Live Blog from the MLB Draft
posted by David Cloninger, 6/09/2009 05:55:00 PM
DC here to bring you every South Carolina draftee from the current team and the recruiting class. Stephen Strasburg is expected to go to the Nationals any minute now and I'll keep you updated throughout.
The schedule is the first three rounds beginning at 6 p.m. today. Rounds 4-30 are tomorrow, beginning at noon. Rounds 31-50 are on Thursday, beginning at 11:30 a.m. I'm going to be glued to my desk chair, so if I can move at the end of it, I'll post a complete wrapup, following my wrapups after each day of the draft.
Pencils ready ...
Geez, Bud Selig is a stiff. The guy's name sounds like some kind of a grouting material for cleaning septic tanks. He's yammering on about some kind of nonsense -- get to the picks, dummy.
Nationals on the clock -- they get four minutes to decide. Ben McDonald calls Strasburg the best overall talent in the draft. Harold Reynolds (wish he was back on ESPN) says there's no way Strasburg will go to the majors right away.
6:15 p.m. -- As expected, Washington takes Strasburg as the top overall pick, thereby loosening another Scott Boras spawn upon the earth. That'll be 50 million bucks, please. Wonder how long it will take the kid before he realizes, "I'm rich but I have to play in Washington."
I'm growing my goatee back out. So there that is.
6:20 p.m. -- Dustin Ackley from North Carolina goes to Seattle as the No. 2 pick. I don't see how the Holes got him for as long as they did.
6:30 p.m. -- High-schooler Donovan Tate, a football commitment to UNC, goes third to the Padres. Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez (goonie goo goo) goes fourth to the Pirates. A note about him -- he caught all 25 innings of that Texas-BC game during the regionals.
6:40 p.m. -- Matt Hobgood to the Orioles. I'm beginning to prepare for the Wil Myers watch. Zack Wheeler goes to the Giants. My beloved Braves are on the clock.
6:43 p.m. -- A note on the Wheeler kid -- he was committed to Kennesaw State. I hear they went ahead and retired the number he would have worn anyway. Atlanta takes ... MIKE MINOR from Vanderbilt!!! Heck yeah!!!!!
6:54 p.m. -- Not only is Minor a quality pitcher, it seemingly frees the Gamecocks from having to face him next year. Mike Leake goes from Arizona State to Cincinnati with the eighth pick. Detroit picks ninth and takes Jacob Turner.
7:04 p.m. -- Washington's back on the clock. The Nats take more pitching, getting Drew Storen from Stanford. The Rockies take Tyler Matzen.
7:15 p.m. -- Aaron Crow goes to Kansas City. Oakland takes Grant Green from Southern Cal.
7:22 p.m. -- The Rangers are on the clock and take Matt Purke. The Indians take Alex White out of UNC.
7:30 p.m. -- Arizona has back-to-back picks and takes Florida commitment Bobby Borchering with the first pick. The second is awarded to A.J. Pollock, from the University of Notre Dame, in Notre Dame, Ind., according to Selig. Guess geography, along with baseball, isn't his strong suit.
7:48 p.m. -- Florida takes Chad James. St. Louis takes Shelby Miller. Toronto takes Stephen Jenkins of Kennesaw State, the second KSU reference among the first 20 picks.
8 p.m. -- Jiovanni Mier goes to Houston. Minnesota takes Kyle Gibson. The White Sox take Jared Mitchell from LSU. That's interesting -- wonder if he'll turn it down and try to go pro in football.
8:15 p.m. -- The Angels take Randal Grichuk and Mike Trout with back-to-back picks. Milwaukee takes Eric Arnett from Indiana. Selig gets the town in Indiana right this time.
8:30 p.m. -- Seattle has another pick and takes Nick Franklin to join Ackley. The Red Sox are on the clock and this may be a Myers selection.
Nope -- the Sox take Reymond "Daisy" Fuentes. The Stankees are on the clock, putting Ray Tanner in a dilemma. He loves the Evil Empire but I doubt he loves them so much he'd want them to take one of his recruits.
The Bronx Roiders take Slade Heathcott to put the Rays on the clock. Tampa's an interesting team -- the Rays no doubt saw Christian Walker, another USC signee, in the home run showcase he won at their park.
The Rays take LeVon Washington. This is getting interesting.
8:40: At the risk of giving some of you minor heart flutters, Myers' signing demands might be a bit too steep if he falls out of the first round. The Cubs and the Rockies finish the first round.
If he can just slip into the same category as Drew Meyer, Reese Havens and Justin Smoak -- good, but not first-round good and therefore comes to school ... I'm getting ahead of myself.
The Cubs take Brett Jackson. The Rockies have the last pick of the first round.
Colorado takes Tim Wheeler from Sacramento State. Uh HUH. 15 minutes until the compensatory round begins.
9 p.m. -- Seattle takes Steven Baron, a Duke commitment, and for something other than basketball. Go figure.
Colorado takes Rex Brothers out of Lipscomb. Myers was rated a Top 40 prospect, so according to that, he shouldn't last past 40.
Arizona takes Matthew Davidson. (Breathe).
9:11 p.m. -- Kentucky's James Paxton went, to no surprise. Hopefully he'll go so the Gamecocks won't have to face him next year, either. Tennessee's Kentrail Davis also got picked. The 40th pick goes to ... Tyler Skaggs.
And there it is ... but it's not Myers. It's Chris Owings, who goes 41st to Arizona.
9:20 p.m. -- We're through the compensation round and still no Myers. The Gamecocks have one prospect drafted, but not the one everyone thought would go first.
9:30: -- Rich Poythress got picked 51st. We're up to the 58th pick and still no Myers.
9:45 p.m. -- Picks are going by the minute and Myers continues to fall. No word on Sam Dyson, either.
10 p.m. -- No Myers and no Dyson, but one of my former Winthrop boys, Alex Wilson, just went to the BoSox. Great kid. D.J. LeMahieu from LSU also got picked.
10:05 p.m. -- The second round is over and only Chris Owings is off the board. I like the Gamecocks' chances of landing Wil Myers.
10:15 p.m. -- Georgia's Trevor Holder just went. The more time that goes by, the more likely it is that Myers comes to school. And perhaps that Dyson comes back.
10:30 p.m. -- Braves had the 87th pick and took David Hale, from Princeton. Interesting.
Clemson's Ben Paulsen got taken 90th by the Rockies. And right after, goes Wil Myers, 91st overall, to Kansas City. We'll have to see if that's late enough to get him to come to school.
10:45 p.m. -- Tim Wallach's kid just got picked. I'm now officially old.
Dyson doesn't go to Florida, near his hometown of Tampa. I believe it would be getting close to the point where Dyson would return, because he has more leverage, considering he has two years of college left instead of one.
Tennessee's Bryan Morgado goes in the late third round.
Third round over, compensatory selection coming up -- it's nobody USC needs to worry about. Great first day for the Gamecocks -- only two recruits, and one much lower than expected.
Talk to you guys tomorrow.
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Greetings folks,
DC here to bring you every South Carolina draftee from the current team and the recruiting class. Stephen Strasburg is expected to go to the Nationals any minute now and I'll keep you updated throughout.
The schedule is the first three rounds beginning at 6 p.m. today. Rounds 4-30 are tomorrow, beginning at noon. Rounds 31-50 are on Thursday, beginning at 11:30 a.m. I'm going to be glued to my desk chair, so if I can move at the end of it, I'll post a complete wrapup, following my wrapups after each day of the draft.
Pencils ready ...
Geez, Bud Selig is a stiff. The guy's name sounds like some kind of a grouting material for cleaning septic tanks. He's yammering on about some kind of nonsense -- get to the picks, dummy.
Nationals on the clock -- they get four minutes to decide. Ben McDonald calls Strasburg the best overall talent in the draft. Harold Reynolds (wish he was back on ESPN) says there's no way Strasburg will go to the majors right away.
6:15 p.m. -- As expected, Washington takes Strasburg as the top overall pick, thereby loosening another Scott Boras spawn upon the earth. That'll be 50 million bucks, please. Wonder how long it will take the kid before he realizes, "I'm rich but I have to play in Washington."
I'm growing my goatee back out. So there that is.
6:20 p.m. -- Dustin Ackley from North Carolina goes to Seattle as the No. 2 pick. I don't see how the Holes got him for as long as they did.
6:30 p.m. -- High-schooler Donovan Tate, a football commitment to UNC, goes third to the Padres. Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez (goonie goo goo) goes fourth to the Pirates. A note about him -- he caught all 25 innings of that Texas-BC game during the regionals.
6:40 p.m. -- Matt Hobgood to the Orioles. I'm beginning to prepare for the Wil Myers watch. Zack Wheeler goes to the Giants. My beloved Braves are on the clock.
6:43 p.m. -- A note on the Wheeler kid -- he was committed to Kennesaw State. I hear they went ahead and retired the number he would have worn anyway. Atlanta takes ... MIKE MINOR from Vanderbilt!!! Heck yeah!!!!!
6:54 p.m. -- Not only is Minor a quality pitcher, it seemingly frees the Gamecocks from having to face him next year. Mike Leake goes from Arizona State to Cincinnati with the eighth pick. Detroit picks ninth and takes Jacob Turner.
7:04 p.m. -- Washington's back on the clock. The Nats take more pitching, getting Drew Storen from Stanford. The Rockies take Tyler Matzen.
7:15 p.m. -- Aaron Crow goes to Kansas City. Oakland takes Grant Green from Southern Cal.
7:22 p.m. -- The Rangers are on the clock and take Matt Purke. The Indians take Alex White out of UNC.
7:30 p.m. -- Arizona has back-to-back picks and takes Florida commitment Bobby Borchering with the first pick. The second is awarded to A.J. Pollock, from the University of Notre Dame, in Notre Dame, Ind., according to Selig. Guess geography, along with baseball, isn't his strong suit.
7:48 p.m. -- Florida takes Chad James. St. Louis takes Shelby Miller. Toronto takes Stephen Jenkins of Kennesaw State, the second KSU reference among the first 20 picks.
8 p.m. -- Jiovanni Mier goes to Houston. Minnesota takes Kyle Gibson. The White Sox take Jared Mitchell from LSU. That's interesting -- wonder if he'll turn it down and try to go pro in football.
8:15 p.m. -- The Angels take Randal Grichuk and Mike Trout with back-to-back picks. Milwaukee takes Eric Arnett from Indiana. Selig gets the town in Indiana right this time.
8:30 p.m. -- Seattle has another pick and takes Nick Franklin to join Ackley. The Red Sox are on the clock and this may be a Myers selection.
Nope -- the Sox take Reymond "Daisy" Fuentes. The Stankees are on the clock, putting Ray Tanner in a dilemma. He loves the Evil Empire but I doubt he loves them so much he'd want them to take one of his recruits.
The Bronx Roiders take Slade Heathcott to put the Rays on the clock. Tampa's an interesting team -- the Rays no doubt saw Christian Walker, another USC signee, in the home run showcase he won at their park.
The Rays take LeVon Washington. This is getting interesting.
8:40: At the risk of giving some of you minor heart flutters, Myers' signing demands might be a bit too steep if he falls out of the first round. The Cubs and the Rockies finish the first round.
If he can just slip into the same category as Drew Meyer, Reese Havens and Justin Smoak -- good, but not first-round good and therefore comes to school ... I'm getting ahead of myself.
The Cubs take Brett Jackson. The Rockies have the last pick of the first round.
Colorado takes Tim Wheeler from Sacramento State. Uh HUH. 15 minutes until the compensatory round begins.
9 p.m. -- Seattle takes Steven Baron, a Duke commitment, and for something other than basketball. Go figure.
Colorado takes Rex Brothers out of Lipscomb. Myers was rated a Top 40 prospect, so according to that, he shouldn't last past 40.
Arizona takes Matthew Davidson. (Breathe).
9:11 p.m. -- Kentucky's James Paxton went, to no surprise. Hopefully he'll go so the Gamecocks won't have to face him next year, either. Tennessee's Kentrail Davis also got picked. The 40th pick goes to ... Tyler Skaggs.
And there it is ... but it's not Myers. It's Chris Owings, who goes 41st to Arizona.
9:20 p.m. -- We're through the compensation round and still no Myers. The Gamecocks have one prospect drafted, but not the one everyone thought would go first.
9:30: -- Rich Poythress got picked 51st. We're up to the 58th pick and still no Myers.
9:45 p.m. -- Picks are going by the minute and Myers continues to fall. No word on Sam Dyson, either.
10 p.m. -- No Myers and no Dyson, but one of my former Winthrop boys, Alex Wilson, just went to the BoSox. Great kid. D.J. LeMahieu from LSU also got picked.
10:05 p.m. -- The second round is over and only Chris Owings is off the board. I like the Gamecocks' chances of landing Wil Myers.
10:15 p.m. -- Georgia's Trevor Holder just went. The more time that goes by, the more likely it is that Myers comes to school. And perhaps that Dyson comes back.
10:30 p.m. -- Braves had the 87th pick and took David Hale, from Princeton. Interesting.
Clemson's Ben Paulsen got taken 90th by the Rockies. And right after, goes Wil Myers, 91st overall, to Kansas City. We'll have to see if that's late enough to get him to come to school.
10:45 p.m. -- Tim Wallach's kid just got picked. I'm now officially old.
Dyson doesn't go to Florida, near his hometown of Tampa. I believe it would be getting close to the point where Dyson would return, because he has more leverage, considering he has two years of college left instead of one.
Tennessee's Bryan Morgado goes in the late third round.
Third round over, compensatory selection coming up -- it's nobody USC needs to worry about. Great first day for the Gamecocks -- only two recruits, and one much lower than expected.
Talk to you guys tomorrow.
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