MLB Amateur Draft Open Thread

I went with Arnett, he has pretty good upside and looks to be a real durable guy who can throw 200 inning on a relatively consistent basis. His fastball and slider are both plus pitches. The difference for him will be if he can develop a changeup. If not, he may end up in the pen, but I am confident.

seeing a dude from a rival school being the top high school arm available.

Zack Wheeler – East Paulding High School
Me – South Paulding High School.

WBEZ 91.5 FM in Chicago, if you’re interested.

Who are the Nats going to take?

in place with with Sanchez

Do the Padres chose Donovan Tate?

should really take Matzek, but I don’t think it happens

laaaaaaaaaaaame

No surprises yet. And the Pirates will take Sanchez.

Everything is going per the board so far.

The broadcast of this draft is yet another embarrassment for MLB. The first round of the draft used to be done in about 5 minutes. This time-filling, three minutes a pick thing is just stupid. Some events are just not made for TV, and the MLB draft is one of them.

Just call him Tony

His ultimate upside is a Reed Johnson type!! That’s not worth a 1st round pick!! Please, no Pollock or Jackson!! Shoot for the moon and take a guy with a future, no more Tyler Colvins!!!

big fan. Should have taken Matzek

You should be following the MLB draft on Twitter.

In the MLB draft, should you draft “need” or “best available?”

Al told me that “Deep Goat” said the Cubs were hot on Leake. I told Al that if Leake was still available when the Cubs picked at #31, I’d eat my shoes.

that Leake is going to be pitching in the NL Central.

the thought that Turner would fall to us on signability issues.

if all the rumors are correct.

Do the Rockies take Tim Wheeler or Pollock or one of the guys we want?

makes an appearance. He’s being wasted here.

So he doesn’t fall any farther.

surprised, but like it for them

Alex White has fallen?

I hope MLB dispenses with these player interviews (or at least interviewing HS’s). Some of them have been painful…

and take Crow.

to Oakland?

so Green will be wearing green.

Thoughts?

and then say he’s average in all 5 tools…

(Everyone else said it; figured I should too) :-p

Teams are daring the signability players to not sign.

The Cubs game will be over when they get to pick

as the Indians were rumored to take Arnett. White falling to CLE increases our chances of getting him.

could go to the D-Backs at #16 or #17.

Asked if he would miss batting, since he was drafted as a pitcher by the Rockies, he said “Well, [the University of] Oregon has told me that I’ll get to play first base, so….[pause] we’ll see what Colorado has to say about it.”

I guess I get what he was trying to say, but….

to the D-Backs. I think they go pitching here now.

that will make some of you happy. He goes to the D-Backs.

Since Purke is gone, I think the Yanks take Jackson

to Florida

Will any of our profiled players make it to us?

ala the Seahawks in the NFL draft a couple years ago.

If they don’t, I think he slides out of the first round—maybe we take him.

I think we’re going to have a shot at Gibson now. But did we do enough scouting on him to feel comfortable picking him? Until last week, I doubt the Cubs paid any attention to him, figuring he’d be long gone.

but does anyone know what percentage of players drafted actually sign with their team? (As opposed to going to college, being a tool about money, etc.)

reminding us why the Cubs drafted you over Dwight Gooden…thanks for that.

has about the moth soothing voice in the world. He’s like Bob Ross….

continue to stockpile their system with crap. Don’t think Mier will hit at all

First out of the blue pick. I had heard some talk the Angels might take him. Mier goes to the Astros at #21.

Alex White just converted to Judaism on the MLB Network.

The man needs a muzzle.

damn

What are the Cubs looking at right now?

The Angels take Mike Trout with one of their two picks here.

The Angels take Grichuk. If they’re still right, they go with Trout now.

… that it is not pronounced “Los An-jel-leez”. God, what a hayseed.

shocked on that one

Mayo is interviewing him.

the Angels take Trout.

Skaggs is still available. I would LOVE for the Cubs to take him. Didn’t think he would get passed the Angels

the Brewers grab Arnett here.

Arnett gone

so we don’t get Arnett.

that beautiful “CHC” is finally on the ticker there….We’ll get an answer soon. :)

is my guess now.

love Franklin

to the Mariners. They wanted Pollock and Arnett too.

has been rumored as going to the BoSox for quite a while now.

but a voice in the back of my head is whispering “Bobby Brownlie, Bobby Brownlie.”

im going with Wheeler from Sacramento state

Fuentes had more helium under him for the past week. And the BoSox pass on Stassi.

Not that we would have taken either.

is unbelievably still out there.

Damn the Mariners. I will never drink a Starbucks again.

Heathcott is going to pitch, why did they ignore this?

I never dreamed he’d still be here. Baseball America had him at #9 this morning.

Who do you think they’ll take?

Who do you want them to take?

That’s my first “Who?” moment.

Washington is an OF, not 2b

but I think it’s Jackson.

no Jackson….

This is a good omen for the draft.

I had inside info.

then we should know its a bad one

Besides the fact that Harold likes him?

We must have no money to spend

He won’t be up until 2011 at the VERY earliest…let’s wait and see what happens either way.

He’s going to sign. He wanted desperately to be a Cub.

on the TV?

JD Drew would sort of be the ceiling for Jackson. If he turns into Drew, that would be great. But the odds are long he becomes JD Drew.

“Cubs take Brett Jackson from Cal, who seemed to be in the mix for every team in the 20s. He’s either a star or the next Tyler Colvin. That’s really the range here as a risk/upside college guy.”