2010 Draft Round 1

2010 Draft

This post will serve as the master list for all the draft picks. I’m going to update THIS post (along with the help of reader “Ryan”) as the picks are made today/tomorrow. I’m going to do the entire 1st round, and then after Round 1 just the Phillies selections. You can use this posting to discuss anything related to the draft. All the details are below the fold..

Round 1

1.1 – Washington – Bryce Harper, C (JuCo, NV)
1.2 – Pittsburgh – Jameson Tailon, RHP (Woodlands HS, TX)
1.3 – Baltimore – Manny Machado, SS (Brito Miami Private School, FL)
1.4 – Kansas City – Christian Colon, SS (Cal State Fullerton)
1.5 – Cleveland – Drew Pomeranz, LHP (Ole Miss)
1.6 – Arizona – Barret Loux, RHP (Texas A&M)
1.7 – New York Mets – Matt Harvey, RHP (UNC)
1.8 – Houston – Delino DeShields Jr, OF (Woodward Academy, GA)
1.9 – San Diego – Karsten Whitson, RHP (Chipley HS, FL)
1.10 – Oakland – Michael Choice, OF (UT-Arlington)
1.11 – Toronto – Deck McGuire, RHP (Georgia Tech)
1.12 – Cincinnati – Yasmani Grandal, C (Miami)
1.13 – Chicago White Sox – Chris Sale, LHP (Florida Gulf Coast University)
1.14 – Milwaukee – Dylan Covey, RHP (Maranatha HS, CA)
1.15 – Texas – Jake Skole, OF (Blessed Trinity HS, GA)
1.16 – Chicago Cubs – Hayden Simpson, RHP (Southern Arkansas)
1.17 – Tampa Bay – Josh Sale, OF (Bishop Blanchet HS, WA)
1.18 – LA Angels – Caleb Cowart, RHP (Cook HS, GA)
1.19 – Houston – Mike Foltynewicz, RHP (Minooka Community HS, IL)
1.20 – Boston – Kolbrin Vitek, 2B (Ball State)
1.21 – Minnesota – Alex Wimmers, RHP (Ohio State)
1.22 – Texas – Kellin Deglan, C (R.E. Mountain Secondary School, Canada)
1.23 – Florida – Christian Yelich, OF (Westlake HS, CA)
1.24 – San Francisco – Gary Brown, OF (Cal State Fullerton)
1.25 – St Louis – Zach Cox, 3B (Arkansas)
1.26 – Colorado – Kyle Parker, OF (Clemson)
1.27 – Philadelphia – Jesse Biddle, LHP (Germantown Friends Academy, PA)
1.28 – LA Dodgers – Zach Lee, RHP (McKinney HS, TX)
1.29 – LA Angels – Cam Bedrosian, RHP (East Coweta HS, GA)
1.30 – LA Angels – Chevy Clark, OF (Marietta HS, GA)
1.31 – Tampa Bay – Justin O’Connor, C (Cowan HS, IN)
1.32 – New York Yankeess – Cito Culver, RHP (Irondequoit HS, NY)

363 thoughts on “2010 Draft Round 1”

  3. It’s not even a Pirates 2009 move in the “Let’s save here and spend later” mold. Colon has Boras as an agent, so he’s not coming cheap. Of course, Colon would represent an improvement over Yuni Betancourt right now, so maybe it does make some sense.

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  13. I was really hoping that Harper would fall to #27…darn.

    On a serious note, this draft has gone screwy real early.

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  15. Way to early to benefit the Phillies, the guys that are being picked would still go before #27 they are just going a few spots earlier.

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  16. With Harvey gone, I think Biddle might be Milwaukee’s guy at 14. If O’Connor gets to 27….

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  17. FMBNG: I’d say that Loux going so early could push down some more talented pitchers, so quite possibly. Even more so if the Rangers grab Luke Jackson at 15 (I’ll admit, I’m not a huge fan).

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  19. the suspense is palpable, ha

    I really would love to be a fly on the wall in some teams’ warrooms

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  22. Squire if O’Connor slips to #27 doubt we take a shot at him. Are you ok with taking a talent like that knowing hes 1 of the tougher signs in this draft?

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  27. Actually KLaw was chatting earlier today and was saying Loux was going to be taken at 6. So i don’t know if it is that big a shock.

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  29. Loux seems like a major reach- I didn’t even want him at 27. Looks like a really low ceiling for a top 10 pick…

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  30. When did O’Connor become one of the toughest signs in the draft? I thought he was signable?

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  33. Did Gammons say Utley wasn’t drafted out of HS? Wasn’t he drafted by the Dodgers in ’97 out of HS?

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  34. I read it somewhere or I could be screwing it up its 0300 here in Iraq im not exactly awake. Let me go find where it said hes a tough sign guy.

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  35. Sophist: correct, Gammons was wrong.

    I think the O’Conner stuff could be academic anyway, since the Cubs are linked with him. Sincerely doubt he gets to 27.

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  36. Loux was an overdraft. He’ll sign for slot though. Yay slotting system! (As if).

    Lots of pretty good players slipping.
    I’m assuming the #s system they’re showing on the draft is just the 20-80 system?

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  37. Why is a special adviser to the Rangers spending so much time commentating on the draft? Listening to him talk irritates me.

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  51. From my comment at 1:30 today

    Up to date

    Wishlist

    1. Allie
    2. Castellanos
    3. Bedrosian
    4. Wilson
    5. Wojo

    Anti-Wish list

    1. Reggie Golden
    2. Gary Brown
    3. Yelich

    ———-

    All are still there

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  54. so harvey is aumont…maybe the mets will trade him for cliff lee (a year after he signs)

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  59. If Allie,. Costellanos, or Wojo are there at 27 and we take Biddle then yes I would be disappointed.

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  60. PP, if the Phils select Biddle do you think theres any chance anyone from your wishlist makes it to 77?

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  61. pp–you think the FO will take Biddle over Allie? Cause hes a lefty and a local guy they know, presumably?

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  64. Friar–True. If they use that saved money to get some over slot guys later, there could be worse things.

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  69. I don’t mind Biddle at 27. Agreed with PP that he won’t be the best player on the board, but I do like him as a prospect and much prefer him to Brown, Golden and the like. And if they Phils feel that Castellanos and Cowart have unreasonable price tags, I can see the logic.

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  72. Biddle isn’t terrible but he’s the safe pick. He’s miles ahead of a Hewitt type pick.

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  76. There is a ton of talent falling and falling fast, Pomeranz, O’Connor, Wojo, and Cox

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  79. Hart’s the Jon Gruden of baseball, lol. Gruden loved every pick in this year’s NFL draft.

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  80. These random picks are opening up a chance that a guy like Workman or Vitek might fall to the Phils.

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  81. I want Biddle in round 2. Castellanos then Biddle. Maybe Biddle’s people scared off other teams enough, but gave the Phils the wink wink about being signable.

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  85. LOL Bedrosian I was thinking the same thing. If the kid wants to land on the Phils they could have said something to push him into the 2nd but still to make it past the supp and to our @2 pick is a long shot

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  95. Biddle is signable. he will come out (my dad knows his dad) but apparently they really liked the Yankees when teams were visiting them. So i don’t think they would wink wink with the Phils. (but then again who knows?)

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  96. To Sam: Yes..yes I am.

    Anyone who isn’t might want to turn to it…or at least have it on too.

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  111. Problem with Cox is he has a ton of leverage as a draft eligible sophomore. He’s got another bite at the apple with leverage.

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  114. Well I can honestly say I’m glad I do not have to see the name ‘Foltynewicz’ on the back of a jersey any time soon.

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  115. Problem with Cox is he has a ton of leverage as a draft eligible sophomore. He’s got another bite at the apple with leverage.

    Maybe, but next year’s draft class is stacked.

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  119. Just take Cox and pay him a fortune. He could take over for Polanco when his contract is up.

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  124. It’s starting to look completely plausible that Workman will be available. I looked at his numbers and wasn’t thoroughly impressed though. Am I missing something?

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  126. Back to the wide world of drafting… Workman is falling (though I’m not sure if the Phils would take him twice), and O’Conner is taking a big tumble. Plus Castellanos and Allie are still around. Just sayin’…

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  130. Maybe we could actually sign Workman this time around. Workman at #27 would be a nice pick.

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  132. 4 picks before the Phillies. Allie, Castellanos, Wojo, Ranaudo, Cox, Workman, Wilson are all available

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  133. OK PP, 4 picks ahead of us. Which guy do you want more? O’Connor, Workman, Ranaudo, Wojo, Castellanos, Allie, or Bedro? Then we get Biddle

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  135. I think we might be interested in O’Connor. However, I think we tend to get locked in on a guy (in this case Biddle) and if he’s there we take him without regard to other opportunities that may present themselves.

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  140. That’s hilarious. I almost made a joke about PP feeling the need to regulate one comment among 130 dealing with a potential Phillies no-hitter, but then thought it would be ludicrous that he actually would.

    Crossing my fingers that Allie makes it to us and we pick him (there, made it draft-related).

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  143. Wilson, Cox, Sanchez, Workman, Ranaudo
    Allie, Castellanos, Wojo………….Biddle….

    Still on the board with 4 in front of the Phillies.

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  144. Aren’t people’s hopes getting a little high. We’re talking about the Phillies prevailing methodology.

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  145. ****Allie > Castellanos > Workman > Wojo > Wilson > Biddle****

    Based on that, I will put it at 99% that we get Biddle.

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  149. If Biddle is there in the 2nd, then maybe they take him. But I do not think Wolever says what he said about Biddle if they were hoping to get him in the 1st. I think the Phils take someone who might cost a bit…

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  165. Wilson, Cox, Sanchez, Workman, Ranaudo, Allie, Castellanos, Wojo, Biddle….

    Still on the board with 2 in front of the Phillies.

    Who do you take?

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  166. No reason to think Allie can’t be a starter. Hard to pigeon hole 18 year olds as future relievers until you see where they top off projection wise. Command/control are often the last things to develop as you are growing into your body/delivery

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  169. I hope we get someone awesome and then one of these other awesome guys falls to our next pick. Sound like a plan?

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  170. I’d take the third baseman from Davie , Fla., Castellanos.
    Huge need, top talent.

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  171. Thanks, James. Some reports have him struggling with command and not holding his stuff past a few innings, which is the only concern I had. Arm is electric, though, that’s for damn sure.

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  172. Late to the party the board is really fallin our way! All our disaster picks are gone!!!!!

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  182. Wilson, Sanchez, Workman, Ranaudo, Allie, Castellanos, Wojo, Biddle…. GOLDEN

    Still on the board with 2 in front of the Phillies.

    Who do you take?

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  184. Wilson, Sanchez, Workman, Ranaudo, Allie, Castellanos, Wojo, Biddle…. GOLDEN

    Still on the board with 1 in front of the Phillies.

    Who do you take?

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  186. I really want Castellanos.

    My thinking is that you have to take him here. It’s a gift that he is here.

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  191. Also, if the Phils are breaking the mold to go with a Florida prep third baseman, please let it be Castellanos instead of Cabrera. Cabrera frightens me.

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  194. The $ tag on these guys must be retarded to drop this far out of projection. I doubt the Phils step up if other teams are scared off but lets keep our fingers crossed.

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  205. I didn’t hear the Phils linked to Castellanos once over the last few months. Doubt they’ll take him.

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  206. Castellanos,Allie,Workman, Wilson, Sanchez, Ranaudo, Wojo, Biddle…. GOLDEN

    PHILLIES ON THE CLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Who do you take?

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  235. very disappointing! Cannot believe it was not O’Conner or Castellanos. Can we get someone who plays the infield??????????

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  236. They went with the safe $$$ pick. Little doubt he is a quick signing for slot money…

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  237. They must’ve been scared off by the others’ signability. That’s the only explanation I can come up with.

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  239. Remember the last time they picked a hometown guy and people were like “What!?!?”

    I’m pretty sure he was the main piece to get Cliff Lee last year. So lets not jump all over it right away.

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  240. Best case scenario is Wilson falls out because of signability and the Phillies snag him at 77

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  244. Don’t worry, we’ll get some low-upside infielders in the 4/5 round range…I mean, how else will we replace Troy Hanzawa?

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  246. Fine fine, you won’t let me write the truth. I guess Rube’s paying the fees on your website now.

    Peace, I’m out.

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  248. So predictable. Lock in on a guy. Don’t consider guys who fell because you have a deal in place with “your guy”. I don’t hate the pick (like it alot more than Dugan last year for sure) but so much better talent on the board I think.

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  249. One of these LA teams has to snag Castellanos. If not he must be asking for a gross amount of money.

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  250. A 6’6 lefty who hits 95 with good secondary stuff? They could have done a lot worse and at least you know he’ll sign.

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  252. Brandon, who ?

    the last hometown guy i remember is Costanzo, and he’s in Independant league now i believe

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  253. Give me a chance guys, I’ll work my hardest to make the Phillies organization and its fans proud.

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  255. Would you like to be the first round pick of your favorite team? Will you take this amount?

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  257. I like Marti quite a bit and I think Biddle is a good pick who would not make it to 77 – but please somebody in the press do NOT let him get away with saying that they live and die with taking the “best player available”

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  259. Looks like signability rules once again in MLB’s draft.
    Fix this thing please, Bud.

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  260. The Phillies can be so frustrating – I know they’ve had success with the lower rounds recently, but to have so many high-upside guys fall to them and then take Biddle anyway, well, they’ll have to take another Singleton/Cosart type to make up for that blunder.

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  261. We have no idea. At least the kid is a projectable player, not like Anthony Hewitt. It’s not the pick I would make, but don’t think it’s the worst pick in the world.

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  265. We cant ad-lib at all. Peirce fell to the sixers and we still took Hughes. Same thing just happened with the Phils. Solid players fell to the Phillies but we took…

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  266. I love how many scouts we have on this site, you all clearly know much more than the Phils do.

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  267. Biddle isn’t a bad pick at all. The best pick? No – but let’s wait to see where they use their money in the later rounds. Lets not forget Brody Colvin in the 7th and Jon Singleton in the 8th last year.

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  269. you guys who are complaining about the pick don’t know jack about any player in this draft. you have never seen any of these guys nor would you know what you were looking at if you did. complaining about the draft tonight is silly at best.

    last year everyone hatted our draft. thought it was completely worthless. one year later you want to trade a hall of famer to make room for an 18 year old 8th round pick.

    let’s welcome these guys and enjoy the ones that pop up.

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  270. If that is the real Jesse Biddle (and it may be, he is a huge Phillies fan) then ignore everyone here, welcome to the Phils org and everyone here knows you’re going to do great.

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  272. Don’t think that Biddle is a bad pick overall but they left some better options out there.

    guessing its a case where they had him targeted and probably have the outlines of a deal already in place.

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  274. JB, my disappointment isn’t at your lack of quality but more so the other talent on the board. As any fan (especially those of us on this site) will tell you, if you work hard and prove to be worth the pick, we will get behind you like no other. Just understand how poorly our last two first draft picks turned out… (savery and hewitt)

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  277. He’s not Hewitt…that’s for damn sure. Its just a disappointing pick when a top IF prospect falls to you and you dont take a swing at him knowing how weak the organization is at that position. They took their guy instead of the “best player available”. Granted drafting is an accurate science at best but you have to wonder about it as they were basically guaranteed in the press to take Biddle a couple weeks ago and they stuck with that despite other guys dropping to them.

    So, yeah, Biddle is a good pick but not the best pick. Hopefully, they bust slot big time in the middle rounds again and nail some more Singleton/Cosart type guys. Its just disappointing to see them never bust slot in the 1st round.

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  279. I truly hope that isn’t him. Wouldn’t want one his happiest days of his life to get ruined by some people on this blog.

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  280. Hi Jesse – GFS Alum here, huge congrats. Don’t take it personally, everyone here will be pulling their hardest for you to succeed. Fans get hyped up and vent, but they’ll all be in your corner tomorrow.

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  281. Looks like Biddle will sign for slot, allowing us to do what we’ve done best in the later rounds the past couple years. I don’t mind the pick one bit, and it was really what I was expecting. I think its a better option than busting slot in the 1st round, and having less ability to do it later in the draft. Also, all of these guys who “fell to us” still have yet to be picked…so obviously other teams don’t feel good about their signability.

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  285. And if it was Jesse Biddle who posted, welcome to the Phillies and best of luck.

    Please feel free to make everyone look like idiots in a few years…

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  287. I agree with NEPP. Safe, smart pick, but could’ve been better. Heck, some thought Biddle could go as high as 14 overall, so it’s not like they reached for a guy who should’ve been a 3-4 round guy.

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  288. If that is the real Jesse I say welcome to the organization. I can’t wait to see you in a Phillies uniform!

    It’s a bit disappointing they passed on some talent was ranked higher, but the MLB draft is a crap shoot and there’s no guarantee that any of them will end up being better than Jesse. Who is to say he won’t be the best in the end?

    I think the Phillies generally scout pitchers well and I believe this will be a successful pick. I’m pumped to see a local kid got a chance to make his dream come true.

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  289. To those of you who are complaining about us complaining, seriously, grow up. We shouldn’t have to kiss all these guys asses on here. We’re allowed to be critical, it’s the nature of internet blogging.

    When Payton Manning is on the board, and you draft Matt Hasslebeck, you’re an idiot. Plain and simple.

    Oh yeah, and to those of you who think we should sugarcoat our comments just because a prospect might come here, should grow up too. Professional athletes should NEVER come to these types of sites. There’s a reason why the big leaguers in the past never read the sports sections. We pay, we have the right to complain/bitch, they get rich. It can’t be a perfect world for them.

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  290. Jesus. If this isn’t typical Phillies. Local guy, who could range from top end starter to a mopup reliever. Will sign, since he’s local.

    Just retarded Phillies thinking. Nothing surprises me with Ruben anymore.

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  291. Greg- FACT, congrats Jessie everyone on this board wishes they had what you had tonight gettting drafted by the hometown team in the first round.

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  292. I went to the UofO and my freshman year it rained every single day in November and December until I left for winter break. So screw that and sign quick new guy!

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  295. Its far far better than Hewitt. At least Biddle has a reasonable shot at developing. Its not a 1 in a million chance like Hewitt.

    Its gotta be awesome to be drafted by your hometown team.

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  297. The Jesse Biddle post is a real post by a guy who put Jesse Biddle in as his screen name

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  298. I’m not saying people shouldn’t be allowed to criticize, but people are going overboard. No one here is actually breaking the pick down and comparing the pro’s and con’s. They are just whining.

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  299. Right, I’m sure the first thing the real Jesse Biddle would do after getting drafted would be race to a random blog and try to win cranky fans over. Seriously people, the kid is partying right now. No offense to the site (I’VE been on it all day haha,) but Jesse is not posting here.

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  300. We have plenty of pitching prospects in the minors and we have NO 2B/3B prospects.

    That’s all I need to know.

    Look, good for Biddle, I don’t want to take anything away from the guy. He doesn’t choose where he gets drafted. I’ll root for him when he’s here, but it’s a bad pick.

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  301. Yeah, Biddle’s on here posting rather than celebrating with friends and family.

    And the Phillies generally pick someone with Phillies connections, since they’ll probably sign cheaper, and it makes a mediocre story. Drabek, Costanzo, etc.

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  302. What Chutley says is on target. All of these guys dropping are not doing so under the radar. Everyone sees them still there on the board. Teams are just weighing whether they want to overspend on these guys or guys in later rounds and so far everyone, not just the Phils, have passed on them.

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  303. LOL at the Peyton Manning vs Matt Hasslebeck comment.

    Please, tell me, which prospect is Manning??

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  304. For any real analysis on it…come back in 3-4 days. Its just a tough stretch for the Phillies in general and its adding a bit of rancor to everything on top of the usual Philly pessimism.

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  305. How is this “typical Rube”? Seriously? If anything Amaro would overpay someone, not go safe.

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  308. The baseball draft is hard. You really, really have to have a handle on the guys’s actual price to sign before you pick him. You can’t meet with the top 50 prospects 3 times each. I like Biddle 10 times more than Hewitt. We’ve been pretty good at developing LHPs. That being said, I would have taken O’Connor. The problem with O’Connor might have been he got used to seeing his name associated at 7-10 range and starting thinking about that slot number and it changed his views.

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  309. PP,

    Thinking the Dodgers are taking an unsignable guy so they can not sign him and kick their pick to next year? No doubt by then they will have the money issues sorted out..

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  310. **When Payton Manning is on the board, and you draft Matt Hasslebeck, you’re an idiot. Plain and simple.**

    that would be a logical question if you knew anything about projecting 18 year old baseball players or had seen any of these guys. but since you don’t and hadn’t, all you are relying on is a few scouting reports, which are wrong much more than they are right.

    i have watched the draft for several years on this blog and i have yet to judge a pick. i think doing so is really silly. except if they draft someone who they know they can’t sign. that is dumb. other than that, we are going to draft 40 young athletes today and tomorrow and hope 2-3 work out. who cares which round they are picked in if they turn out to be stars. which is completely unpredictable right now. so just chill out and enjoy the box scores from these guys in a few weeks.

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  312. I think the Rays are a team that really “gets it” The signing decisions they made last year in the draft and now getting Sale and O’Connor. Good for them. So much happier than if the Red Sox did what they are doing.

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  313. I think it’s pretty obvious as to what happened…

    Immediately after making the Roy Halladay trade, he had a lobotomy. That’s really the only reason one can justify –

    1. The Cliff Lee trade
    2. Extending Joe Blanton
    3. Signing Ryan Howard way too early (from a risk/reward angle)
    4. Drafting this nice, local guy when a 3B/2B guy is on the board.

    It makes sense to me now. Maybe he secretly wants to sabotage this team for his lack of a role on the 1993 team. Watch out Wes Chamberlain, you’re next.

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  314. I don’t get the Zach Lee pick at all, especially with so many other options on the board.

    Good luck Jesse. You know how Phillies fans are- don’t take it too hard. Better get used to it! Personally, I have faith.

    If the secondary stuff is good, this kid could be special. MLB.com says his change-up could be a plus pitch. Combined with mid-90s heat, you could have real quality starter.

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  315. For what its worth, Mike, the guy who writes Scouting The Sally, doesn’t like O’Connor’s mechanics behind the plate. He seems less appealing as a 3B, to be honest.

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  316. I am very happy to have Biddle in the system and I think he will be very good.

    However, I am a much bigger fan of Castellanos. With a system low on infield prospects and having an opportunity to take a very good one, I think it is irresponsible not to.

    Allie and O’conner are also more talented right now. I think Biddle can be better then both but there is certainly more risk with him.

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  317. 3up3kkk, that is a poor strategy. While it might make sense, if they fail to sign their pick next year, it is unprotected, and they don’t get one the next year. Really not the best asset management. It may be what they are planning on, but its an unsafe strategy for sure.

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  318. This is not a case of Anthony Hewitt coming to CBP and wowing the Phillies with a BP session. This is a case of the Phillies having a book on this kid probably going back to his freshman year just as their scouts had on Jason Knapp. If anyone knows this kid best, its the Phillies and if he didn’t struggle a little bit in the beginning of the year he would have been a much higher ranked player. I believe struggling in their senior year is something we have heard about recently with all of the Jonathan Singleton hype. I believe that we have to have faith that with all the national scouts liking Biddle’s stuff that the Phillies know him better than everyone else and that he was the right pick in that slot.

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  320. You guys all slobber over Rube, but the lack of MLB quality prospects is really going to hurt this team over the next couple of years.

    Is there a reason why the Rays, Marlins, Rockies, etc always have quality players pumping through the system and the Royals never do? It’s because some teams are just better at it than others. Phils had a great cycle with Utley, Hamels, Rollins, etc, but you’ve got to admit, their recent cycle hasn’t been that great (Taylor isn’t that good, just watch, neither is Drabek).

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  321. Haha WOW – Yankees take a guy 10 minutes from me – I missed playing against him in high school by about 3 years I guess.

    I didn’t think there were any top prospects in my area of snowy Upstate NY. Interesting.

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  322. There have been some real puzzling picks in this draft, and some big reaches. Biddle wasn’t one of those. He’ll sign for slot (probably) and was, on pure talent, probably in the 50’s or so. Which means he wouldn’t have been available at #77

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  323. Chutley I agree its a poor strategy in general but in the Dodger situation where they probably don’t have/want to spend the money on a 1st rounder this year, its a way to save face while retaining some value for the pick.

    I agree that they would have to take a safer pick next year but its not that hard to find signable talent at the end of the 1st round.

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  324. Thanks for that info on O’Conner, PP. I’d liked a lot of what I read about him, but Mike Newman really knows his stuff on catchers, so I’m more than willing to trust his judgment there.

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  325. PP, At least some teams seem worse at this than the Phillies? Some significant surprises but I only know that from reading this site!

    I have no scouting knowledge but based on comments I would have preferred Allie, O’Connor, or Castellanos. But the first two seem to short for standard Phillies fare.
    Wojo seems like just a common power arm. Wilson an athletic OF (we have enough of those). Workman already burned that bridge. No mention of Jenkins?

    If not Castellanos, then Ranaudo was my dark horse if they had talked to him and found out they could sign him for X and were willing to do so. Phillies are a team young players should want to play for right now and a quality college kid might be willing to give a discount for that.

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  326. The discussion here sometimes is serious, sometimes funny,silly, and sometimes fraught with people who JUST KNOW how to run a MLB franchise.

    This pick answers a future need: more/better young LEFTY pitching, of which it’s difficult to find a likely present prospect in their whole minor lg system.

    If he does throw up to 95, what’s the problem– and he’d LOVE to play for this team.
    Of course everybody had their own favorites. But to denigrate Biddle without recognizing that he fills a need (we have more than one) or giving him a shot to become everything the Phils hope is short-sighted and “unfair”… just because they didn’t choose YOUR guy.

    Give the guy a break …and the Phils (your/my team), too.

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  327. Hey it looks like every team in the first round passed on those guys, gotta be a reason for that. Noone apparently wanted to pay them the money they are demanding not even the Yankees.

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  329. Why is it that people who go on crazy rants almost always spell very easy names wrong. (Gary) Payton Manning, really?

    Cole Hammel SUCKED TONIGHT! WE NEED CLIFFE LEE BACK!

    In all seriousness, the baseball draft is so hit or miss that unless you are picking someone absolutely horrible, you really just need to wait and see. I think the Phils will bust slot for some players tomorrow and we’ll all relax a bit.

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  330. I’m more than OK with this pick as long as we taking viable non-cheap guys in the next 9 rounds.

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  332. Pete,

    guessing it has something to do with having difficulty typing in the middle of a crying jag!!

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  333. Matt, have you ever heard of Domonic Brown? Jarred Cosart? Jonathan Singleton? Or do you just know something that much more qualified people don’t know about? Quit acting like you actually know what you are talking about, because none of us really do. Allie, Castellanos, Workman still have yet to be picked, so what do you know that every team in baseball doesn’t? Why hasn’t “Peyton Manning” been picked yet?

    And Taylor and Drabek got us a likely HOF pitcher for christs sake…what the hell are you complaining about???

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  337. Anon. – It helps when your “local kids” are from the baseball hotbeds of Florida and Georgia

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  339. I’m over my initial disappointment at not getting an infielder. I hope Biddle pans out. He’s living my childhood dream at this point.

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  341. The Angels and Red Sox have no excuse for a poor draft…not with the amount of Top 40 picks they have.

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  345. ****Its completely unfair what the Red Sox are doing.****

    Playing within the rules and spending with their comp picks that they received for wisely letting aging veterans go?

    Damn them!

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  349. Of the highly ranked prospects, I think I was interested in Renaudo and Brentz the least. Brentz didn’t play in a big conference and Renaudo stunk pretty much all year long.

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  350. No I meant going way over slot. A lot of teams passed on those guys for $ reasons. This is obviously how the draft can be exploited.

    Plus the Red Sox can let type A free agents walk because they have the resources to fill those needs…because they keep paying early picks over slot. So, despite drafting late, they just keep getting better while other teams keep getting worse.

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  351. I’m not a scout but I like the pick. A 6’6 lefty that throws mid 90’s and DIDN’T come from Rice or have major shoulder surgery sounds like a win to me. Or maybe I’ve just begun to handicap Phillies first round draft picks.

    Anyway, obviously Workman, Allie, Wilson, Wojo, and Castellanos had fairly outrageous demands or they wouldn’t have fallen like stones. At least we didn’t get Brown or Golden.

    Who knows, maybe one of those top end talents will fall to 77 after having a whole night to contemplate why they didn’t go in the first round.

    Cheers!

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  352. PP, do you (or anyone else) know if workman gave the phils permission to draft him? I read in a keith law blog that any player that was drafted by a MLB team, then went back into the draft could refuse to be selected by the same team.

    I think the phils had a premeditated deal with biddle, so I don’t think they were taking workman, but I’m curious if this refusal was public knowledge.

    I am disappointed with the biddle selection since there were higher rated prospects that fell. Here’s what Jason Churchill had to say about the biddle pick…

    No. 27: Jesse Biddle to the Philadelphia Phillies:

    Churchill: Perhaps the best left-handed prep pitcher in the draft, Biddle brings projection and the chance for a low- to mid-90s fastball and curveball combo. The change is nearly non-existent, but the command shows promise.

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  355. Maybe the Phillies are just brilliant and knew one of those guys would be available for cheaper in the 2nd round, whereas, Biddle would not.

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  359. I’m not shocked; this happens every year. This isn’t the first time top talents dropped due to excessive demands.

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  360. Max Stassi seems to be the best I can remember from last year. Maybe we can get Allie with 77? That would be sweet, haha.

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  361. Boston definitely picked lots of talent and likely will spend to sign them!
    Tigers will pay the extra coin for Catellanos.
    Will Jenkins sign for slot $ with a football option?

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  362. I wish I could see a “best available list”. Lot of good infielders, high school RHPs and even some catchers available.

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