The 2009 Draft: Day Two Open Thread

Took the day off so I can properly celebrate/decimate myself after we get with the 2nd pick

Most important pick that we have had in years! LETS GO M’S

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 8:55 AM PDT reply actions

Bad news!

I can 100% guarantee that the M’s will not select Dustin Ackley today.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jun 10, 2009 8:57 AM PDT reply actions

My day will be ruined.

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Anybody want to rank the 1st day of the AL West?

Texas A– Hard to complain about Purke and Scheppers, Mendoca is intersting and Erlin is another small lefty that fits the pattern for them every year (Kiker, Ross and now Elrin). Texas is going to have another top 5 draft this year….

Seatle B+ – Ackley, Poythress and Seager I really like, Franklin I am "Meh" on and Barron is a pick I think the Mariners wish they could redo… Nice overall start to the first day though, getting the best postion prospect in the draft tends to help.

Oak B – Not a lot to work with for Oakland, but I like Green at 13 and Marks in the 3rd. Not spectacular but a nice solid set of picks. Depending on which Green you get, 1st half or 2nd half, will make or break this draft.

LAAAA B -How can you have so many picks and have such an up and down first day? Really like Skaggs and Trout, concerned over Grichuck and think they over drafted on several of their picks… The Angels budget may have had a bigger effect on this draft that anything else.

by laxtonto on Jun 10, 2009 8:59 AM PDT reply actions

Angels lower I think

Texas’s draft is going to be impossible to rank until the signing deadline

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions

The Angels picks confound me

Heres a interesting little nugget from the Rangers draft… Purke’s agent’s agency is owned by one of Nolan Ryan’s business partners… Early word is that the deal will get done, and not as high as people think…

by laxtonto on Jun 10, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions

Then holy crap nice work Rangers

I still don’t like Schepper’s chances of working out, but you got him in a place where the risks start making sense

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions

I really don't know what to expect

from Scheppers. But then again getting him in the Supp 1st was a steal. He might end up being a closer, but Texas will definitely try and make him a starter…

by laxtonto on Jun 10, 2009 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Heres the writeup....

Some reports suggest that Purke – who is advised not by Scott Boras like Porcello but by SSG (Select Sports Group), a Houston-based agency whose clients include Nolan Ryan and which is owned in part by Don Sanders, the Mexia-born entrepreneur with whom Ryan owns the Round Rock Express and Corpus Christi Hooks (and could be in line for an ownership stake in the Rangers, according to multiple reports)

by laxtonto on Jun 10, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Isn't there some sort of unfair business practice to this?

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jun 10, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Raw athlete with tools

6’4, can run well, will develop power as he fills out his body – draws physical comparisons to Mike Cameron and Adam Jones (shockingly, he’s black). Some teams liked him as a pitcher, where he’s been 91-95 off the mound, but his secondary stuff was terrible and the M"s prefer the left-handed bat.

Probably projects as a corner outfielder down the line. Long way from the majors, but for everyone who wanted more upside, here you go.

by davidcameron on Jun 10, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Drinking the Kool-Aid?

by G_ on Jun 10, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions

Dave Cameron? I don't think he's black..

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jun 10, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Hah

The M’s take a pitcher – and announce him as an outfielder.

I think they wanted lefty bats.

by davidcameron on Jun 10, 2009 9:09 AM PDT reply actions

Looks like the A's just took Stassi.

I wonder if he’ll sign.

by Manzanillos Cup on Jun 10, 2009 9:11 AM PDT reply actions

Wants top 20 Money

but since Oak didn’t have a 2nd rounder it is possible

by laxtonto on Jun 10, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Maybe being from northern calif. helps...good risk for a 1st rd talent

With a full-ride scholarship to UCLA on the table, the Stassis wanted "top 20 money" to pull the Honkers standout away from the Pac-10 school and into the pros, said Max’s father and coach, Jim Stassi.

"We have a figure in our head what UCLA is worth," he said. "And when those clubs called, we said we are not going to make a deal at slot to get it done.

"He would have gone in the (compensation round) if we had settled for slot."

Link

by Asfan4ever723 on Jun 10, 2009 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Stassi is committed to UCLA?

I hope he doesn’t sign

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions

james jones article

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/2009/05/05/2009-05-05_james_jones.html

"In baseball, even the best hitters fail seven of ten times, and of those seven failures there are different reasons why. Some are personal failures, others are losses to the pitcher. You just get beat. In those personal failures, I felt I could have done better." Source: Baseball Digest (November 2002 Issue)

by switch11 on Jun 10, 2009 9:13 AM PDT reply actions

Sounds like a good kid. Interested to see his potential if he just focuses on pitching or hitting

by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Looks like the M's certainly had a focus heading into the draft.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:15 AM PDT reply actions

Landford Tyler

RH Pitcher!

by ThundaPC on Jun 10, 2009 9:20 AM PDT reply actions

Tyler Blandford everyone!

by ThundaPC on Jun 10, 2009 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Tyler Blandford :P

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Hahaha

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Tyler Lanford rhp OSU

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 9:20 AM PDT reply actions

If they can fix his control this is awesome

If they can’t this is a waste of everyone’s time

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:21 AM PDT reply actions

From the scouting video, certainly looks like a quality arm - can't tell control with that though, I guess

by seattlesundevil on Jun 10, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions

He really has no idea at all where the ball is going.

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Still misses more bats than Oliver, though yeah, a lot of that is due to walking people.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Misses more batter's boxes too!

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah. Though again, looks like his pure stuff is better than Oliver's.

I’d thought his stats would look good next to Pribanic’s or someone like that, but uh, Blandford walks a LOT of hitters.
Getting more of a Nolan Gallagher vibe, and that’s less cool.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Maybe he's fixable

I figured that whoever drafted him would have spotted a mechanical flaw they think is correctable

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, and again, the M's seemed to do OK with 'fixable' guys like Lorin and Pribanic

although that was more like they weren’t missing bats when they should. This is different. But yes. A great early test for the player development folks.
Go Pedro!

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions

And he might need to be a reliever. I'm not joking

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:21 AM PDT reply actions

Just ban yourself already

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions

Fifth round, reliever jokes don't cound anymore

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions

At least the org is consistent in acquiring madmen with cannons

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions

It's a round earlier than JJ!

by eponymous_coward on Jun 10, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions

ba article

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/ask-ba/2009/268219.html

like how he says 2nd round talent, but might go in 4th round. today is the high risk, high reward day i guess.

"In baseball, even the best hitters fail seven of ten times, and of those seven failures there are different reasons why. Some are personal failures, others are losses to the pitcher. You just get beat. In those personal failures, I felt I could have done better." Source: Baseball Digest (November 2002 Issue)

by switch11 on Jun 10, 2009 9:23 AM PDT reply actions

Yep

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions

"Damien Magnifico" is one of the best US baseball player names I've seen in years.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:29 AM PDT reply actions

Seth Schwindenhammer from Limestone Community HS isn't bad either.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions

The Rangers will totally draft him

and cause their uniform guy to commit suicide

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions

The Red Sox already did.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions

Plenty of people have long teutonic names, but only a select few sound like cruise-ship magicians.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

That's an excellent point.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

It occurs to me..

…there are more than one dimension to signability concerns.

For players who have options like re-entering the draft, you really can’t pick them too low and get a steal. At some point, they’ll just leave the table and you’ve wasted the pick. Picking a Purke in the 2nd or 3rd round isn’t a steal, because he isn’t going to sign for that kind of money—he’ll just re-enter the draft. Makes more sense in the supplemental rounds, because the tradeoffs are more even there.

by rtang on Jun 10, 2009 9:31 AM PDT reply actions

Baylor 3B Shaver Hanson

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:31 AM PDT reply actions

Switch hitter, too.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions

.330/.395/.633

Plenty of pop, not a lot of plate discipline… who knows. Could be good.
Switch hitter.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions

Played short through college so should be at least competent at third

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Nice. Switch hitter, 17 HRs in big XII, at least competent defender?

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions

I think the plate discipline is there, too

He just went for broke on power this year.

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm sold.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Samesies!

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions

So how does a player like this fall to the sixth round?

If he played SS it doesn’t seem like a total lack of athleticism would be an issue and while those numbers aren’t necessarily eye-popping for college they’re more than solid. Is it just one of those scouting consensus things that mortals are incapable of seeing?

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 10, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Shaver Hansen!

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:31 AM PDT reply actions

who the hell names their kid Shaver?

Is their other son named Bather?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jun 10, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions

I think the daughter is named Brazille

by Jed MC on Jun 10, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Yikes

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Shaver Hansen!

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:31 AM PDT reply actions

Shaver? I hardly even know her!

by Robert Lintott on Jun 10, 2009 9:34 AM PDT reply actions

So many bats.

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 9:35 AM PDT reply actions

Ruben Sierra Jr.?

by shinallsrevenge on Jun 10, 2009 9:35 AM PDT reply actions

Here's one for ya, LL!

With the 177th pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the San Francisco Giants select:

Matthew Graham

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Jun 10, 2009 9:35 AM PDT reply actions

Nice!

Now we need a Jeff Cameron!

by mark sobba on Jun 10, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Or NOLA Royal...

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Jun 10, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I would freak out if there is a Paul Sobba drafted.

by mark sobba on Jun 10, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Texas takes Ruben Sierra's kid.

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 9:36 AM PDT reply actions

Wow, it's son of ex-MLB player round....

That and Puerto Rican Baseball Academy round.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:38 AM PDT reply actions

Wow... Brooks Raley was once a possible comp. round guy, right?

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions

Brian Moran, Pitcher, UNC

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions

This is hilarious

The M’s are going to have to draft me pretty soon if they want to keep taking the Carolina kids.

by davidcameron on Jun 10, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

Ackley needs his comfort group

Can we replace High Desert with the Tar Heels?

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Aren't we going to the Carolina League soon?

it’s a pre-emptive strike

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions

This will likely improve turnout at the USSM East Coast events, though.

by eponymous_coward on Jun 10, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions

BJ Surhoff's nephew.

Lefty.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

Holy shit, Moran's stats are amazing.

Are there signability issues, or is this just a case of a meh-stuff lefty taking advantage of college hitters?

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Deception guy in the bullpen

I don’t think that’s a good profile for the majors

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, just read that.

Touches the high 80s from a low to 3/4 arm slot.
Sounds bullpeny to me, but at least he might be good at it.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Worth the risk in the 7th

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Absolutely.

Love the pick.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm not huge on it but I think most of my enthusiasm went to Shaver

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions

I love the balance between the high risk types and guys like Moran

who should fly through the system as a LHRP, or do fine as a LHSP for a while. It’s a really safe pick, which is fine considering some of the other picks.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions

I am loving the draft overall though

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions

This is getting kind of ridiculous.

by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

We are all Heels fans!

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 9:43 AM PDT reply actions

Brian Moran from...UNC

Rah Rah Car’lina is the new Who Let the Dogs Out

by pmc47 on Jun 10, 2009 9:43 AM PDT reply actions

FWIW, Moran has unbelievable stats this year

I followed that team closely because I figured we’d get Ackley. I think the pure stuff is a big question mark. But he gets outs (in college)

by gustafm on Jun 10, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions

brian moran fip article

FIP measures how successful pitchers are with things they are solely responsible for, such as home runs, walks, hit batsmen and strikeouts. Among the site’s top-ranked college pitchers, Moran has the second-best FIP, behind San Diego State phenom Stephen Strasburg, the consensus No. 1 overall pick.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20090608/SPORTS06/906080350

good pick. love it.

"In baseball, even the best hitters fail seven of ten times, and of those seven failures there are different reasons why. Some are personal failures, others are losses to the pitcher. You just get beat. In those personal failures, I felt I could have done better." Source: Baseball Digest (November 2002 Issue)

by switch11 on Jun 10, 2009 9:44 AM PDT reply actions

Brian Moran has the most rediculous mug shot

http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/moran_brian00.html

This guy is a Mariner. Maybe we can bring back Jeff Weaver for him to hang out with?

IF I WAS MANAGER I'D HAVE A FIST FIGHT WITH YUNI RIGHT NOW AND KNOCK HIS FUCKING MONKEY HEAD CLEAN OFF (~EM)

by seattlecougar on Jun 10, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions

Wow, that is horrifying

I'd rather know a little about a lot than a lot about a little

by Sportszilla on Jun 10, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

I swear that kid asked me if I wanted bottomless fries with my order last night.

by Kermit. on Jun 10, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Duuuuuurp

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions

Looks kinda like Michael Phelps.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 10, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions

First you shave his head. Then you teach him to close his mouth when he takes pictures.

Everything else can be worked with from there.

But yeah, goofy guy.

by mark sobba on Jun 10, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions

There goes UW's Kyle Conley

to St. Louis.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:49 AM PDT reply actions

Check Moran's delivery out:

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?topic_id=4961152&content_id=4881009

His arm stays behind him for a longass time

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:51 AM PDT reply actions

That's nuts.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 10, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Deception!

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions

Don't let money change ya

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

Uh-oh...Ackley and Moran have a rival

I'd rather know a little about a lot than a lot about a little

by Sportszilla on Jun 10, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions

Did our scouts visit anywhere but the Tarheel state?

by seattlesundevil on Jun 10, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions

James Gilhaney

Another Carolina guy!!

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions

Gillheeney

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

I bet the Mariner scouts were just following Ackley around

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:55 AM PDT reply actions

So I guess there never was any question we were taking Ackley

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions

.

“There were a couple of guys out there in the mix, but he stood out for us,” McNamara said. “We started following him 1 1/2 years ago and have seen him a lot. Like any player coming back from surgery, we scouted him as much as possible. Midway through the season, Dustin was our guy.”

M’s site.

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions

I thought they were waffling back and forth on a few guys up until draft day.

by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Graham you left off the part where he said the week before the draft they thought about changing it.

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

McNamara said that if you make the GM go see a player, you are pretty serious about a player.

by msb on Jun 10, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions

I can't wait for us to draft Petey Pablo

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 10, 2009 9:55 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

If he can swing a bat like he swings his shirt around his head the M's will have a gem.

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions

I imagine he'd be a good clubhouse guy.

by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions

This is my favorite LL comment ever.

But only if you take your shirt off and swing it around your head like a helicopter.

by Garces on Jun 10, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions

This is generally what I am doing at any given time.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 10, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Gillheeney has one hell of a curve, if the scouting video is any indication

by seattlesundevil on Jun 10, 2009 9:56 AM PDT reply actions

I think we need more scouts

since we only seem to be taking players from the south in this draft

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 9:56 AM PDT reply actions

Good change, good command, left handed. Can't complain at all

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 9:57 AM PDT reply actions

gillheeney on same list as josh fields

stopper of the year in some conference in 2008 –
http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2008/stopper080417.html

"In baseball, even the best hitters fail seven of ten times, and of those seven failures there are different reasons why. Some are personal failures, others are losses to the pitcher. You just get beat. In those personal failures, I felt I could have done better." Source: Baseball Digest (November 2002 Issue)

by switch11 on Jun 10, 2009 9:57 AM PDT reply actions

Skagit Valley College!

by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 9:58 AM PDT reply actions

Home of World Series winner Kyle Kendrick!

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions

Huh... Tullis, from Skagit Valley's off the board.

MLB’s guy butchered the pronunciation…..

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 9:58 AM PDT reply actions

Skay-git?

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions

Something like that.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions

So I'm now going to watch the CWS with some interest.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

Anyone else suprised no one has drafted Danielle Lawrie?

by mark sobba on Jun 10, 2009 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

No

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Because she would be a terrible baseball player

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions

If the other teams started drafting softball players too, she'd be awesome

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions

Especially if they moved the MLB mound 15 feet closer

by gustafm on Jun 10, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Wonder if she's pitched to her brother at the regulation distance...

by msb on Jun 10, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions

yes.

by mark sobba on Jun 10, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Her and her brother have always played together.

He said in an interview he gave after UW won that he takes some credit in making her a better pitcher and he credits her for making him a better hitter.

by mark sobba on Jun 10, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, there you go then.

by msb on Jun 10, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Trevor Coleman - C - Mizzou

by shinallsrevenge on Jun 10, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions

Trevor Coleman, C, UM.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions

Decent plate discipline.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

Switch hitting catcher

Was great in the Cape Cod League last summer but had a bad year (and missed 12 games with injuries) so he slipped

by gustafm on Jun 10, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Switch hitting catcher

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:06 AM PDT reply actions

jesus.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

They love switch hitters.

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

How many switch hitters were there in the org before yesterday?

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps a better approach than Bavasi signing all righties to play in Safeco

by gustafm on Jun 10, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Carl Everett!

by ThundaPC on Jun 10, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Right. And conspiracy theorist crazies

by gustafm on Jun 10, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Scouting video shows him throwing a lawn dart to 2nd

by shinallsrevenge on Jun 10, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions

Brian Pearl lasted quite a while....

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions

To recap:

3 LH bats
3 SH bats
1 RH bat
1 RH starter
1 LH starter
1 LH reliever

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions

And Steven Baron

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions

This is neat.

by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Wouldn't you say our collection's complete?

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions

GOD WHAT A WASTED DRAFT

IF ONLY WE HAD NOT DRAFTED BARON

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Steven Baron is going to turn into the next Mike Piazza

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

He is not good enough defensively for this org!

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Jun 10, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions

The offense of Piazza and the defense of Brad Ausmus.

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Second coming of Jesus.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

He is what Bryce Harper aspires to.

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions

He'll be Jeffie before Jeffie sucked

::ducks::

by Robert Lintott on Jun 10, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions

This organization will never be able to compete without TOR pitchers!

by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

For the record on Coleman...

He calls a great game. I covered Mizzou baseball this year, and every pitcher on the team raved about his game-calling skills. He doesn’t have a great arm, but if his bat comes around he could be a nice MLB catcher.

Chicago White Sox Examiner — Your what hurts?

by UribeAuction on Jun 10, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions

GOD IT'S ROB JOHNSON PART 2

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

FUCK!

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

YAY!

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Way to alienate the whole of LL in one scouting report!

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Jun 10, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Hahaha, I never said I agreed with where he was drafted.

I’m not sure his bat will come around, and that’s why I think he should stay at Missouri for his senior year. I thought he was being overrated by a lot of people, and I don’t think I would’ve taken him in the ninth round.

Chicago White Sox Examiner — Your what hurts?

by UribeAuction on Jun 10, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Vincent Catricala - 3B - Hawaii

by shinallsrevenge on Jun 10, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions

A right-hander? Gay

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions

When do you think you're going to have some write ups?

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

I'll get something up during my lunch break but I'm trying to design concrete right now

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions

(but I probably won't get everything up until tonight)

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions

Fucking concrete.

I have a 1 hour break because I’m rendering.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Decent plate discipline, though.

Go Vinnie!

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Re-stocking the system.

I bet Zduriencik loathes Bavasi and Fontaine.

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 10:18 AM PDT reply actions

They got him his first GM job.

by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Good call.

You know he shakes his head a lot when looking through his assets.

by jimmylauderdale on Jun 10, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions

This conference call is a lot more entertaining that watching drunk Bud every four minutes.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Jun 10, 2009 10:21 AM PDT reply actions

Bud looked wasted the last two years too.

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

JAKE LOCKER!!!

by Matthew on Jun 10, 2009 10:25 AM PDT reply actions

THOSE FUCKERS

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

hahahaha

Angels.

by Matthew on Jun 10, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Why was he drafted so high? Does he have any chance of playing baseball at all?

by shinallsrevenge on Jun 10, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

The hilarious part if he does is that he'll leave UW

and they’ll be even more screwed this fall.

by Matthew on Jun 10, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

To go play for the Angels.

How much higher will they move up Robert’s shit list?

by Matthew on Jun 10, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Plus, the son of a former 49er great!

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions

:)

by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions

He is a very good baseball player

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

He's freaking huge. 6'3", 225.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions

Almost played baseball instead of football coming out of college

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions

'Matt Holliday but faster'

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions

SHUT UP

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions

At least he'll win more games than he did at Washington

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Unless they send him to extended spring training, where he'll win the exact same number of games that count

by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions

You guys are such assholes

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions

At least the other team won't catch as many of his throws

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

That would have solved things. If only UW had given all it's wide receivers baseball gloves!

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Jun 10, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions

We're trading Rob Johnson to the Angels?

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions

One can dream

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

MATT TUIASOSOPO is going to be the starting third baseman for the Seattle Mariners for the foreseeable future

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Fuck

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions

He'll do that too.

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Matt Holliday that can play CF

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh my God.

Ahahahahahahahahaha

by BrianL on Jun 10, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

I went to the same high school, and know a some of the family.

I am surprised to see this happen.

by d0nkey on Jun 10, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions

How could you?

He played for the Bells last year. I’m surprised on how high he got drafted.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions

He played briefly for the Bells. And he was limited to what he could do to avoid injury

by d0nkey on Jun 10, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions

And that was all a PR move. I think the Bells needed the extra $50 bucks in ticket sales

by d0nkey on Jun 10, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Ya but he still a prospect.

Even if it was a PR stunt he still played in a wood bat league and did alright and if he didn’t choose to play football he would of been a 4th -6th rounder coming out of High School.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions

He probably goes first round if not for football

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Do you know where to watch to see if he actually get signed?

Or what the deadline is to sign a drafted player?

by d0nkey on Jun 10, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

August 17th

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions

He won't sign

by Brian Floyd on Jun 10, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't think he will either.

Unless he doesn’t think he has a chance of being an NFL QB, then if that’s the case, maybe he will.

by d0nkey on Jun 10, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Even then, he would wait to sign until his football eligibility is burnt

by Brian Floyd on Jun 10, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Or unless he wants to be a pro safety.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions

How many players play both sports these days?

by d0nkey on Jun 10, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions

But yes we all know his first love is football.

But currently he doesn’t look like the best NFL QB prospect.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions

They already drafted him once.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 10, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Ahahahaha I wanted to draft him

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:26 AM PDT reply actions

I cannot believe they took him in the 10th.

Unless that means he’s definitely signing…

by Matthew on Jun 10, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Maybe they'll throw the Tui Huskykiller money at him?

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

If Anaheim signs Locker

I will hurt people.

by Garces on Jun 10, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Hey at least Jake Heaps is still gonna be a Husky

oh wait…

Paris Hilton, Burberry plaid, reality TV, mullets, Zima, Dubya, and the Sonics being sold to Oklahoma City. - Yahoo Answer results for "7 Signs of the Apocalypse"

by bluemax on Jun 10, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions

I will laugh hysterically.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 10, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

More or less hysterical than you were when Memphis blew the title game?

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Significantly more.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 10, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions

gay

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions

He will get drafted again next year and by then he may realize he is a shitty QB and actually go for it.

This is coming from a Husky who believes if Jake wants to play in the NFL it will have to be somewhere other than QB.

by Sec 108 on Jun 10, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Safety

by Brian Floyd on Jun 10, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Brian Russell Version 2.0

by Sec 108 on Jun 10, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Drew Storen signed already.

by Matthew on Jun 10, 2009 10:30 AM PDT reply actions

They are pretty quick about trying to find out what exactly how much money will be left in the dump truck.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions

And he wasn't a signability pick at all, hmm?

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions

This is like the time the Mariners drafted Tui mating with a dragoncock bear.

by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 10:34 AM PDT reply actions

I wonder if that's how gonorrhea got started.

by ningwers on Jun 10, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Timothy Morris - 1B - St. John's

Another LH bat

by pmc47 on Jun 10, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions

Lefty-hitting 1B - Tim Morris from St John's.

by shinallsrevenge on Jun 10, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions

So with our 50-something picks, how many guys will actually sign?

by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions

This organization is going to have to start more teams in order to find more places for all these 1b to play.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions

And at this point the names become very forgettable

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:43 AM PDT reply actions

They signed a shit-ton of players from last year's draft in the 20s and even 30s.

Still don’t quite know how that worked…..

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Right but I still don't know who they are :P

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions

But you'd been tracking Vinny Catricala?

by marc w on Jun 10, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

He was the second named that popped up when I looked at Hawaii, so surprisingly yes :-/

by Graham MacAree on Jun 10, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions

The Adam Nelubowich Era begins now.

by shinallsrevenge on Jun 10, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

At what point can we start making up draft picks to see if anybody notices?

I hear in the last round the Mariners took Mark Shoemaker.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jun 10, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions

by pdb on Jun 10, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions

In the 28th?

Tom Servo, who I hear has fantastic mechanics!

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Jun 10, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions

O c'mon -- on a site full of MST3K fans, how can this have been missed???

Dead thread’s probably why…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Jun 10, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions

… CF Matt Cerione was arrested over the weekend for underage possession and fake ID.

Seems that he was approached by an officer for carrying an open container, and when asked to produce ID, he gave the officer his older brother’s (born in 84) ID. The officer noticed it wasn’t him, and asked for another ID. Cerione thumbed through his wallet pretending he couldn’t find another, but the officer saw his real ID and asked for it, which showed he was only 20.

by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

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