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Updates from the past week, the usual group of pitchers: Tim Stauffer: CG win over the weekend, with 9 K, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB. ERA now 2.03. Brad Sullivan: 10 shutout innings, 12 K, 0 BB, 9 H. Threw 133 pitches-ick. 1.93 ERA. Kyle Sleeth: 5 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 6 K, 2 BB. 80 pitches on cold night. 1.75 ERA. Kyle Bakker: 7 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 8 K, 0 BB. 102 pitches, 2.40 ERA. Chris Ray got hit hard last Wednesday against Richmond. His ERA jumped to an even 3.00. Adam Loewen didn't pitch for some reason. Not sure if he's experiencing more problems or if his start has been bumped back due to rain. He DH'd all week and hit quite well. A new name popping up on the scene is Florida International's Josh Banks. Banks pitched a CG shutout over the weekend striking out 10 while not allowing a walk. On the year Banks has tossed 51.1 innings with 56 Ks & a 1.75 ERA.
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At this point in time, Bakker dropping to the 2nd round doesn't seem very likely. I'm guessing he goes somewhere from the middle of the first round to the middle of the supplemental first round. If he bounces back from his last start & finishes the rest of the season strong, who knows, some team might just take him in the top 10. Of course you never do know. Jeff Baker, Jason Neighborgall & Jeff Clement were all guys we talked about at this time last year as possibilities for our 1st round pick that fell well beyond our 2nd & 3rd round selections. Of course, 2 of those guys were affected by the evil Scott Boras. The only person from this year's draft that I know is represented by Boras is Landon Powell. For some reason, that info hasn't leaked out like it did last year. That said, there still should be plenty of good players available at our 2nd round pick. The depth of this year's draft is similar to the 2001 draft.
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Here's some lines on the season: Sleeth: 1.16 ERA, 31 IP, 19 H, 32 K, 4 BB Sullivan: 2.45 ERA, 36.2 IP, 23 H, 42 K, 9 BB Stauffer: 2.45 ERA, 22 IP, 17 H, 36 K, 3 BB Ray: 2.17 ERA, 29 IP, 20 H, 32 K, 4 BB Bakker: 3.13 ERA, 23 IP, 23 H, 23 K, 5 BB Bakker got roughed up a little bit in his last start, but the rest of these guys are really dealing. Should be a special year for college pitchers. One college hitter after Weeks that could go in the top 10: Michael Aubrey: .492/.560/.778-63 AB, 4 HR, 6 2B, 6 BB Matt Murton is hitting better, but needs to get over .300 before being mentioned here. He could do that with one good game.
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No one is taking a dig at Jack Zduriencik, we're just preparing ourselves in advance for another potential let down after years filled with disappointments & draft busts.
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I think you guys are taking my comment a little too seriously. I didn't mean to imply that the Brewers can't possibly screw this up. All I'm saying that the talent at the #2 selection will be legitimate, and we shouldn't have to settle for anyone regardless of who the D-Rays take #1. The Brewers blunder factor always exists http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif .
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Adam Loewen pitched earlier today. He went 4.2 innings (I'm assuming he's still on the limited pitch count I think around 60), didn't allow a hit, struck out 8 & walked 1 batter. It sounds as though Loewen is absolutely dealing. If he gets that pitch count up, he's going to put up some impressive numbers by the end of the year. He also added a little with his bat today going 2-4 with a double, a run, an RBI & a SB. Rickie Weeks' stats have been updated, and through 3/5 he is hitting .500/.554/1.043. In 46 ABs he has 5 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 24 RBI, 6 BB, 5 K & is 9 for 9 in stolen bases. He has 3 errors at 2B for a .944 fielding %. TeamOneBaseball offered some scouting video of Weeks this past week for their subscribers & he looks a lot bigger than he did last year. He is known to be an extremely hard worker & hits the gym all of the time, and that work is most certainly starting to show for the young man. We can't lose at #2.
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Maholm is off to a nice start. Will be nice to see how he fares against the tough SEC. He could really jump up the charts with strong in-conference performances. It's tough to gauge some of these guys early in the season. Kyle Sleeth tossed a complete game today giving up 2 runs. I don't have the details on his line, but it was against LeMoyne. I don't know if I've even heard of LeMoyne or Lipscomb before today.
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I believe OhioScout was referring to the nation's 2nd best public university in North Carolina. Good catch igor http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif . They still end up getting good contracts if they are good prospects. What about Jason Neighborgall? He clearly priced himself out of the draft completely. Was he that hell-bent to go to Georgia Tech? I find that hard to believe. I can see Jeremy Sowers, but his intentions were pretty clear the entire spring of 2001. Some advisors often try and push certain organizations to draft their players. How often does this happen? I remember reading that this is a big reason, or THE reason Ryan Anderson fell to the Mariners in the '97 draft (I think it was '97). From what I remember, he and/or his advisor told teams not to take him and he slid to the Mariners somewhere in the second half of the first round. Does, or better yet, can MLB do anything to try & prevent this from happening? Some of these tactics advisors use seem to border on tampering (probably more like reverse tampering). And finally, the $1 million dollar question: How interested are the Brewers in Andrew Miller if he has placed himself that high? Is #2 TOO high for Miller with guys like Young, Milledge, Sleeth, Weeks & Loewen (possibly) being available?
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Adam Loewen did pitch 4 innings over the weekend in impressive fashion. Reports say he was throwing in the 94-95 range, and his box score notes that he allowed only 1 hit in his 4 innings, didn't walk a batter & struck out 6. And if pogo was at the Georgia game last night, he didn't see William & Mary pitcher Chris Ray, but he did see his Bulldogs win http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif .
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He may end up being real expensive but here's a prospect on the rise. Speaking of players being expensive to sign, and I don't know how comfortable you feel commenting on this issue OhioScout, but have any marquee players selected Scott Boras as their advisor? Last year a big deal was made of this a lot earlier than this point in time when it was known that Bobby Brownlie, Jason Neighborgall, Mark McCormick, Mike Pelfrey, Jeff Baker and a few others were all being advised by Boras. To no surprise, most to all of these guys fell much further than they would/should have, and all of the HS players listed attended college in the process. Did this have an affect at all on players either selecting Boras as their advisor and/or announcing that he was indeed going to be advising them? We haven't heard too much about certain players possibly pricing them out of everyone's range, and I'm curious if there are any rumblings of this in the scouting world. While you noted that Andrew Miller might take a lot to sign, is this just because he's pitching himself into a really high pick? Thanks in advance.
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