2009 MLB Draft Chat

I don't get it. I just don't get it. Hobgood?!

Now Leake! Wow.

Guarantee Detroit, Boston, and New York are licking their respective lips. Tigers have their pick between Matzek, Turner, Miller, and Scheppers. Its gotta feel like Christmas.

On the plus side, my O's DID take a HS arm with upside. Still...

I am a Tigers fan, and I too, love Turner.
Although, I would have liked Matzek a wee bit better...
But one question:
Do you think that more draftees should have been at the Draft, like Mike Trout?

Someone during the chat asked about the Yankees Pick and his character issues.

"Although there are no concerns about his intensity on the field, some teams have been scared off by character issues. Heathcott’s father is in prison on drug charges and his mother is out of his life for similar reasons, which is an obvious red flag. He was also ruled academically ineligible for the playoffs last month."

Source: http://riveraveblues.com/tag/slade-heathcott/

did that guy from florida high school that threw like 5 no hitters get drafted

Schuster will enroll at the University of Florida

Wow, a lot of teams passed on Scheppers. Angels and D'backs each did it 4 times and I can't believe the Yankees pick him at 28. Think there is still injury concern?

I can't believe this. I just got home, hoping to get some good news on the Pirates and they draft a freaking catcher who might not have been first round material. I don't know a ton about this kid, but hopefully he gets in the system quick and starts raking, all I can hope for.

This team is a joke, flat out. They cut a TON of salary the last 2 years by trading 3 pretty good outfielders and can't even spend the money on a good first round pick. I don't want to hear about spending money on later round picks because you should take the best player when you're in that high of a position.

This is pretty much a blueprint of why they are horrible every year. They get high draft picks and use them on signable guys instead of taking chances on real impact players. When Porcello fell in round 1, I didn't know crap about the MLB draft, but I knew he'd be a stud and they should take him. I can assure you Aaron Crow will go on to be a very good starter for the Royals very soon. Hard to believe the Pirates could have Matt Wieters and Aaron Crow and instead have Tony Sanchez and Daniel Moskos. Sorry for the long winded post. Sure I speak for a lot of disgruntled fans.

It seemed to me that signability was much less of a concern this year than previous drafts. Also, teams must have been very concerned about Scheppers to let him fall that far.

a rules question, if anyone knows the answer- if Washington is unable to sign Strassburg, my understanding is that they will get the #2 pick in next years draft as compensation (and, let's face it, they are going to have the number one pick as well). I have read that they cannot pick Strassburg again without his permission- does that mean they as a team can't pick him again, or does it mean that the supplemental pick can't be used to pick him again? Because if that only applies to the supplemental pick, then they have a pretty big stick to wield over Boras- if he doesn't come off of his crazy demands, then this kid is going to miss the first two years of his career.

couldnt agree more with you melonis. there is no way you can sell drafting sanchez and not getting wagner mateo or sano.

Scribbletone,

Your right about most of those guys but both Boston and New York passed on Scheppers and the Yanks did draft Slade.