MLB Draft Top-10 Mock
by pblack
on May 14, 2008 3:29 PM CDT
Jonathan Mayo, over at MLB.com, has his top-10 mock up and I thought some folks might like to comment on it. I am not a draftnik and so I would be curious who the Rangers might eye at #10 if this were the way things unfold.
1. Rays - Buster Posey, C.
2. Pirates - Pedro Alvarez, 3B.
3. Royals - Eric Hosmer, 1B.
4. Orioles - Brian Matusz, LHP.
5. Giants - Tim Beckham, SS.
6. Marlins - Kyle Skipworth, C.
7. Reds - Aaron Crow, RHP.
8. White Sox - Gordon Beckham, SS.
9. Nationals - Justin Smoak, 1B.
10. Astros - Tanner Scheppers, RHP.
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That's pretty much
our worst-case scenario as in that case, Smoak, Hosmer and Scheppers goes right before us.
If I were making the pick, I’d probably at least look at Yonder ALfonso out of Miami, Shooter Hunt out of Tulane or TIm Melville out of High School.
All three has some obvious flaws, but I’d probably go with Melville in the end.
by FirebatM3 on May 14, 2008 3:35 PM CDT 0 recs
Some links
Shooter Hunt
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/events/draft_report/y2008/index.jsp?mc=hunt
Yonder Alonso
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/events/draft_report/y2008/index.jsp?mc=alonso
Tim Melville
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/events/draft_report/y2008/index.jsp?mc=melville
by FirebatM3 on May 14, 2008 3:41 PM CDT 0 recs
I would be shocked to see Posey at the top.
I can’t see Crow getting past KC. In this scenario, I think the safest pick for the Rangers would be Yonder. But, arguments could be made for Hunter, Friedrich, Melville, Gerrit Cole, or Alex Meyer.
by rooster on May 14, 2008 3:58 PM CDT 0 recs
As a Royals fan
I hope they don’t go with Crow. If Posey-Alvarez go 1-2, then I think there’s a very, very good chance they take Tim Beckham.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
by JM Barten on
May 14, 2008 5:59 PM CDT
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What is your concern with Crow?
Is it the arm angle or the hitch in his delivery?
Worried about potential injuries?
by FirebatM3 on
May 14, 2008 6:36 PM CDT
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Yeah. All that
I don’t care for drafting pitchers that high in general. I especially don’t like taking guys with great stuff but very, very mixed track records and mechanical quirks that high. If we were talking about a pick somewhere in the teens this season, I’d be more willing to talk about Crow. But when you’re talking about passing up high ceiling/low risk bats like the Beckhams and Smoak, I can’t justify the fifty/fifty chance that you’re going to be buying Dr Lewis Yokum’s new boat.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
by JM Barten on
May 14, 2008 11:05 PM CDT
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Damn
every time I see a mock where Hosmer goes before we pick, I die a little inside.
If we can’t get the Hoss, I’d steer clear of guys like Alanso and Hunter and just go my usual route: High ceiling HS arm.
From the high school pitching side I like Cole, but that’s preliminary. I haven’t done much research as of yet.
"If we where [sic] gonna trade them Salty, I would want a helluva lot more than just Joba though." -lonestarJon
by thedirkatron on May 14, 2008 4:07 PM CDT 0 recs
Cole
with his demands, there’s talk that he might slip past the 1st round altogether.
by FirebatM3 on
May 14, 2008 4:09 PM CDT
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Is he demanding
a ML contract or something? I can’t see him falling that far.
...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.
by t ball on
May 14, 2008 4:56 PM CDT
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no ML contract
Just a lot of money, and he isn’t playing up those demands so far this year. He’s got great stuff, but I’d feel better about Melville than Cole at this point.
by naropean on
May 14, 2008 5:03 PM CDT
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Both
aren’t really playing like 1st rounders this year.
The best HS pitcher might very well be Brett DeVall (sp?), who’s a late 1st/supplemental type of pick right now.
by FirebatM3 on
May 14, 2008 5:11 PM CDT
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Matusz
I think that he’s definitely slid further than just to 4. Most of the years, left handers tend to creep up the boards, but this time i can really see matusz falling at least a few more spots.
baseBALLIN!
by kevzta on May 14, 2008 10:43 PM CDT 0 recs
How the heck do you pronounce his name?
That’s one you really need to hear, cause I’m pretty sure whatever way I choose to say it is going to be wrong.
"If we where [sic] gonna trade them Salty, I would want a helluva lot more than just Joba though." -lonestarJon
by thedirkatron on
May 15, 2008 12:47 AM CDT
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I know how to pronounce it, it but I am not sure how to type it out
Matt-tuss. You say it quickly.
by uthornfan on
May 15, 2008 1:14 AM CDT
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Ma-toos
At least according to one radio broadcaster this season, who is usually pretty good at getting things like that correct.
by Outworlder47 on
May 15, 2008 10:44 AM CDT
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why do you think he will fall?
He’s been more consistent than Crow this year, and there is pretty much no question that he and Crow should go before any of the other college guys. Coupled with the dearth of high school pitching in this draft, he should be the first lefty off the board and one of the first two or three pitchers to go.
Matusz is not a soft-tossing lefty who is just high on boards because no one else is around. He’s been a K machine in college against pretty good competition (the WCC isn’t a big name conference, but their baseball holds its own against any conference in the country).
If he were to fall to the Rangers, I’d take him over anyone else who may be out there. He’d be a beast in Arlington. Sadly, there is no way he’ll ever get to us.
by JBImaknee on
May 15, 2008 12:43 PM CDT
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If Crow is there
I will be jumping around my room and screaming as if I were on crack with my ass on fire.
... Of course, when the Rangers end up selecting Gerrit Cole instead, I might punch a hole in the wall.
by BudLight on
May 15, 2008 5:27 PM CDT
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