MLB: Reds’ Draft plans unchanged

Uhh...draft players and then bury them sorta like a Jay Bruce LaBruce undieground film?

Upheaval in the general manager’s office isn’t expected to shake up how the Reds approach their Draft selection decisions.

Shortly after Wayne Krivsky was let go as GM on April 23, new GM and president of baseball operations Walt Jocketty held several days of meetings with the baseball department. That included senior director of scouting Chris Buckley, who was one of Krivsky’s first hires in February 2006.

The overall Draft mantra: talent rules. The Reds have the seventh overall selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

“Walt’s philosophy is pretty similar to Wayne’s,” Buckley said. “They’re both baseball guys that want us to get the best talent out there. I have not been told to select anybody or stay away from a certain guy. Everybody is in play. We’ll go get the best people we can.”