Draft Order - Locked in at 6
by slcgiant on Sep 27, 2008 8:59 PM PDT
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The current order would be: Washington, Seattle, San Diego, Pittsburgh and Baltimore and then the Giants. Even though we could still tie with the Braves the tiebreaker goes to the team who had the higher draft pick in 2008 which would give us the 6th pick.
It'll be interesting to see who gets the 10th pick because they will in effect get the 11th pick. There are 4 teams that could still end up in 10th spot (maybe the White Sox/Tigers game on Monday will have draft implications as well as playoff implications).
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Since Washington didn't sign its top pick, doesn't that mean we get, in essence, #7?
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Sep 27, 2008 9:37 PM PDT reply actions
no
because Aaron Crow was selected by the Nationals at #9 so they will get a compensatory “9a” pick.
waiting for 2011....
Oh, that makes more sense. Even better.
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Sep 27, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Does this perhaps
give us a shot at Dustin Ackley? I want that guy. He can hit and stuff.
I hope so but...
I would love Greene or Ackley but I’m sure the order will fluctuate quite a bit just like it does every year. Just to give you an idea here are Baseball America’s rankings for the 08 draft done before the 08 baseball season began.
Alvarez, Matusz, Crow, T Beckham, Smoak, Melville, Alonso, Hosmer, Friedrich and Cole. FWIW, Posey checked in at 15 and Crawford at 28. Amazing what a season of baseball can do to the rankings.
What I like is that there seem to be Smoak-like players available, but no Posey-like players. Position scarcity is so important.
“Ackley takes his hack, he makes that yack go splash!”
I know, gotta work on it.
I’m laying my money on Strasburg saying he’ll demand Posey/Alvarez money just to get drafted by the Padres, then sign for $4.5-5.1 million. It’ll be one of the biggest incestuous triangle schemes ever seen in baseball history….
The Padres needs a stud like Strasburg. Tony Gwynn works for the Padres and hype in Strasburg drives local fans to SDSU games in droves, which helps Aztec head coach Gwynn and State baseball/athletics. Then Gwynn feeds Strasburg the “hometown” discount line & creates rampant speculation about his price, which Gwynn is all a part of…which the Padres are a part of as well. It’s the type of perfect storm the Pads could only dream in a wet dream to come true.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Sep 28, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Except you are assuming Seattle would back off his bonus demands. They need pitching. He is pitcher. They will pay to get him.
I am Cameron Wood and this is my son and business partner CW Culberson.
well Bedard covers three out of 5 games a week. Where are the other two pithers comming from? Oh Hernandez... ah yes the famous two man rotation.
Couldn’t be any worse than this year’s.
I am Cameron Wood and this is my son and business partner CW Culberson.
Gotta go for the BNBPA
Best Non Boras Player Available
by baseballjunkie on Sep 29, 2008 12:56 AM PDT reply actions
Picking at #6 is not a bad place at all...
Ackley could very well be available. He doesn’t play any premium positions and doesn’t have prototypical corner OF or 1B power. Greene does play a premium position. And there are some good pitchers available. It depends what teams 1-5 want. Ackley could be the perfect type of hitter for AT&T Park.
If the Giants are confident they could sign him, Donovan Tate would be a nice pick. Has the talent to be a 5-tool centerfielder. Plus, I’m sure the Braves covet him, being the kind of regional talent they target, so maybe the guy who will never forgive the Giants for passing up Heyward (whose advisor could have “engineered” his fall to the Braves?) in favor of MadBum will be appeased somewhat.
But as I say, they gotta think about the Boras Factor, and if it is worth the headache and heartache picking one of his advisees would bring.
Regardless of whom they select, I think the new front office personnel and the rekindled emphasis on developing players give fans more confidence than in years past that the Giants will pick wisely. I will be following amatuer baseball more closely than ever before because the draft has become really fun to contemplate, unlike just a few years ago when I was almost embarassed by the Giants drafting philosophy and performance.
Regardless of whom they select, I think the new front office personnel and the rekindled emphasis on developing players give fans more confidence than in years past that the Giants will pick wisely.
That hit the nail on the head for me. I am no were as nervous as I was last year. And not an once of dread either. Its really a strange experience. I think I can grow to like this.
Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!
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