Well, I really hope we don't draft any more pitchers. I was wondering what kinds of hitters we'll be seeing in the draft, considering it's likely we'll have a top 3 pick, if not the top over all pick, in addition to the draft picks we have from compensation.

I'd say get a good outfielder, we are going to need a center fielder so it seems, because unless we can get a trade done, none of the guys in our system seem to be cut out for the job.

get a college guy that can be up with the big club quickly.

The way I see it we could use a can't miss guy at 1B, 2B, 3B if we deal Cabrera, CF, CA and you never pass up on great pitchers....so best player available.

We need to get a catcher big time, methinks. Although that one cat in Single A seems to be doing ok.

$10 says we draft a high school pitcher #1. Might as well just keep loading up on pitching so we can trade them in the future for hitting prospects (ex: hanley ramirez).

C, 2B, SS (easier to move a SS to another position than a 1B) or CF

I'd say get a good outfielder, we are going to need a center fielder so it seems, because unless we can get a trade done, none of the guys in our system seem to be cut out for the job.

 

 

Hopefully one close to the stadium so he can drive there and start immediately. He'd automatically be better than any of the guys we have out there.

Unfortunetly college outfielders have had the poorest success rate of becoming major leaguers, let alone quality ones, among position players.

If we can get Drew Stubbs out of Texas we will have our CF of the future but I doubt he falls to where were picking.

If we can get Drew Stubbs out of Texas we will have our CF of the future but I doubt he falls to where were picking.

 

 

 

 

A guy that could be there when we pick is Colin Curtis, a CF from Arizona State. Would love to snatch him up. High OBP guy with great defense and good speed. Not the highest ceiling, but exactly what we need for the leadoff spot and CF.

 

BTW, can someone with a BA subscription tell me the top 3-5 players for 2007 draft ? I've heard some names like Michael Main and Robert Stock, but not much else.

Expect us to get the best player available. Beinfest isn't much for drafting for a particular position given the uncertainty with any draftee making the bigs.

Offhand I'd say we should draft a second baseman, centerfielder or catcher with our first pick.

Here's a list I found on another site, which I believe comes from Baseball America:

 

1. Andrew Miller

2. Brandon Morrow

3. Brad Lincoln

4. Evan Longoria

5. Max Scherzer

6. Tim Lincecum

7. Drew Stubbs

8. Joba Chamberlain

9. Daniel Bard

10. Ian Kennedy

11. Kyle McCulloch

12. Matt LaPorta

13. Greg Reynolds

14. Mark Melancon

15. Chad Tracy

some of you are forgetting that we are talking 2007 draft, not the draft in June

 

COLLEGE

1. David Price, lhp, Vanderbilt

2. Andrew Brackman, rhp, North Carolina State

3. Joe Savery, lhp/1b, Rice

4. Matt Wieters, c/rhp, Georgia Tech

5. J.P. Arencibia, c, Tennessee

6. Brad Meyers, rhp, Loyola Marymount

7. Beau Mills, 3b, Fresno State

8. Michael Taylor, of, Stanford

9. Sean Doolittle, 1b/lhp, Virginia

10. James Adkins, lhp, Tennessee

11. Eric Berger, lhp, Arizona

12. Todd Frazier, ss, Rutgers

HIGH SCHOOL

1. Robert Stock, rhp/c, Agoura HS, Westlake Village, Calif.

2. Michael Main, rhp/of, Deland HS, Deltona, Fla.

3. John Tolisano, 3b, Estero HS, Sanibel, Fla.

4. Erik Goeddel, lhp, Bellarmine Prep, San Jose

5. Blake Beavan, rhp/3b, Irving (Texas) HS

6. Freddie Freeman, 1b/lhp, El Modena HS, Orange, Calif.

7. Greg Peavey, rhp, Hudson?s Bay HS, Vancouver, Wash.

8. Christian Rodriguez, ss, Taylorsville HS, West Jordan, Utah

9. Josh Smoker, lhp, Calhoun HS, Sugar Valley, Ga.

10. Nathan Vineyard, lhp, Woodland HS, Acworth, Ga.

11. Michael Burgess, lhp/of, Hillsborough HS, Tampa

12. Danny Rams, c, Gulliver Prep, Miami

Yeah, I don't know why we're talking about the 2007 draft already though, considering the fact that we haven't made it to the 2006 one yet.

 

The list I posted above is for THIS draft. Not 2007. It's WAY too early for that, to say the least...

Yeah, I don't know why we're talking about the 2007 draft already though, considering the fact that we haven't made it to the 2006 one yet.

 

The list I posted above is for THIS draft. Not 2007. It's WAY too early for that, to say the least...

 

cant argue with that

Let's draft Shane Robinson. Centerfielder for the Seminoles and was National Player of the Year in NCAA baseball as a sophmore, he's a junior now.

Let's draft Shane Robinson. Centerfielder for the Seminoles and was National Player of the Year in NCAA baseball as a sophmore, he's a junior now.

 

Sounds good to me.

 

The kid can hit, he's the prototypical leadoff-man. He gets on base, and steals bases. He'll certainly be in the running for this year's player of the year awards for college.

Yeah, I don't know why we're talking about the 2007 draft already though, considering the fact that we haven't made it to the 2006 one yet.

 

The list I posted above is for THIS draft. Not 2007. It's WAY too early for that, to say the least...

 

 

Not really...I think 2007 is pertinent due to the fact that we will have an extremely high pick - I am assume top three if not #1. Therefore if there is a "can't miss" superstar on the horizon it would be nice to know about him. Kind of like a LeBron James or Sidney Crosby watch.

 

:thumbup

Hopefully if that can't miss prospect is there, so is the money and no backing off because Boras is his agent etc etc.

I'd say get a good outfielder, we are going to need a center fielder so it seems, because unless we can get a trade done, none of the guys in our system seem to be cut out for the job.

 

 

 

UM's John Jay could be available in June '06 - has speed, OBP, plus some power.

Personally I think you can never have enough pitching

Personally I think you can never have enough pitching

 

 

:lol :lol :lol

We need to get a catcher big time, methinks. Although that one cat in Single A seems to be doing ok.

 

if you mean gaby sanchez, he's playing 1B. He's from UM and was never really a catcher there either. He played mostly 3B, 1B and DH until he was kicked off the team and out of school.

 

but yeah, he is hitting 400 with 7 or 8 HR's already. I'd love to see him get a call up in sept. and get his crack at our 1B gig next year, or even 3B if Miggie is traded