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Joe Savery is all the rage

Savery, Joe

Seems like a new article pops up every day talking about what he will or won’t be. The latest from Marcus Hayes is here.

As someone who has backed Savery when everyone else turned on him and suggested he was bust, its nice to see that he’s altered his way of thinking at least. He’s still got another season after this one before he has to be protected on the 40 man roster, and if he stays in shape and focuses on his command and control, he’ll still be a starting pitcher for the big club at some point. The Phillies gambled with that pick. They knew that if he rebounded 100% from surgery, he’d be one of the steals of the draft at 19. He obviously hasn’t come back to what he was as a freshman, so it looks like a “failed gamble”, but if you look at the rest of the first round, we didn’t pass up on a can’t miss guy to take him other than Porcello, who we had no interest in paying for. Tim Alderson would have been a nice pick, Chris Withrow too, but that draft class looks kind of sketchy right now after the top 10 picks or so.

I hope Savery can maintain his focus and sharpen his pitches. We can still use him.

Draft Pick register added

2009 Draft

At the top of the site. It will be updated when new info/signings are available. If you come across an article on one of our draftees, please post it there. You can also get to it by following this link. Thanks.

Day 3/Final draft thoughts

2009 Draft

Its time to put a bow on the 2009 Draft. As is the case with every draft, you won’t know how good the draft was until the smoke clears at the deadline and you see who was signed and who went to school. The Phillies, as was pretty predictable, took a lot of college seniors today and also a bunch of high school kids. The college guys are picked to make up the numbers, if any of them get a cup of coffee in the bigs in the future, then that was a success. If the Phillies sign 1 of the high school kids, its a big bonus. So lets have a look at who was taken today and then wrap up all of the selections with a game plan for getting these guys signed.

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2009 Draft, Day Three

2009 Draft

Here’s your outlet for discussing the final 20 picks of the 2009 draft. The Phillies will pick 27th again in every round or until they decide enough is enough. I expect them to take a bunch of high school kids and some college seniors again just to round out the numbers. They took Cosart in the 38th round last year and signed him, so anything is possible. Look for high school guys from Texas and Washington in particular, and maybe even some of the midwestern states this year, as the Phillies seemed to hit Nebraska/Kansas more so than usual. Check below for more…

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Day 2 draft thoughts

2009 Draft

I was out for much of the day today and was following some of the picks on my iPhone, so I wasn’t able to really give detailed thoughts. As you can see from my twitter update, I was a fan of the Singleton and Susac picks. I’m going to give some very brief thoughts on each individual pick, as well as the first half of the draft in general. I hope to hit on a few key points that will be worth monitoring over the next 2+ months and beyond. So lets get started.

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2009 Draft Day Two

2009 Draft

Here is your thread to discuss the day 2 picks. The Phillies will pick 27th in every round from here on out. Ill just throw some names out there for tomorrow, and at the bottom of this post I’ll post the draft pick numbers, which can be updated as the picks are made.

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Some quick day one thoughts

2009 Draft

I was busy earlier tonight and didn’t really have time to address what was happening, and then I basically just gave my split second reaction to the picks. Not a whole lot has changed, but I do have some more thoughts on this. I’m just gonna use bullet points, so check below the fold

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Draft Day is here

2009 Draft

My favorite day of the year, other than the clinching game of the World Series of course. The Phillies don’t pick until #75, and this year, the MLB draft heads to the MLB Network, starting at 6PM. The Phillies pick probably won’t come up till 10 PM or so. I’ll be following the draft once it starts, I’ll update picks here, and I’ll also post any Phillies related news that should pop up. Use this post to discuss everything draft.

Check below the fold for updates

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Dominic Brown to miss 3-4 weeks

Other Stuff

I figured it was only a matter of time until someone hijacked the draft thread to discuss this, so this is a pre-emptive strike.

Clearwater’s Dom Brown, one of the Phillies top positional prospects, will be out for three to four weeks after fracturing the fifth finger on his right hand after getting hit by a pitch Monday night.

“He’s got a slight fracture and that’s too bad because he’s been playing and swinging the bat well,” Phillies director of minor league operations Steve Noworyta said. “We’re going to have to hold off with him for a little bit.”

Doesn’t seem like a big issue. Link here.

Phillies linked to 3 premium Latin American prospects

International Signings

From today’s international report at Baseball Prospectus, the Phillies are linked to 2 high profile guys and one lower tiered guy. Check below the fold for more…

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