:36 PM

That loud-mouthed football guy who knows more than every NFL GM and scout that ever lived combined. The kid Porcello finally goes at 27 to the Tigers.

OlerudOwned Jun 07 2007 02:38 PM

I haven't been able to take Law seriously since last year when he predicted the Dodgers would beat the Mets in the NLDS because, according to him, the Mets bullpen fell apart after the Sanchez injury. Porcello to Detroit. They've got some scary good arms. With scary good people attached to them.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 02:40 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: I believe PG is for "Perfect Game" ... some slimy amatuer baseball factory thingy. Beard guy is from [url=http://www.perfectgame.org/about_pg/index.aspx]Perfect Game[/url]. "Perfect Game USA is devoted to furthering the development and career of the talented high school baseball player. To that end, Perfect Game USA produces the very highest national level individual player showcases and team tournaments all over the United States. These events have proved invaluable to the college coaching community and major league baseball as they can scout a large population of talented ball players all in one location."

Johnny Dickshot Jun 07 2007 02:41 PM

A Boy Named Seo wrote: That loud-mouthed football guy who knows more than every NFL GM and scout that ever lived combined. Oh, I know. I was making reference to that pro football guy (forget who it was) who was being interviewed on ESPN after a NFL draft. The reporter asked somethng ;like, "Well, Mel Kiper Junior said he didn't like that pick," and the guy replied "Who the hell is Mel Kiper Junior?" It was like when Stuttering John used to go to red-carpet events and ask celebrities "What are you famous for?"

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 02:43 PM

Ah, sorry. I don't watch the NFL (or the draft), so I hadn't seen that, yet somehow I still know exactly who Kiper is and am pretty sure he's a loud-mouth.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2007 02:45 PM

A Boy Named Seo wrote: ="Johnny Dickshot"]I believe PG is for "Perfect Game" ... some slimy amatuer baseball factory thingy. Beard guy is from [url=http://www.perfectgame.org/about_pg/index.aspx]Perfect Game[/url]. "Perfect Game USA is devoted to furthering the development and career of the talented high school baseball player. To that end, Perfect Game USA produces the very highest national level individual player showcases and team tournaments all over the United States. These events have proved invaluable to the college coaching community and major league baseball as they can scout a large population of talented ball players all in one location." It's that sort of crap that takes guys away from their schools often when their teams need them most.

OlerudOwned Jun 07 2007 02:47 PM

With the pick we gave them for Alou, the Giants take a dude named Wendell.

Rotblatt Jun 07 2007 02:51 PM

So Harvey (RHP, #13) Brown (OF, #21), Smoker (LHP, #22), Borbon (OF, #25), Russell (OF, #28) are still on the board for the 30th pick. Interesting!

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 02:52 PM

Didn't we draft a Puffer before? I hope we score Smoker.

Rotblatt Jun 07 2007 03:00 PM

Yanks draft #30 on BP's list, Andrew Brackman. According to BP, he's 6'11" with high upside and decent mechanics, but a questionable arm--he was shut down after just 78 innings this year. Sounds like a good pick for the Yankees--high risk, high reward is kind of perfect for a team with their financial flexibility.

DocTee Jun 07 2007 03:04 PM

I think it was Colts GM Bill Polian who dressed down Kiper.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 03:37 PM

Mets nab big, hard-throwing righty Eddie Kunz out of Oregon State. 6' 5", 250 lbs. Edit: He looks from the picture in this [url=http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/05/31/e1.sp.osubaseball.0531.p1.php?section=sports]article [/url]to be another side-arming reliever. Mets like that formula apparently.

metsmarathon Jun 07 2007 03:56 PM

i wonder how you pronounce that...

A Boy Named Seo Jun 07 2007 04:14 PM

They pronounced it "Koonz". Mets followed up with Nathan Vineyard, a 6' 2" high school lefty pitcher. Dig this picture:

OlerudOwned Jun 07 2007 04:18 PM

Looks like he's in pain.

OlerudOwned Jun 07 2007 04:20 PM

And Kunz.

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2007 04:52 PM

What I saw of the TV portion of the draft (very tail end) was definitely a case of more equaling less. - First, the 5 minute rule stretched the 1st round out to 3 hours. It was probably less than 1/2 hour before the kids from Bristol did the Bristol stomp all over it. - Then, the kicker to the whole deal was that they virtually ignored the picks after that. Even the crawl at the bottom of the screen wasn't listing picks beyond #31. I mean, Geez, you get a virtual exclusive on the "event" and then choose to not show what going on. - And then they junked it all to watch Schilling no-hit try. Understandable, but then didn't even try to play catch-up with what they missed. Either go back to having the whole thing via conference call or cut the time per pick down to about 2 minutes. Baseball "Draftniks" (to the extent they exist) must have been pulling their hair out over this. P.S. According to that bio info above, Vineyard (hope he doesn't marry a girl named Martha) is a 20 y/o HS senior. WTF?

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2007 05:06 PM

A call to arms: Pick #77 -- Scott Moviel; RHP, Ohio HS #93 -- Brant Rustich; RHP, UCLA #99 -- Eric Neisen; LHP, Wake Forest

Benjamin Grimm Jun 07 2007 05:31 PM

I was wowed by Bud Selig's charisma.

metsmarathon Jun 07 2007 05:42 PM

wow, lots of pitchers for the metsies so far...

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2007 09:13 PM

#123 -- Stephen Clyne; RHP, Clemson #153 ** A Position Player** -- Richard Lucas; 3B, Jacksonville, Fla HS #183 -- Zach Lutz -- 3B; Avernia College (PA) Now we just have to fill those other 7 positions.

Willets Point Jun 07 2007 10:10 PM

metsmarathon wrote: wow, lots of pitchers for the metsies so far... Good, we're gonna need some in a few years when the current crop is geriatric.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 08 2007 11:29 AM

More dudes, all but one college kids. Not a single outfielder drafted yet! #213 - Guillaume Leduc, RHP, Edouard Montpetit Col #243 - Lucas Duda, 1B, USC #273 - Daniel McDonald, RHP, Seton Hall U. #303 - Michael Olmstead - RHP, Cypress College, CA #333 - Brandon Richey - SS, Northwestern St. U. #363 - Matthew Bouchard - SS, Georgetown U. #393 - William Morgan - RHP, Lewis & Clark St. College #423 - Jordan Abruzzo - C, Univ. of San Diego #453 - Robert Carson - LHP, Hattiesburg HS, MS #483 - Jefferies Tatford - C, Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette

Johnny Dickshot Jun 08 2007 11:38 AM

I think I saw Jordan Abruzzo shopping at the banana Republic here in Chelsea the other day. (edit, hate when that happens, he's the one on the right) [url]http://www.sdhoc.com/main/awards/2007starsofthemonth/somphotosaprilmayjune/Image00095425[/url]

Edgy DC Jun 08 2007 11:45 AM

A Boy Named Seo wrote: #213 - Guillaume Leduc, RHP, Edouard Montpetit Col Duke number three! I've actually been following this prospect closely in my comprehensive preparation for the draft, and I can tell you first hand about this one game when Leduc blanchit les Bisons Les Ducs de Longueuil ont continué de maintenir leur avance au premier rang de la Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec avec une trente-deuxième victoire, ce soir, au parc Paul-Pratt de Longueuil. Pour l'occasion, la formation de Luc Desgroseilliers a disposé des Bisons de St-Eustache par la marque de 4-0. Le partant des Ducs, Guillaume Leduc, a bien fait, lançant un match complet où il n’a cédé que trois coups sûrs aux frappeurs de St-Eustache, retirant au passage huit d’entre eux au bâton pendant la soirée. Pour St-Eustache, cette défaite, jumelée à la victoire des Cards lundi, signifie que les protégés d’André Galarneau n’ont plus qu’une partie d’avance sur LaSalle et le huitième rang donnant accès aux séries. Guillaume Leduc a maîtrisé l'attaque des Bisons à la perfection, n'allouant que trois coups sûrs en sept manches de travail. Les locaux ont marqué dès la première manche après deux retraits. Renaud Desjardins a frappé un simple, atteint le deuxième sur une balle passée, volé le troisième but et c’est finalement Marc-Olivier Jodoin-Mimeault qui l’a poussé à la plaque avec un coup d’un but. En deuxième, les Ducs ajoutent deux points au tableau indicateur. Guyaume Gosselin entame la manche avec un simple et il vole par la suite le deuxième coussin. Frédéric Gaudreau a suivi avec un double et Maxime Brochu a claqué un simple d’un point. Sur le même jeu, Gaudreau a marqué sur une erreur du lanceur et Longueuil menait 3-0 après deux manches. En sixième, les Bisons ont une chance en or de créer l’égalité et même de prendre les devants alors qu’ils ont les buts remplis et un retrait. Simon Gagnon a été le premier à se rendre sur les sentiers avec un amorti sur la ligne du troisième but. Par la suite, Guillaume Leduc a donné deux passes gratuites à Ludovic Fortin et à Jean-Philippe Lapointe et les coussins étaient bondés pour le quatrième frappeur de la formation offensive de St-Eustache Guillaume Fullum. Malheureusement pour les visiteurs, le partant des Ducs a retrouvé le contrôle juste à temps, retirant à la fois Fullum sur élan ainsi que le frappeur suivant, Alexandre Tardif, de la même façon. En fin de sixième manche, Marc-Olivier Jodoin-Mimeault a frappé un simple et il est venu croiser le marbre plus tard sur un mauvais lancer. Les Bisons ont frappé un simple en septième manche après un retrait, mais la rencontre a pris fin rapidement à la suite d’un retrait sur trois prises et d’un ballon. Les Ducs l’emportent 4-0 et pour Guillaume Leduc, il s’agit d’une cinquième victoire cette saison. Frédéric Mastin a frappé deux des trois coups sûrs des Bisons ce soir. It was fucking awesome.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 08 2007 11:53 AM

Quebec's gotta go easy on the purple jerseys.

Edgy DC Jun 08 2007 12:07 PM

Mon Dieu! J'ai une érection!

A Boy Named Seo Jun 08 2007 12:08 PM

Slap some giant glasses on Michael Olmstead, and you've got a 21st Century Charlie Kerfeld. He's 20 years old, from Cypress College. 6' 5", 240-pound reliever. #55 in your scorebook.

Frayed Knot Jun 08 2007 12:23 PM

In keeping with our tradition of thoughtlessly Anglicizing foreign names (a la Joe Table or Hank White) Guillaume Leduc: Billy the Duck

Johnny Dickshot Jun 08 2007 12:27 PM

This is 77th overall pick Scott "I've Seen That" Moviel "Too" Listed at 6-foot-11, 245 lbs. Meet shortstop Ernesto Gonzalez of Round 19 and George Wallace Kollege. That's Mackey Sasser University!

Johnny Dickshot Jun 08 2007 12:33 PM

Hey, we drafted a guy with his own URL and blog: [url]http://www.dillongee.com/[/url]

metirish Jun 08 2007 01:01 PM

Has he not updated that since June of 04?,looking for his myspace.

seawolf17 Jun 08 2007 05:43 PM

Why the F isn't there an effing draft tracker that will allow you to search by school? Why should I have to effing subscribe to Baseball America to search an effing list? Effing morons.

Edgy DC Jun 09 2007 12:26 PM

The 36th-Round selection is South Fork (FL) High School shortstop Glen Johnson Glen is a legacy, son of Mets coach Howard Johnson and, should he sign, perhaps an adopted son of mine.

Valadius Jun 11 2007 07:42 PM

24th round - 753rd overall - Mike Parker, SS, George Washington University Fuck yes!!! We got ourselves the best player on my college's team!!!!! He was third-team All-American and first-team All-Atlantic 10. He hit .373 with 10 homers, 60 RBI and 22 doubles. He led the team with .434 OBP, .604 slugging, and 84 hits. He ranked in the A-10's top five in seven offensive categories. I'm fucking ecstatic about this!!!

Edgy DC Jun 15 2007 10:01 AM

GW isn't the only DC-area school producing FutureMets. George Mason scondbaseman (almost rhymes), Chris Fournier (16th round) has signed and been assigned to Brooklyn. Fournier was first on the team in batting, on-base percentage, runs, doubles, steals and walks, second on the team in home runs and hits and third in slugging percentage and RBI. He batted .369 with 14 homers, 53 RBI, 60 runs, 20 doubles, 79 hits, 13 steals, a .461 on-base percentage and a .668 slugging percentage. He is second all-time at Mason in career on-base percentage, fifth in career batting average, 10th in career slugging percentage. He is top 25 all-time at Mason in career runs, home runs, doubles and walks. Fournier transferred to Mason after a freshman year played at Notre Dame. He played for the Patriots in 2005 and earned a medical redshirt in 2006 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. I wonder how signing is progressing with the other draftees now that the window of opportunity is smaller.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 18 2007 10:30 AM

24 of the 42 draft picks are signed already including goofball Nathan Vineyard, just a high school kid, but already making a serious push for Tug McGraw goofball slot. From Rubin's blog: ]METS SIGN EIGHT MORE DRAFT PICKS The New York Mets announced today that they have signed eight draft picks from the 2007 First Year Player Draft, including supplemental pick (47th overall) lefthanded pitcher Nathan Vineyard from Woodland High School (GA), and the team’s sixth round selection, righthanded pitcher Guillaume Leduc from Edouard Montpetit College (Canada). New York also signed righthanded pitcher Daniel McDonald, the eighth round pick from Seton Hall University (NJ), the 10th round selection infielder Brandon Richey from Northwestern State University (LA), catcher Jeffries Tatford, the club’s 15th round pick from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (LA), the 25th round pick righthanded pitcher Nicholas Abbott from Weber High School (UT), righthanded pitcher Kyle Catto, the 27th round selection from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (IL) and righthanded pitcher Jason LaVorgna, the 35th round pick from Eastern Connecticut State University (CT). New York has now signed 24 of its 42 picks. Richey, Catto and LaVorgna will be assigned to Kingsport ® of the Appalachian League. McDonald and Tatford will report to Brooklyn (A) of the New York-Penn League. Vineyard, Leduc and Abbott will join the rookie-level Gulf Coast Mets. Posted by Adam Rubin on June 14, 2007 6:27

Willets Point Jun 18 2007 11:02 AM

Vineyard is just destined to join the ranks of professional ballplayers with their own wines.