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DraftWatch 03/16/09


  1. San Diego State RHSP Stephen Strasburg picked up his fourth win of the season against UNLV. He allowed two rins on six hits and one walk over seven innings of work with fourteen strikeouts. No word on what his pitch count was (any help from the commenters?).  Season: 4-0 1.98ERA 0.88WHIP 27 1/3IP 59K 5BB
  2. USC SS Grant Green was4/13 with a double, two runs, three RBO and a stolen base this weekend. Season: 269/377/404 52AB 1HR 4RBI 8/9SB
  3. North Carolina RHSP Alex White moved to 3-0 on the season, picking up a win against Virginia Tech. White allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits and four walks ove six innings with eight strikeouts. Season: 3-0 3.86ERA 1.37WHIP 23 1/3IP 28K 8BB
  4. North Carolina 1B/OF Dustin Ackley was 6/9 with a home run, double, three runs and four RBI this weekend. Season: 426/539/721 61AB 4HR 11RBI 1/2SB
  5. Missouri RHSP Kyle Gibson struck out eleven in a 2-0 complete game shutout of Texas. Over nine innings of work, Gibson surrendered six hits and four walks to move to 3-1. Season: 3-1 0.90ERA 0.93WHIP 30IP 38K 8BB
  6. Baylor RHSP Kendal Volz took the loss in his match-up with Texas A&M. He allowed four runs on three hits and three walks over seven innings of work while striking out nine. Season: 1-1 2.73ERA 0.95WHIP 26 1/3IP 22K 12BB
  7. Oklahoma St LHSP Andrew Oliver took the loss against Cal State-Fullerton on Friday, allowing six runs (five earned) on nine hits and one walk over seven innings with eight strikeouts. Season: 3-1 5.19ERA 1.31WHIP 26IP 33K 9BB
  8. Vanderbilt LHSP Mike Minor took the loss in his start against Mississippi. Minor gave up six runs (five earned) on seven hits and one walk over 4 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Season: 1-1 3.65ERA 1.38WHIP 24 2/3IP 20K 8BB
  9. Tennessee OF Kentrail Davis was 4/11 with a double, three runs and one RBI this weekend. Season: 327/507/582 55AB 3HR 9RBI 2/3SB
  10. Notre Dame CF A.J. Pollock was 5/12 with a double, stolen base, three runs and three RBI this weekend. Season: 356/403/525 59AB 1HR 15RBI 7/8SB
  11. Miami SS Ryan Jackson was 3/13 with a double and one RBI this weekend. Season: 270/360/349 63AB 0HR 8RBI 1/4SB
  12. California OF Brett Jackson was 3/11 with four walks, two runs, two RBI and a stolen base. Season: 403/481/672 67AB 3HR 13RBI 5/6SB
  13. Louisiana State SS D.J. LeMahieu was 3/9 with two walks, a run and two stolen bases this weekend. Season: 429/535/679 56AB 2HR 12RBI 6/6SB
  14. Arizona RHRP Jason Stoffel made two appearances this weekend, picking up two saves. He pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings allowing one hit and one walk while striking out nine. Season: 0-0 5SV 1.31ERA 0.77WHIP 20 2/3IP 31K 4BB

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  1. #1 by Marc - March 16th, 2009 at 07:24

    No hope, I guess that Gibson survives to 9A, but man, that’d be some future 1-2 with Lannan, Olsen and Zimmermann at the back end, eh?

    Surprised a little about LeMahieu – do folks think he can stick at SS? a High-obp with-some-pop defensively solid SS would be just what the Dr. ordered at 9A.

  2. #2 by Rocket1124 - March 16th, 2009 at 08:05

    Guess I’ll put my Mike Minor report in here, for whatever it’s worth… ;)

    It was a cold, wet, and frankly miserable evening. I was in the outfield seats for the first four innings, and to my untrained eye from 375+ feet, he’s got some nice life to his fastball and real nice changeup. The scoreboard radar gun wasn’t working, but from the sound of the glove popping, you could easily tell the difference between the two pitches. When they’re both working, you’d have to say there’s easily at least 5-8 MPH difference between the two. It’s possible he didn’t throw his breaking stuff very much at all because it was a wet night, but those pitches didn’t stand out as much.

    Minor cruised through three innings pretty easily, striking out three in a row and allowing only one hit on a well placed grounder through the left side. The other 6 outs in the first three innings were either grounders or flied the opposite way. He mixed his pitches really well. I really like his fastball — I’m no scout, and I was in the outfield, but glove-pop on the heater really echoes.

    The wheels came off in the 4th inning, which was really a combination of some shaky fielding, and the meat of a solid Ole Miss lineup getting some momentum going. Four runs on 4 hits and a walk in the 4th inning.

    I moved to the infield for the fifth inning. Ole Miss started by bunting with the first two hitters, which I imagine was probably because of the soaking wet infield and the fact that Vanderbilt’s been pretty shaky on defense – they’re down to their third catcher, for example. Two bunts, two stolen bases, an error and a ringing single to right is what drove Minor from the game in the fifth after 4 and 1/3 innings with two men still on base.

    I got a better look at him in the fifth from the infield, and he did seem to be laboring a bit. It was a miserable night for sure (the Ole Miss starter wasn’t great either), and the situations weren’t all of his own making – but he either went away from his fastball or lost some zip off of it. Out of about 12-15 pitches he threw in the 5th, I think I only remember about one explosive fastball.

    Anyway, like I said, I’m no scout, and it wasn’t the best environment in which to judge him. It was a tough night, and Drew Pomeranz for Ole Miss labored too. Big difference was that Ole Miss is a much better team with the bat and the glove.

    But I can see why Minor is a top half of the first round guy – his fastball-change combo is pretty killer when it’s working right.

  3. #3 by cjrugger - March 16th, 2009 at 09:55

    D.J. LeMahieu is not happening, he’s a draft eligible soph meaning he can go back to lsu and enter next years draft. The higher price for sophomores (along with the big tag on Strasburg) combined with the lack of a comp pick if we don’t sign 9a makes him very unlikely

    9a is gonna be a college junior or hs kid who makes it very clear he doesn’t want to go to college

  4. #4 by SlowPitch63 - March 16th, 2009 at 11:48

    Just for the fun of it my ranking based only on what I read here:

    1 – SS 2 – Gibson 3 – White 4 – Ackley 5 – LeMahieu 6 – B. Jackson 7 – Stoffel 8 – Volz 9 -Green 10 – Oliver 11 – Minor 12 – Davis 13 – Pollock 14 R Jackson

    Thanks again Brian.

    Let’s play two!

  5. #5 by Marc - March 16th, 2009 at 12:19

    Well, Cj, I hear what you’re saying, but there’s sort of a “cheap” implication in there – my hope would be, especially post “Smiley” that if there’s a plus-plus bat who has a chance of sticking at an MI position, that we’ll take him and sign him. Letting “signability” dictate 9A after Strasburg would be a mistake.

  6. #6 by cjrugger - March 16th, 2009 at 13:29

    I disagree Marc, I dont think you overpay (which we would have to do because you can’t let 2 top 10 picks go unsigned)

    His agent would bend us over because he knows we would have almost no choice

  7. #7 by Andrew Z. Stebbins - March 16th, 2009 at 14:01

    Marc, even though we’re both getting ahead of ourselves I would slide Zimmermann ahead of Lannan and Olsen. His upside is comparable to Oswalt.

  8. #8 by Dick - March 16th, 2009 at 18:30

    Grant Green seems to be afflicted with draftitis! I wonder if he falls to the 10th spot? It will be interesting to see how many HS players go in the top 9 and if Crow pushes someone good down to us.

    Mike Leake and Jason Kipnis have put up some gaudy numbers and might work themselves into the top 10 discussion if they keep it up! Leake didn’t pitch well in relief on Sunday, however.

    Leake 4-1 31.0 IP 1.45 ERA 33 K 6 BB 0.71 WHIP Kipnis 438/531/813 (1.344 OPS, WOW!) 64 AB 5 HR 24 RBI

    Brian, I’ll keep tabs on them, if you like. They’re both Sun Devils making them easy to track!

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