Official MLB Draft Thread

[The Rondo Show]

Well, the draft is tomorrow so lets have a thread on it.

I've heard the Red Sox are interested in High School LHP Casey Crosby. Throws in the low 90's with a slow curve. Should be interesting who they get.

[Bleeding Green]

Should be a fun draft. The owners claimed they would put the money saved from not signing Clemens into the draft.

[GS Warriors 1]

I made one in the Minor Leagues thread if you guys want to comment on all the teams picks.

As for the Red Sox, you guys might have had a chance at someone like Wieters or Porcello at 20(if they were to fall) if not for Lugo. I keep reading about Crosby at 55, apparently he had a workout at Fenway.

[Bleeding Green]

If Porcello is there at 20, I'm buying a Julio Lugo jersey and burning it on Yawkey Way.

[GS Warriors 1]

I wouldn't blame you at all.

Someone will get him and be very happy about it for the next decade. It is a hefty demand by Porcello but I think he has a chance to become an elite pitcher.

[Basketball Jesus]

Sickel's group mock has the Sox taking Kentrail Davis at 55. I would actually pay for that to happen in real life.

[cmaff051]

Should be a fun draft. The owners claimed they would put the money saved from not signing Clemens into the draft.

Peter Gammons said that.

[The Rondo Show]

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Peter Gammons said that.

I understand you hate Gammons and think hes a homer (which is true, yet he is still a very good reporter), but he does have some pretty good sources. Him and Henry are close and he has been with Henry at a couple games in the press box so I highly doubt he just pulled this one out of thin air.

I don't see them putting an extra $20M into the draft and going crazy, but they'll still probably put a bit more than usual into it.

[Bleeding Green]

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[The Rondo Show]

Decent draft. Will Middlebrooks was a complete steal whether he was drafted as a hitter (that's my guess) or a pitcher. Massive upside as either but we sure could use that bat from 3B.

I'm hoping for a few more big upside-signability guys tomorrow like Tanner Robles, Chris Carpenter, Kentrail Davis, Chad Jones, etc.

Sucks that we gave up Porcello thanks to Lugo but at least he didn't land with the Yankees. BA said the Tigers wouldn't spend for Porcello earlier this morning and when he got close to the Yankees I thought they were going to get him and I was more pissed.

I had to go out and I come home to see they landed Brackman (Bard's twin, with injuries) instead of Porcello and the fact that the Red Sox missed out on Porcello didn't hurt quite as much as before.

[The Rondo Show]

Nice, Red Sox just drafted Justin Grimm a few rounds ago. His scouting video is pretty damn impressive: High School kid sitting at 92, hit 94 and showed a very nice curveball.

Get that boy signed and I think they've got a steal.

[The Rondo Show]

Sox added a bunch of really tough signs. If they can just land a couple of them, this will be a pretty damn good draft.

To name a few:
Will Middlebrooks- Probably a lock to sign with how high they took him.
Scott Green
Justin Grimm
Yas Grandal
Nick Tepesch
Matt Presley
Austin Bailey

The ones I like most are Green, Grimm, Presley and Tepesch (and Middlebrooks of course; but I'd be stunned if they don't pay him).

Green and Tepesch will be the toughest signs of them all. Green is a draft eligible sophomore with a huge upside and if he goes back to school and stays healthy...he'll likely be 1st rounder next year.

[GS Warriors 1]

The Red Sox, like I thought, picked several tough signs.

We'll see if they can nab a few of them, I'm very sure about Middlebrooks. I agree about Green being really tough.

btw BG, get your Lugo jersey yet? I guess the good news for you guys is that Porcello didn't end up with the Yankees. The Tigers future rotation looks nasty.

[Bleeding Green]

Not quite yet. The fact that the Yankees took Andy Brackman made me happy, though.