NL NORTH DRAFT REVIEW

Montreal Money Shots Needs from the draft: 1: CF 2 2B 3: RP

	1	16	Miguel Amaro	P	21	$2,600K	3 average pitches and poor right handed split but strong against left handers. Amaro was a reach in the first round and might never make a big impact in the majors
	2	59	Jon Donahue	P	21	$550K	2 strong pitches with good splits and control, make him a bottom of the rotation type, but he is not going to win many awards for his work,
	3	91	Bryan Prior	P	20	$400K	Weak armed knuckleballer his pitches and splits are average to below average. Prior will burn the innings in the minors
	4	123	Nate Uribe	P	22	$350K	Below average splits but Uribe has good control and stamina he might only burn minor league innings
	5	155	Pepe Soto	P	18	---	8 million for a solid pitcher with good splits and control and 3 good pitches, but he ain't signing

 

Summary: 1 or 2 Pitchers who have potential is not good enough. Their biggest needs were skill positions of Center and 2B and they drafted no viable prospects for either position

Grade: D

 

 

Cincinnati Bowties Needs from the draft: 1: RP 2 RF 3: LF

	2	67	Mark Boone	1B	18	$526K	Clean hitting 1B he has the skills to hit with power and average and the ability to field first cleanly. He is not fast and has poor baseball fundamentals.
	3	99	Gary Hunter	1B	20	$410K	All bat poor fielding DH. He might be able to fill in at 1B, but he is liability in the field. He has awesome power and will hit for a high average.
	4	131	Hugh Ogea	RP	19	$320K	All around average reliever his splits will probably keep him out of the majors, but he does have 2 good pitches and great control.
	5	163	Carlos Gonzalez	RP	19	$220K	Solid long reliever with 2 good pitches, great control and above average splits. He could fill out a major league roster in a few years

 

Summary: Picked up 2 relievers and a few sluggers, but no one that is going to field clean enough to cover the outfield. The Sluggers they did draft will serve better on an AL team

Grade: B-

 

Seattle Warbirds
Needs from the draft: 1: 3B 2 C 3: RP

	1	8	Bo Glanville	1B	18	$3,850K	Monster power hitter with good all-around hitting numbers, his defense will limit him in the NL, but he can play 1B and will for many years to come for the Warbirds.
	1	42	Quilvio Nunez	P	19	$640K	Solid reliever with 2 good pitches, good durability and great control. He will be in someone's bullpen in the future. Definitely a guy you want taking the rock late in a game
	2	51	John Purcell	SS	19	---	Determined to finish out his college career he probably will never see a Warbird uniform. AT 7.5M to sign…..good luck in college!
	3	83	Brian Mouton	2B	20	$425K	Good power hitting LF/RF. He will be hitting many ML homeruns; his power is a good thing because he doesn't have the speed to make up for it.
	4	115	Birdie Murray	RF	18	$350K	Good power hitter with power, but poor right/left splits. For a 4th rounder he is quite good and could make some major league bats in the near future.
	5	147	Randall Kirk	P	19	---	NO INFORMATION

 

Summary: did not address their biggest 2 needs a solid catcher and a starting 3B. They did pick up an elite 1B for the future and an excellent reliever along with a number of ML caliber sluggers.

Grade: B+

 

 

 

Milwaukee Blues Needs from the draft: 1: CF 2 SP 3: RP

	1	10	Harvey Carson	LF	18	---	Super slugger with a golden arm for the outfield. His power combined with his speed and base runner will make him valuable IF he signs. He is still considering College.
	2	53	Grant Badilla	CF	18	$550K	Speedy defensive specialist with pop in his bat. He will anchor a good defensive outfield he as below average contact so he isn't going to hit for a high average, but he will hold his own.
	3	85	Daniel Henry	P	21	$425K	2 plus pitches with a mediocre 3rd pitch make henry interesting he has starter stamina and average control, What makes his interesting is great left/right pitching splits. He should finish out the Blues rotation for many years
	4	117	Rick Hitchcock	P	21	$350K	Average ML pitcher with 2 pitches, could be a decent long reliever or mop-up. He isn't going to dominate much but is good enough to make the league someday
	5	149	Mark Okajima	P	19	Career Minor Leaguer. He will eat those pesky minor league innings

Summary: Did a good job addressing their needs by picking up a couple starting pitchers and a good CF. The Blues also picked up a dominant RF with their 1^st pick. Overall they got their cake and a side of ice cream as well.

Grade: A-