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2009 MLB Draft Day 3 Open Thread

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I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 11, 2009 1:37 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm still here

The last few rounds are a snooze fest, but interstingly the Dayton trust is going heavy on the backyard high school kids with today’s picks. The fence is only reaching higher, baby. In fact, it might be a wall now. ALL DAY. To summarize:

32 round – Louis Voit, C, Lafayette HS (Wildwood, MO)

37 round – Tanner Poppe, RHP, Girard HS (Girard, KS) Note – Poppe is ranked in BA’s top 200 draft prospects but has a baseball scholarship to KU and may play TE for the Jayhawks as well.

40 round – Michael Morin, RHP, Shawnee Mission South HS (Shawnee Mission, KS)

43 round – Michael Soptic, RHP, Shawnee Mission East HS (Shawnee Mission, KS)

Waiting for April.

by DC Royal on Jun 11, 2009 1:47 PM EDT reply actions  

SME and SMS - my rivals!

SME effectively ended my HS playing career. I will never forgive the Lancers.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 11, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Was it...

…a gritty HR?

…or just a little plucky?

I’m guessing the latter since the Cards are still up…

by kcemigre on Jun 11, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

And by "still up"

…I mean “won the game.”

by kcemigre on Jun 11, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

later today

I hope to have a draft review column up. I probably won’t have much about today’s picks—since most of these guys aren’t signing anyway and there just isn’t much info about them.

by nwroyal on Jun 11, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions  

How many rounds...

are there today?

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Jun 11, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Ah

Thanks! So they’re almost done then (Round 44 as I type this).

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Jun 11, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Piccolo

on 610 this morning said they’d likely be taking a lot (around 15) of draft-and-follow (through summer ball) high school guys and make decisions on extending contracts later. Looking at the last two years, not a lot of signings are made out of these rounds anyhow, so some upside fliers (or is that flyers?) make sense.

Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.

by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 11, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions  

interesting

I thought they got rid of the draft and follow thing though… shows what I know

by Freneau on Jun 11, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think that pondering 18th century poets and their work is more productive

than worrying about these draft picks. How many will see the field in the first place?

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jun 11, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

I actually hadn't heard the term

since the changes that came with moving up the signing deadline in 2006(?), and its not official or maybe even accurate, but it struck me as that’s the approach the Royals are taking—they’re not drafting with the intent to sign the player now, but will continue to evaluate and see if the both the money is around to entice out of college and if the player is actually worth spending the money on.

Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.

by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 11, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

The Cubs

Just took Walt Jocketty’s kid from Ladue, MO. I think they did that just to tweek Cardinal fans.

Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.

by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 11, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions  

We just took Rusty Kuntz's son

A high schooler in Union HS in KS.

The Tigers, meanwhile, drafted Rick Porcello’s brother. I’m guessing he’s not getting the same kind of bonus money in the 47th round.

Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.

by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 11, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions  

what kind of....

singing money is potentially there at these rounds for these kids? Or is this just like an idle threat;

Royals; Hey we’ll draft you!!!!

player; The hell you will!!

Royals; Watch your mouth grandma is in the other room!!!

player; You never listen to me, I want to go to college!!!!

Royals; To learn what? Chase skirt?

player; All my other friends are going to college!!!

Royals; Oh and I suppose if Joel Cedeniero-any-other-player, doesn’t listen to the draft you wont either eh?

player; I DO WHAT I WANT

Royals; Fine, that’s fine, but I have your allowance ready to go

player; Money?

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jun 11, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Local review

of Tanner Poppe, Girard High School. Just talked to our sports editor, who covers Girard a lot and, in fact, lives there.

He’s 6’5", 195 lbs. with a nice fastball (88-89 mph). Changeup ok, curveball and splitter need a lot of work. Mechanics are awful, but then again, he only started pitching in the last year. He really hasn’t been trained to be a pitcher much. Then again, the day all the scouts came was also his worst game of the year. Would only skip KU if the money was too good to say no to.

by powderbluepower on Jun 11, 2009 4:18 PM EDT reply actions  

local review of poppe

if your talking about matt clark sports editor, he very seldom gets his facts straight , I’ve watched poppe for several years, he’s about 6’6" & 235. His fastball is [91-93] that’s from college &pro scouts

by fball100 on Jun 12, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions  

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