Live Blog from the MLB Draft, Day 2
posted by David Cloninger, 6/10/2009 11:15:00 AM
It could be worse -- I could have a real job and have to work for a living.
In case you missed it, Day 1 was very kind to the Gamecocks. Recruits Chris Owings and Wil Myers were drafted, but Myers, by all accounts the top player in the class, went much lower than he was expected. A third-round selection by Kansas City is unlikely to offer the same kind of money Myers apparently wants, so I'd say USC has a very strong chance of getting Myers into a USC uniform in the fall.
Sam Dyson also didn't get picked, which was surprising. Considered at lowest a second-rounder, Dyson's name failed to appear through three rounds. He has a bit more leverage since he's got two years of school left, so we'll have to see where he lands.
Dyson, Justin Dalles, Nick Ebert, DeAngelo Mack and possibly Blake Cooper are all expected to be drafted today. Recruits Christian Walker, Brooks Hall and Ethan Carter are also possibilities. We'll keep you informed with this blog and text alerts throughout the day.
12:15 p.m. -- Washington begins Day 2 by picking Anthony Morris from Kansas State. Alabama's Kent Matthes went to the Rockies in the early fourth round. Clemson's Chris Dwyer went to Kansas City just after Matthes. Ole Miss' Scott Bittle went to St. Louis in the same round. And a kid FROM USC SUMTER, B.J. Hyatt, just got picked. That's gotta hurt some egos -- it took MLB around five minutes to put his name up, probably because they couldn't find him in the database.
There he goes -- signee Brooks Hall goes 136th to Milwaukee. I like USC's chances of getting him on campus.
12:30 p.m. -- Round five begins. Ole Miss' Nathan Baker goes early. The Braves take Aynor native David Berryhill, who plays at Newberry. Austin Wood, the Texas pitcher who threw 12 no-hit innings in that 25-inning game, goes to Detroit. Two SEC boys, LSU's Louis Coleman and Auburn's Joseph Sanders, go next. Chase Austin from Elon goes to Florida. LSU's Ryan Schimpf goes to the Blue Jays. The Yankees take Caleb Cotham from Vanderbilt. A dude named Seth Schwindenhammer gets picked. No one can fit that on the back of a jersey. Round five over.
12:45 p.m. -- Round six wrapup -- Justin Dalles goes 176th to Baltimore. Ruben Sierra's kid goes to the Rangers, same team as his old man. A kid gets taken out of the "Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, in Puerto Rico." That's so no one confuses it with the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy in Lake View. Butch Hobson's kid goes to Toronto. Kid from Charlotte goes to the Yankees, poor guy.
1 p.m. -- Daniel Weaver from Georgia goes to the Nationals and UNC continues to have its entire team drafted. The Braves take a Georgia JUCO kid. Dallas Keuchel goes from Arkansas to Houston. Clemson commitment Madison Younginer goes from Mauldin to Philadelphia. Still no sign of Dyson.
1:05 p.m. -- Going into the eighth round. Devin Harris, whose name is synonymous with "Satan" around these parts, goes from East Carolina to Baltimore. He and Dalles ought to have a lot to talk about. Stephen Richards goes from Arkansas to Florida.
1:15 p.m. -- Ninth round begins. Another of my former Winthrop boys, John Murrian, goes to Detroit. Great kid, that one. Coastal Carolina's Nick McCully goes to St. Louis. The Citadel's Richard Jones goes to the Cubs.
1:30 p.m. -- 10th round. Clemson's Ryan Hinson, from the great town of Rock Hill, goes to the Padres. Great kid. There goes Sam Dyson, with the 303rd pick to Oakland. If he signs, perhaps he could join Landon Powell in the bigs. That low of a pick, though, and with two years to come back, why not come back for one?
1:45 p.m. -- 11th round. Avery Barnes from Florida goes to Colorado. Kentucky's Chris Wade goes to Florida.
2 p.m. -- 12th round. Alabama's Vincent DiFazio got taken by Texas. Tennessee's Nick Hernandez goes to Philadelphia. Travis Witherspoon from Spartanburg Methodist to end the round.
2:10 p.m. -- 13th round. Matt Cerione from Georgia goes to Seattle. Vanderbilt's Nick Christiani goes to Cincinnati. Another Gamecock -- DeAngelo Mack goes to the Yankees with pick No. 405.
2:20 p.m. -- 14th round. Newberry's Casio Grider goes to the Dodgers, followed by Sequoyah Stonecipher. What is he doing playing baseball when he should be in films? Clemson's Graham Stoneburner goes to the Yankees.
2:30 p.m. -- 15th round. Vanderbilt's Steven Liddle goes to the Twins. Alabama's Del Howell goes to Milwaukee, followed by teammate Austin Hyatt on the very next pick to Philadelphia.
2:40 p.m. -- 16th round. Florida's Matt den Dekker goes to Pittsburgh. A kid from Charlotte Christian HS goes to Boston. Coastal Carolina's Tyler Bortnick goes to Tampa Bay.
2:50 p.m. -- 17th round. Georgia's Jeff Walters goes to Baltimore. Arkansas' Ben Tschepikow goes to Kansas City. A kid I saw play against Winthrop, Radford's Alex Gregory, goes to the Mets.
3 p.m. -- 18th round. Miss' Ole Brett Bukvich goes to Florida.
3:10 p.m. -- 19th round. The Braves take Tyrell Harris from Tennessee.
3:20 p.m. -- 20th round. Patrick Keating goes from Florida to Kansas City. Florida takes James Smith from AppaLAYchian State. I wonder if that's the same as AppaLATCHian State? Toronto takes Kevin Nolan, another of my former Winthrop boys.
3:45 p.m. -- 21st round. Just talked to DeAngelo Mack on a teleconference and he said "we'll see how it goes" when it comes to taking his position. Ole Miss' Phillip Irwin went to Pittsburgh. The Braves take The Citadel's Matt Crim. The Tigers take CofC's Matt Mansilla.
3:50 p.m. -- 22nd round. Ole Miss' Evan Button goes to Arizona. Another Cougar goes -- Joseph Bergman goes to St. Louis. Florida's Buddy Munroe goes to Minnesota.
4 p.m. -- 23rd round. Florida's Mike Mooney goes to Baltimore.
4:10 p.m. -- 24th round. The Yankees take another kid out of App State. The Phillies take Justin Long (not the actor).
4:20 p.m. -- 25th round. I just heard this exchange -- Moderator: St. Louis? Other guy: I think you meant Pittsburgh. Moderator: Sorry. San Diego?
Texas picks Florida's Riley Cooper. Clemson commitment Richie Shaffer just went but I bet he'll be in school come fall. The Reds got a guy named Michael Monster. Words do not describe how awesome that is.
4:30 p.m. -- 26th round. A kid from Nitro High School just went. That must be the coolest high school ever. Georgia's Alex McCree goes to the Dodgers.
4:40 p.m. -- 27th round. Dorman's Stefan Del Pino got picked by Cincinnati. Wofford's Mike Gilmartin goes to Oakland.
4:50 p.m. -- 28th round. Kyle Hooper and Kyle Hoppy go back-to-back. Toronto and Houston almost get in an over-the-phone fistfight when the Astros attempt to go out of turn.
5 p.m. -- 29th round. Clemson's Trey Delk goes to the White Sox.
5:10 p.m. -- 30th and final round of today. Georgia's Bryce Massanari goes to Colorado. Texas takes Erskine's Bryan Fogle. The Brewers take CofC's Brandon Sizemore.
Tomorrow begins at 11:30 a.m. and covers rounds 31-50. Nick Ebert, Blake Cooper, Bobby Haney and signees Ethan Carter and Christian Walker could all be called. Talk to you then.
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Greetings, everyone, DC back again for the second day of coverage from the Major League Baseball Draft. I'm attempting to keep my muscles from approaching atrophy as I embark on what's expected to be an eight-hour update.
It could be worse -- I could have a real job and have to work for a living.
In case you missed it, Day 1 was very kind to the Gamecocks. Recruits Chris Owings and Wil Myers were drafted, but Myers, by all accounts the top player in the class, went much lower than he was expected. A third-round selection by Kansas City is unlikely to offer the same kind of money Myers apparently wants, so I'd say USC has a very strong chance of getting Myers into a USC uniform in the fall.
Sam Dyson also didn't get picked, which was surprising. Considered at lowest a second-rounder, Dyson's name failed to appear through three rounds. He has a bit more leverage since he's got two years of school left, so we'll have to see where he lands.
Dyson, Justin Dalles, Nick Ebert, DeAngelo Mack and possibly Blake Cooper are all expected to be drafted today. Recruits Christian Walker, Brooks Hall and Ethan Carter are also possibilities. We'll keep you informed with this blog and text alerts throughout the day.
12:15 p.m. -- Washington begins Day 2 by picking Anthony Morris from Kansas State. Alabama's Kent Matthes went to the Rockies in the early fourth round. Clemson's Chris Dwyer went to Kansas City just after Matthes. Ole Miss' Scott Bittle went to St. Louis in the same round. And a kid FROM USC SUMTER, B.J. Hyatt, just got picked. That's gotta hurt some egos -- it took MLB around five minutes to put his name up, probably because they couldn't find him in the database.
There he goes -- signee Brooks Hall goes 136th to Milwaukee. I like USC's chances of getting him on campus.
12:30 p.m. -- Round five begins. Ole Miss' Nathan Baker goes early. The Braves take Aynor native David Berryhill, who plays at Newberry. Austin Wood, the Texas pitcher who threw 12 no-hit innings in that 25-inning game, goes to Detroit. Two SEC boys, LSU's Louis Coleman and Auburn's Joseph Sanders, go next. Chase Austin from Elon goes to Florida. LSU's Ryan Schimpf goes to the Blue Jays. The Yankees take Caleb Cotham from Vanderbilt. A dude named Seth Schwindenhammer gets picked. No one can fit that on the back of a jersey. Round five over.
12:45 p.m. -- Round six wrapup -- Justin Dalles goes 176th to Baltimore. Ruben Sierra's kid goes to the Rangers, same team as his old man. A kid gets taken out of the "Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, in Puerto Rico." That's so no one confuses it with the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy in Lake View. Butch Hobson's kid goes to Toronto. Kid from Charlotte goes to the Yankees, poor guy.
1 p.m. -- Daniel Weaver from Georgia goes to the Nationals and UNC continues to have its entire team drafted. The Braves take a Georgia JUCO kid. Dallas Keuchel goes from Arkansas to Houston. Clemson commitment Madison Younginer goes from Mauldin to Philadelphia. Still no sign of Dyson.
1:05 p.m. -- Going into the eighth round. Devin Harris, whose name is synonymous with "Satan" around these parts, goes from East Carolina to Baltimore. He and Dalles ought to have a lot to talk about. Stephen Richards goes from Arkansas to Florida.
1:15 p.m. -- Ninth round begins. Another of my former Winthrop boys, John Murrian, goes to Detroit. Great kid, that one. Coastal Carolina's Nick McCully goes to St. Louis. The Citadel's Richard Jones goes to the Cubs.
1:30 p.m. -- 10th round. Clemson's Ryan Hinson, from the great town of Rock Hill, goes to the Padres. Great kid. There goes Sam Dyson, with the 303rd pick to Oakland. If he signs, perhaps he could join Landon Powell in the bigs. That low of a pick, though, and with two years to come back, why not come back for one?
1:45 p.m. -- 11th round. Avery Barnes from Florida goes to Colorado. Kentucky's Chris Wade goes to Florida.
2 p.m. -- 12th round. Alabama's Vincent DiFazio got taken by Texas. Tennessee's Nick Hernandez goes to Philadelphia. Travis Witherspoon from Spartanburg Methodist to end the round.
2:10 p.m. -- 13th round. Matt Cerione from Georgia goes to Seattle. Vanderbilt's Nick Christiani goes to Cincinnati. Another Gamecock -- DeAngelo Mack goes to the Yankees with pick No. 405.
2:20 p.m. -- 14th round. Newberry's Casio Grider goes to the Dodgers, followed by Sequoyah Stonecipher. What is he doing playing baseball when he should be in films? Clemson's Graham Stoneburner goes to the Yankees.
2:30 p.m. -- 15th round. Vanderbilt's Steven Liddle goes to the Twins. Alabama's Del Howell goes to Milwaukee, followed by teammate Austin Hyatt on the very next pick to Philadelphia.
2:40 p.m. -- 16th round. Florida's Matt den Dekker goes to Pittsburgh. A kid from Charlotte Christian HS goes to Boston. Coastal Carolina's Tyler Bortnick goes to Tampa Bay.
2:50 p.m. -- 17th round. Georgia's Jeff Walters goes to Baltimore. Arkansas' Ben Tschepikow goes to Kansas City. A kid I saw play against Winthrop, Radford's Alex Gregory, goes to the Mets.
3 p.m. -- 18th round. Miss' Ole Brett Bukvich goes to Florida.
3:10 p.m. -- 19th round. The Braves take Tyrell Harris from Tennessee.
3:20 p.m. -- 20th round. Patrick Keating goes from Florida to Kansas City. Florida takes James Smith from AppaLAYchian State. I wonder if that's the same as AppaLATCHian State? Toronto takes Kevin Nolan, another of my former Winthrop boys.
3:45 p.m. -- 21st round. Just talked to DeAngelo Mack on a teleconference and he said "we'll see how it goes" when it comes to taking his position. Ole Miss' Phillip Irwin went to Pittsburgh. The Braves take The Citadel's Matt Crim. The Tigers take CofC's Matt Mansilla.
3:50 p.m. -- 22nd round. Ole Miss' Evan Button goes to Arizona. Another Cougar goes -- Joseph Bergman goes to St. Louis. Florida's Buddy Munroe goes to Minnesota.
4 p.m. -- 23rd round. Florida's Mike Mooney goes to Baltimore.
4:10 p.m. -- 24th round. The Yankees take another kid out of App State. The Phillies take Justin Long (not the actor).
4:20 p.m. -- 25th round. I just heard this exchange -- Moderator: St. Louis? Other guy: I think you meant Pittsburgh. Moderator: Sorry. San Diego?
Texas picks Florida's Riley Cooper. Clemson commitment Richie Shaffer just went but I bet he'll be in school come fall. The Reds got a guy named Michael Monster. Words do not describe how awesome that is.
4:30 p.m. -- 26th round. A kid from Nitro High School just went. That must be the coolest high school ever. Georgia's Alex McCree goes to the Dodgers.
4:40 p.m. -- 27th round. Dorman's Stefan Del Pino got picked by Cincinnati. Wofford's Mike Gilmartin goes to Oakland.
4:50 p.m. -- 28th round. Kyle Hooper and Kyle Hoppy go back-to-back. Toronto and Houston almost get in an over-the-phone fistfight when the Astros attempt to go out of turn.
5 p.m. -- 29th round. Clemson's Trey Delk goes to the White Sox.
5:10 p.m. -- 30th and final round of today. Georgia's Bryce Massanari goes to Colorado. Texas takes Erskine's Bryan Fogle. The Brewers take CofC's Brandon Sizemore.
Tomorrow begins at 11:30 a.m. and covers rounds 31-50. Nick Ebert, Blake Cooper, Bobby Haney and signees Ethan Carter and Christian Walker could all be called. Talk to you then.
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