2011 MLB Draft Day Three Discussion: Are You Happy So Far?

I’ve been very happy with the Mets draft so far, although this could be a function of how poor the previous two drafts were under Minaya and co.

So the highest opinion we can have of this draft class is that we’re excited they slept with people who are talented and famous?

Rendon, Meyer, Goodwin & Purke certainly all seem capable of making the majors.

But after round 5, when you can pick up some hidden gems, maybe go overslot to get talented HSers to sign, the Nats picked 6 college seniors in a row. Probably only to save money. Last year Ausitn Garrett (Senior, 9th) got $90k less than Matt Grace (Jr. 8th) and $80k less than Blake Kelso (Jr. 10th). So they save $400k and sign a bunch of fillers. It could’ve been a great draft.

drafted acouple of mid 20’s, Delgado and Perez. does anyone have any info on them?

While it would have been hard to screw up having 2 picks in the top 7 of such a talented class, D-backs fans have gotta be happy with the haul.

Sure there are questions such as whether Bauer’s routine will work in pro ball, will Bradley sign, Chafin’s TJ recovery, but the fact that the front office was willing to take some risks (not just money-wise) signalled a change in drafting strategy.

And one can always dream of a rotation of Kennedy, Hudson, Parker, Skaggs and Bauer in the near future :)

Bit of an odd draft given that they didn’t have a pick until #76. But, to select nearly all collegiate position players felt awfully unbalanced and leaves them with not a lot of upside plays. That being said, the guys they picked do seem to be mostly solid, safe options…Westlake in the 3rd=great value, Loy in the 5th will likely make it as a glove-only SS if nothing else, and Curt Casali in the 10th…not bad. I’d like to learn more about Jason King if anyone knows details.

Seems like there were a lot of upside plays around (particularly high school pitchers) that were available to a team willing to pony up cash, which the Tigers typically are. Perhaps their budget was impacted by the debt service news that came out a few days ago. Overall, an underwhelming draft so far, but at least Victor Martinez looks good?

Very, very happy. Lots of upside. Got the guy I wanted to take at #21 at #74. Aggressive as can be. A chance for an “epic” draft if they can sign the majority of their early picks.

Does anyone know where one could find a concise list of all players drafted so far - preferably in a spreadsheet format (Excel, Open Office, no matter)? Thanks in advance!

If they’re able to sign both Cole & Bell, then I believe the Pirates have done a great job. They continue the trend to load up on arms. Love the Dickerson pick. Pirates system rank was #19 by BA and I fully expect that number to go up into the top 10 soon. There is hope for 2013 and beyond (again, if both Cole and Bell sign)

I’m disappointed with the college-heavy, low-upside approach near the top. I know the Braves did well with Minor, but can we really expect similar from Gilmartin?

Some of the guys starting around the 8th round look intriguing, but as with anybody in those rounds the upside tends to be more limited.

1 Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA
2 Josh Bell, RF, Jesuit College Prep TX
3 Alex Dickerson, 1B, Indiana
4 Colten Brewer, RHP, Canton High School TX
5 Tyler Glasnow, RHP, Hart High School CA
6 Daniel Gamache, 3B, Auburn
7 Jake Burnette, RHP, Buford High School GA
8 Jason Creasy, RHP, Clayton High School NC
9 Clay Holmes, RHP, Slocomb High School AL
10 Taylor Lewis, CF, U. Maine Orono
11 Jo-El Bennett-Lowe, CF, Houston Academy AL
12 Candon Myles, CF, South Grand Prarie High School TX
13 Brandon Platts, RHP, Mason City High School IA
14 Jordan Dunatov, OF, Horizon High School AZ
15 Kody Watts, RHP, Skyview High School WA
16 Eric Skoglund, LHP, Sarasota High School FL
17 Aaron Brown, RF, Chatsworth High School CA
18 Josh Poytress, LHP, Fresno State
19 Mike Nunez, RHP, Salmen High School LA
20 Trea Turner, SS, Park Vista Community High School FL
21 Alex Fuselier, CF, U. Louisiana Lafayette
22 Michael Jefferson, LHP, Louisiana Tech
23 Jordan Cooper, RHP, Kentucky
24 Brian Sharp, SS, California Baptist U
25 Josh Martin, RHP, Samford U
26 Nicholas Flair, SS, Belle Chasse High School LA
27 Ryan Hornback, C, San Jacinto College North
28 Jeffrey Zajac, LHP, Walker Valley High School TN
29 Kirk Singer, SS, Cal State-Long Beach
30 Matthew Benedict, RHP, Western Carolina
31 Derek Trent, C, East Tennessee State
32 David Jagoditsh, RHP, Pima Community College
33 Christopher Lashmet, 3B, Northwestern
34 Juan Rosado, 1B, Louisiana State-Eunice
35 Reid Mathews, 2B, Dobyns Bennett High School TN
36 Isaac Ballou, CF, Marshall U
37 Rodarrick Jones, LF, Southern U
38 Douglas Crumlich, SS, UC-Irvine
39 Rand Raunaas, LF, Georgetown U
40 Raphael Rhymes, 2B, LSU

10 picks to go. 9 of 10 today on position players. 15 of the first 20 on high-schoolers. Expect to go for several arms with their remaining picks.

Oddity. Been listening to the live draft and in the 49th round, San Diego annouces their “final pick”, even though they had a pick in the 50th round. Well, they did skip their final pick. Only one of the entire draft. Maybe they thought it was the 50th round.

  1 Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA
2 Josh Bell, RF, Jesuit College Prep TX
3 Alex Dickerson, 1B, Indiana
4 Colten Brewer, RHP, Canton High School TX
5 Tyler Glasnow, RHP, Hart High School CA
6 Daniel Gamache, 3B, Auburn
7 Jake Burnette, RHP, Buford High School GA
8 Jason Creasy, RHP, Clayton High School NC
9 Clay Holmes, RHP, Slocomb High School AL
10 Taylor Lewis, CF, U. Maine Orono
11 Jo-El Bennett-Lowe, CF, Houston Academy AL
12 Candon Myles, CF, South Grand Prarie High School TX
13 Brandon Platts, RHP, Mason City High School IA
14 Jordan Dunatov, OF, Horizon High School AZ
15 Kody Watts, RHP, Skyview High School WA
16 Eric Skoglund, LHP, Sarasota High School FL
17 Aaron Brown, RF, Chatsworth High School CA
18 Josh Poytress, LHP, Fresno State
19 Mike Nunez, RHP, Salmen High School LA
20 Trea Turner, SS, Park Vista Community High School FL
21 Alex Fuselier, CF, U. Louisiana Lafayette
22 Michael Jefferson, LHP, Louisiana Tech
23 Jordan Cooper, RHP, Kentucky
24 Brian Sharp, SS, California Baptist U
25 Josh Martin, RHP, Samford U
26 Nicholas Flair, SS, Belle Chasse High School LA
27 Ryan Hornback, C, San Jacinto College North
28 Jeffrey Zajac, LHP, Walker Valley High School TN
29 Kirk Singer, SS, Cal State-Long Beach
30 Matthew Benedict, RHP, Western Carolina
31 Derek Trent, C, East Tennessee State
32 David Jagoditsh, RHP, Pima Community College
33 Christopher Lashmet, 3B, Northwestern
34 Juan Rosado, 1B, Louisiana State-Eunice
35 Reid Mathews, 2B, Dobyns Bennett High School TN
36 Isaac Ballou, CF, Marshall U
37 Rodarrick Jones, LF, Southern U
38 Douglas Crumlich, SS, UC-Irvine
39 Rand Raunaas, LF, Georgetown U
40 Raphael Rhymes, 2B, LSU
41 Jonathan Schwind, C, Marist
42 Nicholas Hibbing, RHP, Lakes Community High School IL
43 William Argo, CF, Illinois
44 Robert LeCount, 3B, Edmonds Community College
45 Robert Ingram, LHP, Yovapai College
46 Jeff Schalk, RF, Wheaton North High School IL
47 Jordan Deluca, CF, Tussey Mountain High School PA
48 Zachary Thompson, RHP, Grace Prep Academy TX
49 Austin White, 3B, Arkansas High School AR
50 Zachariah Lemond, RHP, Waltrip High School, TX

I’m extremely happy with the first day, the 2nd day they made some picks I disliked (Jordan Weems,Miguel Pena) but overall its hard to complain

Picks I like/I think are good value:
Greg Bird
Jake Cave
Justin James
William “Rookie” Davis
Daniel Camarena
Zach Wilson
Adam Smith

Alright picks, but too early:
Dante Bichette Jr.
Sam Stafford
Jordan Cote
Matt Duran

The Rest:
Too little upside or too many projected middle relievers for my taste.

Biggest complaint of the Yankees draft is the same as always - for a team with their money, they take very few signability guys, but play it safe with lots of college players, especially pitchers with too many questions about their ability to be starters.

plus Dunston Jr. and Maples I’ll be very happy. Tony Zych was also a coup/steal in the 4th. Then there’s really interesting names like Rock Shoulders, Ricky Jacquez, Trevor Gretzky, Tayler Scott, and a whole bunch of prep arms today a couple of them that are tall.

Plus we might be the team in the lead for the Cuban lefty. Sure, its the wrong Cuban lefty probably, but the way Cuban pitchers have turned out in the majors I hope they land him.

Their draft sucked. So…….yeah, I’m disappointed.

I’ve been more excited about bowel movements. In fact I will think of this draft often when I have them.

Very disappointed in their low upside draft. I hate the fact that we passed over Sonny Gray twice in favor of two inferior pitchers. We also have very few high celing draft picks as this organization continues to go the safe route but this is no way to develop stars.

I also dont like that we havent drafted nearly enough potential power bats since clueless Seid took over as scouting director.

The Brewers didnt pick him because they have a fixation on bigger pitchers. They did draft Tyler Thornburg last year and he has been great but in general the Brewers have stated they like bigger pitchers. I think Gray has a chance to be another Ben Sheets and he has far better stuff than either Jungmann or Bradley.