June 8, 200421 yr 2004 Draft Choices By Jason Gage June 7, 2004 FutureSox.com The first day of the major league draft came to the end with the White Sox taking 3rd baseman Josh Fields to start the day while taking RHP Brett Scarpetta to finish the day. The final 32 rounds of the draft will go on tomorrow and tomorrow night FutureSox.com will have an updated list of all the White Sox picks. Check back with FutureSox in the coming week to ten days to check out FutureSox.com’s draft review where we will give tidbits on every player selected. One trend to point out is the fact that the White Sox went very college heavy, which should make the players easier signs as well as give them at least a little bit of a head start in their development. Just 5 of the Sox first 22 picks were from high school. The Sox also selected 14 pitchers, one of which, Nick Lemon, can throw up to 98 MPH and was rated as having one of the best fastballs in the draft. 1. Josh Fields – 3b – R/R - Oklahoma State University 1s. Tyler Lumsden – LHP – Clemson University 1s. Gio Gonzalez – LHP – Pace Monsignor High School (Florida) 2. Wes Whisler – LHP/1st – UCLA 2. Donny Lucy – C – R/R - Stanford 2. Raymond Liotta – LHP - Gulf Coast Community College 3. Matthew Hansen – RHP – Oklahoma City University 4. Lucas Harrel – RHP – Ozark High School (Missouri) 5. Brandon Allen – OF – Bats: Left – Throws: Right - Montgomery High School (Texas) 6. Adam Russel – RHP – Ohio University 7. Tim Murphy – LHP – Glascock County High School (Georgia) 8. Nick Lemon – RHP – Brigham Young University 9. Ryan McCarthy – 3rd/SS – R/R - UCLA 10. Adam Ricks – 2nd – S/R - University of Miami 11. Garry Bakker – RHP – University of North Carolina 12. Daron Roberts – CF – R/R – Cal State San Bernardino 13. John Egbert – RHP – State University Rutgers 14. Michael Swain – 3rd – L/R – Wabash Valley College 15. Carlos Torres – RHP – Kansas State University 16. Fernando Alvarez – OF – L/L - Florida International 17. Jacob Wild – RHP – Bakersfield College 18. Brett Scarpetta – RHP – Hononegah High School (Illinois) 19. Caleb Cooper - 3rd - R/R - Cal State Hayward (Sophmore) 20. Michael Dubee - RHP - Riverview High School 21. Brian Flores - LHP - Carlsbad High School (New Mexico) 22. Matthew Mansilla - SS - American Heritage High School (Florida) 23. Derek McNeil - SS - R/R - St. Leo College 24. Josh Hansen - C/OF - R/R - University of San Diego 25. Justin Sincock - RHP - Millikan High School (California) 26. Daniel Jordan - 3B - R/R - Gulliver Prepatory 27. Logan Williamson - LHP - Pensacola Junior College 28. Gregory Young - CF - R/R - Delaware Tech Community College 29. Frank Viola - RHP - Florida Community College 30. Matthew Zaleski - RHP - Indiana State University 31. Nichols Walters - LHP - Mountain Ridge High School 32. Eric Sheridan - RHP - Saddleback Community College 33. Brandon Cooney - RHP - Broward CC 34. Mario Suarez - 3rd - R/R - Florida International U 35. Evan Tartaglia - CF - L/L - Elon U 36. Kenneth Williams - CF - S/R - Plainfield HS 37. Robert Grinestaff - C - L/R - Okaloosa Walton CC 38. Shaun Spearman - SS - R/R - St. Pius X School 39. James Leigh - LHP - Bryant HS 40. Justin Roelle - LHP - Iowa Western CC 41. Matthew Rozier - RHP - Meridian CC 42. Michael Schower - LHP - Riverview HS 43. Ian Murray - RHP - Jefferson College 44. Steven Muck - RHP - Covington Catholic HS 45. Jason Sullivan - RHP - Crowder JC 46. Jason Rodriguez - SS - L/R - Alta Loma HS 47. Richard O'Brien - C - R/R - No School 48. Peter Vuckovich - C - R/R - Clarion University 49. Dennis Guest - 2B - R/R - St. Joseph College 50. Bryan Wagner - RHP - Thunderbird HS
June 8, 200421 yr Author Not a problem, I have a blast doing this type of stuff. Its my hobby. Some people surf out where I am, I like writing stuff on baseball and prefer snowboarding during the winter
June 8, 200421 yr Woot Woot, Brett Scarpetta, i love local guys. does anyone know much about this kid and if he'll be any ceiling. i should seen him pitch, maybe he faced freeport
June 8, 200421 yr I watched some video on Adam Russell and he has some interesting stuff. His fastball seems to have a natural screw to it -- it busts in pretty hard on right handers and away from lefties.
June 8, 200421 yr And, the Gonzalez kid looks fantastic for high schooler. Tremendously smooth delivery. He has a very high kick but wow good stuff. He throws a major league curve ball already, at least if the video is representative of his normal stuff.
June 9, 200421 yr I watched some video on Adam Russell and he has some interesting stuff. His fastball seems to have a natural screw to it -- it busts in pretty hard on right handers and away from lefties. Is it like Carlos Zambrano-like life?
June 9, 200421 yr Author Jason, do any of our draftees have Scott Boros as an agent? I don't think so, but I can't be definate. I know Fields doesn't and Gio doesn't and typically not too many later round picks even have agents. A lot of the time they just have an advisor. The Sox usually make it a point to never draft a Boras client.
June 9, 200421 yr The Sox usually make it a point to never draft a Boras client. Most teams are realising that now too. Jered Weaver was in a LOT of trouble if it wasn't for Arte Moreno.
June 9, 200421 yr Is it like Carlos Zambrano-like life? Check it out for yourself at... http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/mediaplayer/frameset.jsp
June 9, 200421 yr I'm not sure that link worked. If you want to see Adam Russell pitching (or for that matter any of the early draft picks) go to ... http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/draftday/y2004/trac...team_cha_1.html
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