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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Thursday, June 07, 2007
UPDATE: Baseball America - Draft 2007: First-Round Review
“I’m just glad it promotes the sport,” Gammons said after a Wednesday night rehearsal in The Milk House with fellow Draft commentators Karl Ravech and Steve Phillips. “There were years when the clubs would announce their first-round picks, then not tell you for a week and a half who was taken in the other rounds.
“It just shows that baseball really got what they never got before, which is to promote young talent. David Stern did that with the NBA. Bud Selig is doing that now, with guys like (Jose) Reyes and (David) Wright. They said, ‘Wait a minute, we should be selling our young players, too.’ Throw a guy like (Grady) Sizemore in there, too. Today’s group of players under 27 is the best of any in that age group in the last 35 years. Without a doubt. Now young talent is really being showcased.”
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Posted: June 07, 2007 at 06:23 AM | 537 comment(s)
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He was indeed.
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dashes-are-faster-for-this,though.
plus,i-periodically-accidentally-hit-the-spacebar-when-i-do-it-the-other-way.
how in the [deleted] can my spacebar [deleted] me like this? sooooooooooo annoying.
Nope. Mills. Wow.
-- MWE
maybe-if-you-said-a-left-handed-pitcher-out-of-decatur-georgia
-- MWE
I'm currently watching and praying for someone to take Porcello. Who's left with draft money? Rangers at 17, c'mon...
i'm-surprised,but-he's-a-1st-round-talent.
Scouting report says he was at Fresno St for two years before academic issues forced him off the team.
not-taking-away-from-temple(who's-great),but-that's-not-a-unique-prediction...
I think the more likely problem would be him attracting too many donuts or double cheeseburgers, but yeah, comets would be bad too.
Goldtein at BPro said that LaPorta in LF is "Kittle or Custesque"...
Hail to the king, baby.
Reds should take Porcello, but probably won't.
-- MWE
Oddly, he's only the second player taken in this draft to be compared to a player of color.
I have, and I think he's an underrated defensive first baseman. He's suffered a lot of injuries over the last two years, and I wouldn't be optimistic about his LF defense, but he gets a bad rap when people talk about him as a sluggardly iron-glove.
--your offense consists of solo home runs
--the other legit talent available was high school grade which puts it out 3-5 years
--Fielder is a wonderful hitting talent who also has his own gravitational field and therefore an injury risk at all times as he may attract nearby comets
--Jenkins is in his last year, Mench is perpetual trade bait, and possible outfield answers in the minors are having issues
--Braun is adapting to third and why create problems for the lad by moving him to the outfield and possibly hurting his offensive development?
I will give the Z-man and Melvin a pass on this one. Considering the context it makes some sense. By all accounts the lad can legitimately hit.
And if LaPorta works out, they can deal Fielder for something useful, like they did with Lyle Overbay.
Any thoughts on what Detroit could, should, and may do would be much appreciated...
Just a feeling.
They haven't selected a Georgia player in the first round since Francouer. They do tend to focus on Southerners, though; the last time they went outside the South in round 1 was for Scott Thorman, a Canadian, in 2000.
-- MWE
Law could be in here right now.
Between commercials, that is.
They have a "few" more years until their hands are forced, they don't?
I don't think Fielder goes anywhere unless he eats a bank and decides he wants seconds when he's a free agent in 4 years
Sorry to bug the experts, but what do people think the Tigers will do? I haven't done much homework what with the Tigers not having a high pick in the first time since forever... I would hope they tried an upgrade at C, 1B, SS, or 3B, as that is where our starters aging and system thin. Someone at DTW is recommending Todd Frazier, the mock I've seen has us with Alderson...
Any thoughts on what Detroit could, should, and may do would be much appreciated...
I believe the Tigers are a "best player available" team - they might pop Porcello.
-- MWE
No way would I do that, unless Fielder's money demands are impossible.
That would be a huge talent dropoff
"I believe the Tigers are a "best player available" team - they might pop Porcello."
Last year they nabbed Andrew Miller, a top 3 talent dropping becuase of money, indicating that they don't mind paying a top talent.
-- MWE
He's a senior with very little recourse other than to sign. Ie, no major league deal, so they can stick him at AAA for a year after he's ready a la Ryan Howard if they decide their best course of action is to trade Fielder and play LaPorta.
-- MWE
Sure, and I wouldn't even say their hand will be "forced". They can sit back and play the waiting game, and if they don't get a great offer for Fielder, they can just try LaPorta in left (again assuming he works out).
Having two good-hitting first basemen in your system is a nice problem to have.
I was thinking the same thing, but I suspect Beavan is more likely.
-- MWE
Called that one way back on the last page. :)
I think they'll take Beavan and Porcello with 17 and 24
At least they went ahead and picked as if they were picking at the end of the round.
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No. The Cardinals need some middle-infield help in the organization, and Kozma was the best available.
-- MWE
-- MWE
I dunno. He fills an organizational need, he's the best true MIF in the draft, and he's got strong tools across the board. I think he gets overlooked a little bit because people value specialists over generalists of comparable overall ability.
Say what you want about Kiper, but he knows his stuff.
-- MWE
-- MWE
Rangers at 24
White Sox at 25
Tigers at 27
JP Arencibia to the Jays. They wanted him, and got him.
-- MWE
Right now, I'm hoping for (in this order): Porcello (pipe dream), Smoker, Main, Harvey, Burgess. Is signability keeping Harvey from being drafted?
-- MWE
Yes. He didn't have a good year, and didn't adjust his sights downward.
-- MWE
And J.P.
And J.P.
-- MWE
-- MWE
going to a pitcher's Park at least
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