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Community Mock Draft: Pick 1-2

Figured this might be a fun thing to start.  Now, I've been looking at a lot of Mock Drafts lately, and none of them seem to agree (except for the first overall pick).  So, let's get this started to see what we come up with.

ON THE CLOCK: Seattle Mariners (#1-2)

 

DRAFT RECAP- Round 1:

1-1 (Washington Nationals): Stephen Strasburg, RHP, SDSU

1-2 (Seattle Mariners): ON THE CLOCK

1-3 (San Diego Padres):

1-4 (Pittsburgh Pirates):

1-5 (Baltimore Orioles):

1-6 (San Francisco Giants):

1-7 (Atlanta Braves):

1-8 (Cincinnati Reds):

1-9 (Detroit Tigers):

1-10 (Washington Nationals):

1-11 (Colorado Rockies):

1-12 (Kansas City Royals):

1-13 (Oakland Athletics):

1-14 (Texas Rangers):

1-15 (Cleveland Indians):

1-16 (Arizona Diamondbacks):

1-17 (Arizona Diamondbacks):

1-18 (Florida Marlins):

1-19 (St. Louis Cardinals):

1-20 (Toronto Blue Jays):

1-21 (Houston Astros):

1-22 (Minnesota Twins):

1-23 (Chicago White Sox):

1-24 (Los Angeles Angels):

1-25 (Los Angeles Angels):

1-26 (Milwaukee Brewers):

1-27 (Seattle Mariners):

1-28 (New York Yankees):

1-29 (Boston Red Sox):

1-30 (Tampa Bay Rays):

1-31 (New York Yankees):

1-32 (Chicago Cubs):

1-33 (Colorado Rockies):

 

Now, I'd like for this to be with realism in mind. So, take into account, if you will, what a team might need, how a team might draft, what a team might spend, etc.

Each poll will consist of 10 players and will last 48 hours.  Players will be listed alphabetically by last name.  I'm basing the listed players off of multiple other mock drafts, but feel free to suggest someone to be added/removed.

Thanks, and have fun!

Poll
Who will be the second overall pick in June's AMAT draft?
Dustin Ackley, 1B/OF, UNC
87 votes
Aaron Crow, RHP, Fort Valley
14 votes
Kentrail Davis, OF, HS
2 votes
Kyle Gibson, RHP, MISS
3 votes
Grant Green, SS, USC
52 votes
Tyler Matzek, LHP, HS
11 votes
Shelby Miller, RHP, HS
4 votes
Matthew Purke, LHP, HS
5 votes
Donovan Tate, OF, HS
2 votes
Alex White, RHP, UNC
15 votes

195 votes | Poll has closed

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Have to go with my mock.

Dustin Ackley, who played some center field this week.

by Andy Seiler on Apr 17, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Your draft order on the back end of the round is a little mixed up.

It should go like this, with changes starting at #28:

28. Red Sox
29. Yankees
30. Rays
31. Cubs
32. Rockies

The Yankees don’t have a 2nd first round pick in there, so there’s just 32 in the first round.

by Andy Seiler on Apr 17, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Ackley is a stud

Either him or Grant Green, but I’ll give the nod to Dustin.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Apr 17, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions  

If you want realism...

then Strasburg goes here I believe. It may be a homer call, but I am still not sold on the Nationals wanting, or willing, to pay Strasburg what he is going to demand, and then also sign another 1st round pick.

"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile

by Boxkutter on Apr 18, 2009 3:13 AM EDT reply actions  

And why is that?

Because they are always willing to pay out the big bucks to get young talent? Ask Ryan Zimmerman how his contract negotiations are going. Because they are willing to pay for drafted pitchers? Tell that to Aaron Crow. Or because no one has ever passed up on a “the best college pitcher since…” because they know they won’t want to pay him what he is demanding? Tell that to Mark Prior and the Twins. I think it is a very real possibility that the Nats take two very good players in this draft with their two top ten picks rather than take Strasburg and break the bank on him and then have to value draft at #10.

"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile

by Boxkutter on Apr 18, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ask Ryan Zimmerman how his contract negotiations are going.

They actually seem to be going just fine…he’ll have a new contract shortly..

by Andy Seiler on Apr 18, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

But you're not realizing

Indirectly, the Nationals have been marketed with Strasburg for months now. Nationals fans (however few they are) are already pinning all their hopes on him. He is the future of the franchise, and everyone around baseball has been saying this for, again, months.

If they were to take anyone other than Stephen Strasburg, the Nationals would be under such scrutiny from fans and the media that it would be borderline unbearable. Especially after the Esmailyn fiasco, the team could use the positive media that Strasburg would bring (and, even more importantly, I don’t think the current personnel could survive the negative media that passing up Strasburg would bring).

The more likely scenario, and the scenario that has been factored into most mocks so far, is that Washington takes a bit of a reach with the #10 pick, in order to allocate some money for Strasburg.

by RedSoxFaithful on Apr 18, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

+1

last sentence

Founder of the Johnny Giavotella fan club.

by doublestix on Apr 18, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

And I think that could happen...

but I still think there is a chance that he drops to Seattle at #2. Granted, it’s not a big chance, maybe 10%, but still a chance. Let us Mariner fans hope. Don’t kill our pipe dreams lol.

"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile

by Boxkutter on Apr 18, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

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