Red Sox Mock Draft

27 Colton Willems, RHP, Florida HS

28 Stephen King, SS, Florida HS

40 Jeffrey Locke, LHP, New Hampshire HS

44 Dellin Betances, RHP, New York HS

71 Dustin Dickerson, 3B, Texas HS

83 Caleb Clay, RHP, Alabama HS

103 Cole Gillespie, OF, Oregon State University

133 Brian Jeroloman, C, University of Florida

163 Josh Morris, 1B, University of Georgia

27/28 - We hoped that Sinkbeil, Antonelli, Marrero or Anderson may slip to us but went with we thought was the best available arm in Willems.  We debated 28.  I liked Parmele but our mock scouting staff felt he may be a tad overrated and opted for King, the SS with major upside but mixed results thus far.

40 - Laporta was our target, he went 36.  Maybe Sapp will be there, no, 37.  Definately Latos, no, 39.  I liked Betances but our scouts convinced me he may be there at 71 and Locke was a better option.

44 - Some talk about selecting Wright, I put my foot down and got Betances.

71 - We had Sulentic and Melancon on our radar and nearly got our top choice, Cody Johnson, before being scooped by the Nats.

83 - Clay was our guy and he was there.

103 - We threw a lot of names out there but felt we needed and an outfielder and someone from the college ranks so Gillespie was the pick.

133 - I was holding out hope that McBride would be here and might have taken him at 103 had I do to over again.  Huffman, then Langley but both went early.  I opted for Jeroloman whose defense I liked and whose bat I would hope be servicable.

163 - One scout had Creigton 3B Daegens at the top of his list heading into the 5th round.  I opted for 1B Josh Morris for two reasons.  First, between Dickerson and possibly King, I thought we were a bit heavy at 3B.  Second, I had thoughts of the big RH depositing balls over the Green Monster.