Justin Smoak on Baseball America's First Team

by FirebatM3 on Jun 12, 2008 9:47 PM CDT Comment 40 comments

But they kinda wussed out by having Alonso as the DH and Ike Davis as the Utility (seriously, Util?)

FIRST TEAM
Pos.	Name, Team	Year	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Buster Posey, Florida State	Jr.	.460	.564	.887	248	88	114	26	92	55	27	5
1B	Justin Smoak, South Carolina	Jr.	.383	.505	.757	235	63	90	23	72	57	28	1
2B	Josh Satin, California	Sr.	.379	.500	.723	195	56	74	18	52	47	45	6
3B	Brett Wallace, Arizona State	Jr.	.410	.526	.753	239	87	98	22	83	48	33	16
SS	Gordon Beckham, Georgia	Jr.	.401	.513	.802	252	90	101	26	72	50	30	17
OF	Sawyer Carroll, Kentucky	Sr.	.419	.514	.782	234	69	98	19	83	44	33	12
OF	Blake Dean, Louisiana State	So.	.359	.439	.680	256	62	92	20	70	34	42	4
OF	Chris Shehan, Georgia Southern	Jr.	.438	.557	.835	224	84	98	22	77	53	56	22
DH	Yonder Alonso, Miami	Jr.	.367	.535	.774	199	73	73	23	71	74	23	9
UT	Ike Davis, Arizona State	Jr.	.385	.457	.742	213	64	82	16	76	31	34	6
Pos.	Name, Team	Year	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP	Aaron Crow, Missouri	Jr.	13	0	2.35	15	4	0	107	85	38	127	.217
SP	Brian Matusz, San Diego	Jr.	12	2	1.71	15	3	0	105	83	22	141	.211
SP	Rob Musgrave, Wichita State	Sr.	12	1	2.51	16	6	0	111	99	22	101	.241
SP	Stephen Strasburg, San Diego State	So.	8	3	1.57	13	4	0	97	61	16	133	.181
RP	Scott Bittle, Mississippi	Jr.	7	1	1.78	27	0	8	71	35	30	130	.145
UT	Ike Davis, Arizona State	Jr.	4	1	2.25	16	0	4	24	17	4	30	.193

SECOND TEAM
Pos.	Name, Team	Year	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Corey Kemp, East Carolina	Sr.	.341	.444	.628	226	62	77	18	72	43	44	2
1B	David Cooper, California	Jr.	.359	.449	.682	220	55	79	19	55	37	35	0
2B	Jemile Weeks, Miami	Jr.	.367	.453	.633	226	75	83	11	59	33	37	21
3B	Conor Gillaspie, Wichita State	Jr.	.419	.500	.697	234	71	98	11	82	38	22	16
SS	Reese Havens, South Carolina	Jr.	.359	.486	.645	248	76	89	18	57	58	44	1
OF	Tim Fedroff, North Carolina	So.	.398	.464	.644	264	72	105	12	69	33	29	13
OF	Blake Tekotte, Miami	Jr.	.357	.470	.580	238	78	85	11	47	42	36	26
OF	Eric Thames, Pepperdine	Jr.	.407	.513	.769	182	58	74	13	59	35	30	11
DH	Nate Recknagel, Michigan	Sr.	.368	.465	.751	209	56	77	23	68	33	30	5
UT	Zach Putnam, Michigan	Jr.	.307	.400	.558	199	47	61	11	51	28	29	3
Pos.	Name, Team	Year	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP	Christian Friedrich, Eastern Kentucky	Jr.	5	1	1.43	12	0	0	82	40	33	108	.144
SP	Scott Gorgen, UC Irvine	Jr.	11	3	2.26	17	1	0	115	72	40	123	.180
SP	Chris Hernandez, Miami	Fr.	11	0	2.62	17	0	0	106	85	17	112	.218
SP	Mike Leake, Arizona State	So.	11	3	3.49	16	2	1	121	118	20	104	.254
RP	Andrew Cashner, Texas Christian	Jr.	9	4	2.32	30	0	9	54	21	27	80	.122
UT	Zach Putnam, Michigan	Jr.	9	0	2.58	12	1	0	77	62	23	78	.223

THIRD TEAM
Pos.	Name, Team	Year	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
C	Jason Castro, Stanford	Jr.	.379	.431	.617	261	64	99	13	69	24	38	5
1B	Dustin Ackley, North Carolina	So.	.408	.500	.600	255	79	104	7	50	52	25	18
2B	Johnny Giavotella, New Orleans	Jr.	.354	.470	.591	237	76	84	12	56	53	25	19
3B	Chris Dominguez, Louisville	So.	.365	.427	.687	249	68	91	21	75	23	47	11
SS	Grant Green, Southern California	So.	.390	.438	.644	205	46	80	9	46	15	35	10
OF	Collin Cowgill, Kentucky	Jr.	.361	.483	.687	223	80	84	19	60	49	52	23
OF	Jason Kipnis, Arizona State	So.	.371	.485	.667	237	76	88	14	73	51	41	24
OF	Brian Van Kirk, Oral Roberts	Sr.	.417	.511	.750	228	61	95	18	73	45	34	0
DH	Erik Komatsu, Cal State Fullerton	Jr.	.355	.459	.593	231	47	82	9	54	36	24	21
UT	Josh Romanski, San Diego	Jr.	.324	.416	.476	225	44	73	6	49	33	29	3
Pos.	Name, Team	Year	W	L	ERA	G	CG	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
SP	Barry Bowden, Southern Mississippi	Sr.	8	3	2.12	12	1	0	72	49	22	78	.188
SP	Shooter Hunt, Tulane	Jr.	9	4	2.68	16	0	0	101	62	56	126	.175
SP	Chance Ruffin, Texas	Fr.	8	3	1.96	23	1	3	78	54	24	82	.191
SP	Alex White, North Carolina	So.	10	3	2.75	16	1	0	88	70	38	101	.222
RP	Joshua Fields, Georgia	Sr.	2	2	2.76	31	0	16	32	14	20	59	.125
UT	Josh Romanski, San Diego	Jr.	9	1	4.00	15	3	0	97	87	20	78	.240

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Smoak meth

"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos

by miles on Jun 12, 2008 9:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Interestingly

Scott Biddle beat two first round picks for the 1st team selection.

by FirebatM3 on Jun 12, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Strasburg.

So nasty.

by LiamP on Jun 12, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Strasburg

almost makes me want the Rangers to finish last this year.

by JBImaknee on Jun 12, 2008 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Strasburg

The guys at LL calcualted, he apparently struck out something like 35-40% of batters faced.

by FirebatM3 on Jun 12, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

mariners

guess they picked a good year to suck it up

Rare Gnats Sex

by ab03 on Jun 13, 2008 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As bad as the Mariners are

I doubt they’ll end up being the among the worst 3 teams in MLB.

I’m hoping for catastrophically awful but just good enough to miss out on Strasburg.

by LiamP on Jun 13, 2008 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope

they get #1 and do not pick him because of bonus demands

by FirebatM3 on Jun 13, 2008 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The M's spend a ton of money

They just suck at spending it.

I was pretty surprised to see that this year’s team is costing them $117,993,982.

That’s a crazy amount of money to spend n a sucky team.

A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2008 3:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Astro logic:

3rd team C > 1st team 1B

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Jun 12, 2008 10:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

they are moving him to 1b?

is that true?

Rare Gnats Sex

by ab03 on Jun 13, 2008 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No

He saying Astros think Castro > Smoak

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jun 14, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Justin Smoak

It’s a great name, but the best name in that group is easily Yonder Alonso.

"You’re the only here who contributes schtick only." - brettgardner

by trza on Jun 12, 2008 10:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It would be even cooler

If he was an OF’er though wouldn’t it?

Myself, I think the best name in the draft was Shooter Hunt. That’s just a badass nickname for a pitcher.

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Jun 12, 2008 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Come on

Sawyer Carroll?

Blake Dean?

Shooter Hunt?

Yonder is like #5 on this list.

by FirebatM3 on Jun 12, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blake Dean?

That’s kinda boring. But Sawyer Carroll is kinda awesome though.

How about “Chance Ruffin”? He and Shooter Hunt back to back on team #3 looks pretty cool.

If you want a wierd name, there’s always “Josh Satin” – kinda sounds like a gay pornstar name.

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Jun 12, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He came into the season without much in the way of expectations and ended up as the Longhorns No 1 starter. He has decent size and throws a low to mid 90s (mainly low 90s) heater with a nasty breaking pitch. He will be one to watch in the 2010 draft.

by uthornfan on Jun 12, 2008 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sawyer carrol

sounds like he’s starring in an OC knockoff that will last 2 seasons on the WB. So no, not cool

Rare Gnats Sex

by ab03 on Jun 13, 2008 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh

I was thinking more along the lines of Tom Sawyer. But I don’t watch the WB outside of the occasional episode of “Supernatural”, so I wouldn’t know about the OC or any knockoffs of it.

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Jun 13, 2008 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha...

my daughter’s name is Sawyer.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jun 13, 2008 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blake Dean sounds pretty awesome

He could definitely be one of Max Power’s oldest and dearest friends with a name like that.

A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2008 3:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that team has a nice k:bb ratio

Bring up Justin Smoak

by DSheppard on Jun 12, 2008 11:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The Charleston Post and Courier

has an article for Friday about Justin Smoak’s USC teammate Reese Haven. The 22nd overall pick, Haven is about to sign with the Mets for $1.4M and head out to A ball – yada yada yada. The last paragraph of the article is this:

South Carolina’s top prospect, first baseman Justin Smoak, has yet to sign with Texas after being the Rangers’ pick at No. 11 overall. Like Havens, Smoak, the Goose Creek native, said he wanted to quickly sign and enter the team’s system.

Somebody get that boy a pen.

BTW, Smoak told Jason Cole:

I kind of knew before the draft that I might slide a little bit, but it was great for me to go to the Rangers. It’s an awesome organization and it is a place that I am really glad to be.

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Jun 13, 2008 2:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Take notes Robbie Ross

This is what you say when you’re drafted. As soon as you get signed you might want to ask someone like Mr. Smoak about humility and professionalism.

by Butters on Jun 13, 2008 3:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huh?

What did Robbie Ross say that was so inappropriate?

And why do we have a thing for alliteration with our highly drafted High School pitchers?

Kasey Kiker, Blake Beavan, Michael Main, Robbie Ross…

It’s getting creepy at this point, no?

A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2008 3:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ooooh creepy

that is weird.

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Jun 13, 2008 7:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+2

"Typical woman. 'Give me' 'Give me' 'Give me'

I’ll give ya something.

1. A backhand
2. A stuffing
3. $500 if you promise never to post here again"

~ The Immortal, BG

by Chase Irwin on Jun 13, 2008 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, personally

I’d prefer our draft picks didn’t come out after the draft and say that he wished he would have been drafted by the Yankees or the Red Sox. It’s no secret that I absolutely despise both of those teams but saying that you’d rather be drafted by any other team other than the team that actually drafted you is pretty unprofessional in my opinion.

by Butters on Jun 13, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He said that?

First I’ve heard of it.

Link?

A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Robbie Ross

didn’t say it but his dad did.

Chuck Ross realized his son was “a big ticket item.”
“I was hoping the Yankees or Boston would take Robbie,” he said. “Now we’re hoping the Rangers want to pay what we’re asking. We’ve got a lot to work out to make a final agreement.”

"Vote for OUR guys in."

by coolaid on Jun 13, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's fucked up

"Typical woman. 'Give me' 'Give me' 'Give me'

I’ll give ya something.

1. A backhand
2. A stuffing
3. $500 if you promise never to post here again"

~ The Immortal, BG

by Chase Irwin on Jun 13, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fuck Chuck Ross...

There is nothing more annoying that some dipshit trying to live his dreams through his kid and now wanting to mooch off his sons talent. “Now we’re…, We’ve got…”, no Chuck you don’t have shit to do the Rangers didn’t draft YOU.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jun 13, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yah

What kind of asshole would want to interject himself in any way into the multi-million dollar negotiation between his 18 year-old son and a huge company?

I say once a kid turns 18, he can handle multi-million dollar negotiations without his pops around trying to “lend a hand” or “provide guidance” or whatever it is these ridiculous stage fathers do!!!

A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?

by thedirkatron on Jun 13, 2008 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Smoak

I wonder what made him think he might slide.

I know it surprised me.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Jun 13, 2008 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The day before the draft

he started getting phone calls from the picks 10-15 teams instead of the 0-5 teams and the 5-10 teams like he was in the days leading up to the draft.

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Jun 13, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs