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Arnett probably falls. Fathom, Sox have a preference of Arnett/Brothers over the outfielders. So if those guys are on the board, they take em. Not sure about scheppers but again, it wouldn't at all be the Sox MO. I also can't comment on Gibson.

It is looking more and more likely that one of Arnett/Brothers/Gibson is there and Scheppers will probably be there unless someone surprises us. Cards are about the only team I can think of with the pockets that might do that, but they love prep players in general. Dbacks of two years ago would have gobbled up Scheppers but not anymore.

Thank you. White probably goes here, but the Tribe likes Brothers a lot. White is great value though.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 04:00 PM) Will Texas pass up Shelby Miller for Alex White? Would be the smart choice. I don't think they do. They love the Texas kid, but they'll take Purke, imo.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:59 PM) Cleveland would LOVE the chance to take Alex White. I forgot about White. He probably goes to the Tribe. Dang near a lock.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:58 PM) Oakland going to take Green? Green goes here and than one of the prep Texas kids will go to the Rangers right after. Brothers might go to the Tribe right after. That would be my guess at least, but they could take a shot at Gibson, but I doubt it. I see the Tribe taking an arm though.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:54 PM) I can't see the Sox taking Scheppers or Gibson. Goes against our style. In terms of what? Gibson doesn't have high demands or anything. He's a college pitcher with a good arm. Fits right into our style. Scheppers demands haven't been ridiculous, most everyone has speculated similar to Crow's price range. Plus whoever drafts him has leverage. The injuries are a question though. Royals with a great pick.

Stellar pick by the Rockies. A prep lefty who was topping out at 97-98 during the high school playoffs out west. The guy is easily the best prep arm in the draft and that sort of power from the left side, especially out of high school is very very rare.

If we took em, Crow/Scheppers would be stellar. Might be a prep arm that would be awesome too.

KC might take one of the Mizzu boys. Would be a great pick too and money hasn't got in there way in the past year or two. Last year they had a stellar draft and were very willing to pay. I was wrong, Storen is going to stay in the pen, so he should make a pretty immediate impact for the Nats. They'll probably open the 2010 season with both of there 1st round picks on the MLB roster. Rocks are either going prep arm or Borchering.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) So much for us getting Storen at 23. He really rose up a lot in the last few days. And, btw, Dan mentioned it earlier, but the clapping after every pick is really annoying me. The Nats were about the only team that had him that early and it was a signability thing. If the Nats took someone else, he goes in the 20-30 range.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:48 PM) From what I've heard, Rex won't get past the Blue Jays at 20. They like Mitchell too.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:46 PM) Nats selected Drew Storen. Wow, overdraft? Nats were taking a signability pick and the whole world knwe it would be Storen. They are going to spend 20+M on the top pick, nothing wrong with a signability pick at 10. Storen will be moved back into the rotation.

I didn't think Brothers was one of the Rocks targets.

Turner is the top prep RHP in the country. Tigers got great value here but will have to pay a lot. The more MLB ready guys like Crow/Scheppers get past them though. The more of those guys fall, the more likely a team like the Cards takes one of them (or one of the top preps) giving the sox a shot at Brothers.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:38 PM) i wouldn't be suprised to see Sheppers either. Scheppers ain't going here. Crow might, but I think they go with one of the prep arms, maybe White.

Leake's far better than Minor, but White has better upside. That said I like Leake more than most. Still, White has such a good arm.

Reds are going to get a great arm in White. The Tigers are the first key pick of the draft. No one knows what they'll do.

Awful pick. Far worse than the Sanchez one, imo. Sanchez is a catcher that can hit and while he was overdrafted catchers that can hit have value. #3 starters do too, but you dont' take them this early.

I'm closing this thread. It was embarassing.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:26 PM) Are we expected to be going for a catcher with one of our first few picks? I hope we do. I would have liked Sanchez somewhere in there, and everything I read seemed to think he was grossly overpicked there. They are planning on signing the top July 2nd guy. Ie, a big time International Signing (the signing period begins on July 2nd).

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:20 PM) Couldn't agree more. Money for young guys shouldn't be a factor, as you're talking about 3 years of extremely cheap contracts for them before arbitration. Think of it this way though, you spend $6M on the top pick or $3M on it and than have an extra $3M to give to guys that slid. I'd probably go that route more often than not, however, MLB frowns upon you going over slot money so you'd put yourself in a poor position there and we know the Sox tend not to do that. That said, considering the high picks we had, I'd rather spread it nicely through a few guys, unless that rare talent came, in which case you give them that money. Scheppers and Crow are guys that just are head and shoulders above everything else on the board at 23, imo (if they are in fact there). Gibson, maybe, but I don't put him on the same level as Scheppers/Crow, but I also don't think Gibson asks for as much money, imo.

Are the Tigers really going to end up passing on Crow? Atlanta is going to make a f***ing atrocious pick in Minor. Not because Minor is bad, but because Minor doesn't have much upside and really is a #3 starter at best. You don't use a top 10 pick on a guy with #3 in the rotation upside.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:19 PM) I really hope the Sox realize the talent Crow is and take him if he slips that far. Mid-high 90s fastball with great control and blew away the Cape Cod league. I don't understand why 4 million is too much for him. The best part is how he commands his fastball. That will allow him to be a very sucessful big league starter as well as enable him to move through the minors quickly. Him or Scheppers would fit in great with Danks/Floyd/Richard/Poreda/Buehrle (obviously that is 5 guys, but injuries happen and some guys don't pan out or move to the pen).

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 03:18 PM) Jacob Marisnick tweeted that if you had a Facebook page, one organization wouldn't draft you. Weird. Also, someone needs to be quicker at waking up Bud Selig. Hopefully it isn't the Sox.