Comments on: MLB Draft coverage

By: dixon

dixon — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:14:41 +0000

Thanks. I have added him to the list on the front page list.

By: kcmonarchs42

kcmonarchs42 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:51:25 +0000

You actually missed one D III player chosen, Ryan Flannery of FDU Madison 47th round (1421) New York Yankees…we played against him for four years and he is a very good pitcher with a 90+mph fastball and a good breaking ball, should be an affective relief pitcher at the next level

By: Spence

Spence — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:05:50 +0000

It should have been unanimous rather…lol. Though if my opinion were taken as unanimous I think we’d all come out just fine also!

By: Spence

Spence — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:05:08 +0000

Do you really want me to debate the pitching choice?

If there was a reliever on the 1st team, it should have been Yacko. There should not have even been a discussion on this. I should have been unanimous.

By: dixon

dixon — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:31:01 +0000

The qualities that make a great D-III player are not necessarily those that make a MLB player and the difference in the draft list versus any All-American team belies this fact. If the two were the same, you would see Derek David and Kenny Moreland drafted. I challenge anyone to debate that these were not the best player and pitcher in 2008.

This is also not just my opinion but of the colleges that these players play. Out of those 500 players nominated for the D3baseball.com All-American team, six of 19 drafted players were not thought of by their school to be worthy of a AA nomination.

There has been some discussion on whether to include a relief pitcher selection in an All-American team. With the D-III philosophy of inclusion, it begs to have a relief pitcher on an All-American team, as relief pitching is important in today’s game and nobody thinks that a “Stopper of the Year” award is out of line in college and professional baseball. Just because a particular position is not favored in the MLB draft, does not mean relief pitchers do not sererve to be honored for the job they do.

By: Spence

Spence — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:07:46 +0000

I’m just wondering where that reliever from MSJ that made 1st team for some reason is gonna get drafted

By: Spence

Spence — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:06:25 +0000

They should have just asked me.

By: Spence

Spence — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:49:59 +0000

Marietta’s only had 2 guys drafted, but DeSalvo signed before the draft and made the majors and DeMark proved that he should have been drafted by pitching his way out of the Frontier League. Story of his career…having to prove himself every step. I expect him to battle his way into AA by the end of the year.

By: dixon

dixon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:46:01 +0000

Indeed congrats to all the draftees and to all those signing free agent contracts. I hope to see everyone gracing a ML ballpark.

The two prospect lists were a poor guide this year. Two players listed on mlb.com were drafted (Yacko and Frost) and four of ten on Baseball America’s list (Kulik, Yacko, Frost, Kiely). I expect a lot of these names not drafted to be given serious offers as free agents.

From d3baseball.com:
MLB.com listed nine top draft prospects who might hear their name called but only . Three come from Wisconsin schools as 1B Ross Bennett, UW-Platteville, C Doug Coe, UW-Stevens Point, and SS Adam Frost, St, Norbert. An additional three have just completed their junior year in OF Mike Avery, Cortland State, LHP George Jweid, Cortland State, and SS/RHP Kurt Yacko, Chapman. Rounding out the MLB prospect list are senior standouts RHP Jacob Husing, Carthage, Jeff Toth, New Jersey, and Mike Zaccardo, Cortland State.

Ten players are listed in Baseball America’s prospect list. Coe, Frost, Yacko and Zaccardo, listed by MLB.com are also on Baseball America’s prospect list. Top pitchers LHP Ryan Kulik, Rowan, RHP Tim Kiely, Trinity (Conn.) and RHP Dan Remenowsky, Otterbein join Chris Pecora of North Carolina Wesleyan as top prospects still on the board. Pecora was drafted in 2007 as a junior and remained at N.C. Wesleyan for his senior year. The final two prospects come from Johns Hopkins: Jonas Fester and Rob Pietroforte.

By: Spence

Spence — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:34:50 +0000

Can’t imagine…the two guys that got most obviously rooked out of being 1st team all d3baseball.com…the first two guys drafted.

Hard not to be proud of myself right now. Congrats to Ryan Kulik and Kurt Yacko. Yacko being a 7th round pick as a shortish D-III relief pitcher is, to me anyway, particularly amazing, and a tremendous credit to his talent and production.