molitor fan

Sorry, should have noted the brewers website as the source for this information.....

A round-by-round look at the Brewers' Day 1: Round 3: William Inman, RHP, Tunstall High School, Dry Fork, Va. Zduriencik was surprised by a report in Baseball America that said many teams shied away from Inman when his velocity dropped in Virginia's Commonwealth Games last summer. ... He is the state's career strikeouts leader and has a college commitment to Auburn. ... "I know that our guys were in there and saw him a lot," Zduriencik said. "We saw every outing for the last five weeks and we're impressed with the young man." Round 4: Matt Gamel, 3B, Chipola Junior College, Marianna, Fla. "This kid's got size, he's got strength and he's a pretty good-looking hitter," Zduriencik said. "He may play third base, he may play first base, he may play left field. You never know with these kids. We'll get him in the system and let him run." ... Gamel was named a First-Team All-American by the National Junior College Athletics Association. ... He has signed with the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Round 5: Kevin Roberts, RHP, University of Houston Wiry at six feet and 185 pounds, Roberts was a two-way standout at Houston who was named to the All-Conference-USA second team. ... "He played second base and he pitched as a starter and a closer," Zduriencik said. "He was a major part of their program and he did a lot of things to help them win a lot of ballgames. He has a real nice arm and a real nice curveball, and he played every day at second base when he wasn't pitching. The thought for us is that he's going to become a pitcher full-time." Round 6: Steven Hammond, LHP, Long Beach State "He's playing at one of the best programs in the country," Zduriencik said. "I watched him play right at the beginning of the season in late January against Arizona State and our guys continued to follow up with him. As the year went on we saw great progression. He's a little bit older, but in a lot of ways that wasn't bad. He was used primarily in a relief role, as a set-up man, closer. We'll turn him over to Reid [Nichols, the farm director] and see what happens." Round 7: Michael Brantley, CF, Fort Pierce (Fla.) Central H.S. Brantley's father, Mickey, played four seasons in the Minors and was traded to the Brewers in 1990, but he never played for Milwaukee. ... Mickey Brantley is now the hitting instructor for the Toronto Blue Jays. ... "Incidentally, I had hired Mickey when I was Minor League director of the Mets as one of our roving hitting guys," Zduriencik said. Round 8: Jemile Weeks, SS, Lake Brantley H.S., Altamonte Springs, Fla. Round 9: Carlos Hereaud, 3B, Lawrence Elkins H.S., Missouri City, Texas The Brewers got a good look at Hereaud in Area Code Games last summer ... According to Baseball America, Hereaud's parents moved their family from Venezuela to get their children a better education, so it may be difficult to sign him away from his University of Houston scholarship. ... "He played shortstop in high school and played some third base and some second base," Zduriencik said. "Carlos, again, is a guy who we think has a chance to be an offensive player, whether he plays third, second or left field. We like the bat. The kid is an athlete and has versatility." Round 10: Steve Garrison, The Hun School, Princeton, N.J. Has a commitment to the University of North Carolina if he does not sign with the Brewers. "I'd love to play in the pros, but I'd also love to play at UNC," Garrison told the Trenton Times. "I'm kind of neutral right now. I have an idea of what it would take (to skip college). It's not so much the round I'm chosen, as much as the money and whether the team would pay for college later on." Round 11: Brent Allar, RHP, Weatherford (Texas) College Round 12: John Alonso, 1B, Polk Community College, Winter Haven, Fla. Round 13: Ryan Babenau, C, Etiwanda H.S., Alta Loma, Calif. One of 36 high school players competing in the national All-American Baseball Game on June 13 in Albuquerque, N.M. ... The only catcher selected by the Brewers on Day 1 despite a shortage of catching in the team's minor league system. "You look at the board and there's not a lot of catching up there," Zduriencik said. "You take the players where they are on the board. Catching is what it is." Round 14: Mark James, RHP, Sinclair Secondary School, Ontario One of two native Canadians selected by Milwaukee, which has a number of prominent Canadians in the front office including general manager Dooug Melvin, assistant GM Gord Ash and advisor Dick Groch. "This is one kid Dick was certainly responsible for," Zduriencik said. "In my first couple years here, we didn't have good information in Canada. The fact that Dick is up there running our Canadian operations is a great benefit to us." Round 15: Michael Bell, 2B, Grayson County College, Denison, Texas Round 16: Andrew Bailey, RHP, Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y. Underwent "Tommy John" surgery recently and will be out until next spring. "We liked his arm before the surgery," Zduriencik said. "With some of these things, you roll the dice. Maybe we'll uncover something here that could be good for us." Round 17: Timothy Smith, RF, Midland (Texas) College Another Canadian native, Smith was drafted by the Mets last season but didn't sign. Round 18: Zach Braddock, LHP, Gloucester (N.J.) Catholic H.S.

Riley Kjeldgaard is also known by the name Brock Kjeldgaard....he is a Canadian that is 6'5 and 192 according to some info from a London, Ontario newspaper....a Canadian high school message board mentioned that he was throwing 85-89 in high school.....he was apparently fairly highly regarded coming out of Canada as a senior...perhaps team Canada strikes again.

just as a seasonal subplot....with the Yankees awful lack of depth, a large scale brawl, like they have had in the past with the Red Sox that would involve lengthy suspensions, would decimate and perhaps doom the Yankees..... for 205 mildo, this is not that great of a complete ballclub....perhaps not all Cashman's fault, but man there are some awful dead contracts on that team.

www.mercedsun-star.com/sp...6912c.html the same context as the other story on the main draft page... Man, this guy might be a good choice, if he signs.....low to mid 90's stuff.....plus he just looks like a bulldog of a pitcher

The hard-throwing right-hander declined to sign with the San Francisco Giants, the team that took him in the eighth round in last year's draft. Aguilar said the Giants offered him a $50,000 signing bonus, but he's hoping to raise his stock after an injury-plagued 2005 campaign and enter this year's draft with the hopes of being offered more. Aguilar also signed with Oklahoma this past fall and is confident he will attend despite head coach Larry Cochell resigning midway through the season after using a racial slur in an off-camera interview with ESPN. "I'm still pretty strong about it," Aguilar said. "If the pitching coach (Fred Corral) ends up leaving, maybe I'll change my mind." For now, Aguilar is focused on rebuilding his reputation as a hot prospect after elbow tendonitis problems limited him to just 20 1/3 innings pitched this season. "I've been throwing bullpens at 100 percent, and my fastball is back up to where it used to be," Aguilar said. "I stayed positive, and my arm came back with just a little bit of rest." Aguilar said he will participate in as many pre-draft workouts as he can to show he is back at full strength, and Pedretti secured a spot for him in the Cape Cod wood bat league this summer. Although going to Oklahoma and appealing for a chance at coming back to MC remain options, Aguilar is trained on the draft. "I'm just waiting, seeing what teams call," he said. "So we'll see."

I am liking this draft very much....I think these 2nd day picks have been quite good, and it will be easy for us to pick out our unsung favorites to follow for later this year, as well as some D& F's

The good news on draft choice Dane Renkert: He led the Washing State Cougers team in ERA this year.... The bad news: that ERA was 4.89!!!!!! Wow, the Pac - 10 is brutal on pitching.

McKnight's stats not quite as eye-popping as Taylor Green's - as they were from the same conference, and were both shortstops.... I wonder if most teams piggyback their picks as much as the Brewers do in terms of same teams, same conferences, etc. deeswan, check the drafted player profile page for the Inman story.....towards the bottom of batman's profile

This guy had great production, as he was the team's cleanup hitter all year for a 41-21 team....is a senior....improved his stats big-time over the last year.....West Virginia should have a new starting catcher in a couple weeks named Willcutt. HATTIESBURG, Miss.? Southern Miss senior catcher Brad Willcutt was named Third-Team Louisville Slugger TPX All-American sponsored by Collegiate Baseball today. The Columbus, Miss., native led Southern Miss with 16 home runs, 21 doubles, 82 RBI and 149 total bases this season, helping Southern Miss to a 41-19 season, for the school?s third consecutive 40-win season, a school record. Willcutt and Southern Miss will compete in the school?s third-consecutive NCAA Regional this weekend, also a school record. The Golden Eagles are the No. 2 seed in Oxford and will play No. 3 seed Oklahoma at 3 p.m., on Friday. The winner of that game the winner of No. 1 seed Ole Miss and No. 4 seed Maine at 5 p.m., on Saturday.

From a stat perspective, I love the Taylor Green pick....in his league he batted .411 - 4th in the league....he had the best w/k ratio in his league at 18/8, had the most doubles, and show decent home run power with some Sb's thrown in the mix too.

Great news about the Inman (sort of) signing....great job batman with all that you are doing....I know you probably get a kick out of gathering all this information, like I do, but your speed and thoroughness of collecting the info is awesome...

The salient portion that DKM4 just pointed out: Kenny Holmberg #2 Infielder 5-10 180 Senior Palm Harbor, Fla. / St. Petersburg JC Holmberg possesses outstanding intangibles and instincts? his leadership and passion for the game have earned him the nickname ?General Patton??batted .424 with a .638 on-base percentage and a .447 slugging percentage during the fall exhibition period? the first All-Conference shortstop to return for senior campaign in Embry-Riddle history?his leadership, instincts and savvy are all keys for the Eagles to achieve their goals in 2005...selected as co-captain...2005 FSC All-Star Game selection...played summer ball for the Keene Swampbats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. As a Junior in 2004: Finished the season with a .374 batting average, 26 doubles, two home runs and 60 RBI in 61 starts...posted 23 multiple hit games and had 16 games with two or more RBI...led the team in hitting in the postseason with a .533 batting average over 12 games...was 11-for-21 (.524) with seven doubles and 10 RBI in the regional tournament...his first home run of the year was a three-run, game-winning shot against Tampa (Apr. 20)...drove in a season-high six RBI against Robert Morris (Mar. 18) ...batted 1.000 in seven games...was 3-for-4 with five RBI against Webber International at the regional tournament (May 13)...was a perfect 4-for-4 and hit the game-winning RBI-double to lead the Eagles to an upset victory against host Lewis-Clark State at the NAIA World Series...carried a nine-game hitting streak into Embry-Riddle's final game at the NAIA World Series...All-Conference selection...named to the NAIA World Series All-Tournament team. At St. Petersburg Junior College: Batted .330 as a sophomore for Coach Dave Pano?helped the Titans to back-to-back conference championships? team captain. High School: 2001 graduate of Dunedin High School?earned four letters for Coach Tom Hilbert?batted a county-high .521 as a senior with 47 runs scored and 16 doubles?Rookie of the Year (1998) ?four-time All-Conference and All-County selection...drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 49th round. Personal: Born in Dunedin, Florida on February 21, 1983?son of Dennis and Diane Holmberg?father Dennis played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1970-75) and has coached for the Toronto Blue Jays organization for the past 26 years, recording his 1,000th minor league coaching victory in 2004?majoring in Aerospace Studies.

GP, I hear that Callis reserved his greatest praise for the drunk thread.....so you've got that going for ya.

Roberts got knocked out of his last start vs. East Carolina after the 1st inning after giving up 6 baserunners and 4 runs

Nice picture and article on "Humpback" Gamel www.chipleybugle.com/localnews/gamel.htm ahhhh, I see Brettac subscribes to the Chipley Bugle as well..

Inman article....I am sure we will get more soon, but here is something to wet the whistle By SHANE METTLEN Register & Bee sports writer June 7, 2005 Talk about a lot to digest. There are the final exams this afternoon and the state quarterfinal baseball game tonight. Somewhere in the back of the mind are thoughts about Saturday?s graduation and all the while two Tunstall High seniors are waiting for the phone call that could decide their futures. Baseball experts say Jacob Thompson and Will Inman - the pitching duo that has led the Trojans to three consecutive Region IV titles and a Group AA state championship in 2004 - will each get a call informing them they?ve been selected in Major League Baseball?s amateur draft, which begins today and continues Wednesday. ?It?s going to be the most hectic day of my life,? Inman said. ?I?m pitching in one of the biggest games of my life, I have all this draft stuff to worry about and I have a government exam. I?ll probably just turn off my phone for a while and let people talk to me after the game about what happens.? Both should be taken today on the draft?s first day, which also happens to be the day Tunstall plays host to Amherst with a berth in the state semifinals on the line. Will Kimmy, who tracks Virginia area prospects for Baseball America said both have pro potential. Thompson?s 6-5 frame is intriguing to pro scouts and Inman has dominated the high school ranks with a fastball in the low to mid 90s. Both have signed to play for NCAA Division I programs - Inman at Auburn and Thompson with Virginia. ?Thompson has the highest ceiling of the group, but has a strong commitment to Virginia,? Kimmy said in an email. ?Talent could put him in the top five rounds, but teams might let him slide lower if they don?t believe they can sign him. Inman suffered from a poor showing at the Commonwealth games last year. He was tired after a long high school season and didn?t show much velocity there. His coach had it back up this year, but only a few teams were in on him. He?s possible in the 8-12 round area.? While Inman might not be high on everyone?s list, Atlanta and Milwaukee have made a considerable effort to scout him. Brewers scout Grant Britt said his organization was high on Inman, but where he?s selected depends on whether or not the clubs think he can be signed to a contract. ?We like Will and we?re interested in him,? Britt said. ?He?s a good kid and a battler and a competitor. Milwaukee likes him a lot. Jacob has had some injuries this year, but he?s a big guy with a lot of ability too.? Inman has been told he?ll be taken in the first five rounds. He said he?s heading to Auburn if not selected in the first or second rounds, even if he?s taken by Atlanta, the Major League affiliate of the Danville Braves. ?(Playing in Danville) would be a great thing to look forward too if I did go to that organization,? Inman said. ?But it?s not going to change my decision on whether to go to school or not.? Thompson said he doesn?t expect to get drafted early because of his intentions to play for Virginia next season. Scouts say other areas players, such as George Washington?s Jonathan Walker and Dan River?s Blake Guthrie, could be picked in later rounds, but none are considered sure things like the Tunstall duo.

4/5ths of major league outfielders would not have made that catch....great job by Jenkins.

to supplement out great coverage here, the chicagotribune.com site has some nice infomation through the sports network up currently for the draft....below is a snippet on Maybin, and several hundred other are profiled for free as well. *** MLB Draft Profile - Cameron Maybin *** From The Sports Network Position: OF High School: T.C. Roberson (Asheville, NC) College: None Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 NOTES: Likely a top five selection...Set a North Carolina season record for average (.662, 47-for-71) this past season and also set the single season (66) record for runs and career mark (164) for same category...Tied career state record with 41 homers...Had 32 walks and 32 steals in as many attempts this year...Centerfielder possesses great instinct and gets great jump on baseball...Strong throwing arm...Head coach Tom Smith indicates Maybin, who is a five-tool player, is being compared to Vladimir Guerrero...Only weakness may have been playing in a weak conference...MVP of Connie Mack World Series with five homers, including one inside-the-park...Committed to Southern University, where Rickie Weeks went...Hit a homer as a junior that was measured at 490 feet...Twice selected Gatorade Player of Year in NC...Never missed a game due to injury...Darren Holmes went to same high school, graduated in 1983 and is currently the pitching coach for the team now. 06/01 17:31:38 ET

that 14/35 w/k ratio from Tulo is really troubling.....if that is the ratio in college ball, his first taste of minor league ball is going to be a bitter one I think.....reminds me of Scott Moore from that (narrow) perspective.

8 and 2/3 innings pitched for Gagne....17 k's..... Man....I wish Carlos could have gotten to third on that

good grief, that Gagne change was sick!!!

Unsung play of that inning was Jenks hustling in to stop the runner from going to third on that single....that inning looks a whole lot different if the runner advances to third.

Jorge has no business in the big leagues. Yet I know we can't pass him through waivers. This sure is frustrating watching him throw ball after ball once again Huh?

oh-oh.....K.O.T.U.F (King of the unhittable Filth) looks a little out of sorts mechaically tonight.