Outshined_One

He refused to sign as a second rounder last year.

And now Songco. Raaaaaaaaagh. Quit taking players I like, other teams!!

Dwyer just went off the board to the Royals. They're having a really, really good draft so far.

San Diego just took Keyvius Sampson. Since when did they have money to sign their draft picks?

And we're under way!

Orioles' Top Prospect Wins World Series In First Major-League At Bat

We could use a cooper or ewerer, though.

I'm not going to get my panties all in a bunch over draft choices the day after, because we really have no idea how these guys will pan out, but quotes like these are so annoying to see from the Cubs. Why can't we ever see Wilken say things like, "We loved his approach at the plate" or "This guy has tremendous power to all fields" or even "He's a remarkable defensive player." We always end up hearing about athleticism, makeup, clutchiness and gamer-ism. Because that's how "baseball people" talk. Grit. Gamer. Hustle. Heart.

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I'm in.

Eh, every draft has its share of busts in the Top 10. Heck, just look at the Top 10 for the 2003 draft. The biggest bust in recent memory has to be Matt Bush, though. What a disaster he turned out to be.

In that regard, one of the main concerns I have with Jackson is the possibility that he'll have to move off of CF if he wants to put on more muscle in order to develop more power. If he can somehow hit 20 HRs a year and still be a good CF, then I'd have less of a problem with his bat. I'm going to root my butt off for these three guys, but yeah, I can't say I'm pleased with how the first day went.

Box Scores Iowa and Tennessee with off days. Daytona won 2-0 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/3, BB, K, CS (4) SS S. Castro 1/4, R, 2 K 2B N. Samson 2/3, BB, R 1B J. Rosa 1/4, RBI, 2 K DH J. Opitz 1/4, RBI, 3B (1) 3B M. Gonzalez 1/4, K SP R. Dolis 5 scoreless, 5 H, 3/1 K/BB, 9-1 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Peoria lost 5-3 Box Score DH J. Harrison 0/4 2B D. Macias 2/4, E (3, throw) 3B J. Vitters 0/4 CF K. Burke 1/4, R, K 1B R. Ridling 2/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR (8), 2 K RF N. Perez 1/4 C M. Brenly 0/3, BB, K SS J. Lake 0/3, K LF D. Rundle 2/3 SP C. Carpenter 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5/3 K/BB, HR, 4-7 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 4-2 Box Score CF V. Bieneme 0/4, K SS A. Alcantara 1/3, BB, R, RBI, HR (2) 3B J. Pena 0/4, K RF X. Batista 0/4, K E (1, fielding) LF A. Damien 1/3, BB, 2B (1), K C Y. Fuenmayor 0/2, R, 4 PB (5), HBP C C. Romero 1/1 DH M. Pestana 0/4 2B J. Rodriguez 1/3 SP R. Pichardo 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4/3 K/BB, 2 WP, 5-1 GO-FO RP L. Liria 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5/2 K/BB, WP, 2-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 15-5 Box Score SS C. Henry 1/4, BB, K, 2 E (13, fielding x 2) CF G. Robles 0/3, BB, K 3B J. Altagracia 2/5, 2B (4) CF/RF J. Gonzalez 0/3, BB, K, CS (1), E (3, fielding), 2 assist (home, 2B) DH R. Parra 1/4, 2 K 2B J. Montecino 1/2, BB, K, CS (1), PO (2B), HBP SP Y. Sanchez 3.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HR, 4-3 GO-FO RP A. Paulino 2.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/3 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP A. Robles .2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2/1 K/BB, WP, 2 HBP RP R. Mejia 1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 1/1 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO OVERALL: 1-3

There's Renfroe.

Dominguez to the Giants. Very good pick for them.

Off the board at 44. They passed on him with their first rounder.

I love this writeup.

I'm okay with that pick.

There goes Wilson. Dangit CR!

$90,000 is actually under slot in the 9th round or just barely slot. He got a $90k bonus, though.

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeach.

As is Chris Dominguez...although I have a feeling the Cubs won't take him.

Alex Wilson is still on the board.

Why exactly did St. Louis do that?

Tommy LaSorda for the win.