This is getting annoying. We are in the process of moving to a new host because our old one…well…sucked. Everything should be a-okay in the not to distant future.
 How ’bout the Mets and Sawx taking a reliever with their first pick? Wow.
Schilling loses no-hitter with 2 outs in the 9th
Mets take a reliever with their first pick
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Yanks first pick, #30 overall
With the last pick of the first round, the Yanks grab Andrew Brackman, RHP, NC State.
Scouting Report: Big kid (6′-10″, 230 lbs) with a big fastball (94-95, touching 98-99) and a hammer knuckle-curve. Improving 2-seamer and attacks hitters. He’s raw for a college guy because he split time between basketball and baseball at NC State, but he committed to baseball full-time this year. He had some arm troubles at the end of the year, and missed time because an ex-girlfriend passed away. Tommy John surgery is a possiblity in the near future, but his talent is so much better than anyone else out there right now.
My Take: Great selection. If you are out there bashing this pick now, you’re probably one of the people who was bashing the Ian Kennedy pick last year.
Outlook: It all depends on the elbow. He could see time with Staten Island or the GCL Yanks later this summer.
We want Harvey
We want Harvey! Come on, chant it with me.
We want Harvey! We want Harvey!
Update: I’ll take Brackman.
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Update by Joe: On one of the fucking two days of the year where a live blog is necessary. Opening Day is the other, and we crashed that day, too!