General Draft Discussion Thread

[Oldcity]

Sweet, Weeks to Oakland. I'm cool with that.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

Jamile Weeks at #12? WOW!

[GoudaBrew]

Nice that Rickie had a day off to be with his bro on draft day

[Harold Hutchison]

Curse you, Beane!

 

Weeks off the board at 12.

[Tbadder]

Still, it woulda been nice to have signed jemile.

[colbyjack]

Again, don't be surprised if the Brewers take Wallace. The White Sox, Astros and A's were the main teams he needed to get past to fall to the Brewers.

[GoudaBrew]

Law thinks the Cards will take Wallace

[jhart05]

Yeah, I know only what I've seen in mock drafts, so that's not much.

 

But isn't that a pretty big surprise at 12?

[Harold Hutchison]

Still, it woulda been nice to have signed jemile.

Would have been nice, indeed. Drop the 2005 draft grade accordingly.

 

[colbyjack]

A few people had Weeks going #12 to the A's.

 

You can't fault the Brewers for not signing Weeks. They offered him what he wanted, but his dad really wanted him to go to school.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

There was a reason Weeks dropped to the 8th round in 2005... He was unsignable.

[jhart05]

but his dad really wanted him to go to school.

 

 

Can't fault that either.

 

He's only a Junior thou, hope he gets his degree.

[colbyjack]

There was a reason Weeks dropped to the 8th round in 2005... He was unsignable.

 

That's not true. As I noted just above Jemile entered the draft fully intending on signing as long as teams met his asking price (upper 6-figures). The Brewers did that, but Jemile's father convinced him to go to Miami.

[brains and braun]

One pick away...is it Lawrie?

[Gone]

I really am hoping for Friedrich

[Tbadder]

Great selection for Minnesota. a lot teams are gonna wish they picked this guy higher.

[patrickgpe]

i'm hoping for lawrie, friedrich, or fields.

[colbyjack]

Nevermind, I don't want to surpress the draft talk. Chat away, but keep in mind there is a chat room as well if you want more of a live person-to-person chat atmosphere.

[saget]

OK let's do this Jack Z. I haven't followed the prospects much this year, but I'm thinking 6 highschool pitchers with the first 6 picks.

[brains and braun]

sorry about that colby. what can anyone tell me about martin? don't know anything about him.

[colbyjack]

Scratch what i just said. I've made a new Brewers draft pick discussion thread for the top 5 rounds. Use this thread to talk about the draft in any way you see fit, including other team's picks, etc.

[Harold Hutchison]

Scratch what i just said. I've made a new Brewers draft pick discussion thread for the top 5 rounds. Use this thread to talk about the draft in any way you see fit, including other team's picks, etc.

I'll hope for a starter who can move up fast.

 

[colbyjack]

Ethan Martin emerged as arguably the top prep pitcher by throwing in the low-to-mid-90s this spring with a hammer curveball. It might be the best true curve available in the draft. Prior to this spring, he was considered a better prospect as a power hitting third baseman, as he shared the HR derby crown with Destin Hood at last summer's Aflac game.

[Chio151]

Wooohoo Lawrie!

 

LOVE the pick.

[bball123h2]

Brett Lawrie FTW!