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Minor Connections: Surkamp, Roache, Hamilton, Strasburg & 2012 Draft
Minor Connections is a weekly feature that brings fresh minor league content to your fingertips. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s take a look at the top stories down on the farm. John Sickels / Minor...
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Minor Connections: 2012 Draft, Tigers, Bloodlines and Host Families
Minor Connections is a weekly feature that brings fresh minor league content to your fingertips. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s take a look at the top stories down on the farm. Matt Garrioch / MLB...
View ArticleSprouts: Twins Top-10, Greg Peavey, Brandon Belt, Kila and Draft Talk
In this issue of Sprouts we are highlighting articles from: Puckett’s Pond, Rising Apple, Frisco Fastball, Kings of Kauffman and Sodo Mojo. We hope you enjoy! Our first stop this week is one of my old...
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What do the new CBA rules mean for the 2012 Amateur Draft?
It was apparent to many that the MLB amateur draft needed some fine tuning to ensure that teams cut down on signing bonuses. For those of you unfamiliar with the draft system make sure to check out my...
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Giolito Out for 2012 with UCL Sprain
Harvard Westlake pitcher Lucas Giolito (Photo Credit: Eric Dearborn Photography) The consensus top amateur draft choice for 2012, Lucas Giolito, of Harvard-Westlake High School suffered an injury to...
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2012 MLB Draft: Why Can’t Mark Appel Pitch Up to Expectations?
The stars should be aligning for Stanford right-hander Mark Appel. Appel has so many factors going in his favor as the 2012 MLB Draft and the Houston Astros’ decision about who to take first overall...
View ArticleQuick Mock Draft Comparison: Baseball America and Seedlings to Stars
Jim Callis published his first 2012 MLB Mock Draft today so I thought it would be a fun exercise to compare Baseball America’s with the most recent S2S version. Naturally things have changed greatly...
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2012 MLB Draft: Deven Marrero’s “Struggles” Are Signs of Progress
Players aren’t drafted anywhere near exclusively based on their performance- a critical part of evaluating players is assaying their potential. But it’s always nice when you draft a player that not...
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2012 MLB Draft: Astros Select Carlos Correa 1st Overall
With the first pick in the 1992 MLB Draft, the Houston Astros selected third basemen Phil Nevin, passing over a hotshot shortstop by the name of Derek Jeter. Twenty years later, the ‘Stros weren’t...
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2012 MLB Draft: Twins Select Byron Buxton 2nd Overall
The Houston Astros threw everyone a bit of a curveball with their selection of Carlos Correa 1st overall. It wasn’t a complete shocker but it certainly caught plenty of people off-guard. Minnesota...
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2012 MLB Draft: Mariners Select Mike Zunino 3rd Overall
As the top college position player available, Mike Zunino was the logical choice for the Mariners at #3. Seattle has a a bevy of young, talented arms and a history of solid pitcher development, but...
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2012 MLB Draft: Royals Select Kyle Zimmer 5th Overall
With the 5th pick in the 2012 MLB Draft the Kansas City Royals selected University of San Francisco right-handed starter Kyle Zimmer. It was the pick I was prepared for and the player that almost half...
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2012 MLB Draft: Cubs Select Albert Almora 6th Overall
The first selection of the Theo Epstein era on the North Side, Almora is an unsurprising selection for an organization that desperately needs talent in its system. The multifaceted outfielder from...
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2012 MLB Draft: Padres Select Max Fried 7th Overall
Harvard-Westlake High School was going to have a top 10 pick in the 2012 MLB Draft. But who that selection turned out to be was not what people had been expecting. Lucas Giolito went from the potential...
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2012 MLB Draft: Pirates Select Mark Appel 8th Overall
Up until minutes before the draft, the Houston Astros’s were expected to take Stanford pitcher Mark Appel, with Byron Buxton the main other option. Instead, they went with high school shortstop Carlos...
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2012 MLB Draft: Marlins Select Andrew Heaney 9th Overall
With the ninth overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft the Miami Marlins selected Oklahoma State left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney. The former Cowboy was widely viewed as the best lefty in the college ranks...
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2012 MLB Draft: Rockies Select David Dahl 10th Overall
Just a week after David Dahl was hitting home runs during a special batting practice session in front of Rockies’ brass at Coors Field, the Colorado Rockies turned right around and decided to take the...
View Article2012 MLB Draft: Mets Select Gavin Cecchini 12th Overall
In the draft, we hear all about tools. There’s hitting, power, speed, defense, and arm. Whenever you hear a scouting report on any player, you’ll hear about his tools. But baseball isn’t all about...
View Article2012 MLB Draft: White Sox Select Courtney Hawkins 13th Overall
Kenny Williams is guilty of more head-scratchers than most major league GMs, but selecting Carroll High School outfielder Courtney Hawkins with the 13th overall pick certainly had justifiable merits....
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2012 MLB Draft: Reds Select Nick Travieso 14th Overall
Enjoying a little name recognition coupled with some ol’ fashioned “inside information”, the Cincinnati Reds selected right-handed pitcher Nick Travieso with the 14th pick in the 2012 MLB Draft....
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2012 MLB Draft: Indians Select Tyler Naquin 15th Overall
With the 15th pick in the 2012 MLB Draft the Cleveland Indians selected outfielder Tyler Naquin from Texas A&M University. Naquin was originally drafted by the Orioles in the 33rd round of the 2009...
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2012 MLB Draft: Blue Jays Select D.J. Davis 17th Overall
It’s hard to imagine a player faster than Reds farmhand Billy Hamilton. Last year, in 135 games, Hamilton broke the century mark for stolen bases, tallying 103 at year’s end. This year he’s blowing...
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2012 MLB Draft: Dodgers Select Corey Seager 18th Overall
In what was sure to be a memorable day for the Seager family, their youngest son, Corey, was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 18th overall pick. Another member of the Seager clan, Kyle...
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2012 MLB Draft: Cardinals Select Michael Wacha 19th Overall
Much of the drama of the 2012 draft involved the surprise selection of Carlos Correa by Houston, Mark Appel’s free fall to the Pittsburgh, and the testing of the waters of the new CBA. Thus, Michael...
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2012 MLB Draft: Giants Select Chris Stratton 20th Overall
The Giants entered the 1st round of the 2012 draft with the 20th selection and came away with Mississippi State RHP Chris Stratton. The last time San Francisco used their 1st round pick on a college...
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2012 MLB Draft: Braves Select Lucas Sims 21st Overall
With the 21st selection of the 2012 Minor League Draft the Atlanta Braves selected right-handed pitcher Lucas Sims from Brookwood High School (GA). The Braves are notorious for heavily scouting their...
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2012 MLB Draft: Blue Jays Select Marcus Stroman 22nd Overall
Approximately six inches prevented Marcus Stroman from having a realistic shot at being drafted #1 overall in the 2012 MLB Draft. Instead, Stroman – who arguably has the best pure arm in the draft –...
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2012 MLB Draft: Cardinals Select James Ramsey 23rd Overall
Say “hello” to the baseball version of Tim Tebow. Like Tebow, Ramsey is known for his leadership, strong Christian faith and incredible character and intangibles. Like Tebow, he was also quite the...
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2012 MLB Draft: Red Sox Select Deven Marrero 24th Overall
Deven Marrero (left) slides safely home ahead of the play by Texas Longhorns catcher Jacob Felts (right) (Image: Brendan Maloney-US PRESSWIRE) With their first pick in the 2012 MLB Draft, the Boston...
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2012 MLB Draft: Rays Select Richie Shaffer 25th Overall
The Rays are known for going for almost exclusively high school players in the early rounds of the MLB Draft. But when Clemson third baseman Richie Shaffer dropped to them, they could not pass him up....
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2012 MLB Draft: Diamondbacks Select Stryker Trahan 26th Overall
The Diamondbacks’ surprising success in 2011 placed them in a region of the 2012 draft where no one expected them to be: the final third. With a deep reservoir of pitching talent that includes Trevor...
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2012 MLB Draft: Brewers Select Clint Coulter 27th Overall
When Louisiana high school catcher Stryker Trahan went off the board to the Diamondbacks at pick 26, the Brewers had a chance to select a player at another position or make it two backstops in a row....
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2012 MLB Draft: Brewers Select Victor Roache 28th Overall
Fresh on the heels of landing Clint Coulter with the 27th pick in the first round, the Brewers were immediately on the clock again with pick number 28. They used that selection to draft Georgia...
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2012 MLB Draft: Rangers Select Lewis Brinson 29th Overall
The Rangers have been to back-to-back world series. Notable free agent signings have been a part of that team, notably Adrian Beltre, but a large part of the Rangers’s success came from it’s own...
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2012 MLB Draft: Yankees Select Ty Hensley 30th Overall
With the 30th selection in the 2012 MLB Draft The New York Yankees selected right-handed pitcher Ty Hensley from Edmond Santa Fe High School, Oklahoma. With their latest pick, the Yankees continued...
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FanSided MLB’s 2012 Draft Content Recap
Tuesday afternoon Matt published his article on Boston’s selection of LHP Brian Johnson with the 31st pick in the 2012 MLB Draft. That profile marked the end of our 1st round selection series and I’m...
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