Joe Velleggia - 40th Round - C/1B (Calvert Hall, Md)

[jamesenoch]

40 1198 Joe Velleggia C/1B Calvert Hall Md.

Baseball America has changed their data :

40 1198 Joe Velleggia C Old Dominion Va.

[crowmst3k!]

woohoo, good to see a Cardinal getting some hometown love.

[AgentOrange]

Yeah hall!!!!

[McLovin]

Second year in a row.

[McLovin]

I wonder what they see in him. Before this year, he didn't play much. This year he played, and struck out almost half the time.

http://www.odusports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/velleggia_joe00.html

[MatthewW]

I wonder what they see in him. Before this year, he didn't play much. This year he played, and struck out almost half the time.

http://www.odusports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/velleggia_joe00.html

Wasn't he one of the top HS players in MD the year he graduated, which I believe was the year that their entire baseball program didn't lose a game? Last year wasn't HORRIBLE but hitting .211 with the high K's is pretty questionable. at 6'6" 250, he can't possibly stay behind the plate, can he?

[eb45]

He graduated the year before I arrived. My freshman year (2007) was the year the entire program didn't lose a game.

Honestly, he's probably just organizational depth, who I think they see as an easy sign due to location.

[jcumansky28]

I wonder what they see in him. Before this year, he didn't play much. This year he played, and struck out almost half the time.

http://www.odusports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/velleggia_joe00.html

The Velleggias are friends of the Angeloses. 'Nuff said.

[Catch 8]

I played against him many times in summer ball. He can hit the [expletive] out of the ball. But he is a pretty bad defensive catcher. It was 4-5 years ago I saw him last, so perhaps he improved back there.

[Tony-OH]

The Velleggias are friends of the Angeloses. 'Nuff said.

Bingo... Heard he got $20K as well despite the fact that most kids in this draft position get $1K.

[Flosman]

Bingo... Heard he got $20K as well despite the fact that most kids in this draft position get $1K.

Maybe we will get lucky and it works out for us like it did for the Dodgers wwhen they drafted a guy who's late round status was due to knowing people. We deserve some luck.