**Official MLB 2007 First Year Player Draft Thread**

[SectionBNole]

Have at it

Here is the link to the "live draft blog" Link (http://soxandthecity.net/blogs/?p=56)

[SectionBNole]

Would anyone be interested in a "live" draft blog on the home page?

[SABRSox]

Yeah, a live draft blog would be nice.

[fquaye14ten]

for sure

[zmz]

I'm on the Tony Thomas bandwagon

[SectionBNole]

Blog is up waiting for the draft to start.

Link is on the first post of this thread

[SectionBNole]

Tampa Bay Devil Rays... you are on the clock

[SABRSox]

I'll be leaving some comments in the live blog as well, if you care to join me SectionBNole.

[SectionBNole]

Sounds good

[SABRSox]

We'll see how this goes...

[SectionBNole]

Go ahead just announce price already

[SectionBNole]

Tampa Bay selects.... David Price

[SectionBNole]

Kansas City Selects . . . Michael Moustakas

[SABRSox]

Hmm... KC taking another 3rd baseman?

[SectionBNole]

Yeah strange

[SectionBNole]

The losers select... Joshua Vitters

[SABRSox]

Cubs get really fucking lucky there. Oh well.

[SectionBNole]

My guess is the Catcher from GT here..

[SectionBNole]

Pirates select... Daniel Moskos

[SABRSox]

Nevermind, wrong team...

[SectionBNole]

Baltimore selects ... Matthew Wieters

[SectionBNole]

^^^ excellent pick

[SectionBNole]

Nationals select... Ross Detwiler

[SectionBNole]

Talk about a guy whos stock has gone through the roof

[SectionBNole]

Brewers take... Matthew LaPorta

[SABRSox]

There's the 1st big shocker. LaPorta goes very, very high.

[SectionBNole]

Taken way too high IMO

[SABRSox]

Is Scott Boras making the picks for the Brewers? Yeesh, you know he's a pretty happy douchebag right about now.

[SectionBNole]

Rockies select Casey Weathers

[SectionBNole]

I would hate to pitch for colorado

[Unregistered]

Brewers take... Matthew LaPorta

There's the 1st big shocker. LaPorta goes very, very high.

Fuck. There's 60 fake bucks I just lost.

Good job with this thread, Nole. :rock:

[SectionBNole]

Diamondbacks take Jarrod Parker

[SectionBNole]

Fuck. There's 60 fake bucks I just lost.

Good job with this thread, Nole. :rock:


Thank you sir. You :rock:

[SABRSox]

Porcello is still out there.

[SectionBNole]

Lots of teams are afraid of how expensive he will be

[SABRSox]

If he's still around at 25 (and he won't be) the Sox have to pull the trigger.

[SectionBNole]

agreed

[SectionBNole]

Giants take Madison Bumgarner

[SectionBNole]

Seattle takes Phillippe Aumont

[gbergman]

Mariners take Phillippe Aumont

[SectionBNole]

that kid is absolutely massive

[gbergman]

Marlins select Matthew Dominguez

[SectionBNole]

Marlins select Matthew Dominguez

[SectionBNole]

the toons are up

[SABRSox]

jndians on the clock

[SectionBNole]

Indians select Beau Mills

[SABRSox]

Beau Mills your newest Toon

[Unregistered]

Beau Mills your newest Toon

Gayest name ever? It's certainly close.

[SectionBNole]

Braves select Jason Heyward

[SectionBNole]

^^ good pick for them

[SectionBNole]

Reds take Devin Mesaraco

[SectionBNole]

Jays select Kevin Ahrens

[SectionBNole]

Texas Rangers draft Blake Beaven

[SectionBNole]

another 6'7 kid wow

[SectionBNole]

St Louis drafts Peter Kozma

[SectionBNole]

Phillies Take Joe Savery

[Unregistered]

St Louis drafts Peter Kozma

It's amazing that the team that won the World Series gets the 18th pick because they barely finished over .500. :ridiculous:

[SABRSox]

Hoping against hope the Sox take Porcello.

[SectionBNole]

Dodgers select Chris Withrow

[SectionBNole]

Jays select again... Jonathon Arencibia

[SectionBNole]

Getting very close to the White Sox pick!

[SABRSox]

I realize that it's 8-10 Million to sign Porcello, but he's Verlander type talent, and the Tigers will take him at 27.

[SectionBNole]

Giants take Tim Alderson

[SectionBNole]

Ill take Michael Main at 25

[SectionBNole]

Padres take Nicholas Schmidt

[SectionBNole]

The white sox are on deck

[SectionBNole]

The Texas Rangers select... Michael Main

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[SABRSox]

There goes Main. Please take Porcello here.

[SectionBNole]

YOUR CHICAGO WHITE SOX ON THE CLOCK

[SectionBNole]

SOX TAKE Aaron Poreda....

[SABRSox]

Lame.

[SectionBNole]

Im pissed

[SABRSox]

The White Sox go cheap once again. When Detroit takes Porcello, we are truly fucked over in this draft.

[SectionBNole]

I agree we missed but it was only one pick

Fricking Rangers

[SectionBNole]

Oakland Selects James Simmons

[SABRSox]

Scouting Report: Poreda wasn't on the radar screen in high school; he focused more on football as a defensive end/tight end. He did pitch a bit, even tossing a no-hitter, but was awkward and had suspect arm action. In three seasons at San Francisco working with pitching coach Greg Moore, however, he has developed into a first-round candidate and one of the nation's hardest-throwing lefthanders. Poreda works off the fastball almost as much as UC Riverside's James Simmons (No. 47), and like Simmons, it's his only above-average pitch. While his fastball was flat and 89-90 mph in his 2007 opener, he has been consistently in the low 90s since then, touching 96-97 and regularly hitting 94. He throws plenty of strikes (though he lacks true command), and with his 6-foot-6, 240-pound frame, he should prove durable. He doesn't pitch as downhill as he should at his size, in part because of his low three-quarters arm slot. Poreda's arm action and lower slot make his breaking ball a fringe-average pitch at best, though it has improved. He has the makings of a changeup but hasn't thrown it much, sticking to his fastball. He had experimented with a higher slot to aid his breaking ball, but the move cost his fastball some of its late life and was back to his old slot.

[samram]

So are we looking at another Andy Sisco here?

[SABRSox]

Yup.

[SectionBNole]

Quite possibly

[SectionBNole]

Tiggers pick Rick Porcello

[SABRSox]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[SABRSox]

The Tigers will have the best pitching staff in the majors for a long time...

[SectionBNole]

Fricking a

[SectionBNole]

Twins select Ben Revere

[SABRSox]

What really pisses me off is that having only 2 picks in the top 100, the Sox had the money to go out and sign Porcello. There is no excuse for them. They made the wrong decision.

[Hangar18]

The SOX are thinking they are getting a "steal", and making him a project for Don Cooper

[SABRSox]

The SOX are thinking they are getting a "steal", and making him a project for Don Cooper
Screw that. Take the can't miss guy, especially when you know he won't be going to your division rival in the process.

[samram]

The SOX are thinking they are getting a "steal", and making him a project for Don Cooper

Yeah, they can do that in the 25th round, not the first.

[SectionBNole]

Giants Select Wendell Fairley

[SectionBNole]

The Yankees pick Andrew Brackman to complete the first round of the draft

[SectionBNole]

^^ nice pick there

[Hangar18]

Screw that. Take the can't miss guy, especially when you know he won't be going to your division rival in the process.

Sounds like Kenny is in the lead for Sox And The City's Foot-in-the-Pants award

[Unregistered]

Sounds like Kenny is in the lead for Sox And The City's Foot-in-the-Pants award

And Zoso continues to keep his stronghold on Sox And The City's Hand-in-the-Pants award.

[SABRSox]

So far, this draft gets a big fat 'F' for the Sox.

[SectionBNole]

What could have been, freaking rangers stealing Main like that

[SectionBNole]

Off to the gym, you guys take over

[SectionBNole]

Freaking tony thomas to the cubs are you kidding me

[zmz]

Freaking tony thomas to the cubs are you kidding me

:laff: