Draft Day Overflow Thread
by Freneau on Jun 5, 2008 4:37 PM EDT
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PrintHosmer it is!
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In like four years three of the guys taken today are totally gonna be Royals!
Well, if it is a good draft that is.
Consider this your Draft Day Open Thread (things get started around 2 EST supposedly, give or take some ESPN lead-in type delays). I'll be leaning on you guys today, since I don't know Smoak from Posey from Dennys Reyes. Sure, in five years somebody taken today might well become my next Shane Costa or Justin Huber, but that's only after their meaningless and ignored AAA stats are put up.
Here are two links to get us started:
- Goldstein's Mock Draft at BP (he has the Royals taking Pedro Alvarez) and related chat.
- Quick Goldstein hit on Hosmer: A lot of questions about why Hosmer over the big college bats, because he's more risky. He might be, but his ceiling, especially on a power level is totally ridiculous.
- This Rays blog has a nice breakdown , with video, of Hosmer.
- This draft blog predicted Hosmer would drop on Draft day.
- Keith Law video blog on Hosmer.
- Mellinger on the Draft, with a look at 2003 .
- Sickels on the High School hitters.
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Yea, mine too
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
WORST DRAFT EVAH!!!!
DAYTON MOORE HAS SET THIS FRANCHISE BACK 20 YEARS! HOSMER IS A BUST!!!
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Thank you again
If you don’t do that after every Royals draft pick this draft, I’m putting you on triple secret probation.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't wait for joelphillips42 post on Explodin's mentoring skillz
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if anyone from Gload and Joel's college is going to be drafted today
Joel will be all over it.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Unless you've played the game
You should stop posting
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My response to him if he ever shows up and pulls that shit:
“Unless you can show me your baseball card, STFU.”
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
so i just fell asleep for like an hour or so
and it seems our pick still isn’t up? in my dreams that “Defense – Kids” ad music was playing though.
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In fairness
If this were the NFL Draft, we’d still be in the top five.
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Just to clarify...
My comparison to Adam Dunn was if Hosmer MAXED OUT.
My initial thought when I saw his swing was of the Duncan kid in StL.
I like Hosmer's swing
Good power stroke and it doesn’t look too long to me. But who knows.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
I think it looks long
But I really don’t see why that’s bad. So he strikes out, so what? So long as he hits bombs, I’m cool with that.
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"I think think it looks long"
(Trying not to be banned by NHZ)
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
or he said...
(oscar’s return episode)
by Freneau on Jun 5, 2008 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well played
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
BTW, I think it was the "Gay Witch Hunt" ep,
Season 3 Ep 1. Maybe my fav ever.
Oscar-Michael kiss + “Here Comes Treble”
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
i've never quite been comfortable with the running
Michael is gay subtext (esp w/regard to Ryan) but it was nicely done in that epiosde
there, I did it
one of the strangest scenes ever in a network show i’d say… i don’t think the writers even knew what the ultimate point or joke was
Had to get some cookies
the “Michael’s homoeroticism” thing is cheesy, I agree, although although the mancrush on Ryan is funny to me.
I think that episode was great because it showed how Michael is sympathetic and good and that it can be seen when he is behaving at some of his worst (worst aside from his over-the-top treatment of Toby).
BTW, recently I’ve been thinking that, at least pre-2007, Brian Cashman = Toby. Exactly the same facial expression in all pics.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Wrong episode.
The ‘he said’ came out during Oscar’s forced coming-out-of-the-closet, not when he returns from his vacation (because of Michael)...
Sorry to be an ass, I fell kinda bad…
Or, you could have just read my reply above from 6 hours earlier...
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I just watched season one of "Crossing Jordan" over the last week
There’s one episode where Lily asks Nigel what size he is, and he thinks she’s talking about his shoes and says “oh, 12 1/2”, and Lily’s eyes bug out…
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Dunc's swing is ugly
Thats my point. I was NOT impressed by my 1st viewing of Hosmers swing (in relation to the #3 overall pick).
Again, 17 second clip…
how many pitches for Meche tonight?
i’m thinking 130 (don’t want to spoli the game thread post, but yea)
I think definitely a Cat2,
and we’ll go from there. More PAP! More PAP!
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
One thing about the Hosmer pick
It will give us all plenty to fret, bitch, compare other picks (esp. Smoak), acrimoniously yell at each other, make amateur single-A scouting reports, praise/damn DMGM…
So I’d say, from RR’s perspective, this might be one of the greatest draft picks of all time.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
I'm reading the Baseball Think Factory Draft thread
And almost everyone hates their picks. You should hear A’s fans right now. Yow.
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Oh come on
You just made that name up. Seriously? I’ve never even heard of this guy and I’ve spent a week or so studying this thing.
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No
If I were making names up, I’d make up names like “Virgil ‘Two-Toe’ Carrutherson” or “Ulysses Heinzschwalder”.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Kram Namder,
space bounty hunter.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Burglary and larceny charges
Usually that’s not one of the first things you want mentioned about your first round pick.
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Clay Bucholz!
Good Kid, though
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
The supp picks
Are only going to be one minute between picks, right? Things should start to pick up then.
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They should do it 10 seconds between picks
Just like speed chess.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I once beat someone
with two seconds left on my clock.
I believe I may have screamed in a primal fashion. The honor of the 2005 high school class was at stake during Spirit Week.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
A rare instance of chess-related grit
Kudos.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey,
I wasn’t no David Eckstein, man. I was good. You have no idea-probably-how easy it is to pick up girls being the first board on the chess team.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
If only I knew
For some reason being on the football team and the debate team didn’t exactly lead me to rake in the lovelies.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
OMG,
you were a football star? Like in the Nada Surf vid?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Is the center ever a star?
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
If you're
Chuck Bednarik, yes! Other than that…probably not.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Somehow I wasn't able to squeeze the star potential out of the position
Girls just aren’t football-smart. The center is the QB of the offensive line for god’s sake!
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
It's too bad,
considering the ability to pick up air heads in high school is so highly correlated with success in life. We were both doomed by age 16.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I think your
sarcasm detector’s “low battery” button is blinking.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
He might have pulled a double reverse sarcasm on you
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Although
My buddy who’s a chess teacher in SF seems to have a lot of odd interactions with cute Russian girls.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
"After Cherynobel, my [Stairs] fell off"
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Well yeah,
Russians are chessy crazy.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Chess coach = only funny thing over by Jim Belushi
but it was a Hall of Famer
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
who do we get in the comp round?
i want melville
Accidentally not thedude925 anymore. I do hate this new name.
I like OF Isaac Galloway
Melville does seem to be sliding
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Yeah, Melville is still around
He’s had the most new, intense hype of the last 10 days.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
Drafting by name
If we were to do that, Shooter Hunt might be our man.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
+1
The only way his name could be better is if Hunt was actually his middle name and his last was “McGavin.”
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
McGavin should definitely be his nickname.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Now I REALLY want him on our team..
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Moore didn't draft this kid????????
WTF?
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently haircuts are out of fashion
These kids today.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Conner Gillaspie
is still avaliable. I would take a serious look at him or if Scheppers or Hunt are still there. They rank 10 and 11 in BA.
what's the odds on
multiple high school pitchers during the next two picks by the Royals?
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Moore can completely turn around this botched draft if he picks Shooter Hunt
I.want.that.name.in.our.organization.
Period.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
That's only one good name
not good enough
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Who drafted Rowdy Hardy?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
No one
But the Royals were smart enough to sign the undrafted fifth year senior.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Was it Baird or Moore?
Because if we’re doing a “How bad was Baird, really?” thread again (inevitable, no matter what happens), that needs to be on the ledger one way or the other.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
What about trading for first-ballot HoFer Justin Huber vs. leaving him unprotected?
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it was Baird, but I'd have to check
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Twas Deric Ladnier
DM wasn’t yet hired and Allard had been fired.
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The question will never be decided, then
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
it's a massive plus for someone
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I love the compensation round...
guys like Trever Miller, Ron Mahay, and Pedro Feliz are now relevant.
And Johnny Damon
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I like how
The draft compensation for Doug Brocail and David Riske is higher than the draft compensation for MIke Cameron.
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The next five picks
belong to Min, Mil, Nym,Phi, and Mil.
I would think
Mil or Phi will pick up either or both Scheppers and Hunt.
Supposedly
Seattle’s team doctor gave the “okay” on Scheppers. I’d still be awfully wary.
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Seattle approval = kiss of death
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Also
how about Germy getting an extended look at SS?
It's weird
Clearly they are showcasing him as a UI who can play all IF positions. The problem is, he really can’t.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
This might be a case where finding out his birth certificate was forged to make him seem younger would be a good thing
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we all need a break from TPJ...
but I’m pretty sure he’ll be back to haunt us frequently, and probably have a majority of the starts the rest of the season nonetheless.
In all seriousness, I don't think he'll get the majority of SS starts for the rest of the season
Although a Grudz trade could change that
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
TPJ or German?
I was saying TPJ will be back starting before long.
TPJ won't get the major of SS starts
my fearless forecast
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
And then how far will Melville fall?
His draft slot isn’t matching his recent hype.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
BA says
probably won’t follow through on a commitment to UNC unless he fell out of the 1st round
riske was soooo much better than linebrink
we totally should have gotten our pick ahead of the brewers
Accidentally not thedude925 anymore. I do hate this new name.
+1
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
All about the rep...
Linebrink was/is costing on a reputation he built in 2005-06.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
15 min break before comp round
break almost over
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
The action has stopped
as the security men try to locate Steve Phillips’s wind-up key.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Five relievers went in the first round
I still don’t like the idea of drafting relief pitchers in the first round.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
It was a reliever heavy draft
But yea, I agree. Its like drafting a kicker in the NFL Draft.
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I don't think it's THAT bad
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Not quite
But its still kinda silly unless your organization is just loaded.
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But when you draft a kicker/punter,
you’ve instantly made a huge mistake because it’s been proven that 1) the best kickers and punters are well-scouted undrafted players and 2) a kicker or a punter can only be a kicker or a punter, obviously.
When you draft a college reliever with two plus pitches who you think can learn on the job, it’s possible to entertain the idea of converting him to starter. People who are college relievers have almost always started in high school.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Or punter
or kick returner
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you familar
withe Robopunter?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Darin Erstad?
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Me neither,
but there is the thought that you can convert a college reliever with more than one plus offering into a starter and benefit from the lack of mileage on his arm.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
That's true
If you like the pitches and think he’d make a good starter, that changes things.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, and if it's
a situation where you’re drafting the player specifically to fasttrack to the bullpen, I don’t get why that type of player is targeted in the first round.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Shaun Marcum is an example here
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Draft ruined
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Year ruined
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
jinx again
WTF man?
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Organization ruined
Perhaps life ruined.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Baseball ruined
Perhaps galaxy ruined.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
it is over
2 picks already
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Ouch!
I still think you have precognition.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Scary looks are a good grit factor
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWGHGHG
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1, Rec'd
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Clearly there's lots of worry about Melville's signability
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
Step one: Draft
Step Two: throw money well above slot at him.
Step Three: We win!
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
omg
theres a mike montgomery??
WE NEED HIM!!!
Accidentally not thedude925 anymore. I do hate this new name.
(they talked over the announcement, didn’t repeat it, and haven’t even put it up on a chiron yet)
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Michael Montgomery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
Anybody know this guy?
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LHP
kicked off basketball team for too many technical fouls. 6-4 180.
Low grit factor
technical fouls are a bad sign. He’s probably the next Rasheed Wallace.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like another good character guy
Hope he isn’t a baby or Jose Guillen will yell at him.
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Jose Guillen = Max Character Factor over 113 out of possible 107
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
"Entire team is babies!"
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Profiles
as middle of the rotation starter.
He has grit!!!
Ravech says he “has an edge to him” because he was kicked off of his HS basketball team for getting too many technicals!
Grit, baby. Grit.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
If he meant that in a positive way...
that means Ravech said something positive about the Royals, doesn’t it?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
kind of
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't find him on Baseball America's Top 200
Not a good sign
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Montgomery
89-92 fastball, but at 6-4, 180, he has a projectable body and should add some mph to that fastball. Most tall, strong HS pitchers do add velocity over the next few years.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
he was the #36 rated talent by Goldstein
profile posted in other thread, but here’s something
“It’s a lot of projection at this time, as right now he has no pitch that grades out more than average.”
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But Moore and his people like him
:)
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I've heard his name linked to us
I think Sickels said it.
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poor Sickels
he probably spent hours coming up with that, whereas I just looked for the closest high school pitcher rated in the 45 – 55 range
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Beutsche
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
We'd have to give him first round money to keep him from going to college
If the Yankees weren’t willing to do it with their supp pick, I don’t think the Royals will.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Never know
If Dayton’s got Glass convinced you have to spend the money in the draft, and if Glass is now okay with telling Bud to go pick his own ass…
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Supp round over
Round 2 doesn’t start until 6:15 eastern time
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
I'm sure there are multiple online sources that will update the other rounds frequently.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
MLB.com has a life draft tracker on the main page
it’s nice
winning records follow good bullpens
Why?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
this was random but I agree
Cameron is a better player than Guillen and cost less
by playingwithfire on Jun 5, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
In unrelated news
Todd Wellemeyer is now 7-1 with a 2.92 ERA for the Cardinals
winning records follow good bullpens
Shut up :P
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
If you're keeping score at home.....
Use Baseball America’s draft database
Thoughts on second round pick?
I really want OF Isaac Galloway now. He’s just sitting there, waiting to be a Royal.
SS Tyler Ladendorf looks great too.
P Tyler Sample has control issues, but is 6’7’’ and can bring heat.
SS Niko Vazquez has a nice swing, but may have to move to 2B.
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Ladendorf or Galloway.
Either one would make sense to me. We already have Montgomery as a pitcher, and I want the Royals to go hitter heavy this draft.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
at some point during his tenure, Moore needs to draft a college hitter early
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Agree
Both will probably end up in the outfield, but both are burners, which DM seems to like.
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You guys are forgetting projectability! currency of baseball! and so on!
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Hah.
Ravech: “How’s that make you feel, being the father of someone about to hit his 600th home run?”
Griffey Sr.: “OLD?”
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Who did we get as our token Negro League player?
in the Negro League living-player draft or whatever.
I found it odd
That we didn’t take someone with a Kansas City Monarchs background—Holliman played for Baltimore and Birmingham,
Sometimes you just gotta roll the potato.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 5, 2008 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Geez, what about Buck O'Neil?
Did he make the mistake of going to college or sometihng?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe the idea was to honor those who hadn't been honored
and/or are still alive
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They had to be living Negro Leaguers
Sometimes you just gotta roll the potato.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 5, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Scheppers
no one wants to take a flier on him? BA ranks him 10th. Profiles as a top of the rotation starter how should not make it out of the top 15. I know he has a balky elbow but TJ surgery seems to be pretty commonplace anymore. I would be interested.
I think Will Carroll mentioned that it might be a labrum problem
and labrum surgery is still a bitch to come back from (just ask Gil Meche).
Anyone reading the mlb.com draft tracker?
On Jaff Dacker:
He has a pretty good approach as a hitter and has the chance hit for pretty good power, looking like a Matt Stairs-like right fielder in the future.
Begging the question, does Dacker actually look like Matt Stairs?
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
matt stairs' name has been invoked more this draft than anyone else
not just here, but elsewhere online and by the gammons/ravech team. it’s sort of scary, actually
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After we win the lawsuit, who gets more money, NHZ or Me?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we go 50-50
just don’t tell anyone else…there are a lot of Stairs fans.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
No doubt, but we'd be the only litigious ones
From a recent BO Perlotto chat:
Matt (Mt. Albert, Ontario): Matt Stairs: first-ballot hall-of-famer, or will they make him sweat an extra year?
John Perrotto: As a person, Stairsy a first-ballot Hall of Famer as he’s one of my favorites. As a player, well …
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
What you don't know is
you’ll have to accept the payment in 2006 Canadian dollars.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
What was the exchange rate then?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
It was already pretty good actually, for Canadians
Not as good as now.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
After all the unbelievably stupid crap said by Phillips, et. al. today "he's a ballplayer" "sixth tool"
one nice ting is that “Matt Stairs” is coming up as a standard comparison for a pretty good player. I’m being totally serious. Unless you think his crappy defense outdoes the 19-20 points of career OPS+ he has on Self-Appointed Team Leader Jose Guillen…
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably not,
I’d say Stairs will end up being worth more over his career because of his plate discipline and how it has/will make him last longer than Jome Run Jose.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Since small sample sizes are OK sometimes, apparently (omitting names)
Jose Guillen 2008 OPS+ 97
Matt Stairs 2008 OPS+ 103
to hell with it, let’s go back a ways. Note that I’m not making any particular argument here, but’s it’s very interesting…
2007:
Guillen 116
Stairs 138
2006
Guillen 75
Stairs 92
2005
Guillen 116
Stairs 118
2004
Guillen 121
Stairs 104
2003
Guillen 142
Stairs 142
2002
Guillen 66
Stairs 118
2001
Guillen 85
Stairs 115
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
And Stairs has quite a few years on Jose...
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was too lazy to go all the way back
Career OPS+ 100 for Guillen, 119 for God
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
This is a good example of how part-time platoon players have skewed/elevated stats
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
No doubt,
but Stairs’s ability to hit righties-which there are more of-has made him quite a valuable player over his career. His career 733 OPs vs. lefties isn’t good, but he isn’t totally neutered by them.
To be clear, NYRoyal, I am not saying we made a mistake by letting Stairs go or by signing Guillen. I just have always really liked Matt Stairs.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
He is definitely a valuable player
I’d much rather have him at first than Gload
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Poor Ross
Slugging .295 can’t be much fun.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
But he's got to feel great about his contract
Quite a steal for him.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone care to reconstruct GMDM's thinking
It’s fine to think Gload’s the best journeyman option out of Shelton, Broussard, et. al. Whatever. Why would he need to be given two years? Did he say he’d rather sit for a winner if he had to have a one-year contract? If so, I would say good luck and pick up another placeholder from the scrap heap.
I’m sure there’s a reason, good or bad, I’m just curious as to what it is.
Note: “He’s a good guy!” and stuff like that are bad reasons.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Well,
given that we have been rather unfortunate when it comes to finding a real live .500-or even .450-slugging first basemen who can stay healthy, I think moore’s thinking was he could be a stopgap until we “fix” first base and, after that, he could be a good bench guy.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, he's a space filler since the 1B cupboard is essentially bare
Still didn’t need a 2-year deal
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup
That’s why I said there was no particular argument I’m making from the stats, like “he’s better than Guillen right now!”
To be fair, while the years I’ve picked are platooning years for Stairs, they are also his decline years. During his heyday in Oakland (when h e wasn’t exactly spry due to having years wasted for various reasons) from 1997-99, he was a really, really good hitter, sporting 3 consecutive OPS+es that Jose has only topped once in his career. Roughly eyeballing it, the platoon split doesn’t really get severe until his age 32-33 seasons, and he had some good years (with a fairly large number of at-bats) against lefties before that, including his 153 OPS+ 1997.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
allan dykstra not lenny's kid, right?
but Cutter Dykstra is. We should get him.
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Nicole Manske
just became the first reason for me to consider paying attention to NASCAR.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Should Josh Johnson be sent to AA NW Ark
Kid is drawing a BB a game and hitting .300+. Obviously he is above the adv a level should they send him up to see if he can duplicate his work at AA.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
I think so
He’s 22 and this is his second year at high-A and third year at the A-ball level. He’s dominating his current level, so it is time to move up. If not right now, then certainly by the ASB.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
6:15 eastern
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
lets draft somebody really good
its a brilliant strategy
Accidentally not thedude925 anymore. I do hate this new name.
Really good players are overrated
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
Someone could be a “really good player,” but the question is, are they a “baseball player.”
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, the MLB guy who said it would re-start at 6:15 is a lying scumbag
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
Bastard!
So…when does it start?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
No idea now.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
third in the second round, just like the first
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, for real?
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Nickname possibilities
“Rock”
“Maine”
“Soft shell”
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Who is he?
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Mob Boss
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 5, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like
Those guys know how to get things done
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
A little dissapointed because of position
but, I don’t know anything so who knows.
by I need more Esteban on Jun 5, 2008 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe he won't stay at second?
You do have to take the positions in the draft with a grain of salt.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
very true
anyone have any fielding/defense scouting?
by I need more Esteban on Jun 5, 2008 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, we have no idea
But if he as a MIFer in college, then one can guess that he has the D for that position. If he can play that position, he can play the OF. The only important question is can he hit?
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Even if he can't hit, good D saves 1-2 runs a game
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
“Pena’s defense is four runs below average for every 100 games played, and he’s already cost the Royals two runs defensively in addition to his issues at the plate.”
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
You did miss the sarcasm this time
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
No. No, I'm not.
Who the hell is this guy? He’s 5’8”, which means he’s really probably 5’6”
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
BA says
premium plate discipline and suprising power.
surprising power?
that sounds fun.
by I need more Esteban on Jun 5, 2008 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
BAL: Xavier Avery
Jeez, THAT name rolls off the tongue!
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
High school CF
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, who the hell these guys are is all (blank) to me
I was trying to avoid being banned for saying (blank)
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
So, what is successful for these first 3 picks.
if 1 out of 3 make it to the Royals and are good players. Is that good? I feel like it is, or are we greedy and wanting it to be 2 of them?
by I need more Esteban on Jun 5, 2008 6:30 PM EDT reply actions
Getting 1 good MLB player out of any 3 draft picks is always good
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
What NYRoyal says below is true,
but it’s rather nice if you can get two good players in your top three, seeing as the lower draft picks can be much more of a crapshoot.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
From projectprospect.com
Johnny Giavotella 2B New OrleansI’ve written about Giavotella in the Hot/Cold series before and he remains one of my favorite draft sleepers, even after ending the season on a mild cold streak. Listed at 5-foot-8-inches tall and a 185 pounds, what Giavotella lacks in physicality he makes up for with a fantastic combination of personal grit and – more importantly – baseball skill. Giavotella has struck out just 8% of the time this season while walking in nearly 18% of his plate appearances. While he may not hit for as much power as he has in college (.237 IsoP, 35.7% XBH), he is strong and reminds me more than a little bit of Dustin Pedroia.
GRIT!!!!!!!!!111
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
nooooo
you made that grit part up!
by I need more Esteban on Jun 5, 2008 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
It sounds like me...but it's for real
And I’m sure his grit is for real too.
The good news is that he has good plate discipline and power too.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Given that Pedroia is a ML second basemen
who had a good rookie year, yes.
I do wonder if any other person following the Sox other than me has noticed that he has a .316 OBP Now that he’s not hitting .320.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
When you have a great rookie season and you are a Red Sox
...it is going to take 2 consecutive bad years before anyone starts thinking that he might not be a great young player.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
He'll be the next Eckstein, 2-1
Somehow I doubt that firejoemorgan will make him “example boy” that much though. Just a hunch.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
You have no idea
And what do I hear about guy?
“Pedroia really gets everything he has into his swing!”
“Pedroia makes so many good diving plays!”
Good grief. It’d be a lot more impressive if he A) was OBPing league average or B) had a good RZR. His is .826.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Pedroia diving plays = bad sign for NHZ's future sanity
You know who else makes diving plays that impress people who “see him play every day?” Derek Jeter.
Because it’s an indication of skill, not a lack of range.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
He does have plus-plus grit
that is undeniable
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Shut up.
You’re going to give me gray hair. Your normal arguments are fine, and contribute a lot to this blog…but telling me about Pedroia’s plus-plus grit is where I draw the line.
(spasm)
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I know it's mean
...but I tell the unvarnished truth. I’m sorry.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Let me add.,,
that that’s about average for an AL second basemen, but certainly not great. Neither are his OOZ.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
It's going to be fun
to have more hitters to watch in the minors now. Mous, Hosmer, Glavotella…..are there any others?? (ouch, if there aren’t)
by I need more Esteban on Jun 5, 2008 6:36 PM EDT reply actions
There are some others
Not a bunch of maybe starts, but Josh Johnson, Joe Dickerson and some others are out there.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
US Open digression
Woods, Mickelson, and Scott are paired for the first two rounds.
That’s gonna be ugly.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
I'd love to se a Woods, Mickelson fist fight
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Jim Rome is disappointed
He wants it to be Woods/Mickleson/Singh or Sabbatini
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
I think that tops me taking on NHZ and his parrot
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Squaaaaaaawk!
Pete disagrees.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Why?
I definitely prefer higher upside guys, particularly in the 3+ rounds.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Why go on any run?
It doesn’t work in fantasy, why would it work in real baseball?
(And yes, we all know that fantasy is a great model for real baseball management. Fantasy > Reality)
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Fudge!
Coco Crisp just charged James Shields, ducked a punch from Shields, and then got crushed by Dioner Navarro.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
Does "Coco" (the name) have grit
or just crunch? Or is it just soggy from the milk?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
That's why
they hit him with a pitch, I believe.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked him.
Georgia HS kid, no surprise the Braves took him. Legally, I believe they have to take every Georgia high schooler available.
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
Royals
need to brawl tonight. Nothing breeds team unity like a good fight.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
The Chisox are a great team to brawl with
I would personally love to punch A.J. Pierzynski in the face.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there anyone who doesn't?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
those who want to punch him in th wiener© RoyalsRetro
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably not, but I'd wrap my fists in double sized tape and then rub them in broken glass first
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
I’m not used to you getting this emotional. :P
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
AJP brings out the best in me
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I knew much good would come of
me starting to call for violence against his person Tuesday night.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
I Was And
Still am right there with you on that one.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 5, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
This morning on 810
Nate Bukaty asked John Buck about the crap with A.J and Zack on Tuesday. Buck said that Pierzysynski claimed that: ” On a radio show, Zack said that he was going to hit Pierzynski”. Buck didn’t really say much after that, he was definitely trying to avoid the question. Maybe you guys have seen this but I hadn’t heard it talked about anywhere…..Oh yeah, Pierzynski sucks a fat one
by I need more Esteban on Jun 5, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing illustrates
immaturity and gets suspensions handed out like a good fight.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Screw that Frank White
said they need to plunk some ChiSox for last night plus I wanna see Alex invite people to the GunShow. Meche is the perfect guy too vet with decent size.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
Okay,
so maybe they “need” to plunk someone…but I don’t think a brawl helps anything.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Brawls
just happen after the plunkin begins. Especially with a wise ass mouthed team like the ChiSox. Hillman should plunk Guillen when they hand in the lineup cards.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
Brawls,
unlike plunking someone on the ass with a pitch, carry the risk of actually getting people injured or suspended over…what? Some stupid pride issue?
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd let TPJ and Gload bat leadoff
in a brawl
by playingwithfire on Jun 5, 2008 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
Let’s send Aviles to punch out AJ.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
sign this guy to a one day contract too
by playingwithfire on Jun 5, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Hockey fights = good
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Let Aviles Pitch
When it’s plunkin’ time.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 5, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Gordon-directed homoeroticism rules
Frank White: baseball code of fighting::
George Brett: psychological edge of having a great closer
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
You gotta listen to the Golden Gods
of Royals Baseball. Shit what do the rest of the chumps in this org know compared to the actual stars who wore Powder Blue and White.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
Giovetella
Seems like a bit of a reach, but I like his player profile. 5-8 though egads, that’s as tall as me!
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Italians rule
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Shields gets ejected, after smartly hitting Julio Lugo
Simmons was right about one thing: if there’s one team you don’t want to fight (especially if you’re the Sox), it’s the Devil Rays. Too many young badasses. Fortuneatley Delmon and Dukes are gone…
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Still,
I wish everyone here had seen what happened to Crisp when he charged the mound. Trust me, Tampa still has some big guys…and about 24 guys bigger than Crisp. Navarro tackled him to the ground and Johnny Gomes began throwing punches at him…ow. And that’s without mentioning the other two Rays who were trying to get a punch in edgewise before the Sox rescued foolish Coco.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you, doctor.
Yes, I’m pretty sure if I was Coco I wouldn’t have started that fight.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, I'm agreeing with you
Gomes is another guy I like, and he is badass. I know he talks trash and stuff too much, but he’s big, and has decent power. I mean, it’s not like he’d hit any higher than 4th for the rays.
Anyway, Upton, Crawford, Hinske, and Pena are no wusses. Youkilis’ horrifying Dimebag Darrell-esque facial hair conceals an essential softness, Manny’s a Manny of peace, Varitek’s a male pormstar in atheletes clothing… no contest
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Varitek will kick ass,
but Manny, having always reminded me a bit of Ferdinand the Bull, probably wouldn’t care much for a fight.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I forgot about J. D. Drew!
I guess I need to radically revise my picking the “Rays” in a brawl
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
J.D. Drew
is actually a secret “Jason Bourne”-esque agent by night. He is a stone cold killer with a .400 OBP.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Well played
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Turning point in pennant race!
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Sample in the 3rd
He is a project. Big kid though that throws 95 MPH…I like the pick
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
Guy on Mlb.com
Loved the pick…said he has one of the best curveballs in the draft. Throws 95 with a plus curve sounds like a closer.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
NYRoyal would have considered him in the 2nd round, so
far as I’m concerned getting him in 3 is a steal.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Well shit lets call GMDM if NYRoyal
considered him in the 2nd thats all we needed to know. Thats like callin the Wolf.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
I was being serious.
If he was regarded well enough that he was on ANYONE’S early 2nd round radar, then grabbing him in the 3rd is a win.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
BA had him in the 1s round
Sample began the year behind Kentucky recruit Andy Burns on the Colorado pecking order, and he didn’t figure to move up draft boards after perennial power Cherry Creek High torched him in his second start of the spring. But Sample bounced back from his only poor start to emerge as the state’s best prospect and the latest heir to Colorado’s recent pitching tradition. The state has produced six pitchers who were first-round picks since 1994: Scott Elarton (1994), Roy Halladay (‘95), Brad Lidge (‘98), Kyle Sleeth (2002), David Aardsma (‘03) and Luke Hochevar (‘06). While only Elarton and Halladay came out as high schoolers, Sample looks like he may sign prior to college as well, due to a big, physical body at 6-foot-7 and 240 pounds. Sample’s fastball sits 90-92 mph and touches 94 regularly when he’s fresh, which wasn’t always the case this spring; he sometimes started one day and then relieved three days later for his high school team, a dangerous proposition for a pitcher who already had Tommy John surgery as a prep sophomore. What separates Sample is his knuckle-curveball, an above-average pitch at times. It’s especially impressive considering he’s doing it at altitude. Sample has development to make, such as refining his command and finding a changeup, but his present stuff and body make him a good bet in the sandwich round.
by playingwithfire on Jun 5, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I also
thought Sample would go 2nd round, though I wasn’t sure if the Royals would bite that early.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too
Looks like a bit of a project, but that’s what you should be looking for in the 3rd round.
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see, if Baird is doing the draft
he’d go #3
by playingwithfire on Jun 5, 2008 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
i like what i'm reading about this guy
let’s hope he can get a third pitch…everything else sounds great
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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jun 5, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply actions
KC; Tyler Sample
Looks good to me. Big guy, can throw hard and has a good breaking ball. Concerns include command…but hopefully the Royals can work on that.
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Early John Sickels Draft Reaction
“The Astros….WTF??? “
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Four picks
only one of whom was on the radar enough to have a canned comment ready.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
The canned comments are hardly word of law,
but if Sickels thinks a team is doing badly then it’s time to pay attention.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
If they don't even have a comment prepped for you
you’re nobody. Really.
This isn’t to say nobody without a comment will be an all-star someday, but it’s a pretty good indicator of whether you’re regarded or not (never mind well-regarded).
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
I don't know.
Teams have their own scouting departments and they’ll sometimes choose to go off the beaten path because they they’ve found a player who projects well despite lack of national attention.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
For 4th round
I’d like to see us grab ASU catcher Petey Paramore. Good plate discipline, decent power. May not stay at catcher, but its worth a shot.
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Who's next on your dance card?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Drat
I like Galloway too. He’s still available isn’t he? Surprised he’s slipped.
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Fucking cheaters
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Isaac Galloway...
C’mon Dayton, draft the man
Yes,
I’ve read up on Galloway and I like him too…we should grab him if we can.
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Sickels
On May 17 had him #29 on his overall rankings, says
“29) Isaac Galloway, OF, California HS: Another guy I like more than other people it seems. Is he getting nitpicked?”
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if he'll keep
falling, when’s our next pick (numberwise)?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Dunno
I’m not following it directly, too loud, too lazy. Where is the draft at?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
mlb.com for me
third round, Yanks on the clock for pick 106.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Poor Josh Hamilton
Hope they aren’t on the Rangers
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuckity fuckshit
Ellsbury just rolled his wrist making a diving catch. The Red Sox OF are dropping like flies.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
At least they still have Coco... Oh yeah
One more reason fighting rulez
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
DeJesus for Masterson
Done
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe I can convert David to Satanism
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Then he'd be traded to the Rays
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey
Isn’t the guy the Sox just called up for Ortiz blocked long-term by aforementioned papi and Youkilis?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, but I don't think Chris Carter is much of a prospect
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I just realized that when I looked up his stats and hoped you were up eating a grinder or something
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Eating a grinder
Now THAT is inappropriate. What level of probation can I upgrade you to now?
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Double-scissor groin grabber
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Carter
He’s 24 already but he’s hit at AAA this year.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
25
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
26 anyone?
Going, going…
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
With each post his projection gets worse
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
He'll be 30 soon
I’d trade Berroa for him.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
He's 26 in September,
how’s that?
I admit to not knowing much about him. Not really on my prospectdar.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
If Ellsbury IS
really hurt, you’d have to think the Sox will begin exploring their options. Crisp didn’t look like much of a solution before, and if Ellsbury is out too…hello, DDJ.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
We can work something out
We’d even be willing to trade for an injured Ellsbury
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I'd want a pussy who can't play with a broken wrist
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Right
you’re just trading two guys with the same weakness
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Hives suck
I got hives from eating fruit salad that had banana in it. Apple juice always makes me extremely irritiable. My mom bought, no joke, apple-banana juice the other day. I wonder if she realizes that it’s like storing kryptonite in super man’s fridge.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Did she scream at you, and call you a baby,
and then say “don’t blame this on your little sister. She works hard (incomprehensible), and you’d better (bleeping) learn to eat (bleep) right way!”
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy naming the picks
must think he is running a relay as much back forth as he does.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
Wow
If we spent the 4th round pick on him, we’d better be willing to pay what it will take to get him. Otherwise, it is a moderate waste.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Now SIGN HIM, dammit!
I couldn’t care less if it takes above slot money.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
It will take way above slot money
I hope they go for it. He may really prefer to go to college than to be in the Royals organization.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Dayton's now made to great dips
into the slip pool. I cannot imagine him doing so unless Glass was on board with paying them.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Considering that the Royals were undoubtedly under their alloted MLB payroll budget this year...
...Glass should be willing to spend a little extra on the draft. Hopefully they look at the bookkeeping in the same way.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Would you agree, though
that if we sign all four of these guys, the draft’s already an A draft?
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
No question in my mind
Perhaps A plus-plus. ;)
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Would that make it a "Gload-esque" draft?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be nearly impossible.
And yes, this’ll be an impressive haul if they all get signed.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
A draft even better than TPJ's defense
If that is even possible
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
So, how many runs a game will this draft save?
Are the Royals already up 3 on the Sox?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
These pitchers + TPJ's defense = no runs allowed, period
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow...
I love Dayton…What a great pick…Looks like David is willing to write the checks
Either that or Dayton is laying the
groundwork to not take blame if Glass doesn’t pay the money.
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
Or is he the
anti-transcendnetalist genius I think he is?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
One of the best HS pitchers in the draft
A first round talent who wants big money or he’ll go to college.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I really don't know
Nobody does. It’s really hard to say how much it will take.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Melville
can get the fastball up in the mid-nineties, more often around 92-93. Has issues with secondary pitches, as he really lacks any consistent slider or curve…his breaking ball that mlb.com saw is a knuckle curve that was coming in around 76, which “had been better in the past.” Big guy, very “projectable” when it comes to velocity and physical growth.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Sickels on Melville
“Opinion of him dipped a tad after an erratic start but he’s been better lately and still rates as the best overall high school arm available according to virtually all sources. Big guy at 6-5, 200. Works in the low 90s and projects more velocity as he refines his mechanics. Shows a fine knuckle-curve, at times, but it needs more consistency. It would not surprise me to see Martin pass him on draft day.”
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Houston draft history
since we are on the subject of dissing an organization that may draft worse than the Baird Royals
Houston draft history
2007: didn’t sign their first 2 picks(round 3 and 4) and I don’t care enough to look up 5th rounders and below in their 2nd year.
2006
first rounder Max Sapp is repeating low A Sally league and hitting .222 now(.240 something last year)
second rounder Sergio Perez puts up hits per inning, 4.00ERA in very pitcher friendly Carolina league, sample too small this year to judge(25h in 18.1ip, 2.45 ERA)
The rest of the picks got less than 500k in signing bonus and the only recognizeable name to me was Bud Norris, who project as a future reliever.
2005
First round-Brian Bogusevic, repeating Texas league(AA), 4.98 ERA, more walk than K
1s-Eli Iorg-toolsy OF who went on a mormon mission the year before. Hit well last year in A+ Carolina league, struggling this year for AA Corpus Christi
The rest of the draft produces 0 top 100 prospects, and are not really worth mentioning.
GMDM is definitely
trying to load up with young Power Arms. Hopefully these guys just add to the ranks of Duffy, Cortes, Wood, Runion and Rosa
Billy at worst will be Sean Casey jr.
With or without Melville, this organization is crazy full of good pitchers and good arms
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
Now to cash in some of them
for Albert Pujols.
But seriously, if we can add Burrell or Dunn in the off-season I’d feel pretty damn good about the Royals in 2009.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I've adjusted my expectations downwards
No contending for the Royals in 2009. I’d put the chance below 10% right now, even with Dunn or Burrell.
And we do need to start looking at trading pitchers for hitters.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know if I'd go all the way to 10%
but consider my statement to mean that the Royals will could move up significantly in 2009 whereas right now we’re not looking as if we’re going to finish at .500.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
hate both of them
Burrell is underrated throughout the years, but we need more than a .250 bat with power.
Dunn I don’t like period, worst defensive player since Esteban German
by playingwithfire on Jun 5, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
We need their bats (one of them), without regard to defense
Fuck defense, I want some good hitting.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
+117.5
Time for pie… hope to see you on the game thread
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
"you" is plural
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
.250 means jack
when you OBP around .400 every year. Burrell’s been a ridiculously consistent player.
Dunn you don’t like period because…his defense? We can get him DH time or move him to first.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd be happy to play him $18M a year to play LF (probably)
Although I do have some concerns about how his decline curve.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Dunn or Burrell?
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Willing to do so for either
Worried about Dunn and his “old player skills” profile.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Save it for the thread on Dunn
kidding, but that’ s a concern of mine.
Now Hafner-bolstered
Now I’m going to eat
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't have a problem with Dunn or Burrell
But man, if we play both Guillen and one of Dunn/Burrell out there, there can be some really bad games.
by playingwithfire on Jun 5, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
True
We’d need to freely use defensive substitutes. Maybe we should hang onto Gathright after all.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Problem
as you’ve mentioned before, Hillman isn’t able to resist starting him way too much
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I just hope they can turn it into some good hitters
I don’t know how it works, but I assume GMDM has a reasonable plan for using the “currency” to shore up the positions of need. All 4-5 of them (probably 7-8 with regard to organizational depth)
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
No doubt. Although all HS pitchers are a crap shoot
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
-Huber sighting!
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Now that he's changed his identity and he's a Brave, Moore can trade for him.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
All Huber-positive posts
MUST be recommended, by order of the Commissariat statheads.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
"College of Southern Nevada"
Yeah, right, like such a place really exists.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
sweet pick with Melville
now even if we don’t sign him, it’s not that bad of a pick, 4th rounder rarely works out anyway
Request for NHZ, NYRoual, or even RR
Post to give hope re: Gordon starting to kick ass.
Lies/ are frowned upon, but not forbidden.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
Starting point:
his OBP is up 40 points.
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by NHZ on Jun 5, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Also
he showed real GRIT last night diving into the stands.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
by jonfmorse on Jun 5, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know much about this guy
But clearly MLB teams don’t love him
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, Melville
Verrrrrry interesting.
Don’t know what to say about Galloway. Something must be up.
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
???
???
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Back from the grocery store.
KC: Alex Llanos, Puerto Rico BB Academy, SS.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
More work in Latin America
I like it in principle. I don’t know anything about this kid, of course.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
He's fast
Projectable body…6-foot-3, 170. Quick hands and has contact ability at the plate. Moved to CF a few months ago, no idea if the Royals plan on moving him back to the infield.
Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.
Are you going to be making a post breaking down the Royals draft pick-by-pick?
Either here or at Royal Tower? Even if you’re doing one at Royal Tower, I’d love for you to put one of those up here. Doing so and mentioning that the original is up on your site (with a link) is a good way to promote Royal Tower.
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by Scott McKinney on Jun 6, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
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