6/9/2009

A Not-So-Dirty Dozen Light Up the Draft Board

A First Look at the Top Twelve

Guess what? The Nationals selected some guy named Strasburg. The first round of the MLB draft brought few surprises, other than the Pirates following through on their way-reaching interest for catcher Tony Sanchez. Here's a quick roundup of the dozen who followed St. Stephen.   

Numero Uno: Stephen Strasburg's Mark Prior-like delivery scares a lot of people, but it didn't scare the Nationals away from the highest risk/reward pick in a decade.

We don't automatically promote every draftee to public view around here (we just don't have enough information we trust on all of them yet, let alone opinions worth posting), but it just so happens that the first dozen players drafted already have their own cozy little pages here at Scouting Book. Enjoy.

1. Stephen Strasburg, WAS
2. Dustin Ackley, SEA
3. Donavan Tate, SD
4. Tony Sanchez, PIT
5. Matt Hobgood, BAL
6. Zach Wheeler, SF
7. Mike Minor, ATL
8. Michael Leake, CIN
9. Jake Turner, DET
10. Drew Storen, WAS
11. Tyler Matzek, COL
12. Aaron Crow, KC
13. Grant Green, OAK

We'll be updating the handful of other top college and high-school players as they get selected, and you'll see more of this year's draftees show up on Scouting Book once we've placed our own eyes on them and seen how they handle low-level professional baseball.

   

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