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Andy Seiler has a chat ongoing if you have questions. I'll just edit things in as this goes along. And, because I loves me some schadenfreude:

Excerpts from Jim Callis' chat

Round 40 - LHP Brian Smith, St. Mary Catholic SS, Ont. - Member of the Canada junior team who boosted his stock and notoriety in the Dominican Republic, where he showcased a high 80s fb that touched 90 to go with a solid change and a better than average curveball. Still has plenty of work left to do. Round 41 - RHP Dallas Beeder, Oral Roberts Round 42 - RHP Trey Nielsen, Skyline HS (UT) - Son of former big leaguer Scott Nielsen who recently transitioned from 3B to pitcher. He has good raw tools for pitching, but is largely an unfinished product. He figures to go to Utah, where he'll pitch and play 3B. Round 43 - RHP Danny Winkler, Parkland JC

It's commonplace among HS and CC/JC players, especially in later rounds. Most of those guys have commitments to major programs (or have those aspirations), which they feel would give them a much greater chance of being drafted higher. For example, if Chris Anderson goes off to Jacksonville, sharpens his pitches, and shows that he has the durability needed to maintain his stuff deep into games and deep into the season, he could find himself drafted much higher and get a lot more money.

Round 33 - RHP Mathew Stites, Jefferson College - Another smallish RHP at 5'11, 170 pounds, he features a very good fb that touches 94 to go with an effective slider and a good curve. He has a strong commitment to Missouri for next season, so he might be a tough sign. Round 34 - 3B Dustin Harrington, East Carolina - Good bat with some power, should stick at 2B or 3B. Got kicked off the East Carolina team for academic reasons earlier in the season. Shouldn't be a difficult sign since he has no leverage. Round 35 - RHP Chris Anderson, Centennial HS, MN - Top HS prospect in Minnesota, but he is likely heading to Jacksonville for college ball. Big guy at 6'3, 200 pounds, but he needs to work on conditioning to maintain the velocity on his 90-91 fastball and also to improve on his curveball. Sounds like an interesting pitcher, but he could really improve his draft slot by going to college and improving his stuff. Round 36 - RHP Tyler Bremer, Yavapi College - Andy Seiler mentioned him as one of the best players remaining on the third day of the draft. He was a standout pitcher for UC Davis, then left to attend Yavapi with his eye on the 2010 draft or, if he's not signed, on Baylor for his junior season. He works in the low 90s. Round 37 - C Chad Noble, Northwestern - Puff piece on him. Round 38 - RHP Jeremy Fitzgerald, Patrick Henry CC Round 39 - RHP Casey Lucchese, College of Charleston

Round 30 - 1B Karsten Strieby, Arizona Western JC Round 31 - 1B Benito Santiago (!), Lon Morris College Round 32 - LHP Brent Ebinger, Lambuth University

Adding to your list, Szczur will probably want a decent amount of money to be pried away from his football commitment.

Box Scores Iowa with an off day Tennessee won 4-2 Box Score CF/RF B. Guyer 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (2) SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, CS (1), E (8, throw) LF T. Wright 0/4, K, E (3, fielding) C S. Clevenger 0/4 RF M. Spencer 1/3, BB, K 3B J. Vitters 2/3, 2 RBI, E (8, throw) 2B T. Thomas 1/3, R, 2B (9), K PH R. Canzler 0/1 SP HW Chen 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 8/0 K/BB, HBP, 8-3 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 1-1 GO-FO RP R. Buchter .1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HBP RP D. Cales .2 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO Daytona won 6-2 Box Score CF B. Jackson 2/3, BB, 2 R, 5 RBI, HR (3), K, SB (10) 2B DJ LeMahieu 0/3, K 3B R. Flaherty 1/3, RBI, SB (3), E (5, fielding) 1B R. Ridling 1/4, 2B (12), K RF K. Burke 0/3, BB, R, 2 K C M. Brenly 1/4, R SS J. Lake 1/4, K SP C. Rusin 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6/2 K/BB, 7-5 GO-FO RP M. Perconte .2 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP J. Beliveau 1 scoreless, 2 H, 0-3 GO-FO RP O. Martinez 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HR, 0-1 GO-FO Peoria won 2-1 in the 10th Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/3, 2 BB, R, PO (1B) CF L. Watkins 0/5, 4 K 2B M. Cerda 0/0, 5 BB DH DJ Fitzgerald 0/5, RBI, K 1B J. Bour 1/4, K RF JH Ha 0/4, 2 K LF N. Perez 1/3, BB, R, RBI, HR (1), K, E (2, fielding) 3B C. Thomas 0/3, BB RP R. Whitenack 5 scoreless, 4 H, 3/1 K/BB, WP, 8-4 GO-FO RP F. Batista 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP J. Leverton 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/1 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 7-6 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-6 in the 12th Box Score OVERALL: 4-1

He was an 18th round selection of the Detroit Tigers.

6', 175 pounds, works 92-94, has a breaking ball that needs some work. Bryce Harper's teammate. Righthander Aaron Kurcz came to Southern Nevada from Air Force. He's not big, standing 6 feet and 175 pounds, but has consistently pitched with good velocity. He sits 92-94 mph with a slurvy breaking ball that has some bite to it. If he doesn't sign, he'll head to Oral Roberts. I'm trying not to copy-paste. :P

6', 175 pounds, works 92-94, has a breaking ball that needs some work. He was the closer on Bryce Harper's team.

RHP Kevin Rhoderick Relief pitcher for Oregon State. Works high 80s/low 90s, good slider, workable change. Very talented, but stubborn. Needs to work on his delivery and pay attention to runners.

LHP/OF Cameron Greathouse Plus curveball, high 80s fb that could improve in terms of velocity if he converts to pitching full-time. Don't know anything about him as an OF. He's a South Carolina recruit.

Pittsburgh jumped the gun at the start of the 8th round, trying to pick ahead of Washington. The guy running the conference call got snarky with them, which was pretty funny.

RHP Ben Wells 6'3, 200 pounds, 90-94 with the fb, also features a slider and splitter. Has a commitment to a JC, so he should be an easy sign. BA has him as the #5 prospect in Arkansas and the top HS prospect in the state.

Yes, both have been drafted. Rasmussen (#73 overall) went before Klein (#85 overall).

Ivan DeJesus

It should be like this for all the picks... Agreed. I think MLB would be better served having the studio show start half an hour after the draft begins. They can take their time in analyzing guys who have already been selected and do some research, rather than scramble for information and pull random cliches out of their rear ends.

Assuming he signs, I'm going to hate typing his name into the minor league box scores. It took me forever to learn Samardzija.

Good, they're going directly to the conference call now. This should move much, much faster.

He's a 20 year old in the Florida State League with incredible tools. I wouldn't lose all hope for him yet, although his struggles are disappointing.

Should hit for average, but yeah, his arm and power are decidedly unremarkable.

Matthew Szczur Love that story.

I am not looking forward to Matthew Szczur's name in the minor league box scores. Very good pick here, great speed and makeup. He plays WR for Villanova's football team.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there goes Cecchini. Great draft for the Red Sox so far.