Comments on: Draft Review: The First Fifty Days (or so) – Part 3

By: JEM

JEM — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:16:20 +0000

Blake Murphy also had 22 stolen bases his senior year… tickle me intrigued.

By: giveml

giveml — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:03 +0000

I am sure the Cardinals faith in Frevert is based on his sophomore year at that college in Springfield. Any idea what his velocity is these days? He used to be a one-trick pony (nice slider) with mid-upper 80s velo.

By: roarke

roarke — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:30:37 +0000

My understanding is that the pitcher from Navy, Mitchell Harris, will not be let out of his commitment and that the Cardinals will retain his rights through his commitment.

As for the unsigned picks, my understanding is that the Cardinals don’t have too many unsigned picks. Outside of Harris (who was a 13th rounder), the there are no unsigned picks higher than the 30th round and most are either high schoolers, juco players or juniors that will probably to to college and hope to improve their stock.

As far as I know we don’t have any plans to do any in depth analysis of the unsigned picks, mainly because the team has done a good job of getting their picks signed this year. There is no Kyle Russell in this year’s draft class.

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:31:52 +0000

I wonder if Adam is any relation to Dave? Good start for him though, hopefully he can keep it up.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:12:42 +0000

Thank you for the three early columns on the results of the draft so far. Two things … 1 – do you know what the outcome is of the pitcher we drafted from Navy (??). Do we hold his right after he fulfills his service commitment? 2 – will you do some kind of analysis of the picks that do not sign?