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STELLAR. This guy was rated by many as the best highschool shortstop in the country entering the draft. I think he'll be a tough sign but if we can get him it would be huge. Has power potential and a great glove.

HE's supposed to be rather quick too. I think we just nabbed a hell of a centerfielder.

All I can find about King is he's supposed to have great power potential.

This was an awesome pick in my book. I think he's going to make a huge impact in a few years at the major league level. Considering we have Reed, Webster, Borchard, and now Anderson, Sweeney (Likely to move to first), and this King guy.

Damn, were definately stockpiling a particular position. I loved the first two picks, this is interesting. Don't know much about him.

Ritchie is available and were up.

So everyone knows I'm working on a write up that will be up tonight on the first day of the draft. Then after the draft one of our new writers for FutureSox is going to give his one personal type of look at the draft.

Just looked and the Expos snagged Cordero in the first round. They took a big time reach. He's got a hell of an arm though. My friend catches the pitchers and said his ball his the best movement of any he's ever caught.

If he falls to us we nab him. Two guys I'd love to see the Sox draft are Wes Littleton and Chad Cordero out of Cal State Fullerton. Littleton is a good starter and Cordero is one of the best closers in the country. I'm assuming Cordero was snagged already. Littleton would of been a first round pick if he wasn't suspended for a month of the season. They never said why it was, but he's supposed to be a good guy.

This was an awesome pick. I've only heard good things about him.

He is going to move quickly.

That error should be gone. They found the site that was getting hit and got things restored. Someone was making constant hits on their mysql or something. Everything has been solved or at least I hope so.

Ya...I got it late late last night when I got home. Around 2 AM Pacific Time. I put in a message to the server company and they must of gotten it fixed. Someone else who shares the server with us screwed it up. One day we'll get a server where we have it all to ourselves

Baseball America should have something like that as should teamonebaseball.com Teamone really kicks ass, only problem is I think the membership is like 200 bucks. I wish I had access to it though, they have reports on a ton of the players. I used Teamone last yaer to follow the draft. Tried to find out as much as I could about the players from the free stuff they offered. This year I got a BA membership so I'm trying to use that. Of course I got to get into work, but I'll be following it there too.

I saw Guillermo in minor league camp and he looked like he was very fast running sprint and when playing shortstop he looked very smooth and covered good ground. Of course its hard cause those weren't game situations. Still, I think there is some talent there. Whether it will ever develop, I doubt it. He doesn't look like he'll ever learn to hit. Thomas Brice is really picking things up. I think he's gonna be a rather good player. He is a great contact hitter and he rips the cover off the ball. By rip the cover off the ball, I mean he hits it and hits it hard, doesn't hit it super far. Also, I don't think Kohlmeirer should be on your list. I don't like him one bit. Plus, I think he may of exhausted his time to be considered a rookie. Don't quote me on that though, lol. I know he played for the Orioles and thought he may of been there long enough, service days wise.

Anderson is a really good pick. I think you'll see the Sox go after catcher in the 3rd round. They may hit shortstop in the next round. Look for them to redraft Tony Ritchie out of Florida State.

Mr. Plow, thats my name, my Name again is Mr. Plow.

Don't worry Rex, I expect disagreements. There isn't an art to these type of things. When coming up with our list we took age into account and mixed it with their stats. If a guy is older and hitting the crap out of the ball, we didn't want to forget about them, but we didn't think they deserved being too high up there either. Hummel has been doing a lot better lately. I also agree with you that stats only say so much. A lot of guys pitch good down in A ball, but the true tests comes when you face more talent, like in AA. I really think AA is the place where you filter the creme of the crop. I mean the majors is the ultimate test, but good prospects need to suceed in AAA. In regards to Borchard, no one really thought he should be where he was, but we all had different guys slotted to jump ahead of him and we knew he shouldn't fall that much. I guess that kind of hints as to where he is. Of course its not likely he'll be on the next list if he's still playing in the majors and I tend to think he's gonna be there. I think after a guy has played AAA more then three times then your looking at a guy that may not be as much of as prospect, but it also depends on the situation. He could be really young or simply be held back or could of been up and down a few years. There are exceptions to every rule, but overall I Think the best eventually filter themselves out and people know they are the cream of the crop. The Sox have a lot of guys on the back of the list or maybe even not on the list that could really shoot up the charts. The talent is there, but the talent is there on a lot of these guys.

I don't think I would. But I think managing is a lot harder then its made out to be. I just hate a lot of JM's moves.

Jeter isn't great for 20 mill a year. He's a solid shortstop. I think Tejada is better then him as is Nomar and possibly Edgar Renteria. If I were to compare Jeter to someone, it likely be Renteria in terms they are solid shortstops all around. I think thats what Jeter is. He's still one of the best.

I don't think Jeter is that great. Reyes has a lot of ability, but has a lot to prove before he becomes a prospect. Now I doubt Reyes will ever be Jeter, so I'll take that one back

I'm taking Konerko. He always hits well in Arizona, even if it is spring training.

I'm with you in all aspects that potential wise Rogowski and Hummel have more. I do think some older guys, such as Yofu should be counted soley because they weren't there. Also, remember BA counted Matsui and Contreras as prospects if I recall. For the next list we'll make sure to make up a set of guildlines so its more cut and dry.

I like Rogowski quite a bit. He's got good speed, a good eye but his average has been rather low lately. I may of missed the 2000 stats. I was dying when I was doing the stats. It took me absolutely forever. I never ever want to do stat work, I know that much With Hummel, I'd rate him ahead of a few people, namely Ryan Meaux who will be coming up in the next segment.

I'd like Backman, Bud Black, or Carlton Fisk and we all know Fisk isn't going to come here. I think there is a good shot Manuel goes, but who knows with this organization.