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Thursday, June 09, 2005 |
Draft Notes
- Last year, I noted a Ray Liotta was drafted by the Chisox. Jon found Liotta's bio page on the Kannapolis Intimidators; he really is related to the actor. Wow.
- For the second year in a row, Rev. Halofan notes the presence of a player born on the the day of the 1986 ALCS Game 5 (the "Donnie Moore" game). Last year, it was fifth rounder Luis Rivera; this year, it's Trevor Bell, the club's first pick.
- Sportswriters of America pray for these players to make it to the show: Ryan DeLaughter; Jeff Sues (clearly a Boras client); RHP Ryan Deals; Ronnie Prettyman; Dodgers draftee OF Jayson Whitehouse, Russell Haltiwanger, Johnny Defendis
- The guys who sew the names onto the uniforms hope these guys don't make it to the show: Matt Kniginyzky, Joe D'Alessandro, Bobby La Fromboise, Vince Bongiovanni, Kevin Tomasiewicz, A.J. Huttenlocker, Pierre Miville-Deschenes
- Isn't He Dead Dep't: George Washington
- A Hot Player In The 47th Round: Houston Summers
- Update: Of course, the Baseball Analysts have ranked the drafts; Bryan Smith ranks the Angels eleventh overall with this paragraph, filed under the "The First Signs of Head Scratching":
Well, don't let me be too harsh on the Angels, they actually did a pretty nice job. They did very good in the middle rounds too, although I was not too impressed with Trevor Bell or Ryan Mount, their first two selections. Instead it was the next two -- P.J. Phillips and Sean O'Sullivan -- that really gives this draft some life. Phillips is the younger brother of Brandon with a similar skillset, and will be babied in the minors with the list of good middle infielders ahead of him. O'Sullivan is in the mold of draftee Mark Trumbo from 2004, a good two-way player from high school that Eddie Bane elected to take a chance on. O'Sullivan is better, though, and if his velocity returns to pre-spring levels, a first round talent from the mound.
The Angels have had strong drafts from 2001 on; their appearance in the "huh?" category seems to me premature, but if so, some of it surely can be attributed to their low draft position, as well as lacking a real first-round pick, a factor that boosted Boston's chances. (Again, this was one reason I was solidly against the Cabrera signing: the first-round draft pick the Angels would have to surrender in exchange.) - Stephen Smith laments that Eddie Bane was insufficiently "ballsy" to take a ball-less pick in the draft, Casey Kotchman's sister Christal.
Comments:
Vince Bongiovanni...excellent.
Not surprisingly, I'm partial to A's draftee Craig Italiano as well.
Not surprisingly, I'm partial to A's draftee Craig Italiano as well.
# posted by 
: 6/09/2005 11:54:00 AM
: 6/09/2005 11:54:00 AM
Wasn't Prettyman a Cal State Fullerton product? If so, he should make The Show for that alone! We need more Titans in the majors. (OK, maybe only we alumns need Titans in the majors so we can have some sort of vicarious success.)
# posted by : 6/09/2005 12:32:00 PM
: 6/09/2005 12:32:00 PM
I realize that you concentrate on the Angels' farm a bit more and it is wonderful coverage I do say but I am surprised that you are not mentioning the number of college pitchers Logan and Paul drafted, including who many believe is one of the top three best college pitchers in the draft-Luke Hochevar. Word is that even if they don't sign the Boras Baby, Logan has leverage picks that he will transfer money to lure them to rookie ball, as he did with Andy LaRoche. I've also heard good things about Scott Van Slyke.
# posted by : 6/11/2005 03:41:00 PM
: 6/11/2005 03:41:00 PM
Boy, wakizashi, I sure haven't intended to give one side or the other more coverage. If that's so, it's largely because
1) The Angels have had a lot more high-visibility activity going on. With the last-minute signing Jered Weaver, the debut of Kendry Morales, and yesterday's signing of sixth-rounder Jeremy Moore, there's just plain been a lot going on.
2) Bryan Smith changed his assessment of the Angels draft. This caused me to publish the interesting bits of that.
Certainly there isn't any intention to slight the Dodgers; they've just ended up that way. Also, to some degree Jon has done a good job with this stuff, in the limited amount of time he has to devote to such matters these days. To that extent, I'm somewhat redundant.
1) The Angels have had a lot more high-visibility activity going on. With the last-minute signing Jered Weaver, the debut of Kendry Morales, and yesterday's signing of sixth-rounder Jeremy Moore, there's just plain been a lot going on.
2) Bryan Smith changed his assessment of the Angels draft. This caused me to publish the interesting bits of that.
Certainly there isn't any intention to slight the Dodgers; they've just ended up that way. Also, to some degree Jon has done a good job with this stuff, in the limited amount of time he has to devote to such matters these days. To that extent, I'm somewhat redundant.
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