Live Mock Draft... Monday at 8:30pm

[Greg Pappas]

Just a heads-up that we will be providing a 'live' mock draft tonight at 8:30pm. All participants will be on at the same time, hence 'live'. The participants will be (at this time) Stotle, crawdad, Allstar1579 and myself. Teams have been divided up amongst us, and we will choose all the way up to the Orioles pick in Round 3... 85th overall.

I'll update this OP as we select, but follow along as each participant will be posting his selction and commentary within the thread - per usual.

We hope you enjoy it...

First Round:

1. Washington Nationals : Allstar1579: Stephen Strasburg, RHP, San Diego State

2. Seattle Mariners : crawdad: Dustin Ackley, 1B/2B/CF, UNC

3. San Diego Padres : Greg Pappas: Aaron Crow, RHP, Fort Worth Cats

4. Pittsburgh Pirates : Markpolis: Tyler Matzek, LHP, HS (CA)

5. Baltimore Orioles: Stotle: Alex White, RHP, UNC

6. San Francisco Giants : Markpolis: Donovan Tate, OF, HS (GA)

7. Atlanta Braves : crawdad: Zack Wheeler, RHP, HS (GA)

8. Cincinnati Reds : Stotle: Mike Minor, LHP, Vanderbilt

9. Detroit Tigers : Greg Pappas: Jacob Turner, RHP, HS (MO)

10. Washington Nationals : Allstar1579: Chad Jenkins, RHP, Kennesaw St.

11. Colorado Rockies : crawdad: Mike Leake, RHP, Arizona State

12. Kansas City Royals : Greg Pappas: Grant Green, SS, USC

13. Oakland A's : Markpolis: Tim Wheeler, OF, Sacramento State

14. Texas Rangers : Allstar1579: Shelby Miller, RHP, HS (TX)

15. Cleveland Indians : Markpolis: Tanner Scheppers, RHP, St. Paul Saints

16. Arizona Diamondbacks : Greg Pappas: Bobby Borchering, 1B/3B, HS (FL)

17. Arizona Diamondbacks : Greg Pappas: Mike Trout, CF, HS (NJ)

18. Florida Marlins : Stotle: Chad James, LHP, HS (OK)

19. St. Louis Cardinals : Greg Pappas: Rex Brothers, LHP, Lipscomb

20. Toronto Blue Jays : Markpolis: Eric Arnett, RHP, Indiana

21. Houston Astros : Greg Pappas: Everett Williams, CF, HS (TX)

22. Minnesota Twins : crawdad: Matt Hobgood, RHP, HS (CA)

23. Chicago White Sox : Allstar1579: James Paxton, LHP, Kentucky

24. Los Angeles Angels : Stotle: Tyler Skaggs, LHP, HS (CA)

25. Los Angeles Angels : Stotle: Jiovanni Mier, SS, HS (CA)

26. Milwaukee Brewers : Markpolis: A.J. Pollack, OF, Notre Dame

27. Seattle Mariners : crawdad: Kyle Gibson, RHP, Missouri

28. Boston Red Sox : Allstar1579: Andy Oliver, LHP, Oklahoma State

29. New York Yankees : crawdad: Max Stassi, C, HS (CA)

30. Tampa Bay Rays : crawdad: Tommy Joseph, C, HS (AZ)

31. Chicago Cubs : Stotle: Garrett Gould, RHP, HS (KS)

32. Colorado Rockies : crawdad: Tony Sanchez, C, Boston College

Comp Round A:

33. Seattle Mariners : crawdad: Drew Storen, RHP, Stanford

34. Colorado Rockies : crawdad: Jared Mitchell, CF, LSU

35. Arizona Diamondbacks : Greg Pappas: Kyle Heckathorn, RHP, Kennesaw State

36. Los Angeles Dodgers : Allstar1579: Matt Purke, LHP, HS (TX)

37. Toronto Blue Jays : Markpolis: Jason Stoffel, RHP, Arizona

38. Chicago White Sox : Allstar1579: Matt Davidson, 3B, HS (CA)

39. Milwaukee Brewers : Markpolis: Sam Dyson, RHP, South Carolina

40. Los Angeles Angels : Stotle: Reymond Fuentes, OF, HS (PR)

41. Arizona Diamondbacks : Greg Pappas: Rich Poythress, 1B, Georgia

42. Los Angeles Angels : Stotle: Wil Myers, C, HS (NC)

43. Cincinnati Reds : Stotle: Brett Jackson, OF, California

44. Texas Rangers : Allstar1579: Jason Kipnis, OF, Arizona State

45. Arizona Diamondbacks : Greg Pappas: Nick Franklin, SS, HS (FL)

46. Minnesota Twins : crawdad: LeVon Washington, OF, HS (FL)

47. Milwaukee Brewers : Markpolis: Kendall Volz, RHP, Baylor

48. Los Angeles Angels : Stotle: Matt Bashore, LHP, Indiana

49. Pittsburgh Pirates : Markpolis: D.J. Lemahieu, 2B, LSU

Second Round:

50. Washington Nationals : Allstar1579: Brad Boxberger, RHP, USC

51. Seattle Mariners : crawdad: Josh Phegley, C, Indiana

52. San Diego Padres : Greg Pappas: Jeff Malm, 1B, HS (NV)

53. Pittsburgh Pirates : Markpolis: Mychal Givens, SS/RHP, HS (FL)

54. Baltimore Orioles : Stotle: Todd Glaesmann, OF, HS (TX)

[markpolis]

Nevermind Greg... let's get this party started. :beerchug1:

[Greg Pappas]

Nevermind Greg... let's get this party started. :beerchug1:

Welcome everyone... hope you enjoy.

Posters are welcome to comment during the Mock... we want to hear from you.

Allstar's countdown clock is at T-minus three minutes... :clap3:

[YardBirds13]

Greg-

Quickly before this gets going:

1- Are you choosing as to what you would do as the certain team's scouting director and it was up to you to make the pick? Or are you going with what you think the teams will do?

2- I'm assuming this will be the thread to discuss as it goes on? I'd love to chat about this as its going on, perhaps a minor criticism or two (constructive only, of course )

[crawdad]

To make things easier to scan . . . perhaps all posts in which folks are drafted are in italics.

[Greg Pappas]

Greg-

Quickly before this gets going:

1- Are you choosing as to what you would do as the certain team's scouting director and it was up to you to make the pick? Or are you going with what you think the teams will do?

2- I'm assuming this will be the thread to discuss as it goes on? I'd love to chat about this as its going on, perhaps a minor criticism or two (constructive only, of course )

Yes, we are choosing who we believe the team will choose, followed up by some short commentary, and if the chooser wishes, a "who I would've taken" mention as well.

Yes, please discuss here.

[Greg Pappas]

To make things easier to scan . . . perhaps all posts in which folks are drafted are in italics.

That's okay with me... or a color like blue would make it even easier...

[crawdad]

That's okay with me... or a color like blue would make it even easier...

Sounds good to me. Hmmm, AllStar is sure having a good internal discussion about this.

[YardBirds13]

Yes, we are choosing who we believe the team will choose, followed up by some short commentary, and if the chooser wishes, a "who I would've taken" mention as well.

Yes, please discuss here.

Excellent. Sounds great, I'll definitely be chiming in throughout. (Especially if Stotle doesn't take the right guy for us )

[Greg Pappas]

Allstar1579 and the Washington Nationals are on the clock...

[YardBirds13]

Sounds good to me. Hmmm, AllStar is sure having a good internal discussion about this.

Apparently AllStar is worried about the Nationals screwing something else up.

Is there a StrasbErg or a Strasbor or a Stressberg in this draft? If so, I wouldn't put it past the Nationals to take the wrong guy.

[crawdad]

Apparently AllStar is worried about the Nationals screwing something else up.

Is there a StrasbErg or a Strasbor or a Stressberg in this draft? If so, I wouldn't put it past the Nationals to take the wrong guy.

I wonder if the FBI has invaded AllStar's home discovering he has been skimming international bonus money.

[markpolis]

Apparently AllStar is worried about the Nationals screwing something else up.

Is there a StrasbErg or a Strasbor or a Stressberg in this draft? If so, I wouldn't put it past the Nationals to take the wrong guy.

Not even the Nats are that stupid.:scratchchinhmm: Or are they?:laughlol:

[Greg Pappas]

Apparently AllStar is worried about the Nationals screwing something else up.

Is there a StrasbErg or a Strasbor or a Stressberg in this draft? If so, I wouldn't put it past the Nationals to take the wrong guy.

LOL... they could pull a Minnesota Vikings ooopppsss and skip there turn.

[allstar1579]

1:1 Washington Nationals

Stephen Strasburg RHSP San Diego State.

For me, it's a no brainer for the Nationals who need a face of the franchise, and there are no higher touted guys to start with. While some people will say maybe they should save money, and go over slot in a few other places with so many holes to fill, but by my theory they could draft him, stick him in the minors a year and trade him for a small fortune if they wanted to go that route.