Comments on: Final Draft Rankings 1-25

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:41:33 +0000

including my last one. he is definitely a marlins type of pitcher. the best hope is that bobby borchering makes it past arizona b/c florida likes him a lot too.

By: nmstar

nmstar — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:29:44 +0000

I really hope James is still there at #19. I have seen a lot of mocks that have him taken at #18.

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:12:09 +0000

no, completely different. friedrich is more of an 88-92 guy with a plus curve. brothers has a bigger fastball and his plus breaker is a slider. friedrich has other pitches to complement his main 2 pitches and a better delivery while brothers doesn’t have much else.

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:06:49 +0000

The general view of this class seems to be that once you get beyond Strasburg, the quality across the board isn’t as high as last year’s. Are there any credible comparisons of Brothers and Minor, and maybe also Skaggs, to Christian Friedrich in last year’s draft? The Cardinals passed on Friedrich in favor of Brett Wallace, which strikes me as the right decision given the way Walrus has blossomed. However, Friedrich still looks like a pretty useful arm to have. I have expressed skepticism about Brothers before for mechanical reasons, but if he’s really comparable to Friedrich, then maybe spin the wheel on him. But is he?

By: Hugo

Hugo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:38:47 +0000

Seems we also have a new 6’4″ 200lb LHSP:
Adriano Uribe
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Adriano%20Uribe&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=571038

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:33:15 +0000

Scheppers has a ‘nice’ delivery? I haven’t seen him pitch recently, but I remember him being an “all arm” guy who didn’t really use his body last year.

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:54:05 +0000

Did you see the new siging?

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/#month=6&year=2009

I saw the herron release and this and had to come post. Not a poster here, but hope this is good info. Cardinals signed a lefty named Adriano Uribe, free agent. Not much on his page, the info is for June 2 and most of the way down the page.

Might not be that much of a big deal, I thought I’d throw it out.

By: Easy

Easy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:35:18 +0000

It is very odd and there has to be more to it. There are not many real starter prospects at Springfield or below and Herron has had the most promising two months of his career. Maybe he wears his hat funny.

By: El Hombre

El Hombre — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:27:54 +0000

Is any one familar with any personal issues with Herron? This all seems odd.

By: Jeff Roman

Jeff Roman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:22:22 +0000

This is what Luhnow says in the article:

“He was not progressing the way we needed or expected him to,” Luhnow wrote in a text message. “We need to give the valuable innings to other players who deserve the opportunity.”