Saturday, December 4, 2010

Season 18 Draft Recap

Carlton Greely III - Special to Cobb Times Herald from Baseball Nerd Weekly

Welcome to the new and improved Cobb World Draft Recap.  Following suggestions from our subscribers, we have contracted out our draft recaps to Baseball Nerd Weekly, who bring their expertise and Specialized Talent Universal Draft Analysis (STUD Analysis) to the Cobb Times Herald.  So without further ado, here is this seasons draft recap, in team and pick order.

STUD Analysis Note: Players are rated on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest. Players are rated relative to their position and how they would perform at the ML level, with a 5 being average.  NR means the player hasn't signed and therefore has no rating.

Fran Round Pick Player Pos Age Bonus S.T.U.D. 
Rating
ARI 1 23 Von Molitor P 19 $1,940K 8.1
ARI 1 39 Bobby Ray Cook P 22 $760K 5.4
ARI 1 45 Ross Skinner P 21 $1,009K 6.3
ARI 1 53 Manny Kennedy P 21 $600K 7.2
ARI 2 69 Zip Manship P 21 $550K 5.8
ARI 2 80 Emmett McDonald P 21 $550K 5.9
ARI 2 88 Bill Nelson P 20 $550K 5.6
ARI 3 122 Robb Dillon 2B 21 $425K 3.8
ARI 4 157 Bernie Castillo RF 19 --- NR
ARI 5 189 David Chang CF 19 --- NR







Team Grade: B
ATL 1 16 Dean Murray C 22 --- NR
ATL 4 150 Rudy Franco P 18 $350K 3.8
ATL 5 182 Glenn Grant P 22 $250K 1.2







Team Grade: F
BUR 1 12 Adam Davis RF 18 $2,970K 9.1
BUR 2 76 Kevin Kwon 2B 22 $550K 5.4
BUR 3 111 Rickey Gates P 21 --- NR
BUR 4 146 Marcus Dolan P 19 $350K 4
BUR 5 178 Larry Spivey LF 19 --- NR







Team Grade: B
CH1 1 2 Stan Stephenson P 19 $3,910K 7.8
CH1 2 64 Christopher Sullivan P 21 $550K 5.2
CH1 3 101 Chris Liddi P 19 $425K 3.8
CH1 4 136 Hector Lopez P 22 $350K 4.2
CH1 5 168 Footsie Reagan P 20 $250K 5







Team Grade: C
CHA 1 7 Birdie Miles P 18 --- NR
CHA 3 134 Douglas Daneker C 21 $966K 6.8
CHA 4 141 Neftali Uribe 1B 18 $350K 3.9
CHA 5 173 Eric Robertson CF 20 $250K 3.3







Team Grade: D+
CHY 1 8 Raymond Iannone P 21 $8,085K 8.9
CHY 1 47 Wilkin Tapies P 19 $600K 7
CHY 2 71 C.J. Soriano 2B 18 --- NR
CHY 3 107 Mateo Zapata CF 21 $425K 5.8
CHY 4 142 Cory Bowman P 18 $350K 4.8
CHY 5 174 Dick McCallum CF 18 $250K 5







Team Grade: B+
CLB 1 22 Cla Young P 18 $2,040K 7.8
CLB 1 38 Joe Lemon P 18 $800K 6.8
CLB 2 87 Carter LeCroy P 18 $550K 4.9
CLB 2 93 James Sadowski CF 21 --- NR
CLB 3 106 George Kinney CF 20 $425K 5.2
CLB 3 121 Bob Halter P 22 $425K 5.9
CLB 4 156 Enrique Lee LF 18 $350K 3.6
CLB 5 188 Daniel Walters P 22 $250K 3.9







Team Grade: B
CLE 3 129 Cristobal Fuentes P 22 --- NR
CLE 4 164 Rickey Lee P 19 --- NR
CLE 5 196 Glenn Hill SS 22 $250K 3.9







Team Grade: F
DOV 1 27 Elroy Jefferson P 18 $1,570K 7.9
DOV 1 41 Victor Conigliaro 2B 21 $680K 5.2
DOV 2 94 Nolan Brown P 22 $550K 5
DOV 2 97 Terrell Morneau P 19 $550K 4.9
DOV 3 126 Yuniesky Rojas CF 18 $425K 5.8
DOV 4 161 Davy Thome P 21 $350K 4.1
DOV 5 193 Yonder Romano P 20 $250K 2.1







Team Grade: C+
FLA 1 25 Willie Bradley P 20 $1,750K 7.5
FLA 1 54 Howie McNally P 19 $600K 7.4
FLA 2 91 Nolan Herndon P 20 $550K 6.8
FLA 3 124 Norman Hamilton P 21 $425K 5.5
FLA 4 159 Bryan Frank P 21 $350K 5
FLA 5 191 Darin Kingland C 22 $250K 4.8







Team Grade: B+
FRE 1 6 Neil Simpson P 18 $5,810K 8.5
FRE 3 105 Paul Kata P 21 $375K 4.8
FRE 4 140 Lloyd Thompson 2B 20 $338K 4.4
FRE 5 172 Alex Redondo P 22 $200K 3.8







Team Grade: C+
HOU 1 5 Brian Martin P 22 $3,630K 8.9
HOU 1 46 Keith Walker RF 19 $600K 6.2
HOU 1 57 Orlando Noesi C 22 $600K 6.2
HOU 1 61 Steve Newson LF 18 $600K 4.1
HOU 3 104 Enrique Moreno P 20 $425K 4
HOU 4 139 Marlon O'Brien P 18 $350K 4.9
HOU 5 171 Ken Griffin P 22 $250K 5.2







Team Grade: B
IA 1 18 Josh Vogelsong RF 19 $2,410K 7.8
IA 2 82 Sammy Escuela RF 20 $550K 6
IA 3 117 Brian McKay 3B 18 --- NR
IA 4 152 Sam Watson P 19 --- NR
IA 5 184 Artie Hamilton P 18 --- NR







Team Grade: C+
JAC 1 3 Tommy Tanner SS 18 $6,074K 8
JAC 2 65 Larry Cannon 3B 21 --- NR
JAC 2 74 Roosevelt McConnell P 18 $550K 6
JAC 3 102 Phillip Brea LF 20 $425K 5.1
JAC 3 132 Gregory Shannon C 18 $425K 5
JAC 4 137 Luther Slocumb P 18 $350K 4.2
JAC 5 169 Omar Petersen LF 18 $250K 4







Team Grade: B-
KC 1 14 Alex Calderone P 18 $3,739K 8.9
KC 1 49 Malcolm Gorecki CF 21 --- NR
KC 2 78 Jayson Smith RF 19 --- NR
KC 3 113 Hades DeWitt RF 22 --- NR
KC 4 148 Gerald Nixon SS 19 --- NR
KC 5 180 Jeff Mattes 2B 20 --- NR







Team Grade: B-
LAA 1 21 Matt Brow 3B 20 $2,130K 7.6
LAA 1 37 Milt Tanner P 19 $840K 7
LAA 2 68 Mikey Carey P 22 $550K 7.1
LAA 2 86 Taylor Lewis P 20 $550K 5
LAA 3 120 Bill Van Hatten P 18 $425K 5
LAA 4 155 Lefty Duncan P 20 $350K 4.8
LAA 5 187 Naoki Ono 2B 21 $250K 2.6







Team Grade: B
MNT 1 24 Markus Mathews SS 18 $3,600K 7.8
MNT 1 32 Endy Schlehuber P 18 $1,100K 6.9
MNT 1 44 Tommy Truman P 18 $600K 5.2
MNT 2 99 Raymond Carroll CF 18 $550K 3.2
MNT 3 131 Jensen Patterson 2B 18 $425K 2.8
MNT 4 166 Mark Tremie SS 18 $350K 3
MNT 5 198 Josias Andrus SS 18 $250K 3.4







Team Grade: C
NAS 1 28 Saul Gonzales P 18 $1,470K 7
NAS 1 56 B.J. O'Malley P 18 $790K 6.2
NAS 2 95 Bruce Smith C 18 $2,701K 5.8
NAS 3 127 Mark Teixeira 2B 18 --- NR
NAS 4 162 Dicky Mills 2B 18 $350K 4
NAS 5 194 Mark O'Leary 3B 18 $250K 4.5







Team Grade: C+
NB 1 13 Rip Phelps SS 19 $2,880K 8.6
NB 3 112 Scott Washburn CF 20 $425K 5
NB 4 147 Charles Garcia C 20 $350K 6
NB 5 179 Bobby Linton P 19 $250K 4.4







Team Grade: B
NY1 1 1 Rob Bannister P 18 $4,000K 9.1
NY1 2 63 David Kemp C 18 --- NR
NY1 3 100 Travis Berry RF 18 $425K 4.6
NY1 3 133 Charlie Nunnally CF 21 --- NR
NY1 4 135 Bruce Buckley LF 20 --- NR
NY1 5 167 Marty Hall SS 19 --- NR







Team Grade: B
NY2 2 89 Ross Volstad LF 18 --- NR
NY2 2 90 Rickey Henry CF 21 $550K 4.4
NY2 3 123 Dave Johnson 3B 19 $425K 3.6
NY2 4 158 C.J. Charles CF 20 $350K 3.8
NY2 5 190 Ed Simmons CF 21 --- NR







Team Grade: F
OMA 1 9 Rickey Herrera P 19 $3,250K 8
OMA 3 108 Brian Redding 2B 21 $425K 4.4
OMA 4 143 Danny Fleming 1B 19 $350K 3.8
OMA 5 175 J.J. Ramsey P 21 $250K 3.6







Team Grade: C
PAW 1 19 John Yamakazi CF 18 $2,320K 7.9
PAW 1 30 Calvin Brinkley 2B 21 $1,290K 7
PAW 1 36 Kirt Turner P 18 --- NR
PAW 1 52 Armando Rosa SS 18 $600K 6.5
PAW 2 84 Rich Dietz P 18 --- NR
PAW 3 118 Carlos Saez SS 19 $425K 6.8
PAW 4 153 Trevor Baez C 22 $350K 5
PAW 5 185 Renyel Montanez RF 22 $250K 3.4







Team Grade: B+
RIC 1 17 Corban Gosling CF 20 $2,500K 6.8
RIC 1 35 Jacque Dougherty SS 21 $920K 6.6
RIC 1 51 Ronny York LF 20 $600K 6.4
RIC 2 70 Beamer McBride P 18 $550K 5
RIC 2 81 Don King SS 21 $550K 4
RIC 3 116 Hugh Hauser P 21 $425K 4.1
RIC 4 151 Taylor Benoit 2B 22 $350K 3.9
RIC 5 183 Yamid Garces P 19 --- NR







Team Grade: C
SEA 1 4 Wes Moss P 21 $3,720K 8.8
SEA 2 66 George Chamberlain CF 21 --- NR
SEA 2 67 Roosevelt Hiatt SS 22 $550K 7
SEA 3 103 Tyrone Welch P 21 $425K 6.6
SEA 4 138 Grant Simms P 21 --- NR
SEA 5 170 Louis Hernandez 2B 19 $250K 4.5







Team Grade: B+
SF 1 43 Eric Neal P 18 $600K 5
SF 2 72 Saul Candelaria P 18 $550K 3.2
SF 2 98 Hector Aquino P 18 --- NR
SF 3 130 Fritz Adams P 18 --- NR
SF 4 165 Rickey Grabow P 21 --- NR
SF 5 197 Lawrence Walters P 19 --- NR







Team Grade: F
SXF 1 15 Keith Bennett LF 20 $2,690K 7.9
SXF 1 34 Torii Madson CF 20 $960K 7.8
SXF 1 50 Johnny Cheney P 18 --- NR
SXF 1 59 Ted Hebert 2B 18 $600K 6.5
SXF 2 77 Joba Forbes 1B 18 $550K 7
SXF 2 79 Louie Gonzales RF 19 $550K 5.4
SXF 3 114 Edgar Beltran SS 18 --- NR
SXF 4 149 Trot Goulet LF 18 $1,488K 5.6
SXF 5 181 Timothy Rodney 1B 22 $250K 3.6







Team Grade: B+
SYR 1 10 Giomar Candelaria 2B 20 $3,160K 8.6
SYR 1 48 Hector Quentin 2B 18 $1,014K 7.8
SYR 1 58 Harry Lopez P 19 $600K 4.5
SYR 3 109 Dave Irwin P 18 $425K 5
SYR 4 144 Alfonso Vazquez P 18 $875K 5
SYR 5 176 Milt McElroy P 22 $250K 1.8







Team Grade: B
TAC 1 29 Alex Costilla 2B 18 $1,380K 7
TAC 1 42 D'Angelo Aquino P 18 $640K 6.9
TAC 2 96 Rick Kelley RF 18 $754K 5.8
TAC 3 115 Steven Rossy 3B 18 $425K 5.4
TAC 3 128 Ron Thielman SS 18 --- NR
TAC 4 163 Sherman Magnuson 2B 18 --- NR
TAC 5 195 Einar Vega P 18 $250K 4.8







Team Grade: C+
TOR 1 20 Cristian Walton RF 21 $2,220K 5.8
TOR 2 85 Dwight Rogers P 22 $550K 5.6
TOR 3 119 Patrick Douglas P 21 $425K 5.5
TOR 4 154 Dixie Bradley P 18 $350K 3.8
TOR 5 186 Rico Valdes 3B 19 $250K 2.6







Team Grade: D-
TRE 1 11 Russell Roosevelt CF 18 $3,070K 8.7
TRE 1 31 Clyde Edwards 3B 18 $2,035K 7.6
TRE 1 33 Ted Lo Duca C 18 $1,000K 7.6
TRE 2 75 Tomas Ortiz SS 20 $550K 5.8
TRE 2 83 Jeff Rizzo CF 18 $550K 5
TRE 3 110 Bobby Denham P 20 $425K 5.1
TRE 4 145 Steve Fox P 20 $350K 3.8
TRE 5 177 Santiago Benavente CF 19 $250K 2







Team Grade: A-
WIC 1 26 Jeff DeJean SS 19 $1,660K 7.8
WIC 1 40 Grant Leach CF 19 $720K 7.6
WIC 1 55 Aramis Alicea SS 19 $600K 7
WIC 1 60 Napoleon Glover SS 20 $600K 6.8
WIC 1 62 Pat Stewart SS 18 $600K 6.5
WIC 2 73 Tiny Easley SS 20 $550K 4.8
WIC 2 92 Bosco Duran 3B 20 $550K 5.4
WIC 3 125 Doc Xavier 2B 19 $425K 4.7
WIC 4 160 Lastings Anderson P 19 $350K 3.8
WIC 5 192 Harold Greer P 21 $542K 2.9







Team Grade: A-

Bonus Draft Coverage!

Biggest Steals:  Hector Quentin (2B, Syracuse, #44 OV), Joba Forbes (1B, Sioux Falls, #77 OV)
Biggest Busts: Corban Gosling (CF, Richmond, #16 OV), Christian Walton (RF, Toronto, #20 OV)
Best Names: Mark Teixeira (Nashville, #117), Sherm St. Clair (Columbus, #252), Cy Young (Syracuse, #688), Dummy Service (Cleveland, #708)