Actual 2007 Draft Thread - Day One

[Mephistopheles]

hes only playing short because Matt Dominguez is his teammate.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Selfish request: Once the Cubs make their pick, can somebody start a thread about it for all the reactions? I'm probably one of at least several that can only check in, and keeping the "Actual Draft Thread" mostly about the picks made would be helpful IMO.

[cuubs4life]

Selfish request: Once the Cubs make their pick, can somebody start a thread about it for all the reactions? I'm probably one of at least several that can only check in, and keeping the "Actual Draft Thread" mostly about the picks made would be helpful IMO.

 

I think the mods should make sticky threads with the actual picks to get the reaction, with scouting reports, projections, ext.

[Mephistopheles]

i think we should have one thread for each pick done today. Come on we have a whole stinking board. No need to have several conversations on different topics in the same thread.

[Mephistopheles]

for UK from BA

 

 

Clemson righthander David Kopp didn’t have a great start last weekend in regional play–he gave up nine hits and six runs (four earned) in five innings against Coastal Carolina in a game Clemson won 11-8. But he’s done enough this spring to position himself at No. 81 on BA’s Top 200 Prospects, and some clubs have him as a back-of-the-first-round talent. Now word is coming that Kopp is a strong possibility at the back of the first round for several teams as their second option.

 

Kopp has had a solid if not spectacular season at 6-2, 3.67. He works off a sinking low 90s fastball that has touched 96, yet doesn’t have swing-and-miss stuff, as evidenced by his 103 hits allowed and 75 strikeouts in 98 innings.

 

Another name who apparently has been climbing draft boards this morning is Virginia prep righty Justin Grimm, who has signed with Georgia but also has a Walters State (Tenn.) JC commitment. Grimm, ranked No. 177 on our Top 200, has a raw power arm and might find a landing spot in the supplemental round.

 

I LOVE KOPP myself.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

So, give me a major league comparable to Parker.

 

I know the best comparison for Vitters is Dave Magadan.

[Mephistopheles]

righty kazmir

[USSoccer]

wait, so have the Cubs picked yet?

[cuubs4life]

righty kazmir

 

I can see that. Vitters projects as a David Wright comming out of high school.

[photoguy9883]

wait, so have the Cubs picked yet?

 

The draft hasn't even started yet. (He says as he sends in a file photo of Parker to the AP.)

[cubfan]

righty kazmir

 

I can see that. Vitters projects as a David Wright comming out of high school.

 

I thought Vitters was a little bit of a question mark defensivly at 3B? I can see him being a similar hitter from what I have read though.

[Derwood]

alright, here we go

[Danny82]

Can we listen to the draft like last year or is it a whole different format now that it is being televised?

[Prior4CyYoung]

draft is finally here :)

[Chocolate Milk]

Where is the best place to follow it online?

[Brian]

awwww young a-rod

[E.J.]

Draft time!!! Alright, don't screw this up Cubbies.

[MPC]

please tell me we get the wonderful insights of john kruk?

[Brian]

wow they actually brought some of the guys there.

 

there's vitters

[E.J.]

Where is the best place to follow it online?

 

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/Forum

[Derwood]

please tell me we get the wonderful insights of john kruk?

 

ravech, phillips, gammons

[Brian]

no kruky.

 

glad Gammons is there.

[E.J.]

please tell me we get the wonderful insights of john kruk?

 

Nope, but of course they have Steve Phillips there.

[Derwood]

5 minutes per pick? GAAAHHHHH. pre-TV there were picks like every 30 seconds

[Post Count Padder]

Where is a good site for scouting reports. There's a kid I went to school with in the draft. His name is Joe DiGeronimo, a SS from Wagner. IIRC, he just set the school record for career hits.