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QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 08:21 AM) Smoak>>>>>>>>>Allen Wallace>>>>Allen IMO Not to mention you should always take the best available prospect in the draft. If you have Smoak and Allen, you trade one for a young SS or pitcher or whatever your need is. Look at what Laporta got the Brewers. exactly....brandon allen is faaaaaar from a sure thing and certainly is the quality of player that causes you to alter draft plans...

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 09:11 PM) I was told tonight we're confident we can sign Thompson, but Goodwin is about a 10% likely signee. mychael thompson was on mully and hanley and said Trayce really wants to and fully intends to go pro....also said they are "working to finalize" things with the white sox....sounds pretty good

i said meh... at the time (and perhaps even still now) I wanted Smoak or Brett Wallace...though now Beckham > Wallace....still not sure about Smoak though

im not even sure if i'm mad at this point...Verlander was absurd tonight...the sheer fact that he had 17 losses last year with that kind of stuff is mind boggling.

sox get the wrong RHP out of SDSU

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) Didn't ASU produce Pedroia and Kinsler recently? yeah pedroia and Kinsler......and CJ retherford

Jared McDonald SS from ASU...

im guessing we don't sign either Williams or Goodwin but will draft them when theyre done with college

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 02:11 PM) Sox pick LHP Nathan Reed from Pitt (JR) Lefthander Nate Reed emerged as Pennsylvania's top prep prospect heading into the 2006 draft thanks largely to his arm strength and projection. But as one scout put it, he's been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in three years at Pittsburgh, and he was wildly inconsistent as a junior this spring, going 4-6, 6.21. On good days, Reed pitches downhill with an 89-92 mph fastball, flashes an average curveball and shows feel for a changeup. Other times, he works in the 86-88 range with a below-average curveball and struggles to get hitters out. As a 6-foot-3, 180-pound lefthander with arm strength, Reed could be drafted in the 10-to-12-round range, or he could slip and return to Pitt for his senior year. He profiles as a reliever in pro ball.

more on goodwin...

shocked we took goodwin...especially cuz he's a boras guy....if we sign 2 of goodwin, Williams and Thompson this will be a very successful draft IMO...and frankly i'll be happy if we nab one of em

Dane Williams....must have fallen due to signability...#68 ranked nationally by BA

Dan Black from purdue http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?topic_i...tent_id=4818401 .310 but had a sweet BB rate and his OBP was .518....62 BBs in 174 ABs...15 HR also...won't win any awards for best body..but he's a 1b

a bit more on cioli...

From BA on the 11th round pick...

matthew hopps....also not in BAs top 150 from california....and hes 23 already

Ryan Buch from Monmouth U in Jersey.....nationally the #90 overall prospect according to baseball america Buch broke out in 2007, when he went 9-2, 2.44 as a freshman at Monmouth and ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the Atlantic Collegiate League that summer. He's always had a prototype pitcher's frame and an excellent curveball, but his stock soared in April along with his velocity. Buch has reached the low 90s with his fastball since he was a freshman, and he has still pitched in that range for most of this spring. More recently he had run his fastball up to 95, sitting at 92-93. The velocity on his sharp, downer curveball has also spiked, reaching 84-85 mph. Even when he throws it slower—and some scouts report seeing a 74-77 breaker, while others have seen it at 81-82— it's still a true above-average offering. But when he throws it harder, it can rate as a 70 or better pitch on the 20-80 scouting scale. Buch is refining his fastball command, and he does not have a lot of feel for his changeup. But scouts can dream on him, and he seems likely to be drafted in the first two rounds in June.

justin jones...another guy not listed in BAs top 150 from california

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 11:33 AM) I see a Twitter update on the MLB draft tracker saying Storen already signed with the Nationals. Impressive by them and his commitment to get up to the bigs early. they just made mike macdougal their closer....so yeah he should definitely move quick

QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) In the 4th round, the Sox go with Matthew Heidenreich, RHP, Temescal Canyon HS (CA) wasn't even in baseball americas top 150 guys from cali

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 10:06 AM) A friend of mine is defending the Mitchell selection by comparing Mitchell's #s at age 20 to Beckham's. At 20, Beckham put up worse stats than JM. Give me some reasons to debunk this. Quality of competition/pitching faced? and K #s obviously mitchell never lead the nation in HR? didnt hit over .400

grooved fastballs to a top 3 hitter in the AL in extra innings.....sweet

pimp the f*** out of a walk off right here gordo

sucks wise was out....had to send him though....was damn close at the plate