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

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Looks like he's in pain.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

And Kunz.

[Frayed Knot]

What I saw of the TV portion of the draft (very tail end) was definitely a case of more equaling less.

- First, the 5 minute rule stretched the 1st round out to 3 hours. It was probably less than 1/2 hour before the kids from Bristol did the Bristol stomp all over it.

- Then, the kicker to the whole deal was that they virtually ignored the picks after that. Even the crawl at the bottom of the screen wasn't listing picks beyond #31. I mean, Geez, you get a virtual exclusive on the "event" and then choose to not show what going on.

- And then they junked it all to watch Schilling no-hit try. Understandable, but then didn't even try to play catch-up with what they missed.


Either go back to having the whole thing via conference call or cut the time per pick down to about 2 minutes.
Baseball "Draftniks" (to the extent they exist) must have been pulling their hair out over this.



P.S. According to that bio info above, Vineyard (hope he doesn't marry a girl named Martha) is a 20 y/o HS senior. WTF?

[Frayed Knot]

A call to arms:

Pick #77 -- Scott Moviel; RHP, Ohio HS

#93 -- Brant Rustich; RHP, UCLA

#99 -- Eric Neisen; LHP, Wake Forest

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was wowed by Bud Selig's charisma.

[metsmarathon]

wow, lots of pitchers for the metsies so far...

[Frayed Knot]

#123 -- Stephen Clyne; RHP, Clemson

#153 ** A Position Player** -- Richard Lucas; 3B, Jacksonville, Fla HS

#183 -- Zach Lutz -- 3B; Avernia College (PA)




Now we just have to fill those other 7 positions.

[Willets Point]

metsmarathon wrote: wow, lots of pitchers for the metsies so far...

Good, we're gonna need some in a few years when the current crop is geriatric.

[A Boy Named Seo]

More dudes, all but one college kids. Not a single outfielder drafted yet!

#213 - Guillaume Leduc, RHP, Edouard Montpetit Col

#243 - Lucas Duda, 1B, USC

#273 - Daniel McDonald, RHP, Seton Hall U.

#303 - Michael Olmstead - RHP, Cypress College, CA

#333 - Brandon Richey - SS, Northwestern St. U.

#363 - Matthew Bouchard - SS, Georgetown U.

#393 - William Morgan - RHP, Lewis & Clark St. College

#423 - Jordan Abruzzo - C, Univ. of San Diego

#453 - Robert Carson - LHP, Hattiesburg HS, MS

#483 - Jefferies Tatford - C, Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I think I saw Jordan Abruzzo shopping at the banana Republic here in Chelsea the other day.

(edit, hate when that happens, he's the one on the right)

http://www.sdhoc.com/main/awards/2007starsofthemonth/somphotosaprilmayjune/Image00095425

[Guest Edgy DC]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: #213 - Guillaume Leduc, RHP, Edouard Montpetit Col

Duke number three!



I've actually been following this prospect closely in my comprehensive preparation for the draft, and I can tell you first hand about this one game when Leduc blanchit les Bisons

Les Ducs de Longueuil ont continué de maintenir leur avance au premier rang de la Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec avec une trente-deuxième victoire, ce soir, au parc Paul-Pratt de Longueuil. Pour l'occasion, la formation de Luc Desgroseilliers a disposé des Bisons de St-Eustache par la marque de 4-0. Le partant des Ducs, Guillaume Leduc, a bien fait, lançant un match complet où il n’a cédé que trois coups sûrs aux frappeurs de St-Eustache, retirant au passage huit d’entre eux au bâton pendant la soirée. Pour St-Eustache, cette défaite, jumelée � la victoire des Cards lundi, signifie que les protégés d’André Galarneau n’ont plus qu’une partie d’avance sur LaSalle et le huitième rang donnant accès aux séries.

Guillaume Leduc a maîtrisé l'attaque des Bisons � la perfection, n'allouant que trois coups sûrs en sept manches de travail.

Les locaux ont marqué dès la première manche après deux retraits. Renaud Desjardins a frappé un simple, atteint le deuxième sur une balle passée, volé le troisième but et c’est finalement Marc-Olivier Jodoin-Mimeault qui l’a poussé � la plaque avec un coup d’un but.

En deuxième, les Ducs ajoutent deux points au tableau indicateur. Guyaume Gosselin entame la manche avec un simple et il vole par la suite le deuxième coussin. Frédéric Gaudreau a suivi avec un double et Maxime Brochu a claqué un simple d’un point. Sur le même jeu, Gaudreau a marqué sur une erreur du lanceur et Longueuil menait 3-0 après deux manches.

En sixième, les Bisons ont une chance en or de créer l’égalité et même de prendre les devants alors qu’ils ont les buts remplis et un retrait. Simon Gagnon a été le premier � se rendre sur les sentiers avec un amorti sur la ligne du troisième but. Par la suite, Guillaume Leduc a donné deux passes gratuites � Ludovic Fortin et � Jean-Philippe Lapointe et les coussins étaient bondés pour le quatrième frappeur de la formation offensive de St-Eustache Guillaume Fullum. Malheureusement pour les visiteurs, le partant des Ducs a retrouvé le contrôle juste � temps, retirant � la fois Fullum sur élan ainsi que le frappeur suivant, Alexandre Tardif, de la même façon.

En fin de sixième manche, Marc-Olivier Jodoin-Mimeault a frappé un simple et il est venu croiser le marbre plus tard sur un mauvais lancer.

Les Bisons ont frappé un simple en septième manche après un retrait, mais la rencontre a pris fin rapidement � la suite d’un retrait sur trois prises et d’un ballon.

Les Ducs l’emportent 4-0 et pour Guillaume Leduc, il s’agit d’une cinquième victoire cette saison.

Frédéric Mastin a frappé deux des trois coups sûrs des Bisons ce soir.

It was fucking awesome.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Quebec's gotta go easy on the purple jerseys.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mon Dieu! J'ai une érection!

[A Boy Named Seo]

Slap some giant glasses on Michael Olmstead, and you've got a 21st Century Charlie Kerfeld.

He's 20 years old, from Cypress College. 6' 5", 240-pound reliever. #55 in your scorebook.

[Frayed Knot]

In keeping with our tradition of thoughtlessly Anglicizing foreign names (a la Joe Table or Hank White)

Guillaume Leduc: Billy the Duck

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

This is 77th overall pick Scott "I've Seen That" Moviel "Too" Listed at 6-foot-11, 245 lbs.


Meet shortstop Ernesto Gonzalez of Round 19 and George Wallace Kollege. That's Mackey Sasser University!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Hey, we drafted a guy with his own URL and blog:

http://www.dillongee.com/

[metirish]

Has he not updated that since June of 04?,looking for his myspace.

[seawolf17]

Why the F isn't there an effing draft tracker that will allow you to search by school? Why should I have to effing subscribe to Baseball America to search an effing list? Effing morons.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The 36th-Round selection is South Fork (FL) High School shortstop Glen Johnson



Glen is a legacy, son of Mets coach Howard Johnson and, should he sign, perhaps an adopted son of mine.

[Valadius]

24th round - 753rd overall - Mike Parker, SS, George Washington University



Fuck yes!!! We got ourselves the best player on my college's team!!!!!

He was third-team All-American and first-team All-Atlantic 10. He hit .373 with 10 homers, 60 RBI and 22 doubles. He led the team with .434 OBP, .604 slugging, and 84 hits. He ranked in the A-10's top five in seven offensive categories.

I'm fucking ecstatic about this!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/gema/sports/m-basebl/auto_action/1036328.jpegGW isn't the only DC-area school producing FutureMets. George Mason scondbaseman (almost rhymes), Chris Fournier (16th round) has signed and been assigned to Brooklyn.

Fournier was first on the team in batting, on-base percentage, runs, doubles, steals and walks, second on the team in home runs and hits and third in slugging percentage and RBI. He batted .369 with 14 homers, 53 RBI, 60 runs, 20 doubles, 79 hits, 13 steals, a .461 on-base percentage and a .668 slugging percentage. He is second all-time at Mason in career on-base percentage, fifth in career batting average, 10th in career slugging percentage. He is top 25 all-time at Mason in career runs, home runs, doubles and walks. Fournier transferred to Mason after a freshman year played at Notre Dame. He played for the Patriots in 2005 and earned a medical redshirt in 2006 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

I wonder how signing is progressing with the other draftees now that the window of opportunity is smaller.

[A Boy Named Seo]

24 of the 42 draft picks are signed already including goofball Nathan Vineyard, just a high school kid, but already making a serious push for Tug McGraw goofball slot.



From Rubin's blog:

]METS SIGN EIGHT MORE DRAFT PICKS The New York Mets announced today that they have signed eight draft picks from the 2007 First Year Player Draft, including supplemental pick (47th overall) lefthanded pitcher Nathan Vineyard from Woodland High School (GA), and the team’s sixth round selection, righthanded pitcher Guillaume Leduc from Edouard Montpetit College (Canada). New York also signed righthanded pitcher Daniel McDonald, the eighth round pick from Seton Hall University (NJ), the 10th round selection infielder Brandon Richey from Northwestern State University (LA), catcher Jeffries Tatford, the club’s 15th round pick from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (LA), the 25th round pick righthanded pitcher Nicholas Abbott from Weber High School (UT), righthanded pitcher Kyle Catto, the 27th round selection from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (IL) and righthanded pitcher Jason LaVorgna, the 35th round pick from Eastern Connecticut State University (CT). New York has now signed 24 of its 42 picks. Richey, Catto and LaVorgna will be assigned to Kingsport ® of the Appalachian League. McDonald and Tatford will report to Brooklyn (A) of the New York-Penn League. Vineyard, Leduc and Abbott will join the rookie-level Gulf Coast Mets. Posted by Adam Rubin on June 14, 2007 6:27

[Willets Point]

Vineyard is just destined to join the ranks of professional ballplayers with their own wines.