Community Mock Draft Commentary: National League West
by John Sickels on Jun 5, 2010 5:00 PM EDT
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PrintHere is a review/summary of the 2010 Minor League Ball Community Mock Draft. We will do this by division, beginning with the NL West and working our way across the continent.
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
1) Josh Sale, OF, Bishop Blanchett HS, Seattle
2) Ryan LaMarre, OF, University of Michigan
3) Scott Frazier, RHP, Upland HS, California
COMMENT: I don't know if Sale interests the Dbacks in real life, but I like the pick in the abstract and am very fond of his bat. LaMarre is a bit risky as college guys go in my view, but has a high upside. Frazier is a signability risk with a Pepperdine commitment, but I like him a lot and he's a potential steal if signable. I think this is a nice mixture of talent.
COLORADO ROCKIES
1) Anthony Ranaudo, RHP, LSU
1S) Gary Brown, OF, Cal State Fullerton
2) Jesse Biddle, LHP, Germantown Friends HS, Philadelphia
3) Zach Alford, SS, South Forsythe HS, Cumming,GA
COMMENT: This is very interesting; all four of these picks have considerable risk but also a big potential payoff. Ranaudo could be excellent if his arm doesn't fall off. Brown has a great glove and wheels, but will he hit against advanced pitching? Biddle is being rumored as a first round pick but has serious signability issues if he falls too far in the draft. Alford has a promising bat but lacks speed and has signability doubts. This is a gutsy draft that could result in either a huge success or a total disaster.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS
1) Delino Deshields, OF, Woodward Academy, McDonugh, GA
2) Dave Filak, RHP, SUNY-Oneonta
3) Drew Cisco, RHP, Wando HS, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
COMMENT: DeShields is a logical pick for the Dodgers, since they love tools and players with major league bloodlines. Filak is a small college guy but has a major league arm, athleticism, and outstanding statistical performance. Cisco is extremely polished for a high school guy and also has major league bloodlines. This looks like a reasonable draft to me, with a mixture of tools, polish, and backgrounds.
SAN DIEGO PADRES
1) Kolbrin Vitek, 2B, Ball State University
2) Rob Rasmussen, LHP, UCLA
3) Donn Roach, RHP, College of Southern Nevada
COMMENTARY: The Padres scouting director was a no-show, so I did this one myself. Vitek has been linked with the Padres for weeks, so he seemed a logical choice. Rasmussen would be a first round pick if he was taller, so I don't see that as a "low upside" pick of the type that used to annoy Padres fans. Roach was one of the best JC pitchers in the country and has a very live arm.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
1) Bryce Brentz, OF, Middle Tennessee State University
2) Tony Wolters, SS, Rancho Buena Vista HS, California
3) Cody Buckel, RHP, Royal HS, Simi Valley, California
COMMENTARY: The original director didn't show. I did the first pick, going with Brentz to provide some power in a farm system starved for bats. An emergency sub picked Wolters in the second round. He's a bit undersized but also has a very promising bat. Another poster familiar with the Giants selected Buckel, a smallish righthander with a lively arm and one of the sleepers in this class. Overall I think this looks pretty good. Brentz and Wolters address a system need, while Buckel seems like he would do well in the Giants development system.
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Actually, the original Giants’ director (caincecum) was a no-show for the entire draft. The power-outage guy was for another team (can’t remember which right now).
wilriv21 stepped in as the new director after round 1, and I helped a bit (some might call it butting-in).
We did have some long discussions with caincecum about his draft preferences over on MccoveyChronicles earlier this week, so I can tell you that the guys he wanted in the 1st round (Josh Sale, Nick Castellanos, Christian Colon, Matt Harvey and A.J Cole) were all gone by the #24 pick. I’ll assume that he would have then chosen Mike Foltynewicz with his 1st round pick, because he wanted these guys in round 2: Foltynewicz, Clarke, Cechini, Deshields, and Shipman. That means he would have been left with Shipman in the 2nd round (and stolen him from the Cardinals who picked right after us). Finally, in the 3rd round he was looking at: Eric Jaffe, Gumbs, Olt, and Bryant. Since the other 3 guys were already gone when #105 rolled around, he would have picked Jaffe.
In summary, if the original Giants’ director had showed up, the Giants’ board would have looked completely different:
1) Mike Foltynewicz, RHP, Minooka Community HS, Illinois
2) Aaron Shipman, OF, Brooks County HS, Georgia
3) Eric Jaffe, RHP, Bishop O’ Dowd HS, California
All things considered, I think I like what wilriv21 and I did better, although it would have been Anthony Ranaudo or James Paxton at #24, instead of Brentz, if we had been given the chance to pick then.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
I like the "what if"
MUCH better than what they actually did here. Not to say I dislike it, just differing philosophies.
All in all, not too excited about any of the drafts on this list.
eh
Brentz is a solid choice for 24. I think I would have gone with a mixture of the two . . .keep Brentz and Buckel, but switch out Wolters for Shipman (thought he was a major underdraft here, I think there are multiple teams targeting him for Monday).
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