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Community Mock Draft: Pick 1-3

With 45% of the vote, UNC's Dustin Ackley is the #2 pick in our community mock draft.  USC's Grant Green was the clear-cut runner-up, garnering 26% of the vote.  With the Padres on the board now, however, there's a pretty good chance that the #3 pick will be a pitcher.  Let's see what sort of reasoning we can come up with for them.

 

ON THE CLOCK: San Diego Padres (#1-3)

 

DRAFT RECAP- Round 1:

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

1-2 (Seattle Mariners): Dustin Ackley, 1B/CF, UNC

1-3 (San Diego Padres): ON THE CLOCK

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):

 

As always, 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.

Let's try to have a little more conversation in the threads.  Just as important as WHO you vote for is WHY you vote for them.  :-)

Thanks, and have fun!

Poll
Who will the Padres take with pick #3 in June's Amateur Draft?
Aaron Crow, RHP, Fort Valley
49 votes
Kentrail Davis, OF, HS
1 votes
Kyle Gibson, RHP, MISS
12 votes
Grant Green, SS, USC
85 votes
Tyler Matzek, LHP, HS
33 votes
Shelby Miller, RHP, HS
7 votes
Andrew Oliver, RHP, OKST
0 votes
Matthew Purke, LHP, HS
4 votes
Donovan Tate, OF, HS
11 votes
Alex White, RHP, UNC
36 votes

238 votes | Poll has closed

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Crow

He’d be my pick here because they need young pitching.

by Jay212033 on Apr 19, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Green

They’re sorely in need of a SS, also.

by rhd on Apr 19, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Re

I don’t think Green will stick at SS.

by Jay212033 on Apr 19, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

College Impact

It seems as though the team needs as much immediate help as possible. You can pretty much write off any prep selections. Going into the season, Green would have made considerable sense, but this season has been very telling. A lack of consistent power and questions regarding his defensive capabilities at SS provide too many uncertainties for the 3rd overall pick. With Peavy soon to leave and only the oft-injured Chris Young providing any substantive talent within the rotation, selecting a college arm like White or Crow seems like the most logical move for the organization.

Cain is Able ...

by Norcalfan10 on Apr 20, 2009 3:26 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah... Really weak team.

Wait! Were you talking about the 4-8 Giants or 9-4 Padres?

Peavy isn’t soon-to-leave. He has full no-trade. Moores/Moorad allowed the Padres to have an extra few million to keep him. And the Padres have a lot more pitching that will be ready in 1-3 years than most experts say.

I expected this system to be thin, but if you sit down and look at it, it is not as bad as people say.

Overall this system needs more impact talent, especially on the pitching side, but it is not as bad as it’s reputation, and I kept finding guys that I didn’t want to leave out.

From John Sickles’ Padres 2009 prospect previews

I don’t disagree with your choice of White for the Padres at #3 (though I voted for Green) but I don’t agree with the reasons stated.

by pffriberg on Apr 21, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Davis

Isn’t a HS OF, and shouldnt be on this list anyway.

by jsmall404 on Apr 20, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crow

While Crow hasn’t pitched yet, everything I’ve heard about him, from all sources, is that he is the best non-Strasbourg pitcher on the market – of course, this could all change if he doesn’t show his stuff in May

by ofsticksandbats on Apr 20, 2009 2:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Green is the pick that SD goes with at #3

College position players like Green move quickly and he plays a premium position at SS. With the comparisons to Longoria or Tulo, even if not quite there, that is high praise. Green is a SoCal guy to boot. The Padres could use all the good press they can get. White and Crow are good pitchers but when the chance to get the college SS comes along, SD should take it this time. No more Stephen Drew episodes.

by daveyork on Apr 21, 2009 6:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Do we have enough votes?

by LinceCainGarnerSon on Apr 22, 2009 1:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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