June 7, 200521 yr Marlins took Kris Harvey, son of former Marlin Bryan Harvey...all in the family :thumbup
June 7, 200521 yr 22nd Aaron Thompson 6'3" LHP Second Baptist school. 798984[/snapback] I didn't like this selection IMO one game made this guy for the Marlins where he had 15K in a 2-0 win over a power highschool. I was hoping for Tulane Brian Bogusevic and IMO that 29th selection was suppose to be OF Colby Rasmus who is a J.Hermida clone
June 7, 200521 yr 22nd Aaron Thompson 6'3" LHP Second Baptist school. 798984[/snapback] I didn't like this selection IMO one game made this guy for the Marlins where he had 15K in a 2-0 win over a power highschool. I was hoping for Tulane Brian Bogusevic and IMO that 29th selection was suppose to be OF Colby Rasmus who is a J.Hermida clone 799229[/snapback] Not a fan of the Marceux pick, "meh" to Thompson, but as you said, Rasmus was meant to be our guy, so that makes the Thompson pick a little harder to swallow.
June 7, 200521 yr Marlins took Kris Harvey, son of former Marlin Bryan Harvey...all in the family :thumbup 799215[/snapback] Is that accurate? kewl!
June 7, 200521 yr what does this mean: "Aggies recruit is draft?s most polished prep, but wants to gig ?em" gig 'em? does that mean he might go to college?
June 7, 200521 yr Marlins Press Release JUPITER ? The Florida Marlins today selected three pitchers in the first round of Major League Baseball?s First-Year Player Draft. With their three first-round picks, the Marlins drafted right-handed pitcher Chris Volstad (16th overall), left-handed pitcher Aaron Thompson (22nd overall) and right-handed pitcher Jacob Marceaux (29th overall). The team selected two additional pitchers with its compensation picks in the ?sandwich? round, taking right-handed pitcher Ryan Tucker (34th overall) and left-hander Sean West (44th overall). The announcements were made by Vice President of Player Development and Scouting Jim Fleming . ?We try to take what?s in the draft and draw from that, and this year?s draft had an abundance of strong high school pitching,? Fleming said. ?We got guys we feel have a chance to make an impact. I think all of the guys we?ve picked thus far have the potential to make an impact at the Major League level.? Volstad, 18, went 7-2 with one save and a 0.41 ERA in 10 games at Palm Beach Gardens High School (Fla.). At 6-foot-7, 195 pounds, he struck out 98 batters and walked just eight in 69.0 IP during his senior season. ?He has a good delivery and three quality pitches,? Fleming said. ?He has advanced body control for an 18-year-old of that size and is a very mature and responsible young man.? Thompson, 18, went 8-3 with two saves and a 0.84 ERA in 14 games at Second Baptist High School in Houston, Tx. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound left-hander recorded 133 strikeouts and walked 35 batters in 66.0 IP during his senior season. Marceaux, 21, just finished his junior year at McNeese State University, where he went 5-5 with one save and a 3.25 ERA in 14 games last season. He struck out 96 batters and walked 27 in 91.0 IP. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound power pitcher is from Jennings, La. The Marlins had two picks in the ?sandwich? round between the first and second rounds, compensation for losing right-handed closer Armando Benitez to the San Francisco Giants (34th pick) and right-handed pitcher Carl Pavano to the New York Yankees (44th pick). Tucker, 18, a 6-foor-2, 190-pound senior at Temple City High School (Calif.), went 6-4 with a 1.13 ERA in 12 games last season. He struck out 112 batters and allowed just 35 H in 68.0 IP. West, 18, stands 6-foot-8 and weighs 195 pounds. As a senior at Captain Shreve High School (La.), he went 10-2 with a 1.42 ERA in 13 games, striking out 130 batters in 84.0 IP. Today?s draft marks the 14th in Marlins history. The following are their first-round selections from previous drafts : 2004 LHP Taylor Tankersley 2000 INF Adrian Gonzalez 1996 OF Mark Kotsay 2003 RHP Jeff Allison 1999 RHP Josh Beckett 1995 OF Jamie Jones 2002 OF Jeremy Hermida 1998 OF Chip Ambres 1994 INF Josh Booty 2001 RHP Garrett Berger 1997 RHP Aaron Akin 1993 RHP Marc Valdes 1992 C Charles Johnson
June 7, 200521 yr some more scouting reports on our picks ugh, this draft has sucked imo 799268[/snapback] I agree...to an extent. I don't mind getting all those pitchers, but I was hoping to see a possible impact position player in there too
June 8, 200521 yr some more scouting reports on our picks ugh, this draft has sucked imo 799268[/snapback] The fact that we took Thompson at 22, when we could've had Ellsbury is killing me. Teagarden must have some serious signability issues so I'm not worrying too much about the fact that we didn't land him. Also, I certainly would've liked to have seen more college players taken period. I think it would've been great if we had used 2 of our first 5 picks on high schoolers, but to use 4 of the 5 on high schoolers is pretty risky.
June 8, 200521 yr You can never have to many pitchers in the minors. Develop a few and others can be traded for offense when time comes. Works for me. Should be interesting
June 8, 200521 yr Anyone got any articles with a list of the players and their stats and write ups for them? I didnt see anything in the post.
June 8, 200521 yr Anyone got any articles with a list of the players and their stats and write ups for them? I didnt see anything in the post. 800512[/snapback] Might I suggest reading this thread?
June 8, 200521 yr I did, I wanted even more then the article offered and the link The more the better in my eyes.
June 8, 200521 yr Anyone got any articles with a list of the players and their stats and write ups for them? I didnt see anything in the post. 800512[/snapback] I can tell you a little bit about Marceaux, as I did sports information work with the McNeese baseball team and traveled with the team the last 3 years. First of all, he is a great kid. He has never had any problems with anything and he is a very likeable guy. His pitching stats this year don't look that impressive on a whole, but that is because of a slow start and lack of run support. In his first 5 starts this season, he got a combined 3 runs of support. Obviously, this isn't going to help his record out too much. His first win was against UNO where they scored 21 runs in support of him, but that still brought him to 1-3 on the season. He had a start against Tulane this year, the #1 seed in the tournament and #1 most of the year, and he went 7 innings and gave up 3 hits and no runs. I believe he had two walks, one of them being an intentional walk and struck out 6. His injury that is sometimes noted came in almost freezing weather. We went for two midweek games at Wichita State and since he was going to start the weekend series, instead of throwing a bullpen session, he was going to start the game and throw 60 pitches. Turns out, that didn't go as planned. The weather being so cold and wet, I guess he didn't get stretched enough or he tightened up between stretching and starting the game, because about 20 pitches in he had a muscle pull. He ended up out for 3 weeks I believe, not exactly sure how long it was. He got the loss at Wichita State to bring his record to 1-4 on the season. His next start back was also a loss in his first conference start of the season. After that, he was completely healthy from the injury he suffered and turned it on late in the season. He ended the season with a 3.05 ERA and a 6-5 record for the year. Beggining with his second game back, he didn't lose a start, going 5-0 with a sub 3 ERA. In those 5 starts, he had 4 complete games and the other game he went 8 innings but we had scored 17 runs and were up by alot.
June 8, 200521 yr Welcome Fubu 800862[/snapback] Thank you, I look forward to following Jake's career with the marlins orginization.
June 8, 200521 yr thank you fububusty that was exactly the type of stuff I was looking for 800878[/snapback] You are welcome. I like helping people out with such things, and I like doing sports information stuff. It's just something I have a great interest in and hopefully will be able to pursue as a career whenever I graduate from McNeese this fall.
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