2008-mlb-draft Stories - McCovey Chronicles
Assessing Day One from the NL West
Your going to read a lot about the Rockies picks in the coming days, but before any of these prospects take the professional field, I thought I'd make a quick and probably highly inaccurate assessment of how our divisional rivals did on their drafts yesterday. I think I'll wait to assess the other...
Draft Discussion (Day 2)
Will the Rockies go 50 rounds or will they quit before then? We have a few hours before we find out. Draft starts again in less than 20 minutes.
2008 MLB Draft: New York Yankees Recap
Yesterday's 2008 MLB Draft aka First Year Players Draft or Rule IV Draft covered six rounds. As expected, Baseball America has the most thorough coverage with sortable databases by team and by round. FWIW, Day One covered the first six rounds, and today's action will cover seven through 50. Keith...
Friday Morning Rockpile:
What do fellow 2008 draftees Buster Posey, Jason Castro, and Gordon Beckham have in common with Christian Friedrich? He struck them out in succession last summer while he pitched for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod League. He should have plenty of opportunities in the future to strike out...
Draft Recap and the Fight
Yesterday was eventful for Boston sports fans. The Celtics won, no doubt aided by the chants of "Beat LA" that have cropped up at Fenway and everywhere else in New England the past week. Meanwhile the Red Sox finished off the Rays with a sweep, in a long game punctuated by a major brawl, a fight...
Draft Thread: Rest of Day One
Round 2, Pick 47: Kyle Lobstein LHP Coconino HS From the MLB.com draft profile : A projectable lefty who has the chance to throw three at least average Major League pitches, he certainly will be watched closely all spring. A basketball player as well, Lobstein is athletic on the mound and has...
MLB Draft Open Thread
The 2008 Major League Baseball draft will be held at 2 p.m. today and televised on ESPN2. The Red Sox will have the 30th pick of the draft. According to Baseball America via Extra Bases, the Sox might snag a first baseman as their first pick: Baseball America just released its updated mock...
6/5: 2008 MLB Draft
2008 MLB Draft 2:00; ESPN 2Lake Buena Vista, FL As you all know, the Rays have the No. 1 overall selection in today's MLB draft for the second year in a row, and they will take Georgia High School SS Tim Beckham with the No. 1 overall pick. Here is some information on...
Draft IX: The Reckoning
The final installment of "Draft!" allows us to indulge in the grand internet tradition of ranking things. Quick! Rank your top five Pink Floyd albums! Even though the rest of the post will focus on the 2008 draft, there will still be a handful of folks who will ignore everything baseball-related...
Draft VIII: The Unthinkable
The first seven installments of the Tony-nominated series "Draft!" have focused on hitters. Peter Magowan is on record as saying "we hope to get a position player this time." Every mock drafter and their mock drafting mothers have the Giants down for a position player. It just makes too much...
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