2011 Community Mock Baseball Draft, Round Three
Third-Round
91 Pirates Navery Moore, RHP, Vanderbilt
92 Mariners Kes Carter, OF, Western Kentucky
93 Diamondbacks J.R. Graham, RHP, Santa Clara
94 Orioles Dillon Peters, LHP, Indiana HS
95 Royals Domonic Jose, OF, Florida HS
96 Nationals Jeff Soptic, RHP, Johnson County CC
97 Indians Jack Armstrong, RHP, Vanderbilt
98 Cubs Dante Bichette, Jr, 3B, Florida HS
99 Astros Brett Austin, C, North Carolina HS
100 Brewers Joe Musgrove, RHP, California HS
101 Mets Cesar Ogando, LHP, Carribean College, Puerto Rico
102 Marlins Ben Roberts, OF, Montana HS
103 Dodgers Erik Johnson, RHP, University of California
104 Angels: Brett Mooneyham, LHP, Stanford
105 Athletics Cody Asche, 3B, Nebraska
106 Tigers Tyler Marlette, C, Florida HS
107 Rockies Kyle Gaedele, OF, Valparaiso
108 Blue Jays Patrick Connaughton, RHP
109 Cardinals Tyler Greene, 3B, Florida HS
110 White Sox Chris Marlowe, RHP, Oklahoma State
111 Red Sox Nick Ahmed, SS, Connecticut
112 Padres Jason Coates, OF, TCU
113 Rangers Jake Cave, LHP, Virginia HS
114 Reds Tyler Gibson, SS, Georgia HS
115 Braves Noe Ramirez, RHP, Cal State Fullerton
116 Giants Cory Mazzoni, RHP, NC State
117 Twins James McCann, C, Arkansas
118 Yankees Rookie Davis, RHP, North Carolina HS
119 Rays Josh Tobias, INF, North Carolina HS
120 Phillies Jeff Ames, RHP, Lower Columbia JC
Supplemental Third Round
121. Mariners (for failure to sign 2010 third-rounder Ryne Stanek) Blake Snell, LHP, Washington HS
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7 guys I really want my board
Picking in 9… this should turn out okay
by 4dizzle on Jun 4, 2025 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
We have a dominate amount of picks this round!
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
Screw you Ryne Stanek.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Good work I think you put together a very realistic draft for the Royals
Checkout Royals minor league notes at www.14for77.blogspot.com
by kcscoliny on Jun 4, 2025 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Haven't seen GoldenSpikes back yet
(Pirates guy)
Vroom vroom party starter
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by Imperialism32 on Jun 4, 2025 3:51 PM EDT reply actions
Come on GS! I've waited too long!
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
If Sickels picks for him and takes my guy... lol.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Imperialism, you've been following
why not volunteer to take over for the Pirates?
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
This is their last pick anyway
Plus I’d probably take a guy already picked
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by Imperialism32 on Jun 4, 2025 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
pirates
UGH.
Pirates pick Navery Moore, RHP, Vanderbilt
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
Lets go boys!
Ive got 3 targets for #104
Lance Berkman= Awesome, CJ Wilson= Jack@$$
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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 4, 2025 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
Let's get this rollin!
40 minutes left on the laptop and the waitress at denneys is pissed
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Is that because you're drinking water?
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
order a shake...
JD’s like, "you want some f*ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes;!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
by laxtonto on Jun 4, 2025 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
At least get a couple things off the 2-4-6-8 menu.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I gave her a ten dollar tip on a coffee
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
ballsy
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope I didn't miss something??
Mariners select Kes Carter, OF.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Excellent value pick
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by Jeff Reese on Jun 4, 2025 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasn't expecting him here, was totally ready to take a pitcher I really like.
But couldn’t pass on Carter when he fell. I hope the Mariners like bats!
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Diamondbacks select
J.R. Graham, RHP, Santa Clara
couldn’t let him slip farther
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by Dominatio on Jun 4, 2025 3:54 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
thought he would be gone by this pick, so not what i had in mind, but ill take it
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by Dominatio on Jun 4, 2025 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Orioles select
Dillon Peters, LHP
Felix Pie is a ninja robot sent from the future to make everything adorable.
by Stacey on Jun 4, 2025 3:54 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
who is beter
Pete O Brien or James Mccann?
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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 4, 2025 3:55 PM EDT reply actions
mccann
"Hello. My name is Matthew Berry. I am on a Fantasy Jihad. Prepare to die!"
by Dominatio on Jun 4, 2025 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry McCann
Looked at list and missed him
by cookiedabookie on Jun 4, 2025 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
McCann
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I almost took him at 86 ahead of Riley Moore.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I like
McCann more
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm struggling with that...
I wanted to pick both right here…
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
or Josh Tobias?
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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 4, 2025 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
gross
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
really?
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by Dominatio on Jun 4, 2025 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Royals select
Dominic Jose, OF, Boca Raton HS
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 3:56 PM EDT reply actions
Son of former MLB KC OF Felix Jose
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Stanford commit but he's a HUGE royals fan
I know they’ve been watching him and they’ve got a connection. The kid will sign for slot. Switch hitter, 6’3", fast, projectable power.
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
he's got
good blood
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Bloodlines!
Don’t see a lot written about him, but would be a steal here if they can sign him.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.pinetarpress.com/?p=7783
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
not my article
but Schaum seems to think they’ll take him. Of course we are thing on catching. And the O’Brien kid is there… if he can stick they’ll take him. And they’ll take McCann out of their backyard in Arkansas if he is there in round 4.
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I've seen that
To clarify, I meant that I have read several good writeups on him, just that the info isn’t widely available.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
excellent!
and he’s a huge royals fan!
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by doublestix on Jun 4, 2025 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Strasburg's good arm
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
nats
Commissioner picks Jeff Soptic, RHP, Johnson County CC for the Nationals
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 3:59 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
booooo
I was holding out on him for the 5th round.
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Co-sign
Sorry, got a phone call and my pick had passed by the time I returned, but I’m fine with this selection.
by Kapellmeisters on Jun 4, 2025 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
John
Kes Carter is from Western Kentucky not Western Michigan
by Havok1517 on Jun 4, 2025 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
Cleveland Indians Select
Jack Armstrong
RHP
Vanderbilt
by Zeke K on Jun 4, 2025 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
Nice
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by Jeff Reese on Jun 4, 2025 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice pick!
Was strongly considering him for my next pick.
by 4dizzle on Jun 4, 2025 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Bam ! Great pick, Armstrong and Stafford were neck and neck on my board
by Brando159 on Jun 4, 2025 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
nice pick - great arm
if his secondary pitches come along, watch out!
by cookiedabookie on Jun 4, 2025 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
you could have taken him instead of Burdi, you know
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope, he wasn't that high
But at 118, I would have.
by cookiedabookie on Jun 4, 2025 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Been waiting in the weeds for that pick. If he can throw strikes and stay healthy he’s a huge steal.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
big drop
but great value here. Hopefully he lives up to the hype, unlike his daddy.
by Havok1517 on Jun 4, 2025 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Cubs
With the 98th pick in the 2011 Minor League Ball Community Mock Draft, the Chicago Cubs select Dante Bichette Jr., 3B, Orangewood Christian HS (Florida).
by Matthew Gaul on Jun 4, 2025 4:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Thank you for not forcing me to make that pick
by backtocali on Jun 4, 2025 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Can he play at low altitude?
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
3:99 Houston Astros select Brett Austin, C, North Carolina HS
A switch-hitting catcher with good athleticism and a well-rounded game. Makes for a very nice prospect in the third round, in my opinion.
by 4dizzle on Jun 4, 2025 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Fudge
there is no way the Astros will sign him out of UNC
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 4, 2025 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Leave me to my bitterness
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 4, 2025 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
damn
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
3.100 Milwaukee Brewers
Joe Musgrove, RHP, Grossmant HS, El Cajon, CA
by backtocali on Jun 4, 2025 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
DAMNIT
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by Jeff Reese on Jun 4, 2025 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Lets go
3 picks and Im up, I gotta go soon
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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 4, 2025 4:04 PM EDT reply actions
I would love it if Bud made comments like this during the real draft.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
3.101 New York Mets select Cesar Ogando, LHP, Caribbean College (PR)
The 18 year old saw his velocity jump this spring into the low 90s.
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by Russ on Jun 4, 2025 4:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
You’ve been putting extra time into this!
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
First person I did not have on my list - have to look into him now.
by cookiedabookie on Jun 4, 2025 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
From Perfect Game
http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=5614
PROSPECT ON THE RISE: Cesar Ogando, lhp, Caribbean College. One scout compared the 6-foot-3 Ogando to a "shorter C.C. Sabathia," for his body type. His fastball jumped from the upper-80s early in the spring to 91-94 mph in early May.
by mtk52983 on Jun 4, 2025 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Florida Marlins
Round 3:12 (#102 overall): The Florida Marlins select OF Ben Roberts, Sentinel HS, Missoula, MT
Strongly considered Quinn, but love the overall package Roberts offers
by birdtown on Jun 4, 2025 4:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Nice pick
I’m surprised that’s the first time I’ve seen Quinn’s name mentioned.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
At some point those catchers mentioned above need to get off the board.
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 4:07 PM EDT reply actions
i have about 6 targets at #115... 13 away
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
clubs will take those guys because they can play
a premium position. Don’t you guys think? They’ll be more valuable in RL than our draft.
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by 306008 on Jun 4, 2025 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
Also SS
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
He's available
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
looks like he's gone
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
anyone got some solid info on
HS RHP Kevin Moriarty for WA?
JD’s like, "you want some f*ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes;!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
by laxtonto on Jun 4, 2025 4:09 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, he's a right handed pitcher out of high school in Washington.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
/Mike E.
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"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011, in response to me saying I would rather face the Thunder than the Grizzlies in the WCF.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Jun 4, 2025 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
JD’s like, "you want some f*ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes;!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
by laxtonto on Jun 4, 2025 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks man
is 99 on Laws list with no bio and little to nothing on the normal sites I use for info
JD’s like, "you want some f*ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes;!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
by laxtonto on Jun 4, 2025 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
cold weather guys fascinate me
JD’s like, "you want some f*ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes;!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
by laxtonto on Jun 4, 2025 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Right up there with undersized guys.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
To be honest I could see the Angels taking a run at Brett Mooneyham, paying him quite a bit and try to buy low on him while he’s injured.
by Brando159 on Jun 4, 2025 4:11 PM EDT reply actions
dodgers
Dodgers pick Erik Johnson, RHP, University of California.
I’ll give Mathis another minute or two. I can’t believe he left, we made his deadline by 3 minutes
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
he did say
he had to go soon
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
and I told him to email me the next 5 guys on his list so I could make sure he got who he wanted. But he didn’t email.
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
The last pick was 8 minutes ago. Lets move.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
1:08 "Mathis, make your pick" - John Sickels.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
angels
Ok looks like I have to make this pick.
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 4:15 PM EDT reply actions
Pick someone stupid to spite Mathis.
Someone that doesn’t even play baseball.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011, in response to me saying I would rather face the Thunder than the Grizzlies in the WCF.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Jun 4, 2025 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Ryan Leaf
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Leaf is actually recovering from
surgery to remove a brain tumor.
by Havok1517 on Jun 4, 2025 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Now he'll have something to blame for all of his stupid decisions.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011, in response to me saying I would rather face the Thunder than the Grizzlies in the WCF.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Jun 4, 2025 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
So another reason to draft him
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
But - - athleticism.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011, in response to me saying I would rather face the Thunder than the Grizzlies in the WCF.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Jun 4, 2025 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
L’Oreal or Maybelline?
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I still vote Mooneyham, high risk high reward.
by Brando159 on Jun 4, 2025 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Or
someone who is deceased like Ottawa did in the CFL
by bankertuck on Jun 4, 2025 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
"This guy is dead!"
“Well cross him off the list, then!”
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeff Mathis's 1st son
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 4, 2025 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
angels
Angels draft Carl Thomore, OF, New Jersey HS
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Back to the scene of the crime
Hoping for a repeat of the Trout pick?
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
John
Cesar Ogando (Mets pick at 3.101) plays for Caribbean College which is a JC in Puerto Rico
by mtk52983 on Jun 4, 2025 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
Athletics
Athletics draft Corey Asche, 3B, Nebraska
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
Sounds like a perfect name for the A’s, don’t know about the player.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
he has a lot of power
not sure about the contact skills. i seen a lot of swing and miss from him here in college.
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by doublestix on Jun 4, 2025 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
yep about time, great pick for A's....they like guys from that region too
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Tigers draft Tyler Marlette-C- Florida HS
by buccoben on Jun 4, 2025 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Great pick, was waiting for him to go, thought the Jays would take him this round, they are reported to be interested along with the Yanks
by Brando159 on Jun 4, 2025 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
good pick
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Misdirection with the Greene question. ISWYD!
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
3.107 Rockies draft
Kyle Gaedele, OF, Valparasio
by mkorpal on Jun 4, 2025 4:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I think people seriously underestimate Gaedele
by Brando159 on Jun 4, 2025 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Bloodlines
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2025 10:31 PM EDT
by Doug09 on Jun 4, 2025 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
He's got them
Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.
by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2025 10:31 PM EDT
by Doug09 on Jun 4, 2025 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
In reverse
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by Russ on Jun 4, 2025 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
3.108 Blue Jays select
Patrick Connaughton, RHP
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by Jeff Reese on Jun 4, 2025 4:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The St. Louis Cardinals select
Tyler Greene, 3b, Florida H.S. with the 109th pick
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 4:22 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
thanks
I sat on this pick the entire draft. Almost took him above Gagnon.
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by Dttl89 on Jun 4, 2025 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Very nice.
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by Whiteyballer on Jun 4, 2025 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Well Well
I guess we got our guy in the 3rd instead of the 2nd! Nice job!
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by JDizzidy on Jun 4, 2025 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
With pick #110, White Sox take. . .
Chris Marlowe - RP, Okla St.
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by casejud on Jun 4, 2025 4:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Now we’re rolling!
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
Spoke too soon. Wahhh!
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Red Sox select Nick Ahmed, SS UCONN
by christophersgeissler on Jun 4, 2025 4:24 PM EDT reply actions
Sweet
They’ve got quite a logjam at SS.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
3:112 San Diego selects
Jason Coats, OF Texas Christian
by crawdaddy on Jun 4, 2025 4:25 PM EDT reply actions
3.113 Texas Rangers Select
LHP Jake Cave, Virginia HS
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 4, 2025 4:25 PM EDT reply actions
Attaboy FB!
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by Aquaman, Esq. on Jun 4, 2025 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Oooooooooo
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
they have
never been shy about handing out money in the mid-late rounds
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 4, 2025 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice!
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I was wrong,,,
he did fall to you man… good job
JD’s like, "you want some f*ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes;!"- RCCook
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by laxtonto on Jun 4, 2025 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Cincinnati Reds select
Tyler Gibson, SS/3B, Stratford HS, Macon, Georgia
by Havok1517 on Jun 4, 2025 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
seen as...
a contingency plan in case Todd Fraizer can’t play 3B or Billy Hamilton can’t play SS. Lefty bat will play well in Cincy and I do anticipate Gibson to eventually grow into an impressive 3B in a few years.
by Havok1517 on Jun 4, 2025 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Reds are thin at the IF positions in their minor leagues
so a pick like this somewhere in the draft makes sense
by pack_fan on Jun 4, 2025 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
3.115 Atlanta Braves select
Noe Ramirez , RHP, Cal State Fullerton
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
thought about McCann, Quinn, and Tilson
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Great pick
I like Noe a lot, especially this late.
by 4dizzle on Jun 4, 2025 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
daaammmmnnn ittttt....
I was lookin at him at the top of the round, hoping he might fall to the end.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
that's a really good pick in the 3rd
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by doublestix on Jun 4, 2025 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah , in reality he'll probably be gone by late 2nd or early 3rd
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Tobias seems like a better pick, IMHO.
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Jun 5, 2025 4:06 AM EDT up reply actions
3.116 Giants take...
Cory Mazzoni, RHP, No. Carolina State Univ.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I wanted a high-upside HS kid, but couldn’t see the Giants going that way.
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Was also looking at...
Kyle Smith, RHP, Santaluces HS, Lake Worth, FL
Tanner English, CF, St. James HS, Murrels Inlet, So. Carolina
David Goforth, RHP, Ole Miss
Sam Stafford, LHP, Univ. of Texas
Tyler Wilson, RHP, Univ. of Virgina
Deshorn Lake, RHP, Menchville HS, Menchville, VA
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Really really likse Sam Stafford !!
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Twins
twins pick James McCann, C, Arkansas
Because Joe Mauer can’t catch forever
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Interesting can't say i don't like this pick
Twins system is thin at catcher too
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
He should advance quicklky in their system. I think he fits in perferctly with their system personality too. Great pick!
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
With selection 118, the New York Yankees Select
Rookie Davis, RHP, NC High School
by cookiedabookie on Jun 4, 2025 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
He’ll never be more than a rookie in the majors!
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by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
3.119 Tampa Bay Rays select
2B Josh Tobias, Southeast Guilford HS (NC)
…and now I think no one can say that this system is pitcher-heavy. Really wanted a few more arms but I went with the BRPA (Best Reasonable Player Available), just like I think the Rays will do.
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
rounds 4 and beyond
LHP Cody Kukuk, Free State HS (KS)
LHP Blake Snell, Shorewood HS (WA) — definite Rays pick
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
consider it a free gift to my friends in Seattle
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
think 306 was gonna take Kukuk for royals in the 4th.
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by doublestix on Jun 4, 2025 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Canada is really weak this year
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by Jeff Reese on Jun 4, 2025 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely like Robson, but he's not a top 3 rounds kind of guy
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by Jeff Reese on Jun 4, 2025 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Phillies Select RHP Jeff Ames Lower Columbia JC (WA)
Ames is the pick
by Squire on Jun 4, 2025 4:32 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The Mariners select LHP Blake Snell, HS, Washington - if I can work out a deal with the Rays that allows me to take him :)
I love to screw over UW.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
highest upside arm left IMO
you can thank sstamour for that pick
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Would help our pitching depth, and be an easier sign when he knows he's staying in the NW.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Trust me, I know, haha.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for putting this together John
And to everyone else, had a great time. Now I need to rejoin society and enjoy the nice day.
by Zeke K on Jun 4, 2025 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for doing this John!
It was a gas!!!!
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:34 PM EDT reply actions
3.5 hours
Longer than last year, but the Supplemental Rounds were so big this year that I think we had a better time per pick ratio this year.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
by Fla-Giant on Jun 4, 2025 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Tear tear
No more community mock draft for a year!
In all serious, this was a blast. Thanks so much for organizing it John, and to everyone for participating. Hope I did okay for Astros fans!
by 4dizzle on Jun 4, 2025 4:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
+1 well said
Glen Perkins is throwing 97 MPH in 2011 !!! ~Currently on the DL~
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 4, 2025 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks John
this was a blast as always!
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 4:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
discussion
I will post a seperate discussion thread so everyone can decompress, lol
by John Sickels on Jun 4, 2025 4:35 PM EDT reply actions
Thanks, John
Just as much fun as I remembered :-D
by birdtown on Jun 4, 2025 4:35 PM EDT reply actions
Thanks John
This was a lot of fun!
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by Russ on Jun 4, 2025 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
I've always wanted to do this...
and it was everything I hoped it would be. lol
by Havok1517 on Jun 4, 2025 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
a lot of fun
bit surprised nobody took Burch Smith/RHP/Oklahoma
by mtk52983 on Jun 4, 2025 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
He was 2nd to Blake Snell for me.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll take the rest of my opinion to the discussion thread.
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by Kenneth Arthur on Jun 4, 2025 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
in a "real" draft
I think you’d see a lot more of these high-floor, relatively low-ceiling college guys go in the 3rd: Smith, Pope, McGough, Colton Murray, etc….
by AndrewTorrez on Jun 4, 2025 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
yup thanks John it was fun.
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