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Follow us on TwitterWith their 9th round pick, the Yanks’ selected Mikey O’Brien, RHP, Hidden Valley HS (Va.)
Scouting Report: A short (5′11″) righthander, O’Brien works with a low-90’s fastball, a good changeup and a solid curve. He commands his pitches exceptionally well, and could add a tick or two as he fills out. He can hit a little too, leading his team in RBI as a senior.
My Take: I love the pick. He’s got a strong commitment to Winthrop, but anytime you take a 5′11″ player named Michael (just like me), you done good. And, well, he sounds like a heck of a pitcher too.
Outlook: If they sign him, he’ll get a few innings in the Rookie level GCL.
Popularity: 4% [?]
This Maronde and Webb anticipation is driving me nuts.
Maronde is the big one. Webb wants $1.6M, I think he’s going to end up in school.
I’m assuming money is not an object compared to the other 27 organizations (Red Sox, Tigers) when it comes to the draft, not necessarily a non issue overall right?
If the Yanks like a guy, they’ll pay him, but they won’t through money around for the heck of it. The Angels, D-Backs and Rangers are some other big spenders.
Looks like a solid pick
Kruml (11th round pick) is a speedy, slap-hitting, super defending centerfielder.
Is he young Derek Jeter fast? Or Michael Bourn uber fast?
So basically Gardner?
Gardner’s better.
White kid slated to go to Winthrop? Gotta be a rarity.
Kruml was drafted by the Diamondbacks a few years ago…looks like a really speedy centerfielder; pretty interesting pick there.
I haven’t really been following the Tigers’ picks as much as I should be, though; I think they’re always a wild card when it comes to signability talent, and I’m curious to know what they’ve been targetting today after (seemingly) drafting more for need the first few rounds of Day 1. Of course, the Red Sox are always a risk to make a big splash in the later rounds, too…thankfully, the Yankees pick before them.
I noted yesterday from a poster on the forums at nyyfans.com how a guy who reports on the Standford baseball team said Jeremy Bleich was pitching at 93-94MPH when he finally got right after the injury, this could really be a big pick.
Yeah apparenly he was slotted to be stanford’s ace next year, and the elbow injury isn’t serious like Brackman’s was
Shit, there goes Danny Webb.
Is Robert Webb Daniel Webb?
Yes he is, never mind.
Interesting that Arizona was the team to take a flier on him; for some reason I don’t see that deal getting done. But who knows; stranger things have happened.
seems like they are going in heavy on Cape Cod League players…
It looks like they are prefering guys with a little experience.
And the wood bat factor, know what your getting more, figure if they want real young & raw they can sign out LA
Greinke related to Greinke?
Luke to Zack that is…
Yes, Luke Greinke is Zach Greinke’s brother. He’s not as good as his bro, but he’s a decent pitcher. Had a crappy junior year, stuff is above-average usually.
Alex Meyer, clap clap clapclapclap!
Maronde before Meyer. But that’s just my own personal opinion. Wouldn’t it be something if Arizona snags two signability guys with successive picks, though? Try and sign one or the other? Since no one else is biting on the really big ones, it seems…
And I have no problem with the Yankees going for Cape Cod League players, it’s a good exhibition of talent on a relatively equal playing field. At least, it’s one of the closest approximations to it, anyway.
Edited by RAB admin. Sorry dude, I know you got it from NYYFans, but we can’t have BA’s subscriber only stuff copied and pasted here.
it was edited, but who was the info about?
Greinke.
Oh my bad, didn’t know it was from BA.
Where do you think Venditte will go?
Whoever is calling in the Dodgers’ picks is annoying the hell out of me.
Are you surprsied Long hasn’t been taken yet? Wasn’t he supposed to be taken much earlier?
Not really. I still think he’s a football players miscast as a pitcher.
Dunno anything about Rye…
and youre supposed to be our draft guru?
I’m not a draft guru, I just play one on the internet.
i was just kidding… doing a great job.
I was actually just going to ask about that. He’s the only pick so far I’ve actually seen play (I go to Florida), and he’s had a knack for killing us over the last couple years with timely hitting, but I really don’t know what I’m looking at when it comes to a scouting perspective.
John Rye looks like he has a decent swing and a pretty good arm out in RF.
I like the Yanks’ 8th round pick - Dan Brewer out of Bradley. I could see him being a Justin Snyder type. Gets on base a lot, hits for power, plays different positions and makes a lot of errors. Was also a Cape Cod all-star, apparently. Has 21 homers and 47 steals over his three years, and had a 28-26 BB-K ratio this year.
Probably not big upside but you need some steady production, too.
When you call him a Justin Snyder type .. i sorta had to chuckle. Isn’t Snyder playing in A ball ? I mean he’s had a pretty good season , but i just find it funny you’d compare a draftee to an A ball player.
Lmao @ this:
“Any teams drop out [of the draft] yet?”
“I think the Astros did in the first round.”
Rye hit .372/10/61 in 234ABs in 2007 and was a pre-season All-American entering 2008.
Phelps has good stuff, low-90’s fastball, curve, change. Lacks commands, really needs to iron out that delivery. He’s a Damon Oppenheimer draftitis special: he had a crappy junior year after dominating as a freshman and sophomore.
I was just starting to think about that. Oppenheimer seems to have a knack for going after draftitis guys.
Do you think the Yanks have had a disappointing draft so far? Any huge highlights/disappointments?
No, it’s been solid. Its only the 15th round, they’ll almost certainly grab some signability guys in the remaining 35 rounds to make it look sexier.
No.
Highlight: Cole (and the more info I get on Bleish the better I’ve been feeling)
Time to grab Maronde and Meyer. No more effing around.
Mooneyham to the Padres. I concur; it’s the 15th round, time to make some splashes.
Yanks must be convinced that these guys are gonna want more than 1 million bucks. Lets not forget that there’s the international signings still to come. Michael Inoa anyone?? That’s money the org has to invest in another crop of young players.
At some point there’s a budget. Signing Brett Marshall would be a coup as it is..
What’s so good about Maronde? Do you have a scouting report or something? I don’t know much about him.
Here:
http://riveraveblues.com/2008/.....eals-2883/
Did the Pads just take a signability guy? Wow.
The Pads have a quality organizational staff; I’d love to read DePodesta’s take on Monneyham on his blog later today.
And DePodesta posted his blurbs through the 15th round; I won’t pretend to be an expert at reading between the lines or interpreting short sentences, but he seems just a tad resigned to the fact that Mooneyham might be an impossible sign:
“Sounds pretty good, huh? That’s why Baseball America rates him as one of top 100 prospects in the draft, and many people believe that he is the best left-handed high school pitcher in the country. At this point, though, Brett is planning to attend Stanford in the fall.”
The red sox just took a left handed high school pitcher John Lally and passed on Maronde. Interesting that both the yankees and the sox are staying away from Meyer and Maronde.
I get the feeling the Yankees, Tigers, Mariners, and Red Sox are just having a massive stare-down contest right now, seeing which team is first to blink and gamble on Maronde or Meyer.
We’re entering Round 16: I’d say that within the next eight rounds, one or both of those players will be off the board. Perhaps even within the next four.