I am not sure if this belongs here but it is about the Marlins future. Feel free to move this thread if you want

 

By Juan C. Rodriguez

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Posted June 7 2006

 

 

Oklahoma-bred right-handers seem to thrive with the Marlins.

 

Brad Penny is among their top three all-time winningest pitchers. Rookie Josh Johnson is fresh off National League Rookie Player of the Month honors.

The Marlins are banking on Brett Sinkbeil adding to that legacy.

Tuesday, the Marlins made Sinkbeil their first choice with the 19th pick in the draft. A resident of Sand Springs, Okla., the 6-foot-4, 195-pound Sinkbeil went 5-1 with a 2.45 ERA in 11 games as a junior at Missouri State this season.

The Marlins used their supplemental first-round selection (No. 36 overall) on Mississippi third baseman Christopher Coghlan. A native of Palm Harbor, Coghlan is a polished, left-handed hitter who this weekend is leading Ole Miss in a Super Regional against Miami.

"With our first two picks we got two college performers that hopefully will move through our system fast," Marlins vice president of scouting and player development Jim Fleming said. "A left-handed bat is always a plus, and in our system it's something we're a little thin on."

Fleming and scouting director Stan Meek reside in Oklahoma, but neither realized Sinkbeil was a product of the Sooner state. Sinkbeil missed three weeks this season with an oblique strain, but he quelled any misgivings about his health upon his return.

He went eight innings in his last outing and finished with 23 walks, 75 strikeouts and a .184 opponents' batting average in 692/3 innings. Sinkbeil, who played against Johnson (Jenks High School), features a 91-93 mph fastball and a slider that he'll throw to both sides of the plate on any count. His changeup is a work in progress.

"[The injury] was more of a concern when it was going on," said Sinkbeil, who is represented by Arkansas-based Darek Braunecker and South Florida-based partner Mark Rodgers. "The whole time I was talking to my adviser and he was saying make sure you can come back and prove to everybody you're healthy. After I did that it kind of alleviated a lot of my concerns about teams questioning how healthy I was, especially after that last start."

The concern about Coghlan is whether he'll hit for power. He played mostly third base, but he has experience at second, and Fleming did not rule out an eventual move there.

"We'll get him in, let him play where he's familiar for a while and make some decisions as we go," Fleming said. "He's a good athlete. It was one of those things where the left-handed bat plays for us. Second base is something we talked about because he's athletic and runs well, and that's something we may consider, but it's not something we have to do. We don't feel like we have to move him."

Coghlan hit .349 for the Rebels with 21 doubles, three triples, four homers and 48 RBI. Perhaps most impressive is he struck out just 20 times and drew 35 walks. He was also successful on 24 of 26 stolen-base attempts.

Last summer in the Cape Cod League, which uses wooden bats, Coghlan was the leading hitter with a .326 batting average.

His one tie to the Marlins: Coghlan went to high school with Tyler Jennings, the son of vice president of player personnel Dan Jennings, who worked for the Devil Rays at the time.

"I do know that most organizations like prototypical players at power positions," Coghlan said. "I believe I can hit for more power, but right now I haven't totally proven that."

Coghlan, who is represented by Scott Boras, should command just under $1 million. Sinkbeil is expected to sign quickly for about a $1.5 million bonus.

 

 

 

 

 

When is soon?

depends on if they perform Holly

There's a couple determining factors but I think the headline is terribly misleading.

 

Perhaps the latter part of next season these kids will be ready, but I suspect that's being optimistic. The biggest challenge for them is learning to play everyday, day in, day out, week in, week out for 100+ games and be able to sustain a competitive level of achievement that warrants their appearance in the bigs.

 

A couple of days ago someone started a thread about the ten worst draft choices of all time. One of them was David Clyde, a high school kid who was destroyed (physically and mentally) by a PR-starved Texas Rangers team that thrust him into a major league situation a few weeks after graduating high school. With virtually no experience pitching every five days the result was a foregone conclusion, they blew his arm out. A career ruined, one that could have been what we see when we think of Josh Beckett.

 

Today, with $1.5 million or so going to our first round draftee Sinkbeil, you can be sure he won't be rushed into service regardless of what Juan Rodriguez has to say in this morning's Sun-Sentinel. The risk/reward ratio dictates you take it slow and easy with him. Less so with Coughlan, but he needs conditioning as well. So in my mind if either plays next season in a Marlins uniform I think it will be late in the season if at all. 2008 is probably more realistic.

Well considering the average draftee goes takes about 3 years to reach the majors, I think if they make it by '08, that would be 'soon'

Does anyone know the pronunciation of Sinkbeil? Is it Sink-bail?

Marlin's TV crew was saying Sink-bell

On a related note, the Sun-Sentinel did a terrible job covering this year's draft...

On a related note, the Sun-Sentinel did a terrible job covering this year's draft...

 

 

Really? How so?

 

I count five articles in today's paper...

 

Juan Rodriguez on the Marlins top two picks (Sinkbeil & Coghlan)

Omar Kelly on Chris Perez & Jon Jay from UM going to the Cards

Dave Brousseau on Parkland's David Christensen going to Colorado

Dave Brousseau on Wellington's Kyle Snder going to the Sox

AP story regarding the Hochevar pick and other notes (Mattingly's son)

 

Overall I thought the coverge was pretty good considering...

 

:mischief2

On a related note, the Sun-Sentinel did a terrible job covering this year's draft...

 

 

Really? How so?

 

I count five articles in today's paper...

 

Juan Rodriguez on the Marlins top two picks (Sinkbeil & Coghlan)

Omar Kelly on Chris Perez & Jon Jay from UM going to the Cards

Dave Brousseau on Parkland's David Christensen going to Colorado

Dave Brousseau on Wellington's Kyle Snder going to the Sox

AP story regarding the Hochevar pick and other notes (Mattingly's son)

 

Overall I thought the coverge was pretty good considering...

 

:mischief2

They covered the results well, but there was almost no news leading up to the draft other than a little blurb in yesterday's paper

On a related note, the Sun-Sentinel did a terrible job covering this year's draft...

 

 

Really? How so?

 

I count five articles in today's paper...

 

Juan Rodriguez on the Marlins top two picks (Sinkbeil & Coghlan)

Omar Kelly on Chris Perez & Jon Jay from UM going to the Cards

Dave Brousseau on Parkland's David Christensen going to Colorado

Dave Brousseau on Wellington's Kyle Snder going to the Sox

AP story regarding the Hochevar pick and other notes (Mattingly's son)

 

Overall I thought the coverge was pretty good considering...

 

:mischief2

 

 

The home newspaper's coverage should be focused on the MLB home team's draft, and the point is that they only had one article about two Marlin's players picked.They didn't even tell anything about any of the other interesting prospects we took. Alot more people care about MLB than college or high school baseball.

On a related note, the Sun-Sentinel did a terrible job covering this year's draft...

 

 

Really? How so?

 

I count five articles in today's paper...

 

Juan Rodriguez on the Marlins top two picks (Sinkbeil & Coghlan)

Omar Kelly on Chris Perez & Jon Jay from UM going to the Cards

Dave Brousseau on Parkland's David Christensen going to Colorado

Dave Brousseau on Wellington's Kyle Snder going to the Sox

AP story regarding the Hochevar pick and other notes (Mattingly's son)

 

Overall I thought the coverge was pretty good considering...

 

:mischief2

 

 

The home newspaper's coverage should be focused on the MLB home team's draft, and the point is that they only had one article about two Marlin's players picked.They didn't even tell anything about any of the other interesting prospects we took. Alot more people care about MLB than college or high school baseball.

 

Not judging by our attendance.

 

I don't think their coverage was much different than any other paper in America...

The Florida media is also Miami Heat obsessed right now, and understandably so as they're the big story right now.