Draft Day III Thread
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 9, 2010 12:02 AM PDT
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PrintReview of the first two days:
1st round: Dunno. I would have picked someone different. But I’m just a goofball who’s seen 30-second snippets of video on MLB.com. I’ll begrudgingly trust the folks who’ve brought us Buster Posey and Tim Lincecum.
2nd round: Dunno. Seems like there were other guys I would have wanted. But I’m just a goofball who’s seen 30-second snippets of video on MLB.com. I’ll begrudgingly trust the folks who’ve brought us Buster Posey and Tim Lincecum.
3rd round: Wait a sec. This guy doesn’t even have a scouting report on MLB.com. But I’m just a goofball who’s seen 30-second snippets of video on MLB.com. I’ll begrudgingly trust the folks who’ve brought us Buster Posey and Tim Lincecum..
4th round: That’s better. This guy seems like a Todd Wellemeyer that you’d actually root for because he’s homegrown.
5th round: This is kind of a gag post, but this kid looks awesome. He hides the ball well, and it comes out of his hand quickly. I think.
6th round: Dunno.
7th round: Dude seems like he’s taller than me. Broader shoulders, too.
8th round: Joe Staley. I’m setting the over/under for Niner-related jokes in the draft thread at six, and I’ll take the over. Hey, beats a catcher named Kwame Harris who couldn’t block anything.
9th round: There has to be something better you can be doing right now.
10th round: At this point, I’m just rooting for the funny names. Sure, there’s a chance they could stumble into the next Brian Wilson or Ed Halicki, but I’m more hoping for guys like Storply Skazzlefazz, who doesn’t exist, but would fit right in with some of the better draft names of all time
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19th round: Hey, this guy has a scouting report on MLB.com! He’s now my new favorite prospect. Total sleeper, man. Great value pick.
20th round: This would be pretty early for a nepotism pick, except Bochy’s kid is pretty legit. Just hope his medical advice doesn’t come from the same intern that looked at Mark DeRosa’s wrist for a couple of minutes after playing Trauma Center on Wii.
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28th round: The best part of the late rounds is all the colleges you’ve never heard of. Gaspar Santiago from Ranger College? The greatest pickup line in the world just might be: "Hi. I’m Gaspar Santiago from Ranger College." Fun facts: The Ranger College Rangers, a) have a really stupid college/nickname combo, and b) play their home games at Ellis Burks Field, named after the school's most famous alumni, Burks Field, Jr..
Happy third draft day. If you’ve made it this far, congratulations. Now get in there and really freak out about the 34th-rounder.
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SFG on Jones
Fleet Jones among three center fielders chosen early
By Cash Kruth / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO — On Tuesday afternoon, Charles Jones was lying on the floor of his older brother’s house with his laptop open, anxiously awaiting to watch his dream of playing professional baseball come true before his eyes.
Jones, a 17-year-old center fielder from Booneville, Mo., had the MLB.com Draft Tracker up, but he already knew what lay ahead. He had just gotten off the phone with the St. Louis Cardinals, holders of the 24th pick in the seventh round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, who told Jones they were going to select him with the 229th overall pick.
Then pick No. 228 happened. Jones was a San Francisco Giant.
But above all, he was a professional baseball player.
“I had no clue,” Jones said. “[The Giants] didn’t call me. It was crazy. I had just gotten off the phone with the Cardinals and it was like, ‘Wow …’”
Almost as mind-boggling was the feeling itself.
“I really can’t explain it,” Jones said of being drafted. “It’s the best feeling ever. I’ve worked for this my whole life. Everything’s just overwhelming right now. I feel — just crazy.”
At 6-foot-3 and 235 pounds, Jones certainly has a Major League frame, despite not turning 18 until June 28. Jones — the 2010 Gatorade Missouri Baseball Player of the Year after hitting .525 with 10 home runs and 46 RBIs — also has the speed to roam vast outfields.
It was those qualities that attracted the Giants to Jones, along with the other three center fielders the team took with its first 10 picks — Cal State Fullerton’s Gary Brown (No. 24), Virginia’s Jarrett Parker (No. 74 overall) and Jones Country Junior College’s Christopher Lofton (No. 288 overall).
“We took guys who were athletic and had speed, and that was the combination we were looking for, but they also — even though they’re different types of players — they were athletic and had speed,” Giants scouting director John Barr said. “When you think about the situation in developing players in [AT&T Park], center field or right field, there’s a lot of territory to cover.”
Before the Draft, Jones committed to Maple Woods Community College in Kansas City (the alma mater of Albert Pujols), but said Tuesday he expects to accept San Francisco’s offer after he was scheduled to talk with Giants officials later that evening.
“I’m pretty sure. I’m going to go ahead and report and see how that works,” Jones said. “I’m ready to go play some pro ball.”
Tim Edwards, Jones’ high school coach, said he has no doubts that Jones can play well at the professional level. Although other teams scouted him — Philadelphia and Tampa Bay, along with San Francisco and St. Louis — and considered Jones to be as high as a fifth-round talent, Edwards said he believes had Jones grown up in a baseball hotbed such as Florida, California or Texas, his Draft stock would have been even higher.
“As a player goes, Chuckie is an incredible athletic talent,” Edwards said. “He has all the skills to play baseball at the highest level. … I feel he’s going to be able to compete at that level, and once I think he gets there, I think he’s going to do great.”
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
Boonville. That’s 36 miles west of my hometown, Columbia, which is in Boone County. Interestingly, Boonville itself is in Cooper County, not Boone. Hopefully this peculiarity did not affect Charles too much growing up.
by non sequitur on Jun 9, 2010 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s really annoying when things like that happen. Lincoln, NE – for instance – is nowhere near Lincoln County, NE. And Palo Alto County isn’t even in California. It’s in Iowa!
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
And Grand Island, NE
is neither grand nor an island.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Jun 9, 2010 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
The only place I've been in our great nation
Where I felt someone was going to stab me for fun. And I’ve worked at prisons.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Nevada County and Nevada City are in California.
Virginia City, though, is in Nevada.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Chicago Heights is not in the heights (there are none in Chicagoland). Chicago Ridge is not on a ridge (there are none in Chicagoland).
I could go on, but I’ll stop there.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
By Chicago standards, that is a ridge! It’s just not much of a ridge.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jun 9, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I love Virgina City.
Also Pennsylvanian has the following schools:
California University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 9, 2010 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
When my wife and I moved from Massachusetts to Chicago, I remember being struck by how many towns in Pennsylvania were also the names of more famous cities elsewhere. Everything from Oakland to Bethlehem.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Oh, and there’s also a Jersey Shore, PA. It’s in Western PA, even.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
And the named a city Jim Thorpe after the athlete.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 9, 2010 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Nazareth, too
I also like the name Pennsoil and Oil City
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 9, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Also Oakland is really common city name, I doubt it was named after the famous Oakland.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 9, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it is. There’s also a neighborhood in Pittsburgh called Oakland.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Only on MCC would this conversation pop up in a draft day thread.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Oakland County, Michigan
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 9, 2010 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
which reminds me
There are many American cities called Pittsburg. There’s only one called Pittsburgh. Why?
Well, back in 1891, an agency called the United States Board on Geographic Names, established by President Benjamin Harrison, rolled out guidelines for simplifying place names. For example, many two word names were shortened to one. Other towns had “City” dropped from the end of their name. And towns whose names ended in “-burgh” were shortened to “-burg.”
Pittsburgh, PA, however, resisted the change, and for decades refused to acknowledge it. Finally, in 1911, the federal government officially recognized the spelling “Pittsburgh” for the Pennsylvania city. All other such-named towns, however, kept the shortened spelling.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2010 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks for giving me the answer to final jeopardy someday.
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn't there a similar story to the origin of Cleveland?
Printer didn’t have enough space on the masthead for Cleaveland, so he dropped the first A.
Then again, I’m pretty sure I read this in a comic, so don’t quote me on it.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
thank you
for giving me another reason to hate benjamin harrison.
Another?
What are the others?
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
His handshake was once compared to “a wilted petunia,” and his appearance was compared to that of a garden gnome…so there’s that.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
A.) How do you know these things?
B.) They had garden gnomes back then?
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Presidential history is one of one of my geekeries. The stuff about the spelling of Pittsburgh, I learned in Bill Bryson’s book on the English language in the USA, Made in America. The stuff about Harrison is from a book on America’s worst presidents called Star Spangled Men.
And Wikipedia says that garden gnomes date back to the 19th century, but they weren’t called that until the 60s or so, so I’m probably getting the exact quote wrong.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Missouri has a ton. We’ve got Cairo (we say “Cay-row”), Versailles (we say “Ver-sales”), and Mexico.
by non sequitur on Jun 9, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
jcb9, you from the Nevada City area? I’m from there :o) Also of potential interest (yes that is my narcissism showing), rumor has it that Nevada County is shaped like an old school revolver which is pointed at Nevada because the county felt slighted when the state of Nevada adopted it’s name.
Nope, I’m from the East Bay. I’ve been through Nevada County a number of times, but that’s it.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
just an old spouse's tale
that is just the way the watersheds and ridges are laid out.
proud, yes I said proud, adoptive papa of "Geno" Eugenio Velez
There are a few towns like that around here. There’s Cairo, Georgia – pronounced KAY-row, and there’s Havana, Florida, pronounced HAY-vah-nuh.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Actually, it’s ambiguous as written, so I should clarify that the first syllable of Cairo, Georgia rhymes with “bay,” not with “why.”
Incidentally, it’s the birthplace of Jackie Robinson.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
For the same reason there are so many Athens. Those 2 cities were considered archetypal sites of knowledge and the wellspings of western civilization back in the 18th and 19th centuries.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
It’s ironic that we name cities for this reason and then butcher their pronunciation.
by non sequitur on Jun 10, 2010 2:03 AM PDT up reply actions
also home of Wilma Rudolph
Also, Cairo, GA and Havana, GA are only about 20 miles apart.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Yeah, my personal favorite in Iowa is Buena Vista, pronounced BYOO-nuh VIS-tuh. There’s a college there.
There’s one of those in Georgia, too.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
But Iowa has a helluva lot of counties. I think they just started running out of names. You try naming 99 counties sometime. Don’t be surprised if towards the end you’re saying things like, “Oh, to hell with it. We’ll go with Poweshiek and Winneshiek.”
the two states that have really ridiculous numbers of counties
Texas: 254
Georgia: 159
Virginia also has like 150 – but, in Virginia, most cities aren’t part of any county. Which is confusing.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
It’s huge, but that’s still an awful lot. By contrast, California only has 58.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Do they talk
in that language? I was never sure whether to believe Charles Kuralt on that.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Jun 9, 2010 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Ominous note from the New Riders of the Purple Sage
CHARLIE JONES WAS THE ENGINEER
HE HAD TWENTY YEARS ON THE LINE
HE KISSED HIS WIFE AT THE STATION GATE
THIS MORNING AT SIX THIRTY-FIVE
NOW EVERYTHING WENT FINE ‘TIL HALF PAST-NINE
THEN CHARLIE LOOKED UP AND HE SAW
THERE WAS MEN ON HORSES, MEN WITH GUNS
AND NO SIGN OF THE LAW
by NearestNorwich on Jun 9, 2010 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I really like the Jones pick
His swing looks almost perfect from the video I saw, and he’ll have gobs of power with that frame.
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
Current Pass Recipients (50 PA min): Whiteside, Huff, Sanchez, Torres
He’s one of my favorites of our picks so far, too.
Making calculations based upon statiscal histori-garbage rather than situation reality since 1980
Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
We should start calling him Chipper.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 9, 2010 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Shredder.
"I never think I’m a good player or a bad player. This is what I’m thinking: I can play. And I want to play." - Juan Uribe
I like him, but...
The swing is far from perfect fo a professional wood bat career. It’s much too long, and any good change-up or breaking ball pitcher will expose the holes in it. He’ll need to shorten the swing considerably and trust his obvious natural strength and athleticism to generate bat speed and power. Compare his swing to the swings of Pujols and Bonds if you want to see what I mean.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Haha
Jones, a 17-year-old center fielder from Booneville, Mo., had the MLB.com Draft Tracker up, but he already knew what lay ahead. He had just gotten off the phone with the St. Louis Cardinals, holders of the 24th pick in the seventh round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, who told Jones they were going to select him with the 229th overall pick.
Then pick No. 228 happened. Jones was a San Francisco Giant.
That reminds me of last year’s NHL draft, when everybody and their mother knew that Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke wanted to draft Brayden Schenn with the 7th overall pick. So Dean Lombardi (the Kings GM) drafted Schenn with the 5th overall pick. The reaction by Burke was priceless:
But the best part was Lombardi’s quote afterwards:
That was the main reason we took him, knowing that it would totally piss off Burkie. It was worth it.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Awww...
I almost feel bad for him.
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't
Later, he asked the GM of the Senators (who had the pick right after the Leafs) about their potential first round pick:
“Nazem Kadri is the one you want?”
“Yes.”
“Well, that’s the one I’m going to take.”
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
used to hate him as a rival of the Sharks...
but he’s an amazing guy…
The story of him standing by his son (when he came out) and the way he did it was wonderful. He’s top-notch. Tragedy about his son… later killed in a car crash.
the fuckin' fratellis
SFG on Day 2 Picks
A look at San Francisco’s other Day 2 picks:
Round 2, Jarrett Parker, CF, Virginia: Still playing in the College World Series with the Cavaliers, Parker is hitting .338 with 10 home runs and 55 RBIs this season and also has swiped 12 bases in 14 attempts. Some scouts note holes in the left-handed hitter’s swing, but Parker (6-foot-4, 210 pounds) projects as a top-of-the-order hitter and a great basestealing threat with plus speed. He was a 2009 First-Team All-American selection by Rivals.com.
Round 3, Carter Jurica, SS, Kansas State: A 5-foot-11, 185-pound shortstop, Jurica concluded his junior season at Kansas State this past weekend in the Fayetteville Regional of the College World Series. Jurica earned All-Regional honors, going 6-for-14 with two home runs and four RBIs. Jurica, a right-handed batter, finished the season hitting .363 with 69 RBIs and 13 home runs, fourth most in Kansas State history.
Round 4, Seth Rosin, RHP, Minnesota: At 6-foot-5, 235 pounds, Rosin fits the mold of a power pitcher. As a junior this season, Rosin went 9-4 with a 4.72 ERA, striking out 95 batters in 103 innings to earn Second-Team All-Big Ten honors. Last summer in the Cape Cod League, Rosin went 2-1 with a 1.87 ERA with 38 strikeouts in 33 1/3 innings. In 2007, Rosin was a 28th-round selection by Minnesota.
Round 5, Richard Hembree, RHP, College of Charleston: At 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, Hembree — who goes by “Heath” — is definitely a big-armed, power pitcher. In his first season at the College of Charleston, Hembree, a reliever, had 42 strikeouts in 29 innings. He finished the season with a 5-3 record and 6.52 ERA after transferring from Spartanburg Methodist College, where he went 7-0 with a 1.22 ERA a year ago.
Round 6, Mike Kickham, LHP, Missouri State: Kickham’s win-loss record (4-9) and ERA (5.25) from this season aren’t the most flattering numbers on Kickham’s stat sheet. But his 103 strikeouts in 96 innings — along with a 6-foot-4, 205-pound frame — are enough to understand why the Giants like the young lefty.
Round 7, Charles Jones, CF, Boonville (Mo.) High School: Jones was named the 2010 Gatorade Missouri Baseball Player of the Year after hitting .525 with 10 home runs, 46 RBIs and posting a .638 on-base percentage. He stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 235 pounds.
Round 8, Joe Staley, C, Lubbock Christian: Staley, a 6-foot-1, 230-pound switch-hitter, batted .440 with 12 home runs and 69 RBIs, finishing the season on a 24-game hitting streak. The NAIA First-Team All-American also had a .543 on-base percentage and a 99.6 percent fielding percentage behind the plate, committing only one error.
Round 9, Christopher Lofton, CF, Jones County Junior College: Lofton, a 6-foot-1, 175-pound left-handed hitter, was one of four center fielders chosen by the Giants in their first 10 picks.
Round 10, Daniel Burkhart, C, Ohio State: Burkhart hit .354 with 15 doubles and 29 RBIs while starting all 51 of the Buckeyes’ games this season, throwing out 22 of 28 would-be basestealers. At 5-foot-11, 205 pounds, Burkhart entered this season as a Second-Team Preseason All-American by PING! and the NCBWA after being named the 2009 Big Ten Player of the Year as a sophomore.
Round 11, Adam Duvall, 2B, Louisville: Duvall hit .327 with 12 home runs and 47 RBIs and also stole 10 bases in his senior season. As a junior, the 6-foot-1, 205-pound infielder earned Third-Team All-Big East honors after batting .328 with 11 home runs, 51 RBIs and 83 runs scored in his first season with the Cardinals.
Round 12, Stephen Harrold, RHP, UNC Wilmington: The 6-foot-1, 200-pound righty posted a 3-3 record and 3.26 ERA in 23 appearances this past season, all in relief. Harrold also held opposing batters to a .223 average and stranded 12 of 17 runners he inherited. During the summer of 2009, he earned Cape Cod League All-Star honors for picking up six saves in 15 appearances, posting a 1.23 ERA.
Round 13, Mark Christman, RHP, South Carolina at Sumter: Christman, who goes by Tyler, went 8-4 with a 2.62 ERA and 0.86 WHIP in 13 starts (14 outings) this season for the Fire Ants. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound righty threw seven complete games and averaged 13.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
Round 14, Raynor Campbell, INF, Baylor: Campbell hit .335 with 15 doubles, seven home runs and 41 RBIs during his senior season at Baylor. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound second baseman was selected by Cleveland in the 31st round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. He played second, short and third during his time at Baylor.
Round 15, Andrew Barbosa, LHP, South Florida: The Giants are taking anther chance on Barbosa, whom they drafted twice before in 2006 (15th round) and 2007 (48th round). Barbosa, a 6-foot-7, 245-pound lefty, went 8-2 with a 2.40 ERA in 14 starts this season with the Bulls. He also struck out 95 batters and held opposing hitters to a .228 average.
Round 16, Austin Fleet, RHP, Coastal Carolina: After starting a majority of the time last season, Fleet made 26 relief appearances and only three starts for the Chanticleers this year, going 6-1 with eight saves and a 2.53 ERA. He graduated with a degree in business management in the spring of 2009 but remained in school working on a second degree in recreation and sport management.
Round 17, Ryan Bean, RHP, Edmonds (Wash.) Community College: Bean went 7-1 with a 3.00 ERA this past season. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound right-hander also struck out 73 batters in 60 innings.
Round 18, Brandon Allen, RHP, Milton (Fla.) High School
Round 19, Austin Southall, CF, University (Louisiana) High School: At 6-foot-2, Southall is said to have held his own last summer at the East Coast Showcase. The high school center fielder has a strong arm, raw power and room to grow.
Round 20, Brett Bochy, RHP, Kansas: Yes, that is a similar last name, isn’t it? Bochy, the son of Giants manager Bruce Bochy, went 2-0 in 12 appearances as a middle reliever for the Jayhawks this season, posting a 0.78 ERA. He pitched 23 innings, striking out 34 batters, and holding opponents to a .117 batting average.
Round 21, Zachary Arneson, RHP, Cal State Bakersfield: Arneson appeared in 12 games this season, going 1-1 with a 7.80 ERA. He struck out 14 batters in 15 innings.
Round 22, Robert Haney, SS, South Carolina: Haney, a 6-foot-1, 165-pound shortstop hit .250 with three home runs and 21 RBIs in 55 games for the Gamecocks this past season. He was selected in the 38th round of the 2006 Draft by Philadelphia.
Round 23, Alec Asher, RHP, Lakeland (Fla.) High School
Round 24, Kyle Wilson, 3B, North Carolina State: Wilson, a switch-hitter, batted .368 with seven home runs and went 12-for-13 on the basepaths this season for the Wildcats. As a junior in 2009, Wilson set an N.C. State single-season record with 30 stolen bases. He was previously drafted in the 31st round of the 2008 Draft by the Cubs.
Round 25, Brett Krill, RF, UCLA: Krill is hitting .290 with seven home runs and 36 RBIs for the Bruins, who are still alive in the College World Series. He spent the summer of 2009 playing for the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwoods League, where he hit .294 with three home runs and a team-leading 12 doubles.
Round 26, Jeff Arnold, C, Louisville: Arnold, a right-handed-hitting catcher, started 63 of Louisville’s 64 games, batting .306 with 32 RBIs. He posted a .996 fielding percentage, throwing out 21 of 30 would-be basestealers.
Round 27, Eric Sim, C, South Florida: Sim played in 46 of South Florida’s 57 games, starting 40, hitting .252 and posting a .972 fielding percentage.
Round 28, Gaspar Santiago, LHP, Ranger College
Round 29, Jose Cuevas, SS, Lee
Round 30, Ryan Bradley, LHP, Southern Illinois: Bradley is the son of Bert Bradley, a pitching coordinator in the Giants’ Minor League system. Ryan Bradley appeared in 22 games, starting 18, for the Salukis, going 0-5 with a 9.22 ERA.
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
Here is some more Top 10 pick info
Second Round (74 overall) Jarrett Parker OF Virginia: Parker actually hit better his sophomore year than he did this year. In 2009 he hit .355 with a 1.114 OPS. Both numbers fell this year to .338 and 1.033, which is probably why he fell to the bottom of the second round.
Third Round (105 overall) Carter Jurica SS Kansas St: Jurica had a fine year in 2010, finishing with a .363 batting average and a 1.068 OPS. He hit .353 in 2009, but with much less power, finishing his sophomore season with a .925 OPS. Baseball Draft Report rated Jurica as the second best college shortstop in the draft, behind Christian Colon, who the Royals took with the fourth overall pick. Looks like a good pick for this place in the draft.
Fourth Round (138 overall) Seth Rosen RHP Minnesota: Rosen has a good arm, but wasn’t a great college pitcher at a big school program. He went 9-4 in ’10 with a 4.72 ERA and line of 103 IP, 100 hits, 13 HRs, 12 walks allowed, and 95 Ks. In ’09, he went 7-1 with a 4.21 ERA with a line of 77 IP, 82 hits, 16 walks allowed, and 65 Ks. He clearly has a good arm and can throw strikes, but he looks like he needs to learn how to be effectively wild.
Fifth Round (168 overall) Richard Hembree RHP College of Charleston: Hembree was drafted solely on his arm. In what appears to have been his first season at a four-year college, he had a 6.52 ERA with a line of 29 IP, 33 hits, 18 walks allowed, and 42 Ks.
The Giants have had some luck with guys like this (great arm, can’t throw strikes). The Giants selected Dan Runzler in the ninth round (284 overall) in the 2007 Draft, after a junior year at UC Riverside in which he had a 5.06 ERA and trouble throwing strikes. Runzler was almost like a new pitcher when he hit professional baseball, which suggests he had a mechanical glitch the Giants organization corrected and/or he responded extremely well to professional coaching.
Sixth Round (198) Mike Kickham LHP Missouri State: Another "arm" pick, Kichham had a 4-9 record with a 5.25 ERA this year, but a line of 96 IP, 101 hits, 14 HRs, 30 walks allowed, and 103 Ks. Again, it looks like he needs to learn to be effectively wild.
Seventh Round (228) Charles Jones CF High School (Boonville, Missouri) : Jones was the first high school player selected by the Giants in the 2010 Draft, which is a big surprise, since the Giants usually like high school pitchers. I can’t find too many specifics about him online, but he is listed as 6’3″ and 235 lbs, which is huge for a high school player and makes me think he might also be a football prospect. We’ll have to wait to see if the Giants can sign him.
Eighth Round (258) Joe Staley C Lubbock Christian University: Staley had a fine year in 2010, hitting .443 with a 1.254 OPS playing for a power-house team with a very weak college schedule. Whether he sticks in professional baseball may depend on his defensive skills, because he may find the jump to professional ball leaves his bat behind.
Ninth Round (288) Chris Lofton OF Jones County JC (Mississippi): Lofton’s a junior college player the Giants liked enough to take in the ninth round. Whether he signs or transfers to a four-year school to improve his draft chances in 2011 remains to be seen.
Jose Cuervo!
Gotta love the name on the 29th round pick. We can “go for the gold” with Jose Cuervo!!!
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Promising stat for Staley
40 BB in 62 games this year led his team. Hopefully that continues to be a strength once he’s in the minors.
Also, Cuevas had 34 BB to only 23 Ks this year. Also a promising sign.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
by Ott on Jun 9, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
The draft started already?!?!
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
The kids are getting drafted.
You think if Bochy tears it up in the minors his dad would leave him there and say he’s not ready?
by Giant_in_la_area on Jun 9, 2010 1:09 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Him and Sabean would move him to shortstop because there was no room for him in the pen or rotation. They would do so after saying he needed to work on secondary pitches but at this point were unconcerned about his development because they needed him in the lineup.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
Wait wait wait
The Giants drafted Bruce Bochy’s son?
We definitely lead the league in Bork now.
"Whoever said WAR is HELL must have been talking about Aaron Rowand" - McCoven faithful
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Geeze, Grant, getting started early, aren’t you?
I’m just going to bed. 10,349 words between myself and Chris. And it’s time to get up for 9 AM to do it again for what will probably be another 4,000 words.
Yawn…after this, selling that new iPhone will be a piece of cake.
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Lol
He probably had this written two weeks ago with a scheduled publish time in the early morning to try to fool us all.
July 2
The Giants are employing the up the middle draft policy – pitchers, catchers, shortstops and centerfielders, Sure hope they have a nice international free agent budget to sign a couple of stud corner infielders and outfielders.
Please have Sabes do his famous due diligence.
they are reported to be the favorite for the top OF prospect in the DR. If they pick him up (and have to spend to the cash to do it), i’ll be happier about this draft, as they seem to have been avoiding some of the pricier but more intriguing available players.
Don’t get your hopes up. If you remember, the Giants were rumored to be the top, or one of the top, suitors for at least 3 of the top Caribbean FAs at this time last year (including Wagner Mateo and another kid that ended up with the Cards), and we ended up signing none of them – and no Caribbean kids at all. BS came out after the deadline and stated that the market prices was inflated by a surplus of demand. The only major signing that we had was the Leonardo Fuentes kid from Colombia that is now playing for the DSL Giants.
It would be great to get some high-upside power bats on the international scene
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Didn’t we seen Marvin Barrios out of Panama as well? I remember that being reported as a six figure deal.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Jun 9, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, but they were in the mix for Mateo. Who do you think brought the price for mateo that high for the cards? It was indeed SF; STL knew SF was in on Mateo, and they had lost out on Raphael Rodriguez the year before (they were the two main suitors).
And yes, the IFA market was wacky last year. It wasn’t so much the surplus of the demand that was the problem, though: it was a rather weak year with depth, and the buscones over played their hand in major way (and because of how many of them operate, they’ve more or less locked themselves into overplaying it, unless the talent is there).
by haverecords on Jun 10, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Zippity McUnf-Unf!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 9, 2010 8:04 AM PDT reply actions
and we should be starting any time now
OMG u guys I’m so excited about the 46th round!!!!!
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Adopted Giant: Kaohi Downing. Because all 50th Round picks go to heaven (or at least extended spring training).
Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Hmm. 11 minutes since the draft was supposedly starting, and the Draft Tracker hasn’t done anything. SITTIN ON YOUR HANDS DRAFT BRASS!!!!!!!!!
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ah, here we go
Three of the first four picks of the day are named Mayo, Gaylord, and Bangs.
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followed by
Goforth, Sultzbaugh, Blankenship.
/waits for the Giants to draft someone named Bob White or something.
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There was also someone from Point Loma Nazarene University drafted this round. That’s also the alma mater of my adopted Giant, Mr. Kaohi Downing.
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Enjoy your free Fred Lewis, Blue Jays.
Damn, the movement on the fastball is incredible.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8802881&query=%26game_pk%3D264681
Also, LOL at fans using flash behind catcher (1:49)
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
Aww those poor Nationals fans are so happy.
Brought me almost to tears.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Will you include crappy, handheld blair-scouting-witch video on youtube as ‘scouting video’?
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
No. MLB.com needs to tell me that the player was good enough to include a video link on the player’s draft note.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 9, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
- had one…that’s better by proxy!
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
WHAT THE HELL GIANTS HOW COULD YOU SELECT KYLE HARDY WHEN FANCILY STAMPKINS WAS STILL ON THE BOARD I HATE THIS TEAM
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 9, 2010 9:29 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Hey, Randolph Oduber! We drafted him at the end of the draft last year. Like 48th round or so, I think. He just went in the 32nd to Washington.
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Kevin Couture, RHP from USC. Oh la la.
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He needle little work.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jun 9, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it ironic that his scouting video was preceded by a commercial featuring Randy Couture?
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
YAY!
Not that I ever went to see the baseball team play, but still.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Logan's little brother.
Proud parent of the new dominant pitching sensation out of San Diego State University.
Refocused on baseball. Sharks hockey: torture.
And, for a little culture:
35th Rounder Stephen Shackleford from the Savannah College of Art & Design.
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He'll change the team colors
To black and a light taupe
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
36th round pick
John Leonard from BC. 6.69 career ERA.
DAMN!
The Rockies got Daniel Kickham!
(That’s the twin brother of our 6th round pick Mike Kickham)
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Kickham?
I hardly know him!
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 9, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
The Dodgers just drafted Calvin Vogelsang. The past tense of Ryan Vogelsong?
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Giants Round 37 pick RHP Festus McDoodleboppers
No, actually, some dude named Eric Sisco.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 9, 2010 10:36 AM PDT reply actions
Great Great Great Great Grandfather of
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Actually...
He seems to go by Jake. So the time-displaced son of…?
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't care
He’s still gotta be nicknamed Commander.
"I never think I’m a good player or a bad player. This is what I’m thinking: I can play. And I want to play." - Juan Uribe
Round 38
Jacob McCasland RHP
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
Need less vrooooom, more booooom
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jun 9, 2010 10:52 AM PDT reply actions
Quote from the first post
"We took guys who were athletic and had speed, and that was the combination we were looking for, but they also — even though they’re different types of players — they were athletic and had speed," Giants scouting director John Barr said.
So are you saying the Giants drafted players who were athletic and had speed?
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 9, 2010 11:32 AM PDT reply actions
Yes.
Hell, the Giants even drafted a Catcher from a D-I University who bats leadoff and leads his team in steals. That’s athletic and has speed for you.
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
This approach has always worked so well for us in the past, what with Calvin Murray, Ted Wood, Steve Hosey, Arturo McDowell, Dante Powell, Adam Hyzdu, Wendell Fairley…
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So, did anyone see that the A’s drafted RHP Andrew Bailey? Whee.
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40th-41st round picks
Wes Hobson, 2B, Appalachian State
Jeffrey Honeycutt, LF, New Mexico
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42nd
James Roberts, RHP, Archbishop Mitty High School
Also, the Cubs took someone from Skyline High School, but it looks like it’s not the one in Oakland.
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Our 41st Rounder, Jeffrey Honeycutt
Awesome Name: Check.
Need Position: Check.
Scouting Video: Check.
I think I have a new favorite Giant.
Proud parent of the new dominant pitching sensation out of San Diego State University.
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RAYMOND RUGGLES
this draft needed a good-name infusion. it just got one.
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Refocused on baseball. Sharks hockey: torture.
okay, here's a good name
Our 46th rounder: Caleb Hougesen
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Pronounced kuh-LEEB, no less.
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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
found his facebook
http://www.facebook.com/people/Caleb-Hougesen/100000048140837 someone friend him and tell him to sign!
Tigers get three players in one round!
Christopher Triplett.
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Oh, man. We missed out on Trygg Larsson-Danforth. From Yale!
And the 50th round just started.
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Hasn't signed with the Seahawks yet
Maybe he’ll decide he’d rather have 50th round MLB money than 2nd round NFL money.
"I never think I’m a good player or a bad player. This is what I’m thinking: I can play. And I want to play." - Juan Uribe
And that’s an amazing name.
Another football/baseball player who was drafted (not by us) with an awesome name: Taiwan Easterling.
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He was too busy stealing donuts
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Jun 9, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants draft Golden Tate!
I hear he’s a real warrior.
"I never think I’m a good player or a bad player. This is what I’m thinking: I can play. And I want to play." - Juan Uribe
(ba-dum-bum)
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 9, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Last player taken
James Rice, C, Western Kentucky, #1525 by the Yankees.
Hey, at least he got taken. I got passed over again…
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 9, 2010 1:49 PM PDT reply actions
Seems like a bunch of teams
used the last round to annoy the folks who sew names on their uniforms.
We had a Dykstra followed by Tomscha, Kaczmarek, Hoekel and Wiedenbauer. Plus a Kjerstad, a Jagielo, and a Teykl earlier in the round.
"I never think I’m a good player or a bad player. This is what I’m thinking: I can play. And I want to play." - Juan Uribe
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