That's sorta like souring on bungee jumping due to safety, and jumping out of a plane instead.

I've picked my date in the "Luke Hochevar Signing Pool".

February 27th!

I'm so pumped for this thing.  it's like my own little Christmas

P.S. Are the Andrew Miller bonus demands of 8 figures realistic, or is he bluffing? Some people say he is doing it to fall to the Yanks or the Red Sox. Is that even a possibility?

"The Royals plan to select former Tennessee right-hander Luke Hochevar with the first overall pick in today's draft, The Star has learned.

Club officials spent Monday night in negotiations with Scott Boras, who represents Hochevar, in an attempt to reach an agreement. But plans are in place for the club to select Hochevar even in the absence of a deal.

The Royals turned to Hochevar as a staff consensus Monday as the best-available talent among a pool of three finalists that also included North Carolina left-hander Andrew Miller and Houston right-hander Brad Lincoln..."

"The Royals had Miller atop their draft board as late as Monday afternoon but showed increasing interest in Hochevar once he re-entered the draft pool."

11:12 a.m.: Late word on the Royals' decision at No. 1 included speculation that incoming general manager Dayton Moore advocated taking Drew Stubbs rather than the pitchers the Royals were considering. If Stubbs goes No. 1, no one will be more surprised than Stubbs. A source close to the Texas outfielder said he had not heard from the Royals about possibly going 1/1.
-- John Manuel

So please, KC, Detroit, or Cincinnati, take Stubbs off the board :D

I don't know about you, but I'm thinking that Morris feels like he just won the lottery, used $1 of his winnings to buy another lottery ticket, and then won a second lottery.

Miller seems to be the consensus number one pitcher in this draft.

Hochevar was pretty much considered the number two pitcher in last year's draft.

Outside of Hochevar's contract antics with the Dodgers, are the Royals making a sound pick?

Who has more talent?

Personally, as a Royal's fan, I wish the pick to be Miller.

Early Picks May Have Done Deals
12:46 p.m.: A source familiar with the negotiations says the teams and the players that will be picks at Nos. 2-3-4 have agreed to financial parameters. The Rockies will give Stanford righthander Greg Reynolds $3.25 million; the Devil Rays will pay Long Beach State third baseman Evan Longoria $3 million; and the Pirates will dole out $2.75 million to Houston righthander Brad Lincoln.
--Jim Callis

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/news/261628.html

1. Royals - Hochevar
   
2. Rockies - Reynolds
   
3. D'Rays - Longoria
   
4. Pirates - Lincoln
   
5. Mariners - Morrow
   
6. Tigers - Miller

I have no clue as to the level of competition (rookie ball, A ball ?)

His teammate Matt Harrington has an era of 1.32 in 13.2 ip (nice symetry) and 16/5 k/bb

ok- any guess what round Harrington goes this year????

1.     Royals     Luke Hochevar, RHP Fort Worth (Ind.)
   
2.     Rockies     Greg Reynolds, RHP Stanford
   
3.     Devil Rays     Evan Longoria, 3B Long Beach State
   
4.     Pirates     Brad Lincoln, RHP Houston
   
5.     Mariners     Brandon Morrow, RHP California
   
6.     Tigers     Andrew Miller, LHP North Carolina
   
7.     Dodgers     Clayton Kershaw, LHP H.S. (Dallas)
   
8.     Reds     Drew Stubbs, OF Texas
   
9.     Orioles     Bill Rowell, 3B H.S. (Sewell, N.J.)
   
10.     Giants     Tim Lincecum, RHP Washington
    
11.     Diamondbacks     Max Scherzer RHP, Missouri
    
12.     Rangers     Kasey Kiker, LHP H.S. (Phenix City, Ala.)
    
13.     Cubs     Tyler Colvin, LF Clemson
    
14.     Blue Jays     Travis Snider, OF H.S. (Everett, Wash.)
    
15.     Nationals     Chris Marrero, 3b H.S. (Miami)
    
16.     Brewers     Jeremy Jeffress, RHP H.S. (South Boston, Va.)
    
17.     Padres     Matt Antonelli, 3B Wake Forest
    
18.     Phillies
    

19.     Marlins     Brett Sinkbeil, RHP Missouri State
    
20.     Twins     Chris Parmelee, OF/1B H.S. (Chino Hills, Calif.)
    
21.     Yankees (for Tom Gordon)     Ian Kennedy, RHP Southern California
    
22.     Nationals (for Esteban Loaiza)     Colton Willems, RHP H.S. (Fort Pierce, Fla.)
    
23.     Astros     Max Sapp, C H.S. (Windermere, Fla.)
    
24.     Braves     Cody Johnson, 1B H.S. (Panama City, Fla.)
    
25.     Angels
    

26.     Dodgers     Bryan Morris, RHP Motlow State (Tenn.) CC
    
27.     Red Sox     Jason Place, OF H.S. (Easley, S.C.)
    
28.     Red Sox (for Johnny Damon)     Daniel Bard, RHP North Carolina
    
29.     White Sox     Kyle McCulloch, RHP Texas
    
30.     Cardinals     Adam Ottavino, RHP Northeastern

Does anyone else think that the Braves' 2 picks so far are overdrafts?  Cody Johnson and Rasmus?  

That should be old news to all of you, as I used that very comparision days ago in my White Sox MOD threads!

Interesting to see Oakland take a guy this early with signability questions

Washington is taking a lot of HS guys

Also, is this his myspace page?

There's nothing wrong with people wanting to know the deal with Drabek. If I'm a Phillies fan and I see that my team has just drafted a kid that they're about to hand $1 million+ to, I'd want to know just about everything about him from his blood type up. I'm aware that there's a BA article on it, but A) it's subscriber only and B) sometimes people simply don't know where to look for information and would rather ask an "expert" on the matter. Really bush league out of these guys.