I’d like to see the Rangers get him, just for all the “Get a Brain Moran” references that will pop up on here…

Last night in Abilene Nolan was there watching Shelby Miller pitch at Hardin Simmons University.

I would be very happy to end up with Shelby Miller…of course, I was saying that last year about Ethan Martin and then Justin Smoak fell to us.

He’s not with Boras is he?

on collegiate pitchers from over at minorleagueball.

where it is completely okay for Rangers fans to go over and stuff the ballot box.

Vote for your preference for the Rangers’ pick at 14 here.

josh turley, LHP, texas high

last night, pitched a 1 hit shutout, won 3-0, outpiched c. cain (waxahachie), 13 k’s, threw 87-88

every report (from fans) ive read said that cain was VERY impressive (90-92 FB, 75-77 CB) but turley stole the show

had all my links in the other post, but this is a guy who can straight up play, he does well at every level he plays at — be it the select tournaments with DBAT, the Area Codes games, Tournament of Stars, or 4A baseball

quick scouting report: 3/4th slot, throws in mid to upper 80s, hits his spots very well, Change Up may be best pitch, also has a very good CB, mentally tough — baylor signee, 6’-6’1" ~175

i really hope the rangers are in on this guy…

Hobgood: Early supplemental
Shaffer: Fifth Round is my best guess at this point
Heathcott: Second
Davidson: Early supplemental

id be pretty damn happy if we got Heathcott in the 2nd

id be ecstatic if miller slid even though i really like zach wheeler but if we have our choice Purke and Miller ill do cartwheels and we better take one. Then hope that the lefty from OK is around (he prob wont be) Chad James or Matt Davidson if he’s still around with the Sup, and the 2nd goes to nab Heathcott. If we pulled that off in the 1st 3 picks, id kiss JD on the lips

Who is the HS pitcher that ESPN was pimping a couple weeks ago for throwing 3 or 4 straight no-hitters, and approx where is he projected to go in the draft?

Allyson, Dallas: Nolan Ryan watched Shelby Miller pitch last night in a Texas HS playoff game and did not disappoint (7 IP 4 H 14 K 1 BB 0 R). Think Miller will last to the Rangers at pick 14? Thanks!

 Jim Callis: (2:26 PM ET ) I think he has a chance to do just that—and Miller was my projected Rangers pick in that first mock draft. Miller is very talented, but he’s the fourth-best HS pitcher on our board. And the fourth-best HS pitcher usually doesn’t go before the 14th pick.

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ohn (DC): does heathcott last until the end of the 1st? 1st Supp? 2nd? — had he not been injured/ineligible where would he have ranked?

 Jim Callis: (2:56 PM ET ) Hard to say. On pure talent, you could make a case for the first round. Should have mentioned too that he hasn’t pitched and has spent almost the entire spring DHing, making it harder to evaluate. There also are makeup questions with him, so hard to say how much that will hurt him too. I’ll still guess second/third round.

James (LA): Matzek, Purke, Wheeler, Miller. In that order?

 Jim Callis: (2:28 PM ET ) Our top four are Turner, Matzek, Purke, Miller, with Wheeler right behind at No. 5.

without having seen the BA top 200, I’ll go ahead and throw out my fingers crossed projection of our top 6 picks, as of this very moment:

1. RHP Shelby Miller (this is the guy I think has the best chance of actually being there)
1S. OF Marc Krauss (U of Ohio guy who has broken pretty much every batting record in his league, and he’s just a pure hitter)
2. OF/LHP Slade Heathcott (this one will take a little over-slot money to sign)
3. 3B/OF Dillon Baird (U of Arizona guy, another pure hitter)
4. RHP Ryan Perry (why not, maybe he’s cursed, or maybe he will illogically slip two rounds lower than he should go)
5. RHP Josh Turley (I’ll pull the trigger here, despite Andy’s damning remarks)

where UNC’s Kyle Seager could go? 2-3 round?

-Pray for Turner slide and that he asks a fortune and that Hicks doesnt go cheap (see Jared Weaver, Porcello)
-Miller, Purke, Wheeler one should fall
-If Turner is gone and Miller is gone and Purke to it could mean Leake may be around

 Mychal Givens from Plant HS, Tampa

saw this snippet at BA: Despite 97 mph heat, consensus has him going out as a hitter.

whats the story on this kid?

And then when we start a third one, we link to this one and the older one…

so we had about 6 people interested in a mock draft of some sort. Instead of having teams, I think it’s better we do divisions (one poster drafts for the entire division)

Let’s make it quick and dirty, I’m thinking 4 rounds right now, anyone else with suggestions?

I had heard he’s a pretty strong commit to University of Texas, but there’s been buzz about him going early 2nd/supplemental 1st lately.

Is there a chance we take a guy like this in the 2nd? Especially with Hick’s propensity to steal away UT commits lately?

DFW HS Gametime

Turley carved up the Waxahachie hitters like a young Michaelangelo playing with clay. I don’t know if the scouts were impressed, but I was. They’ll say he’s too small. They’ll say he doesn’t throw hard enough. They’ll say he’s not consistent enough. I’ll say they’re wrong. This guy wasn’t experimenting on the mound, he was carving up hitters with a wide variety of pitches, and he had a purpose for each one of them. He followed the big overhand curve with an unhittible fastball in the eyes for a swinging strikeout. Then, he’d paint the black with a “freeze him” fastball and the hitter could do nothing but stare and then take another left turn back to the dugout. And that changeup is a big league pitch right now. It rolls off the table, and he even knows where it’s going most of the time. Turley was so dominant that when the Waxahachie hitters managed a routine fly or ground ball out, it seeed like a moral victory for the hitter. Totals for the night: 14 strikeouts, one clean base hit allowed (2 official hits), and no runners reaching third base in a complete game 3-0 victory to advance to the Regional quarterfinals.

im telling you, this is a guy who does nothing but succeed

Kevin Goldstein did a mock 1st round yesterday, and has the Rangers taking Shelby Miller.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8915 (subscription only)

greg (Philly): draft theory question – for teams that lost their first round pick, could they end up being better off if they start taking “signability” guys in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounds, and spread that first round money they didn’t spend around?

 Keith Law: (1:07 PM ET ) Yes, they could, if enough of those guys fall to them. I’ve heard the Phillies on Kyrell Hudson and Slade Heathcott, both of whom would probably want more than slot for the Phillies’ first pick (which is in the second round).

Ross (CA): Who is the latest player, outside of Minor to rise on your board? Anybody somewhat off the radar that is gaining some legitimate draft helium?

 Keith Law: (1:13 PM ET ) David Renfroe, a two-way HS player in Mississippi. Yankees are supposedly on him pretty good, although I’m assuming that’s for their second pick. Good athlete but doesn’t do enough as a hitter or on the mound to get me excited, and supposedly he’s telling clubs he wants first-round money or he’s going to school.

Arizona State
                               IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-——————————————————————
Leake, Mike……… 9.0 4 0 0 0 12 30 31

Haven’t seen a pitch count but I’d be very very happy if the Rangers drafted him.

heathcott hit a 2 run HR to put up texas high 3-1 vs poteet — they went on to win 3-2 and play one of the rockwall teams in the next round

there is a guy from east texas that pitched monday (155 pitches) and then pitched again last night (110+ pitches)

so 265+ pitches in a 5 day period.

im sure the kids dad was having a heart attack.

there is simply no reason that any HS age pitcher should ever throw 155 pitches in a single game.

trying to disprove the “HS pitchers are the most risk-filled proposition in the draft” idea.

mike leake (pitching against KState): My stock seems to be rising in the draft, am I really top 10 material or just hot at the right time?

Bryan Smith: One of my first curiosities when looking at the bracket is who Pat Murphy throws in his first two games. Kent State is no easy tournament-opening assignment, as we all know about the arms that Kent State can throw at you. I agree, I throw Leake.

You know, I don’t buy Leake as a top ten talent, because I don’t think you’re looking at a guy that could be a 1 or 2 in the Majors, and his stuff doesn’t play in relief as well as some harder throwers. I like where KG put Leake in his “way-too-early mock draft,” giving him to Arizona with one of their back-to-back picks. Diamondbacks have a nice opportunity to go safe with one pick and high ceiling with the other.

Tucci (Draft Day): If you were drafting at 10, 20 and 30, and were limited to college players, who do you like?

Bryan Smith: If I was to have to reach at each of those benchmarks, I’d take Jared Mitchell at 10, Chad Jenkins at 20, and Rich Poythress at 30. I love Mitchell’s potential, even if there’s a long way to go both in the field (where he’s mistake-prone) and at the plate. Chad Jenkins has become one of my favorite first round arms, as I’m a sucker for a power sinker. And Poythress is just going to mash. I see less differences between him and Yonder Alonso than their respective draft standings would suggest.

mymrbig (New Orleans): Assuming Rice starting pitchers Ryan Berry and Mike Ojala drop some in the draft because of their injuries earlier this year, do you see either returning to Rice for their senior seasons?

Bryan Smith: Hard to know, but I doubt it. I think if Berry falls to the late second, early third, he’s still getting drafted where he thought he would be before the season. Same for Ojala. You have to remember their late season slides (in draft standing) is met by their early season helium. And considering that next year could bring more injuries, I think the best option for both players is to take the money and run. But until we know where they’re drafted, that’s really impossible to know.

sitting at 87-88 last start if anyone cares

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

“weird” poster —> next to it

“the dutch oven”

dude whose taking double play dino to the game on fri better win the damn fan of the gam

i am blacked out of the nationals game…even though they are playing in new york….

wrong thread big time

If Tate slips to Texas, do we take him? I know its a huge IF, but it is a scenario that could pan out.

Klaw or KG forgot which one…

any interest?

inside Corner stuff

maybe time for (another) draft thread??

is good

Arizona State
                                IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-——————————————————————
Leake, Mike……… 9.0 5 1 1 2 15 31 33

conch9: Where do you project Leake to go?

Mayo: I’m a big Mike Leake fan, and not just because he’s blogging for us leading up to the Draft. I appreciate guys who just go out and perform, and do so in a big program against top competition. He’s not the biggest guy in the world, but so what? He knows how to pitch and was outstanding all year hits season. He’s the kind of guy who might not be Option A for a lot of teams, but you can be sure he enters into conversations from about pick No. 6 on down. I can’t imagine him getting past about No. 20.