AL SOUTH S12 Draft Review

San Juan Sixburghs Needs from the draft: 1: 3B 2: C 3: RF

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back-	Contract	Bonus
					ground			SUMMARY
1	12	Darron Pecina	RP	20	JC	MILB	$2,970K	Pecina features pinpoint control and plus splits to go along with his 2 pitch repertoire. His excellent durability will allow him to pitch back to back a few times.
1	17	Armando Segui	RP	22	COL	MILB	$2,500K	Another top flight reliever, great control and splits and 2 top level pitches will make Segui tough to hit on. His low velocity will also put a lot of balls on the carpet for the fielders.
4	128	Pedro Gomez	C	22	COL	MILB	$350K	Grade A defensive catcher. He offers a good pop with his bat, but won't hit for average and probably not hit too much in the clutch.
5	160	Kid Klaus	2B	18	HS	MILB	$250K	He's a runner with good contact and no power; This seemed to be the theme of the 5th round for a lot of teams.

Summary: strengthened their bullpen for the future with 2 top 20 picks. Gomez should fill their catcher need and gives them the ability not to depend on FA in the future. Kid Klaus has a great name.

Grade: B+

Oklahoma City Chickens

Needs from the draft: SP, 2B, RP,

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back-	Contract	Bonus	Pro
					ground			SUMMARY
2	77	Damion Van Poppel	RP	21	COL	---	---	Van Poppel is a great 2nd round draw, A solid bullpen arm with good splits and solid control, His pitch selection is strong, and has the durability to pitch back to back when called on.
3	109	Earl Walters	3B	19	JC	---	---	Defensively weak for a 2 bagger, Walters is not weak at the plate where he should crush a number of balls, his poor splits will keep him from too many major league home runs though.
4	141	Albert Gibson	P	21	COL	---	---	Average splits and 3 solid pitches give Gibson hope for an ML career, but it will be short lived and very sporadic.
5	173	Phil Palmer	2B	18	HS	---	---	Solid speed and no power, Palmer has ML dreams and could make it for someone who needs his wheels and isn't afraid of his poor splits.

Summary: With no 1^st round pick the chicken's had to pick strong in the 2^nd round and they did a good job picking what they did. Van Poppel is a great 2^nd round selection. Walters is very talented but won't make the bigs without learning to hit pitching.

Grade: B-

St. Louis Rustlers Needs from the draft: SP, 3B, 2B

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back-	Contract	Bonus
					ground			SUMMARY
1	8	Rob Mulder	SS	18	HS	---	---	Could be an all-star 3rd baseman he is above average across the boards in hitting and speed. He is going to give a team a quality star, but probably rack up career numbers under the radar.
1	44	Robert Lundquist	2B	18	HS	MILB	$600K	Average hitter with solid speed but poor base running. Lunquist will find a home in the OF as an opposed to 2B. He is a 4A caliber player on a good team, might get a few starts on a desperate team.
2	60	Ronald Durham	P	20	JC	MILB	$550K	Poor below average splits doom and otherwise excellent pitcher, Durham has 4 solid pitches and great control. Probably will not land far out of AAA
3	92	Peter Carver	P	21	COL	MILB	$425K	Solid 3rd rounder with excellent splits and control and 2 solid pitches. Future ML'er
4	124	Frank Meyer	P	19	JC	MILB	$350K	Poor splits on an otherwise average pitcher. AAA fodder
5	156	Corky Valdes	RF	20	JC	MILB	$250K	Decent speed and good power compliment a solid fielder. Corky does have below average splits and will be a career minor leaguer without a bump to lean on.

Summary: If the sign Mulder they instantly add the 3B this team needed. Lundquist is the player to be named later in some trade; he is a package able player. Carver is also a great ML pick found in the 3^rd round. Overall the best draft this organization has seen in awhile

Grade: B+

Louisville Loud Mouths-

Needs from the draft: RP, SP, SS

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back-	Contract	Bonus	Pro
					ground			SUMMARY
1	14	Theo Stearns	LF	21	COL	---	---	Solid power and speed, but only slightly above average splits, Stearns is a good LF, way plenty of tools to offer. At 21 he has a lot of skill in place, but will be very slow to improve with below average makeup
3	98	Happy Jensen	3B	18	HS	---	---	Solid fielding and very well versed against left handed pitching, Happy has below average hitting for a major leaguer and probable will never excel out of AAA.
4	130	Cord Nielsen	2B	20	JC	---	---	Has the speed, contact and fielding, he just has very poor batting splits to work with. Without a DITR he stays in the minors.
5	162	Garrett Grimes	2B	19	JC	---	---	Good power average speed and poor batting splits will limit Grimes impact anywhere he goes.

Summary: Stearn in my opinion went a little high, but positional players were a premium in this draft. Although Stearns is not much defensively so he could have been avoided for solid pitching with this pick. The rest of the first 5 picks have similar issues. Overall a very disappointing draft in Louisville.

Grade: D