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2010 mock draft

apoxonbothyourhouses — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:20:51 -0000

http://www.draftsite.com/mlb/2010mock.htm

this place is normally a pretty good source of mock draft scenarios. however, this mock is completely asinine. they have us taking LeVon Washingon, a 2B who's silly fast and has good pop. one scout described him as having "Ricky's bat but Reyes' speed". That would look great on the field for us.

yet, he will NOT be there when we pick. plus, they have Stetson Allie going at #31 when all the scouting reports are saying that he won't fall past Cleveland in the top-10 (he's a local Ohio kid).

some people have suggested that Stetson Allie is better than Bryce Harper and that Harper is A LOT of hype and that his skill set is closer to Jay Bruce than to Albert Pujols.

my question is: who do you think the Braves should pick?

Well, you can forget about Holliday...

apoxonbothyourhouses — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:39:26 -0000

yeap...in case you're living in a cave, the Cardinals traded the following players:

Third Baseman Brett Wallace, Outfielder Shane Peterson and RHP Clayton Mortensen.

for Holliday.

I bring this up because it shows you something about the Cardinals' front Office. It's got Balls. While I think this trade will undoubtedly send them backwards in the next 2-3 years (Wallace is a stud), they are going to go for winning NOW. The A's get a pretty decent haul (much better than the one we got for Tex, FWIW...that always irked me--that we didn't get more out of the strongest bat at last year's trading deadline) but the Cardinals are thinking about winning now and are not afraid to do just that.

I guess this brings me back to the question at hand: is our Front Office too scared to make major moves that MAY help us win now, but for the cost of 2 years down the road (and I don't mean Heyward or Freeman...I mean Kimbrel, etc.)?

So, who now?

apoxonbothyourhouses — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:44:28 -0000

Obviously the front office thinks that Minor is the LHP that will pair with Hanson and JJ and Medlen in the future I thought that would be Rohrbough, but he's struggled), but I am disappointed we didn't go for the BPA.

I think it's time to draft some position players int he next few rounds: some that have the ability to be everyday players with upside within 3-5 years.

Some ideas

Max Stassi, c, Yuba City (Calif.) HS was not drafted and will, most likely, be there when we pick in the 4th. Kid's got some serious potential and is a position of need for us.

Jeff Malm, 1b, Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas can SMASH the ball. However, he seems destined to be a 1B and Freeman is a very good one.

Angelo Songco, of, Loyola Marymount; someone said he can hit. ALOT.

Brian Goodwin, of, Rocky Mount (N.C.), I've seen this kid and he's silly athletic. However, I doubt we could sign him away from UNC.

Jacob Stewart, of, Rocky Moutain HS, Fort Collins, Colo. (supposedly a great athlete with improving bat).

Ryan Jackson, ss, Miami (middle Infielder).

Austin Maddox, c, Eagle’s View Academy, Jacksonville (I have no idea)

Luke Bailey, c, Troup HS, LaGrange, Ga. (???)

So, I was wondering: Who do you guys think we should draft?

Jay Gibbons anyone?

apoxonbothyourhouses — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:04:32 -0000

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/03/marlins-release.html

Gibbons could come cheap and help out in RF if we wanted to platoon he who shall not be named.

I know some of you are going to say something like "well, but he's caught up in the 'roids" or, better yet, you'll say that he sucks.

he does suck. but so did our outfield last year. I have to tell you, G. Anderson is a good hitter, but is in the twilight of his career and he who shall not be named is a pretty mediocre ball player. Not to mention what we may or may not have in CF.

I say we invite the guy to ST and see if he's got anything left.