MLB Amateur Draft

[ThurmanMunster]

[quote name='#22' post='781360' date='Jun 9 2009, 09:58 PM']Green went 13th to Oakland
White went 15th to Cleveland
Minor went 7th to Atlanta
Crow went 12th to Kansas City
Matzek went 11th to Colorado


Crow went 12th to Kansas City
Scheppers went 44th to Texas
Gibson 22nd to Minnesota
Wheeler went 6th to San Francisco


We really suck at this.[/quote]

tbh i didnt know about gibsons stress fracture. we werent that bad though. scheppers was really the only bad mention and i actually fucked that up because i meant to be matzek not scheppers lol. either way i was wrong. the only thing i knew the reds would do is go SP. i figure a lot of teams stayed away from crow because he seems kind of cocky and demanding with the money.

[ThurmanMunster]

[quote name='Go Tory Go!' post='781310' date='Jun 9 2009, 03:41 PM']You caught me - red handed. I am not best friends - "BFF" you might say - with the entire Big Red Machine, Bench and Rose don't invite me over to hang out on a weekly basis, and Concepcion won't even return my phone calls anymore.

It must be nice, being you. Because from your appraisals of their character, and your obvious disdain of my appraisals for not knowing Bench and Rose on a personal level, I can only assume that you chill with these guys all the time! Is Bench's house nice? Where does Rose get his famous "Dutch Boy" styled at?

I know, I know. Enough with the charades already. So you're not chums with the Big Red Machine; so you 'met' Bench and Rose at PR events, and you're mad at No. 5 because he shouted "NEXT" when you dawdled; big deal, right? But unless they're in your "Five," and you can produce Bench AND Rose's phone numbers, I truly wonder what informs your opinion that doesn't come from some media channel. (If you feel like being a bullshitter, insert "my mom's lover's cousin's friend snorted coke with Pete Rose and Jeff Ruby once" here).

As for your allegations: Bench undoubtedly carries a great deal of bravado - so do all the others who are lauded before their retirement as the best ever at their positions. Maybe you consider his cold treatment of Rose, a long-time teammate, as evidence of douchiness - if so, it's an indictment of the entire team. Bench and the others supported Rose's induction for years, but after testing their patience for years by making himself a sideshow in Las Vegas, Rose made a mockery of their good faith by cashing in with his book and memorabilia.

Rose's contrition is now a business, a cottage industry he's set up for himself at the price of sincerity.
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Lately, I've seen Bench blow up in interviews when asked about Rose's eligibility, and it's a perfectly reasonable response for someone who, despite his own unparalleled merits (which exceeded Rose's), has been bothered to comment on the same asshole teammate for 20 years now.

Rose...what can be said about him? One can have a gambling addiction and maintain his class, but not while perpetually whinging about being in the Hall while making appearances opening casinos across the country. He's a product of poor parenting, and, in turn, you can see his parenting handiwork in Pete Rose Jr., the steroid user and drug dealer!

And finally, I suppose the same rules apply for Grant Green - let's hear what your apparently-informed opinion knows about him that isn't through the fallacious and deceptive media. I, for one, will restate that, though there are probably a few examples to the contrary out there, the next "Grant" I meet that isn't a douchebag will be the first.[/quote]

this actually made me laugh pretty hard. good post.

[Bengals1181]

Mike Leake's blog, courtesy of Ctrent: [url="http://draftprospect.mlblogs.com/"]http://draftprospect.mlblogs.com/[/url]

[#22]

This sounds promising:
[url="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090609/SPORTS02/90609039/Taylorsville%20s%20Hamilton%20drafted%20by%20Reds"]http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090...ted%20by%20Reds[/url]


and the Reds have drafted Chris Valaika's brother with their 20th round pick, btw.

[ThurmanMunster]

[quote name='Jason' post='781358' date='Jun 9 2009, 09:47 PM']Reds second round pick:

Billy Hamilton, SS, Taylorsville (Miss.) HS[/quote]


he was our 3rd pick but our 2nd rounder. you guys missed that we took: 43rd overall, RHP Brad Boxberger USC



and i liked this pick: 88th overall, LHP Donnie Joseph UoHouston, i think he has a future in our bullpen. i knew a little bit about him coming into the draft.

[Jason]

[quote name='ThurmanMunster' post='781494' date='Jun 10 2009, 05:38 PM']he was our 3rd pick but our 2nd rounder. [b]you guys missed that we took: 43rd overall, RHP Brad Boxberger USC[/b]



and i liked this pick: 88th overall, LHP Donnie Joseph UoHouston, i think he has a future in our bullpen. i knew a little bit about him coming into the draft.[/quote]

For some reason when I made the post above they did not list Boxberger. He was the only pick not listed in the Comp A round.

[ThurmanMunster]

[quote name='Jason' post='781503' date='Jun 10 2009, 06:18 PM']For some reason when I made the post above they did not list Boxberger. He was the only pick not listed in the Comp A round.[/quote]
oh well. we dont need to know him for another 3-4 years if ever haha.

[|Bengal Migration|]

[quote name='Jason' date='10 June 2009 - 07:59 AM' timestamp='1244588396' post='781332']
Reds select Mike Leake, RHP, ASU.

<a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlbdraft/player?id=18809&draftyear=2009" target="_blank">http://insider.espn.go.com/mlbdraft/player...;draftyear=2009</a>
[/quote]
Cincinnati and Arizona State right-hander Mike Leake, the No. 8 pick, agreed at $2.27 million

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4403920

Buried toward the end of the Strasburg story..