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23 (690) - Kyle Long, LHP, St Anne's Belfield HS, VA. He's 6'7" tall, and doesn't turn 18 until December, AND, he has a scouting report: Player Name: Kyle Long Position: Starting Pitcher/First Baseman School: St. Anne’s Belfield HS (Va.) School Type: High school Academic Class: Senior Birthdate: 12/05/88 Height: 6'7" Weight: 280 lbs. Bats: Left Throws: Left Report Date(s): 04/15/08 Game(s): Trinity High School Focus Area Comments Fastball: Long threw his fastball in the 86-89 range. Curve: He's got a feel for a breaking ball and there is projection on his curve. Control: He is inconsistent with his command. Poise: He's got that football-type mentality on the mound. Physical Description: Long is immensely strong, athletic and built like the lineman he's been in high school. Medical Update: Healthy. Strengths: Good makeup, competitive nature, size. Weaknesses: He's very raw on the mound and has a long way to go. Hitting Ability: Long has some holes in his swing, but when he makes contact, look out. Power: He has tremendous raw power and can hit the ball out of any yard. Running Speed: Not bad for a guy his size at all. The clock doesn't read great, but he can move pretty well. Base running: He's better once he's underway and does well going first-to-third. Arm Strength: The arm strength he shows as a pitcher should carry over to a defensive position. Strengths: Size and raw power. Weaknesses: He's got some holes in his swing and needs work on his overall offensive game. Summary: The son of NFL great Howie and brother of top NFL draft prospect Chris, Long has shown enough on the diamond to make some feel he has a future in this sport. Big, strong and athletic, he did play football in high school, but has also pitched and played first this spring. He's raw in all facets of the game but with tremendous power at the plate and some intriguing stuff on the mound, it will be interesting to see if someone will like the bloodlines and football mentality enough to draft him early enough to keep him from going to Florida State.

22 (660) - Jose Vargas, 3B, Ventura College (JC). 6'3", 225, born 12/15/87.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 12:31 PM) I like the globex options better personally. But that is just me. Crude oil could very seriously go limit up for the first time that I EVER remember. Heating oil already did for a little bit. Insane. I wrote some of the accounting interfaces used to connect with Globex, long ago. Hopefully they still work.

21 (630) - Andrew Garcia, 2B, UC Riverside. 6', 175, born 4/22/86 (bit old for a Junior)

19 (570) - Justin Kuehn, RHP, Santa Clara U. 6'2", 190, born 6/9/87 (Happy early Birthday!) 20 (600) - Justin Greene, CF, Francis Marion U (SC). Senior, born 10/10/85, 6', 185

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 12:16 PM) 17 (510) - Jonathon Weaver, RHP, East Lyden HS (IL) 6'3", 185, just turned 18 in May. Youngster.

17 (510) - Jonathon Weaver, RHP, East Lyden HS (IL)

Rays just drafted another Beckham, from Goergia Southern - Jeremy Beckham

MIL just drafted a guy with a great name... Stosh Wawrzasek

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 12:05 PM) crude $135 $136 For perspectives sake since hitting an intraday low of $121.20 yesterday morning we are up over $15.00 a barrel. In other words if you had bought one crude oil futures contract at that time, you would be sitting on a $15,000 profit... So who wants to form a commodity fund with me? Just buy some Powershares.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 11:04 AM) 16 (480) - Brett Basham, C, Ole Miss Jr, 21 (turns 22 in December), 6'2", 205 I like the multiple catcher selections

16 (480) - Brett Basham, C, Ole Miss

Stevens from NIU goes to BAL in round 16.

OK, they started up again, Round 16 underway.

Are they breaking for lunch or something? Seems like they stopped after Round 15.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 11:45 AM) Kuhn hit over .400 this year and his majoring in engineering. Sounds like a smart kid. I like it. He's a senior, so he may seem a year or so too old to be ideal, but I think that sometimes gets overblown (when we are talking about a year). If he can produce like that, I don't care much the difference between 20 and 21. And I love to see kids with smarts getting drafted - I think that increases their chances for success.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 11:43 AM) ^^ Damn you! Some dude just got drafted from North Pole HS in Alaska. Sweet. Yeah, that was interesting. I watched his video a bit. Hits 83 with his fastball, fairly fluid motion. I'm sure North Pole High is quite the baseball factory, what with a 2 month playing season and all.

PIT just took a pitcher from North Pole High School in Alaska.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 11:38 AM) Merry was more effective (than Nick Haughian) and turned into the Huskies' ace, which gave scouts time to warm up to him. He touched the low 90s with his fastball when he reached back for more, but worked better in the upper 80s, throwing his fastball with sink to the inner and outer halves of the plate. His curve and changeup are fringe-average, with the curveball lacking power. He added a slider he throws for strikes and would be a valuable senior ace for the Huskies, but could fit for some teams in the eighth to 12th round. -BA Sounds like a good pickup in round 14.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 11:35 AM) 14 (420) - Jordan Merry, RHP, Washington U He's a young junior at age 20 (turns 21 on 6/30), 6'1", 195.

14 (420) - Jordan Merry, RHP, Washington U

STL took Mitchell Harris, a RHP from the US Naval Academy. Seems like a pretty big risk - the Navy doesn't often let its people put off active duty. And even if they do, he's a reservist, so he'll still miss time here and there.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 11:25 AM) 13 (390) - Dexter Carter, RHP, Old Dominion He's 6'6", 195 - skinny guy. Born 2/5/87, so he's 21.

13 (390) - Dexter Carter, RHP, Old Dominion

Austin Yount just went. I wonder if that is Robin's kid.