Early Mock Draft 1-10

[aw00d05]

I've seen mocks of Purke going to the pirates at #4, he'll have to have a hell of a year in HS to do that IMO, but i hope he creap into the top 5, #1 is already set in stone unless he gets hurt and someone could have a major steal.

 

[aw00d05]

I seen several of the SEC players already and decided to post a mock for picks 1-10 aqlong with a couple of peeps that should creep unto the Top 20 that you dont see on most list.

1. Washington Stephen Strasburg RHP San Diego State University

Anything else would me a complete PR failure by the Nationals with the main Washington National beatwriters having a Strasburg watch after all his starts.

Off to a blistering start with 27:3 K:BB ratio in 12.1 innings of work.

:lol: I'm laughing at myself after reading your post. I got a package from UD with some make-goods for some damaged cards about 10 days ago. One of the things they sent was a pack of 2008 Sweet Spot and the hit was a USA auto of Strasburg. Obviously I'm not a prospector because though I had heard the name, I had no idea he was in line to be the first pick of the draft. I feel much better about my UD replacements now. :lol:

that puppy will get you $100 plus right now, just hold it until june and sell the day after draft, trust me you'll get alot more for it then.

 

[Brett Keith]

No way Grant Green has fallen that much, if at all. He's now drawing raves from some for his defense and he still has a ton of potential with the bat, with past production to back it up. I'm pretty sure his slow start doesn't mean as much to teams as his awesome performance in the Cape Cod League. A legit college SS with that much offensive potential, who's shown he can hit well with wood against stiff competition isn't something you pass up, he's still the favorite to go #2 to the M's and the guy I want them to take, assuming Strasburg goes where he should.

 

[bballcardkid]

I seen several of the SEC players already and decided to post a mock for picks 1-10 aqlong with a couple of peeps that should creep unto the Top 20 that you dont see on most list.

1. Washington Stephen Strasburg RHP San Diego State University

Anything else would me a complete PR failure by the Nationals with the main Washington National beatwriters having a Strasburg watch after all his starts.

Off to a blistering start with 27:3 K:BB ratio in 12.1 innings of work.

2. Seattle Mariners Donavan Tate OF Cartersville HS, Ga

Mariners need young position players and I believe its going to take a Top 3 pick along with a MLB contract to get Tate to ignore North Carolina. Mariners have has a great track record with grooming high profile 5 Tool HS players.

3. San Diego - Aaron Crow RHP Fort Worth Cats
Padres would be looking for a easy sign with new ownership and will know at this point in the season if Peavy will be sticking around past the 2nd half. Crow will have little leverage with only 5 starts with Fort Worth regardless of his success.

4. Pittsburgh Pirates- Dustin Ackley 1B/OF University of North Carolina

Scouts are wondering what happen to the loft in his swing the 1st week but has displayed patience at the plate. IMO, I just dont see him hitting with enough power. Upside is James Loney if he remains at 1st but he could play anywhere in the outfield or at 2nd base easily.

5. Baltimore Orioles - Andrew Oliver LHP Oklahoma State

6. San Francisco- Kentrail Davis OF University of Tennessee

With a new approach at the plate, Davis has turned into a walk machine with 11 walks in the 1st 6 games of the season along with 3 HR.

7. Atlanta - Matt Purke LHP Klein HS, Texas

8. Reds- Alex White RHP University of North Carolina

Strikeouts are still coming easy but not missing many bats with a hit per inning.
Easy indication of a fastball not moving much....

9. Detroit- Kyle Gibson RHP University of Missouri

10. Nationals- Mike Minor LHP Vanderbilt

Nationals have already said that they will be looking at college arms for their 1st 2 picks and one would imagine that this will be a Boras client with a pre-draft deal already in place with the Strasburg signing. Minor doesn't do anything flashy and doesn't do anything wrong. A very safe pick.

Grant Green has looked completely lost this year. 5 errors in the 1st 7 games along with him looking slower then last year. Could be this years Brandon Crawford.

Couple of players that could play themselve into the 10-15 picks:

Jared Mitchell- OF- LSU

DJ LeMahieu- SS-LSU

This years Gordon Beckham. Questions about power have been answered.

As much as I would love to see this list for financial gain, I don't think it's going to happen. As of the most recent speculation, Green is going number 2, 3 at the latest. Ackley is going at 3 and Crow at either 4 or 5. Donovan Tate has been rumored going at 7 as has Purke, and also Maztek. The rest is up in the air. I think Davis is probably the third best college position player in the draft, but has been rumored to be an early to mid first round pick, not top 10 yet. But of course, everyone can speculate and it provides for a fun chat.

 

[19braves77]

Mike Minor with another Mike Minor type start

7IP 8 Hits 1 ER 2BB 7 K's

Players I will be seeing this week. Tons of video will be filmed and posted on various baseball scouting sites.

Robert Stock
Grant Green
Jared Mitchell
DJ LeMahieu

 

[19braves77]

Strasburg:

7IP 15K 1HR

Kodiak bear clutchness....

 

[Hallsgator]

Kentrail! I like it!

 

[soccerman034]

I hope Austin Maddox gets picked in the top 10.

 

[Brett Keith]

I hope Austin Maddox gets picked in the top 10.

BA has him as the 4th ranked C right now. Not looking good right now.

 

[soccerman034]

I have heard some GREAT things about Maddox...whispers of plus plus power and decent defensive catcher ability. Eh oh well, I must be ill-informed....

Saber Scouting had him listed as the #2 HS prospect in the whole 09 HS draft class a while ago...

 

[mredsox89]

a little off topic but any great players on NC state? They are coming to Miami for a weekend series with the Canes. I'm pleased I get to see Chris Hernandez, Harold Martinez, and Ryan Jackson, but would love to see some other players as well. Missed out on seeing Posey last year

 

[19braves77]

Strasburg striked out 18 and walked 1 while facing 29 batters with 5 hits along with serving up a golf ball and a double. He faced 29 batters.

He has a 60% K rate going vs a 5% walk rate.

 

[Brett Keith]

I have heard some GREAT things about Maddox...whispers of plus plus power and decent defensive catcher ability. Eh oh well, I must be ill-informed....

Saber Scouting had him listed as the #2 HS prospect in the whole 09 HS draft class a while ago...

I don't know about plus-plus, but I've heard big power and he has a big arm(injured a pitcher with throw from catcher during either the Under Armour game or Aflac game). BA didn't even list him in the "Best Power" category of the Best Tools writeup though, so there must be something people are marking him down for.

Is Saber Scouting still alive? They're last update was in late July. I eventually gave up and took them off my bookmarks.

 

[19braves77]

Grant Green continues to struggle....

Helium alert with two LSU players:

Jared Mitchell is having a freakish year so far.... May play himself into the Top 10
22 BB all ready with a .400 average 19 stolen bases

DJ LeMahieu is moving into the #4 slot meaning he should get the green light more then he has been getting.... Even on bad days, he is making hard contact