SB Nation User Blog: Angels and Demons

MOD: Rockies

Angels and Demons — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:21:09 -0000

My thoughts heading into this... I'll try to go about the Rockies strategy as well as pick the best player I feel is left on the board. The Rockies have always drafted a mix of high school/college players in the first round and haven't really favored one or the other so I'll be doing the same. Anyways, on to the good stuff. As of now I'm looking at Josh Vitters, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Moskos, Ross Detwiler, and Jason Heyward for the Rockies first pick in the draft. At this point I'm not leaning towards any one of them. I figure two or three will at least be off the board at that point so that will narrow the list down.

As for the second round... again what's the best available. I might go high schooler in the second round. I'll list players later on as to who I'm considering at in each round. The Rockies have the 8th, 73rd, 103rd, 133rd, and the 163rd picks in the draft. Any suggestions would be nice.

2007 MLB Draft Order

Angels and Demons — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:17:07 -0000

Congratulations to MLB for fixing the draft. It looks better than it ever has...

Before round two even begins... the Devil Rays, Royals, Pirates, Brewers, and Rockies each have only one pick. The Texas Rangers and San Fransisco Giants each have five picks. The real winner though is the San Diego Padres. The Padres have the possibility of acquiring eight picks before the second round even begins. Congratulations to Kevin Towers for exploiting the system by telling your players not to accept arbitration.

I guess small market teams can find other ways to improve their team.

First Round

Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Kansas City Royals
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
Milwaukee Brewers
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Fransisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
Florida Marlins
Cleveland Indians
Atlanta Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Toronto Blue Jays (From Rangers)
Texas Rangers (From Astros)
St Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
20. Los Angeles Dodgers (From Boston Red Sox)
Toronto Blue Jays
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
24. Texas Rangers (From Angels)
Chicago White Sox
Oakland Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
29. San Fransisco Giants (From Mets)
30. New York Yankees
Sandwich Round
Note: Teams that have their draft picks in bold have the possibility of losing their's.
1. Chicago Cubs
2. Washington Nationals
  33. Milwaukee Brewers
3. San Fransisco Giants
4. Seattle Mariners
5. Atlanta Braves
6. Cincinnati Reds
7. Texas Rangers
  39. St. Louis Cardinals
8. Boston Red Sox
9. Toronto Blue Jays
10. Los Angeles Dodgers
11. San Diego Padres
12. Los Angeles Angels
13. Oakland Athletics
14. Detroit Tigers
15. New York Mets
  48. New York Yankees
16. Washington Nationals
17. Arizona Diamondbacks
18. San Fransisco Giants
  52. Cincinnati Reds
19. Texas Rangers
20. St. Louis Cardinals
  55. Boston Red Sox
21. Toronto Blue Jays
22. San Diego Padres
23. Oakland Athletics
24. New York Mets
25. San Fransisco Giants
26. Texas Rangers
  62. Toronto Blue Jays
27. New York Mets
28. San Diego Padres
29. San Diego Padres
30. San Diego Padres
31. San Diego Padres
32. San Diego Padres
33. Arizona Diamondbacks
Second Round
Note - Lowest and Highest their second pick could be...
57/70. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
58/71. Kansas City Royals
59/72. Washington Nationals (From Chicago Cubs)
60/73. Pittsburgh Pirates
61/74. Atlanta Braves (From Baltimore Orioles)
62/75. Washington Nationals
63/76. Milwaukee Brewers
64/77. Colorado Rockies
65/78. Arizona Diamondbacks
66/79. Cincinnati Reds (From San Fransisco Giants)
67/80. Seattle Mariners
68/81. Florida Marlins
69/82. New York Mets (From Cleveland Indians)
70/83. Atlanta Braves
71/84. Cincinnati Reds
72/85. Texas Rangers
73/86. San Diego Padres (From Houston Astros)
74/87. St. Louis Cardinals
75/88. Philadelphia Phillies
76/89. Los Angeles Dodgers (From Boston Red Sox)
77/90. Toronto Blue Jays
78/91. Los Angeles Dodgers
79/92. San Diego Padres
80/93. Toronto Blue Jays (From Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim)
81/94. Chicago White Sox
82/95. Oakland Athletics
83/96. Detroit Tigers
84/97. Minnesota Twins
85/98. New York Mets
86/99. New York Yankees

Poll: Biggest Surprise Thus Far This Draft

Angels and Demons — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:32:36 -0000

Poll

Biggest Surprise Thus Far This Draft

Matt LaPorta Unselected Through First Five Rounds

29 votes

Jared Mitchell Unselected Through First Five Rounds

0 votes

The Royals Drafting Hochevar With The First Pick

26 votes

Andrew Miller Falling To The Tigers At Number Six

74 votes

Other

7 votes

Jordan Walden Unselected Through First Five Rounds

9 votes

Matt Latos Unselected Through First Five Rounds

5 votes

Jared Hughes Unselected Through First Five Rounds

5 votes

Dellin Batences Unselected Through First Five Rounds

20 votes

175 votes | Poll has closed

2006 Mock Draft

Angels and Demons — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:49:55 -0000

I wanted to do something new and try to create a mock draft for the first-year player draft. I've only seen mock drafts created 2 to 5 five weeks before the draft and never months before. For obvious reasons though but I thought I'd give it a shot. Thoughts?

Royals - LHP - Andrew Miller
Rockies - RHP - Dallas Buck
Devil Rays - RHP - Max Scherzer
Pirates - RHP - Kyle Drabek
Mariners - INF - Evan Longoria
Tigers - 3B - Wes Hodges
Dodgers - 1B - Matt LaPorta
Reds - RHP - Matt Latos
Orioles - RHP - Ian Kennedy
Giants - OF - Drew Stubbs
Diamondbacks - RHP - Daniel Bard
Rangers - RHP - Jordan Walden
Cubs - RF - Cody Johnson
Blue Jays - LHP - Kasey Kiker
Nationals - RHP - Brandon Morrow
Brewers - RHP - Jared Hughes
Padres - OF - Riley Cooper
Phillies - 3B - Matt Antonelli
Marlins - 2B - Justin Bristow
Twins - 3B - Chris Marrero
Yankees - LHP - Brett Anderson
Nationals - RHP - Joba Chamberlain
Astros - SS - Jason Donald
Braves - OF - Jeff Ropaport
Indians - LF - Mark Hamilton
Nationals - C - Mike Ambort
Red Sox - RHP - Brad Lincoln
Braves - C - Max Sapp
White Sox - RHP - Dellin Betances
Cardinals - OF - John Tolisano