SUPPLEMENTAL ROUND

by John Sickels on Jun 3, 2007 4:02 PM EDT in News

BEGIN SUPPLEMENTAL ROUND.We need to speed this up, so go ahead and pick as soon as you see the person ahead of you pick. If the delay gets too long I'll make the pick myself. PLEASE USE THE FIRST ROUND THREAD FOR COMMENTS ABOUT THE FIRST ROUND

31) Nationals: Nick Schmidt, LHP, Arkansas
32) Giants: Wendell Fairley, OF, Mississippi HS
33) Braves: Will Middlebrooks, INF, Texas HS
34) Reds: Nick Hagadone, LHP, Washington
35) Rangers: J.P. Arencibia, C, Tenn
36) Cardinals: Pete Kozma, SS, Oklahoma HS
37) Phillies: John Lucroy, C, Louisiana-Lafayette
38) Blue Jays: Brett Cecil, LHP, Maryland
39) Dodgers: Brad Suttle, 3B, Texas
40) Padres: Michael Burgess, OF, Florida HS
41) Athletics: Kyle Russell, OF, Texas
42) Mets: Aaron Poreda, LHP, USanFrancisco
43) Giants: James Simmons, RHP, UC Riverside
44) Rangers: Jake Arrieta, RHP, TCU
45) Blue Jays: Ryan Dent, SS, California HS
46) Padres: Drew Cumberland, SS, Florida HS
47) Mets: Travis d'Arnaud, C, California HS
48) Cubs: Yasmani Grandal, C, Florida HS
49) Nationals: Neil Ramirez, RHP, Virginia HS
50) Diamondbacks: Greg Peavey, RHP, Wash HS
51) Giants: Kyle Blair, RHP, California HS
52) Mariners: Chris Withrow, RHP, Texas HS
53) Reds: Jack McGeary, LHP, Mass HS
54) Rangers: Grant Desme, OF, Cal Poly
55) Red Sox: Kentrail Davis, OF, Alabama HS
56) Blue Jays: Chris Carpenter, RHP, Kent State
57) Padres: Joe Savery, LHP, Rice
58) Angels: Dan Duffy, LHP, California HS
59) Athletics: Sean Doolittle, 1B, Virginia
60) Tigers: Kyle Lotzkar, RHP, British Columbia HS
61) Diamondbacks: Cole St. Clair, LHP, Rice
62) Red Sox: Casey Crosby, LHP, Illinois HS
63) Padres: Kellen Kulbacki, OF, James Madison
64) Padres: Josh Donaldson, C, Auburn

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POLL! Who made the best pick of the 1st round?

by yanksfan6129 on Jun 3, 2007 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

i like beaven at 17 alot.

whoever wins the race to wil middlebrooks will also have had a nice first round.

ANATOMY OF ERA:
Variables Don't; Constants Aren't

by overlord on Jun 3, 2007 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Main

I really liked the Main pick, he fell a lot

by Kanst42 on Jun 3, 2007 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed

Main was the best pick of the 1st round. A steal at #23.

Blogging the Yanks and their farm system.

by River Ave Blues on Jun 3, 2007 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Idiots!

What does it say in bold letters at the top? lol.

Kinda funnt really.

casedog

by casejud on Jun 3, 2007 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Twins

I like Mangini to the Twins at 28.

by ToddyBaseball on Jun 3, 2007 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

texas

Blake Beavan

Main (Padres) and LaPorta (White Sox) were also good value.

by jeck on Jun 3, 2007 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

beavean at #17

or even though he's a mess brackmenat 30 because of his upside

by bartonboi on Jun 3, 2007 4:00 PM EDT reply actions

Nationals

1S-1 (#31 overall): The Washington Nationals select Schmidt, Nick - LHP - Arkansas

by birdtown on Jun 3, 2007 4:01 PM EDT reply actions

Sorry

Jumped the gun when I saw the team listings at the top :)

by birdtown on Jun 3, 2007 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

question

Should I (the Giants) pick?

by MPK on Jun 3, 2007 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

go ahead

go ahead and draft

by John Sickels on Jun 3, 2007 4:07 PM EDT reply actions

#32

Giants select Wendell Fairley, of
George County-Lucedale (Miss.) HS

by MPK on Jun 3, 2007 4:08 PM EDT reply actions

Bit of a reach here

care to comment on your reasons?

Mike Emeigh http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/minor_key/

by MikeE on Jun 3, 2007 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

true, but

I also expected him to fall further, but Fairley seems exactly like the kind of player who is hard to place in the draft. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he went in the supplemental round or in the tenth round later this week depending on how teams assess his makeup, signability, ability to translate tools into performance, etc. There's room for lots of variance in assessing him.

And it's known that the Giants are looking at Fairley, so this isn't unreasonable.

by FI @ Minor League Ball on Jun 3, 2007 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I just think that

he'd still have been available at 43 or even 51.

Mike Emeigh http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/minor_key/

by MikeE on Jun 3, 2007 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

agree

Agreed - I forgot about those later picks.

by FI @ Minor League Ball on Jun 3, 2007 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions

explanation

I was looking for the highest ceiling position player and it was him or Burgess. Positional scarcity was important for me and the possibility of Fairley becoming a plus offensive player in CF was too much to pass up. Its a boom/bust pick.

You're probably right I could have nabbed him 43, if not 51, but I didn't want to take the chance.

by MPK on Jun 3, 2007 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm OK With It

For some reason, the name Wendell Fairley keeps conjuring up memories of Arturo McDowell, but you covered yourself with the Brown pick at #22. That made it possible to roll the dice a bit in the supplemental. Fairley is a high risk/high reward pick. With the 6 picks and what you've done with them so far, it's an acceptable risk.

by DrBGiantsfan on Jun 3, 2007 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Braves select

Will Middlebrooks, IF, Texarkana, TX

another really close call between him and another kid from a Texas school

by nms on Jun 3, 2007 4:09 PM EDT reply actions

reds select

Nick Hagadone, lhp, Washington

Giants '08

by z4 landshark on Jun 3, 2007 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

ruined my board

I was hoping he would fall badly

by Kanst42 on Jun 3, 2007 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Rangers

Rangers select J.P Arencibia- C- Tenneseee

lets go oakland

by robb @ Minor League Ball on Jun 3, 2007 4:11 PM EDT reply actions

J.P.

Great pick.

by albo4lyfe on Jun 3, 2007 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Cardinals

Cardinals select Pete Kozma, SS, Owasso HS, Owasso, Oklahoma

by fewgoodcards on Jun 3, 2007 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

Kozma

Was highest-ranked remaining player for me. Nice pick...

by igreen01 on Jun 3, 2007 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

kozma

i wrote down my draft board for 36 at the end of the first round. i had schmidt first, and kozma second. i am pretty happy with the pick.

by fewgoodcards on Jun 3, 2007 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

phillies take C john lucroy, louisianna lafayette

ANATOMY OF ERA:
Variables Don't; Constants Aren't

by overlord on Jun 3, 2007 4:13 PM EDT reply actions

Blue Jays

Jays select:

Brett Cecil, LHP, Maryland

by Pistol on Jun 3, 2007 4:13 PM EDT reply actions

dodgers select

switch hittin draft eligble sophmore...

Brad Suttle INF University of Texas

by npurcell on Jun 3, 2007 4:14 PM EDT reply actions

Padres select

Michael Burgess, OF, FL H.S.

by igreen01 on Jun 3, 2007 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

good job

best pick of the round so far

by Kanst42 on Jun 3, 2007 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Oakland A's select

Kyle Russell OF Texas

by foolintherain on Jun 3, 2007 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

re

perfect

by bootsy on Jun 3, 2007 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions

At #47

The New York Mets take LHP Aaron Poreda from UCSF

by Kanst42 on Jun 3, 2007 4:17 PM EDT reply actions

#42

you mean?

by birdtown on Jun 3, 2007 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

yup

Thats what i meant

by Kanst42 on Jun 3, 2007 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Love this pick here

I had him a lot higher.

Mike Emeigh http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/minor_key/

by MikeE on Jun 3, 2007 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

It's USF

As a Don, I take exception to that. It's USF. UCSF has nothing to do with baseball. =)

by ToddyBaseball on Jun 3, 2007 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Mets were pick #42

not 47

by Pistol on Jun 3, 2007 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

Burgess

Great pick, from what I've heard he's not far behind Jackson who was picked in the first round.

by natsprospects26 on Jun 3, 2007 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

burgess has lighttower power, and a cannon of an

arm, but i think he'll struggle badly to hit for average.

ANATOMY OF ERA:
Variables Don't; Constants Aren't

by overlord on Jun 3, 2007 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

jackson/burgess

Two very different players. Burgess needs to iron out his swing and start making more contact. If he can do that, he'll hit for big time power.

Jackson has a nice line drive swing and hasn't struggled like Burgess has in his senior year. Not as high an upside offensively, but less risk. Being a good defender at a premium position definitely tilts the scale firmly in Jackson's favor.

by jeck on Jun 3, 2007 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions

another guy

i though of at 33, similar profile to Braves 06 1st rounder Cody Johnson

by nms on Jun 3, 2007 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Rangers

Rangers select James Simmons RHP - UC Riverside

lets go oakland

by robb @ Minor League Ball on Jun 3, 2007 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

oops

party foul!

by ConorGlassey on Jun 3, 2007 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions

jumped the gun a bit

your 44

by Kanst42 on Jun 3, 2007 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

#43

Giants select James Simmons, rhp
UC Riverside

by MPK on Jun 3, 2007 4:19 PM EDT reply actions

Another Good Pick

After taking Bumgarner and Griffith in the first round, you needed a polished college pitcher and Simmons is the quintessential polished college pitcher. I might have preferred Nick Schmidt, but he was gone at #31 and I'm happier with Griffith at #29.

by DrBGiantsfan on Jun 3, 2007 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

oops

2 early for me

lets go oakland

by robb @ Minor League Ball on Jun 3, 2007 4:19 PM EDT reply actions

Rangers

Rangers select Jake Arrieta- RHP-TCU

lets go oakland

by robb @ Minor League Ball on Jun 3, 2007 4:20 PM EDT reply actions

Jays @ 45

Blue Jays select:

Ryan Dent, SS, Wilson HS (CA)

by Pistol on Jun 3, 2007 4:21 PM EDT reply actions

Padres'

Florida excursion continues with:

Drew Cumberland, SS, H.S.

by igreen01 on Jun 3, 2007 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

difficult

That made my decision so much more difficult I had already written his name

by Kanst42 on Jun 3, 2007 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

at #47

I will take C Travis d'Arnaud

by Kanst42 on Jun 3, 2007 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

great pick

i'm a huge D'arnaud fan. Glad I took Wieters in the 1st rather than hope D'arnaud fell to me in the 2nd.

Founder of the Rowdy Hardy Fan Club

by eazyb81 on Jun 3, 2007 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Cubs select

Yasmani Grandal, C, Miami Springs HS (Fla)

by UncleBuck44 on Jun 3, 2007 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

#48 Cubs

(Taking over for the Cubs...)
#48 Cubs select Yasmani Grandal

by RunSup on Jun 3, 2007 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

Well..

I said take over after pick 48, but at least we are on the same page.

by UncleBuck44 on Jun 3, 2007 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Never Mind

Cubs pick already covered...

by RunSup on Jun 3, 2007 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

#49 - Nationals

1S-19 (#49 overall): The Washington Nationals select Ramirez, Neil - RHP - Kempsville HS (VA)

by birdtown on Jun 3, 2007 4:26 PM EDT reply actions

Hmmm

I like Ramirez, but it seems a bit early given his shaky senior year.

Founder of the Rowdy Hardy Fan Club

by eazyb81 on Jun 3, 2007 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

ramirez

baseball america had him ranked 36th in their last draft tracker. i think it's a very solid pick.

by fewgoodcards on Jun 3, 2007 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Ramirez

Ramirez was one of three prep pitchers at the top of my board that I had ranked about equally. I think he has the most developed repertoire of the three and the fact that he's a (semi) local product tipped the scales for me.

by birdtown on Jun 3, 2007 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Sounds Good

He was nails on the showcase circuit last year, it just seemed like he fell off a bit this year. He definitely has a fair amount of upside.

Founder of the Rowdy Hardy Fan Club

by eazyb81 on Jun 3, 2007 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions

the Rice pitchers

are slipping here. As is Chris Carpenter. I guess everyone's shying away from players with injury question marks.

by jeck on Jun 3, 2007 4:26 PM EDT reply actions

arizona?

arizona???

by John Sickels on Jun 3, 2007 4:28 PM EDT reply actions

I can

take over.

by jeck on Jun 3, 2007 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

i feel base for casejud

he was really into this mock draft and he misses his pick.

by npurcell on Jun 3, 2007 4:31 PM EDT reply actions

sorry

no canham please

greg peavey

casedog

by casejud on Jun 3, 2007 4:31 PM EDT reply actions

sorry. i was here

I just got lost for a sec

casedog

by casejud on Jun 3, 2007 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

#51

Giants select Kyle Blair, rhp
Los Gatos (Calif.) HS.

by MPK on Jun 3, 2007 4:31 PM EDT reply actions

Cool!

Would have liked another hitter here, but the only one picked subsequently so far that appeals to me is Mattair. I might have gone with him here, but Blair is a solid pick. Can't find anyone picked after this except Mattair who I would have preferred.

I guess we're out until round 5 now? Nice job. I hope Sabean does this well in the real draft.

by DrBGiantsfan on Jun 3, 2007 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions