I should point out that in the blurb for the #7 pick (Atlanta), Seiler mentions that our very own Brian Sabean was seen at one of Zach Wheelers starts.

Donovan Tate is intriguing to me. I’m here for the lulz mostly, to see who will throw himself down the stairs next.

Saw Ackley’s swing. Kindly asked the driver to stop the bandwagon. It’s a good swing, but there’s no way he’s hitting for power. I guess there’s a 10% chance he turns out to be John Olerud, but that’s not the pick I want in the top ten. If it were a certainty that he’d play center…maybe. He can hit enough for center, for sure.

Whatever HS pitcher Giants Brass! wants is good enough for me.

If a pitcher gets drafted, I’m going to throw myself down a flight of stairs.

it doesn’t sound as if any player that the team will pick in this draft is going to help with the big club’s offense for some time, so that really shouldn’t be a consideration…I’m basically a BPA monger at this point, and if that’s another HS pitcher, then so be it. You can never have enough pitching in your system.

After last year’s draft and how great Villalona is looking in San Jose, I wouldn’t mind a pitcher that much. I’d love to see them get a college player or an advanced high school player, because I think we can have a really good team 2-3 years down the line, so I’d love to get another guy who can contribute to that. But the indications are that that may not be possible, so we shall see.

Matzek is the man to choose, IMO. I think Tate would be ideal for us, but it’s the 2-way commitment to UNC and the Boras factor that make me wary. I don’t want to hand out a tremendous signing bonus for a kid that could easily be a bust.

My expectations are pretty low for this draft. There’s no OMG SMOAK-type player who could conceivably fall to us, so yeah, I guess I am just hoping we pick another underrated pitcher like in 2008 and 2007.

BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE!

BPA and with our success of drafting HS pitchers recently. Why not?

he’s committed to Oregon and I’d love to see him pitch for the Ducks for a few years. Then we can draft him.

Get your raw, toolsy position players from Latin America. We basically got Tate last year when we signed Rafael Rodriguez. As mentioned above, the commitment to UNC and Boras scare me, so unless he completely falls and we take a flier on him in round 5 or later, offering him first-round money to sign, I wouldn’t bother.

Go with the BPA, which in a draft rich in HS pitching, will probably be Matzek or Wheeler (the more I find out about him, the more I like him). If Green falls, great. If we take a college arm like Gibson or Crow, great. I just want to make sure whoever we grab has the potential to be a really, really good player – no drafting guys who profile as #3 starters (unless he’s Matt Cain) or solid major league regulars.

I’d probably go with Tyler Matzek, high school LHP; Donavan Tate, high school CF; Tanner Scheppers, independent RHP; or Zach Wheeler, RHP.

I’d really love Grant Green (college SS), but I’m not sure he’ll fall to us at six.

If Ackley falls to the Giants I would love to have him, but I think there is very little chance of that happening.

Green is the most interesting player in this draft. I was very high on him after the great Cape Cod League season and I’ve always been impressed with him in the Pac-10 (although I put very little stock in my own scouting opinion), but it’s interesting how much difference of opinion he engenders among scouts. The questions of whether or not he can stick at SS scare me, any team that drafts him had better be pretty convinced that he can.

I would really love to have Tate, in a weak draft like this I like the idea of going for broke on a raw, high upside, 5 tool prospect. I can understand people being apprehensive of a raw High School guy, but all of this concern over his football commitment is really mis-placed. Every High School player has a college commitment, Tate really wants to play pro baseball by all accounts, and if he goes in the top 10 he is going to get signed. There is very very little chance he winds up playing College Football.

I would be happy to get Aaron Crow, I think he is a very polished and advanced college (I’m aware he’s not actually in college) arm who should move fast and has very little chance of missing, even if he doesn’t have the upside of some of the High School arms. I bet he winds up going before us.

I have absolute faith in the Giants when it comes to High School pitchers, so I would be happy with any of Purke, Matzek, Wheeler, or Miller.

Obviously the medical staff must do their due diligence and Scheppers must perform in the Indy league beginning tonight. Have read Scheppers. who did not have surgery but rehabbed, is throwing with a cleaner motion, is stronger and throwing mid 90s.

/al davis

Tyler Matzek, LHP, Capistrano Valley HS(CA)

Since I don’t think we’ll be able to afford another $126 million to re-sign Zito when his contract is up, I support drafting a high school LHP to groom as his eventual successor.

At this point, I’ll either take any of the top couple position players who drop or whatever high school pitcher the Giants like best. Lately, it’s not even like those high school arms take all that long to reach the majors anyway… (I mean, I know MadBum and TimA aren’t here yet but I’d be surprised if they don’t both make it up at some point next year, which is pretty damn quick for high school pitchers.)

If The Phone Booth is such a pitchers’ park does it not make more sense to develop position players and acquire pitching through free agency? I am unsure to what extent free agents are actually influenced by park factors, but the argument is logical if they are.

Tater tots please.

some breaking draft news from Sports Illustrated

Of all the available pitchers (aside from Strasburg) they seem to have the best mechanics, and are both solid pitchers. I’d go for Gibson slightly above Matzek just because he would probably be ready at around the same time our San Jose squad is being called up to the majors, while Matzek will be a bit behind.

The players who interest me most, if Green is gone by the 6th pick, are Donovan Tate and Matt Davidson, more the latter, as some have described him as David Wright-lite, and we have plenty of OF in the system, but not so much 3B.

Pitchers are OK, but unless much better than Tate or Davidson, I would go position player again.

Mock Draft #4 has the Giants selecting Aaron Crow.

You can see it here. I just wonder how he’ll fare in the majors against real hitters and if he’s got the composure and maturity to work out of a jam. Why I’m writing this is beccause I didn’t like how he spiked his glove after the last pitch. Of course I’m Timmy-bias, but he shows maturity and composure beyond his years, which in turn corresponds to him being a great pitcher (plus nasty stuff). I’m no shrink, and this is just one small instance, but as far as I’m concerned the jury is out on this kid.