the draft --- day two

by lboros on Jun 8, 2007 11:42 AM EDT Comment 14 comments

the 6th round is about to get started; i'll update this list a few times during the day, so that we have a more or less complete list of the picks here at the site. as the picks come in, feel free to add thoughts / links / info in the comments section, or see derrick goold's draftee thumbnails at Bird Land. add'l good information on the day 2 draftees at whiteyball:

rd 1: PETE KOZMA, ss
rd 1a: CLAY MORTENSEN, rhp
rd 2: DAVID KOPP, rhp
rd 2: JESS TODD, rhp
rd 3: DANIEL DESCALSO, 3b
rd 4: KYLE RUSSELL, of
rd 5: THOMAS EAGER, rhp
rd 6: OLIVER MARMOL, ss, charleston coll --- his .319 with power last summer in wood-bat new england summer league
rd 7: JAMES HOOKER, rph, mira mesa (calif) hs
rd 8: PAUL HENLEY, cf, rice u
rd 9: MIKE STUTES, rhp, oregon st
rd 10: BEAU RIPORTELLA, cf, col of the sequoias
rd 11: ADAM REIFER, rhp, uc riverside
rd 12: BRETT ZAWACKI, rhp, la salle (ill) hs
rd 13: STEVE HILL, 1b, stephen f austin u
rd 14: JOSH DEW, rhp, troy univ
rd 15: CHARLES FICK, rhp, cal st northridge
rd 16: ANTONIO DEJESUS, cf, kentucky
rd 17: MATT ARBURR, 3b, pace univ
rd 18: ANDREW BROWN, rf, nebraska
rd 19: NICK PEOPLES, 2b, texas
rd 20: BRIAN CARTIE, 3b, mcneese st
rd 21: BRIAN BRODERICK, rhp, grand canyon u
rd 22: CHARLES KINGERY, of, mcneese st
rd 23: JOSEPH HAGE, lf, stoneman douglas (fl) hs
rd 24: SAMUEL FREEMAN, lhp, no cent texas
rd 25: JONATHAN STAMBAUGH, lhp, byu
rd 26: ARNOLDI CRUZ, 3b, palm beach c.c.
rd 27: BRIAN BUCK, rf, santa barbara c.c.

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8th rounder, paul henley

has a nice scouting report: excellent range in cf, hits to all fields with decent power, great on-base skills, "gamer" mentality.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/events/draft_report/y2007/tracker.jsp?mc=henley

by lboros on Jun 8, 2007 1:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

henley bio info

follow this link to read Henley's bio page on Rice's website...

http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/henley_tyler00.html

gotta love that he had a HS g.p.a of 5.06 on a 5.0 scale and rushed for 1700 yards as a senior. Smart, talented and athletic.

10-time World Champs!

by TheFranchise9 on Jun 8, 2007 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Henley does sound intriguing. His overall package of tools and skills sort of reminds me of Jon Jay from last year's class. His range sounds better, but his bat isn't quite as advanced.

Acquire Rocco Baldelli!

by the red baron on Jun 8, 2007 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

also, the 11th rounder

michael stutes, was listed among keith law's top 100 picks; cards got him at #292. i wonder if that's a signability issue?

by lboros on Jun 8, 2007 1:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He's a junior...

sounds like a guy who could really help himself by going back for a year.

by guayzimi on Jun 8, 2007 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

another pundit opinion

bryan smith rates two of the cards' picks --- jess todd in the 2d round and kyle russell in the 4th --- among the top 10 "value" picks in the draft.

for whatever that's worth.

by lboros on Jun 8, 2007 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

FWIW

a lot of the comments on yesterdays thread lamented the 4 college pitchers, etc. Not that it changes his talent level any, but Jess Todd is only a junior and could go back for his senior year. Nobody at Arkansas thinks he will, but he is not as completely "safe" as many assumed yesterday.

by ArkansasTravs on Jun 8, 2007 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2nd day

A couple of these picks look fairly good to me. I think, in general, that I just mostly prefer picking the younger, higher ceiling high school type players to more polished collegians. I understand the idea of track records and all of that, but I've always thought you should take the best possible talent, get the player into your system, and start them on the organisation's preferred developmental track. Each org. has certain beliefs and quirks, and the younger you get a player into your system, the sooner he can start learning the team's preferred MO.

Acquire Rocco Baldelli!

by the red baron on Jun 8, 2007 5:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

stephen hill

slugged over .800...slugging 1st baseman, 13th round, somewhat obscure school...hmmm...

Future Redbirds

by erik on Jun 8, 2007 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i catch your drift...

... haha. we should be so lucky.

but wasn't Pujols drafted as a 3B?

by kindred on Jun 8, 2007 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pujols came up as a 3b

He'd probably still be playing there now if we hadn't made the Rolen trade.

by Valatan on Jun 8, 2007 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did anyone notice

that the Cardinals drafted not one but two Steven Hills, the first baseman in the 13th round and a pitcher in the 34th? If once you don't succeed....

by MikeG on Jun 9, 2007 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

2 of the same

About 10 years or so ago, the Cardinals screwed up in a draft and drafted a player who had the same name as a much more talented player in the draft and didn't realize it until the next day that they accidently drafted the wrong one. I wish I could remember their name. I wonder if this was something similar...oops! wrong one, now we have to draft them both.

How about handin' me another helpin' of those mashed taters...thank you very much!

by Elvis on Jun 10, 2007 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs