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Only three pitchers through 9 rounds, but the Yankees are stocking up on athleticism. Their pitchers all seem to have high ceilings as well. Liking this draft a LOT more than I did yesterday

9th Round: Taylor Morton, RHP, HS Tennessee Big framed kid, working on some info

7th Round: Taylor Anderson, CFer, Woodlawn HS, CA Gathering info on him now 8th Round: Kyle Roller, 1B, East Carolina University Gathering info on him now

6th Round: Gabe Encinas, RHP, St Paul HS, CA Love this pick. Big framed, throws low 90s, has good offspeed offerings and raw. From mlb.com

5th Round: Thomas Kahnle- Lynn University out of Upstate NY. From ESPN

Yes, they are on the 20 to 80 scale. His potential is as an above average major leaguer, assuming 50 is average

5th round: Henry Ramos RF. HSer from Puerto Rico

4th Round: Mason Williams, OF, West Orange HS, FL Sounds like another athletic guy with great speed, good arm, and a good offensive approach who projects to have power, yet doesnt have any yet From perfectgame.org

3rd Round: Rob Segedin, 3B, Tulane From River Ave Blues Definite signability case as a DES. He's got a hell of a bat and a ton of leverage due to his DES status. I have a feeling we sign this one

2nd round- Angelo Gumbs, SS, out of Torrance, CA. Here's the info on Angelo Gumbs from baseballbeginnings.com Sounds like a more athletic, less offensive clone of Cito Culver. Redundancy at a position of need here.

Love the Workman and Cechini picks. Cecchini tore his ACL and was a target for the Yankees, but the sox took him before we could get to him. Workman is a big framed horse who looks like a hell of a pick out of UT. Dont know much on Coyle, sounds like an athlete, though.

Vitek is gonna be a fast riser, and they are trying him at 3b

Rough patch. He'll be fine. Not concerned at all. More concerned with Pettitte playing well over his head and with Vazquez and Burnett being unpredictable. CC is going to end up with close to 20 wins, a 3.5ERA and throw 220IP. Not worried at all

Yeah, they were sure and had their fears confirmed by rival GMs. Isnt the pick I would have made, but it makes sense.

He had a velocity dip at the start of last season. He is the least of the Yankees worries. He'll be 220IP 3.5ERA and have close to 20 wins like clockwork

Diony, I think that is the plan. Get a guy in Culver who they really liked who will sign for slot and then go for some overslot guys later on. Their budget this yr is right around where it was last yr, per report, which leaves them in the $8 mil range. If they improve their biggest weakness in the farm with this kid then find prizes down the line, then I am okay with that. The problem with this draft setup, though, is that we see one round plus the supp, analyze it, and have a full day to bitch/laud over it. Plus, seeing the sox have 3 picks and really start off well makes things worse. As for Allie, I dont care if he is a project. He throws f***ing 98mph as an 18 yr old and has 2 plus potential off speed offerings. Everything I have read about him screams ace, even if he is less refined that Taillon.

Just another dumbass post there Lester. Expect it from you now. Dipre is exactly right. His ERA was way below what was expected based on his peripherals. But now, his peripherals are coming down to meet his ERA. He's been nothing short of excellent of late

DiceK should dominate that team. Dice lives off his ability to get batters to chase. He's always toying with the zone and playing with hitter's heads. When you couple a young team's overzealousness with DiceK's flair for being completely unpredictable, it is usually a good combo for the sox. Dice struggles with the more patient teams cause they force him to come into the zone, where he either walks the bases full or gives up big hits. Plus, last night was one of those 25% nights. Mike Mussina said it best. 25% of the time, everything is working and nobody hits you. 25% of the time, nothing is working and you are awful. It's the other 50% of the time that defines what kind of pitcher you will become.

Well, just had some solace this morning reading Lane Meyer's piece over at pinstripesplus.com. He interviewed Oppenheimer directly, and sounds like this kid is a workaholic. So the makeup issue really doesnt fit. Also, DO was told directly by another GM that Culver wasnt making it to NY in the second round. So, here is to hoping they got it right. Their scouts think this kid will stick at SS. Great arm, good range, great reflexes. They like his approach as a young kid, and think his power will develop, although that is probably his biggest deficiency with the wood as a HSer. This almost sounds like they drafted the best SS available due to a glaring need in the system, which I find to be a problem. You dont draft by need in the MLB draft, you draft best player available. And that was Allie, the HS fireballer. 18 yr olds throwing 98mph are rare. But, he is still available, would be great if we could steal him. But that interview does help a little. Sounds like he is gonna stick at the SS position assuming his hands are as good as his raw skills

Vitek should be way more ready than Renfroe. Renfroe was a HS project, a kid with significant upside as a hitter and a pitcher, who needed significant refinement. Renfroe is gonna be a short season guy, maybe for 2 seasons before he hits the long season road. Vitek is a college product, a finished product essentially. He'll probably start out in the NYP league, short season and depending on how he does, he might skip over the SAL next yr to the FSL. Gammons corrected himself on the MLBN by saying he'll convert to 3b first before trying him in the OF. Sounds like a gamer, and with him already agreeing to a contract, he essentially confirms what was already prognosticated. A slot or underslot guy in round 1, allowing them to overspend later on. I gotta say, I like their draft thus far. They go slot with a hard nosed gamer in the first, then go upside in the supp round

Well, goodnight all. The sox kicked our asses going into round 2 thus far. Have some ground to make up, especially since I have the sox as winners of the 2009 draft too. Wont be around for the first few rounds as I have my exit interview from residency, yes, I am done! Will be around by round 6 or 7

Sounds like he has an elbow injury. Might be a TJS candidate. Sounds like he just needs to get healthy. But a huge frame and a huge arm is enough to take a flier on.

The sox have knocked it out of the park thus far. Two yrs in a row, they go for a guy who will likely go for slot in round 1, then go for higher priced guys with the next few picks. This is a strong, strong foundation the sox are setting here