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Fields didnt hit that one tremendously and it sent Rowand back to the track. Even though he is 2-19, he is gonna get going soon. Just keep pluggin him in the lineup. And defensively he has been great.

Uribe, nice swing.

man, Dye can't even hit it hard.

I would have to agree with the nicest being PNC, its got such a great feel and beautifully situated by the rivers and just outside of downtown Pittsburgh. Just a great park, but my favorite would have to be Fenway. The game I saw there was on Sunday and just around the ball park, it was a carneval atmosphere, the ambience was amazing. And then the park itself with all its history and the Green Monster, to me, makes it the best.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 09:05 PM) So who have been the best selections on the 2nd day if you had to pick a couple, value wise? Kevin Patterson was the 67th bets prospect in the nation. He could be a tough sign, but if we do get him, he certainly was a tremedous value pick.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 11:00 AM) Gallagher's stats: .360/.461/.559 20 2B 6 HR 38 BB 19 SO 16/21 SB sounds like a pirahna, a typical Twins guy. Smart, good baseball instincts, like the pick.

Rivalries on Tobacco Road aren't as spirited in baseball as they are in basketball, but this year Duke does have two players who will generate interest in the top 10 rounds of the draft. Like Fronk, Jimmy Gallagher is somewhat of a 'tweener. He does not show enough range and speed to play center field in pro ball, and his fringy arm plays best in left field. He'll have to make the most of his solid-average bat speed and sound feel for hitting in order to play his way to the big leagues as a left fielder.

Point Loma Nazarene has two pitchers who could be single-digit picks in 6-foot-6 righthander Johnnie Lowe and Albany transfer Tony Kirbis. Lowe, raw and inexperienced on the mound, first garnered attention last year at Grossmont (Calif.) Junior College, and had touched 95 mph this spring with his fastball. He usually sat in the 91-93 mph range and complemented it with a solid split-finger fastball. He's a physical specimen with a quick arm and athletic ability. He throws a changeup and curveball but both need work, and he's worked on a slider in predraft workouts, showing some aptitude for the pitch. He didn't dominate NAIA as he probably should have with his stuff, and at 22 has yet to develop a true strikeout pitch or bulldog mentality. Still, in a year with few college power arms, he figures to go off the board in the first eight rounds. Kirbis, with a solid pro body at 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, throws harder more consistently in the 92-94 mph range. A fan of pitching guru Tom House, he came to San Diego to meet with House and decided to transfer nearby, walking on. He throws a decent curveball but needs to locate it better. He led the team in wins and had a better season than Lowe (8-2, 3.08 vs. 4-5, 3.65).

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 10:36 AM) The conference call is back. Aw yeah. do u have a link for it cause i cant find it anywhere on mlb.com?

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:51 PM) And Danny Wright was like 1-18 in his career at Arkansas. He prolly was the most frustrating pitcher to watch in a Sox uni IMO. He threw so many balls and I was yelling at the TV screen everytime he pitched.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:48 PM) 5.87 ERA as a soph? Must be some amazing competition. But he has good stuff...

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:46 PM) casey crosby just taken by detroit please go to Illinois, although I have a feeling Detroit will offer up some serious cash for him.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:46 PM) Best player available. Can always trade good pitching. As long as these guys perform, I have no problem with this. you can get offense via Free Agency much easier than pitchers. Pitching needs to be built from within while offense, although nice to be built from within, can be built via Free Agency.

http://www.nku.edu/~athletics/MBaseball/20...ers/njones.html Nathan Jones bio.

http://www.nku.edu/~athletics/MBaseball/20...ers/njones.html Nathan Jones bio.

nice play Tadahito, that was the easiest play all year for you.

Nathan Jones was ranked the 9th best prospect out of Kentucky.

Casey Crosby would be a good pick here. Local guy.

QUOTE(southsida86 @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 07:09 PM) If they were going to pick another pitcher I would have gone with the lefty from Kaneland HS in Maple Park. There was a special on CSN about him. He throws 94-97 with the fastball. I believe he is considered a tough sign as he wants to go to Illinois.

Danny, If you see this, what's the site again with the Mizzou baseball recruit info?

Leroy Hunt Scouting Report: The Reds drafted Hunt in 2005 as an outfielder out of high school and followed him to Sacramento City College. He had enormous raw power as a hitter but never seemed to get comfortable at the plate against good velocity, so Sac City moved him to the mound to take advantage of his arm strength. While he remains raw, Hunt has one of the best fastballs in the state. It has heavy sink and boring armside run, and Hunt throws it in the 90-94 mph range, touching 95 at times. His secondary stuff (slider, changeup) is almost nonexistent, but that didn't stop him from a 40-inning scoreless streak this spring, including a pair of outings against better-regarded Matt Thompson of Santa Rosa (Calif.) Junior College. Hunt needs to develop either his slider or changeup to have a second pitch, a concern because he hasn't shown much aptitude so far. He doesn't have a four-year college option and should be an easy sign, and with his intimidating size (6-foot-6, 220 pounds) and fastball, he profiles as a power reliever.

Scouting Report: The quintessential projectable high school pitcher, Griffith showed all the ingredients of a premium prospect as an underclassman and put it all together this spring. He solidified his status as a high-round pick by dominating in two showdowns with crosstown rival Michael Burgess and Hillsborough High, the first of which was the buzz of amateur baseball for weeks. Griffith is long, lean and athletic with a whippy arm action. He has improved his balance over the rubber and better incorporated his lower half in his delivery, and his velocity spiked, touching 96 mph and humming along at 90-92 with sink on most nights. His 80-84 mph slider is a plus pitch at times, and he throws a more traditional curveball as well. He has feel for a changeup that he can keep down in the zone. Outside of inconsistency and fatigue, there isn't much to knock on Griffith, who profiles as a middle-of-the-rotation starter and should be drafted in the supplemental round.

A homerun here would make me laugh.

HAHAHAHA Schilling blew it.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 04:43 PM) Sorry, but how can you make a statement like that? I have a hard time believing you have seen him throw a pitch(aside from the 10 second clips on ESPN) Your going to make that statement just on some scouting reports you have read from various online sites? Sure you can gather the best information possible to find out what type of pitcher the Sox drafted, but you have no idea on how this guy projects. He's a one-pitch pitcher, that ain't no all-star. Its extremely hard to develope two secondary pitches from poor to above-average. And I am just going with the Sox track record of first selections in the drafts recently where we have 0 all-stars.