2007 MLB Draft - New kids in the Adopt-A-Prospect Orphanage

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

="A Boy Named Seo"]Cleveland's guy hit 38 HR in NAIA this year. That's no small shakes.

Even better he was academically ineligible at Fresno State so you know he's probably a real jock.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Hey here's a switch -- Braves take a Georgia high schooler.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Hey here's a switch -- Braves take a Georgia high schooler.

And his MLB.com thing calls him "intriguing" and "all-or-nothing". They add "If all the cards fall right, he could be a future cleanup hitter." Sounds like Rob Deer.

[A Boy Named Seo]

BA's #2 dude Rick Porcello still available.

He's a 6'5" high school righty and throws a slider, curve, and fastball between 94-96.

Got hit kinda hard his last HS start. Wonder if that is keeping peeps at bay.

[metirish]

Are the Team execs at the draft,I really want to know if Billy Beane and his crew there,I doubt it,he probably hates that it's on the tele.

[Frayed Knot]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Hey here's a switch -- Braves take a Georgia high schooler.

Amazing how often that happens.
There's a real top notch academy that's run out of Atlanta's northern suburbs and the Braves seem to always wind up with the best talent out of that area: Francoeur, McCann, etc.
It's like the old days in NYC-area basketball. I remember seeing an old newspaper cartoon captioned: 'Louie Carnaseca's recruiting budget' and it was nothing more than a man's hand full of subway tokens.

This year's guy was expected to go earlier and it's like all the other teams parted ways just to get him to the Braves.

[Frayed Knot]

Top half of Round 1:

1 - Tampa - David Price; LHP Vanderbilt Univ
2 - KC - Mike Moustakas; IF, Calif High School
3 - Cubs - Josh Vitters; 3B, Calif HS
4 - Pirates - Dan Moskas; LHP, Clemson
5 - Orioles - Matt Wieters; C, Ga Tech
6 - Nationals - Ross Detwiler; LHP, Missouri State
7 - Brewers - Matt LaPorta; 1B, U Florida
8 - Rockies - Casey Weathers; RHP (RP), Vanderbilt
9 - D'Backs - Jarrod Parker; RHP, Indiana HS
10 - Giants - Madison Bumgarner; LHP, NoCar HS
11 - Mariners - Phillips Aumont; RHP, Canadian HS
12 - Marlins - Matt Dominguez; 3B, Calif HS
13 - Indians - Beau Mills; 3B/1B, Lewis & Clark Univ
14 - Braves - Jason Heyward; OF, GA HS
15 - Reds - Devin Mesoraco; C, Penn HS

[A Boy Named Seo]

metirish wrote: Are the Team execs at the draft,I really want to know if Billy Beane and his crew there,I doubt it,he probably hates that it's on the tele.

I haven't noticed any. Before the D-Rays picked they showed Zimmer and I think former MLB-er Dave Martinez at a table writing stuff down on a notepad like they were actually deciding anything. Guys like Zimmer, Dave Winfield, Dewey Evans, Straw, etc. are there to give it ceremony, but I think that's it.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Porcello's a Boras guy. The August 15th deadline looms very freaking large with a guy like that, with an agent like that, and demands like that.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Pretty interesting point there about the injury problems for Rice pitchers, Humber included.

[A Boy Named Seo]

What is the "PG" hat most of the HS kids are wearing in their stock photos?

[HahnSolo]

Still no Seton Hall Prep kid? Boras scaring teams away, I imagine. Wasn't there a HS pitcher from Connecticut who was supposed to go top 10? I don't see him yet.

[A Boy Named Seo]

23 picks in and that kid still waits.

Mets have taken hard-throwing right-handed college pitchers #1 what, 4 out of the last 5 drafts?

Wonder if they get a dude like Andrew Brackman, a 6'10" baseball/basketballer from NC State or James Simmons from UC-Riverside.

Edited June 7, 2007 by Guest

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I believe PG is for "Perfect Game" ... some slimy amatuer baseball factory thingy.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I like Keith Law, and BA's Jim Callis, and the other guy with the beard. All seem to be real knowledgeable guys with lots of information and no Mel Kiper arrogance.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Who the hell is Mel Kiper?

[A Boy Named Seo]

That loud-mouthed football guy who knows more than every NFL GM and scout that ever lived combined.

The kid Porcello finally goes at 27 to the Tigers.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

I haven't been able to take Law seriously since last year when he predicted the Dodgers would beat the Mets in the NLDS because, according to him, the Mets bullpen fell apart after the Sanchez injury.

Porcello to Detroit. They've got some scary good arms. With scary good people attached to them.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: I believe PG is for "Perfect Game" ... some slimy amatuer baseball factory thingy.

Beard guy is from Perfect Game.

"Perfect Game USA is devoted to furthering the development and career of the talented high school baseball player. To that end, Perfect Game USA produces the very highest national level individual player showcases and team tournaments all over the United States. These events have proved invaluable to the college coaching community and major league baseball as they can scout a large population of talented ball players all in one location."

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: That loud-mouthed football guy who knows more than every NFL GM and scout that ever lived combined.

Oh, I know. I was making reference to that pro football guy (forget who it was) who was being interviewed on ESPN after a NFL draft. The reporter asked somethng ;like, "Well, Mel Kiper Junior said he didn't like that pick," and the guy replied "Who the hell is Mel Kiper Junior?"

It was like when Stuttering John used to go to red-carpet events and ask celebrities "What are you famous for?"

[A Boy Named Seo]

Ah, sorry. I don't watch the NFL (or the draft), so I hadn't seen that, yet somehow I still know exactly who Kiper is and am pretty sure he's a loud-mouth.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: ="Johnny Dickshot"]I believe PG is for "Perfect Game" ... some slimy amatuer baseball factory thingy. Beard guy is from Perfect Game. "Perfect Game USA is devoted to furthering the development and career of the talented high school baseball player. To that end, Perfect Game USA produces the very highest national level individual player showcases and team tournaments all over the United States. These events have proved invaluable to the college coaching community and major league baseball as they can scout a large population of talented ball players all in one location."

It's that sort of crap that takes guys away from their schools often when their teams need them most.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

With the pick we gave them for Alou, the Giants take a dude named Wendell.

[Guest Rotblatt]

So Harvey (RHP, #13) Brown (OF, #21), Smoker (LHP, #22), Borbon (OF, #25), Russell (OF, #28) are still on the board for the 30th pick.

Interesting!

[A Boy Named Seo]

Didn't we draft a Puffer before? I hope we score Smoker.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Yanks draft #30 on BP's list, Andrew Brackman. According to BP, he's 6'11" with high upside and decent mechanics, but a questionable arm--he was shut down after just 78 innings this year.

Sounds like a good pick for the Yankees--high risk, high reward is kind of perfect for a team with their financial flexibility.

[DocTee]

I think it was Colts GM Bill Polian who dressed down Kiper.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Mets nab big, hard-throwing righty Eddie Kunz out of Oregon State.

6' 5", 250 lbs.



Edit: He looks from the picture in this article to be another side-arming reliever. Mets like that formula apparently.

[metsmarathon]

i wonder how you pronounce that...

[A Boy Named Seo]

They pronounced it "Koonz".

Mets followed up with Nathan Vineyard, a 6' 2" high school lefty pitcher. Dig this picture: