Category Archives: 2008 Draft

Part 1: Rounds 30-50 Part 2: Rounds 20-29 Part 3: Rounds 11-19 Part 4: Rounds 1-10 Part 5: Overview of the draft/comparison to last 2 drafts Today we put the final coat of paint on the 2008 draft in terms … Continue reading →

Part 1: Rounds 30-50 Part 2: Rounds 20-29 Part 3: Rounds 11-19 Part 4: Rounds 1-10 Part 5: Overview of the draft/comparison to last 2 drafts This is the biggest portion of the draft in terms of things to discuss, … Continue reading →

Part 1: Rounds 30-50 Part 2: Rounds 20-29 Part 3: Rounds 11-19 Part 4: Rounds 1-10 Part 5: Overview of the draft/comparison to last 2 drafts We’ll continue on with the draft recap. I wanted to highlight a couple questions … Continue reading →

My original plan was to start by giving an overview of the draft, talking about the overall numbers and how they are different from the last two drafts, but I decided to kind of change course a bit. Instead, I’ll … Continue reading →

Here is the main 2008 Draft Picks resource. If you had more college stats or info on any of these players, please post it. I’ll put the player’s name in BOLD after he’s signed. If you come across anything interesting … Continue reading →

According to Baseball America, Cosart’s bonus was $550K, or essentially the recommended slot for the 73rd overall pick. I was going to just make a note of this in the bottom of today’s musings post, but this warrants its own … Continue reading →

Taken from an updated article on the Phillies.com website The Phillies signed high-school right-hander Jarred Cosart, a 38th-round pick, in the hour leading up to the deadline. His fastball has been clocked as high as 94 mph. This definitely came … Continue reading →

If you find any articles talking about unsigned Phillies picks coming to terms, please post them here. I’ll do my best to check regularly and update this post as things develop, if anything develops. The Phillies drafted tons of high … Continue reading →

Wow. Just days after reading that Pettibone had hired Scott Boras and things weren’t looking good, the Phillies come to terms with Pettibone, for somewhere in the neighborhood of 500K. And while I’m really happy about that, you’ve also got … Continue reading →